A collection of primarily colonial-era documents about Connecticut, some of which are manuscript copies and several of which address boundaries. The first document is a manuscript copy of a 1635 agreement regarding the extent of the boundaries of New England. Also related to boundaries is a manuscript copy of a 1644 agreement with George Fenwick about the jurisdiction of the Connecticut River; a 1671 extract of a record whereby Middletown and Wethersfield decided their boundaries; and a 1698 document about the boundary between Hartford and Wethersfield. There are two estate inventories, one for Elizabeth Welles, 1683, and one for John Bigelow, ca. 1700. A 1700 summons for Jonathan Bigelow may or may not be the same individual. The Sloop Elizabeth of Saybrook, Connecticut, was issued a bill of lading in 1719 while carrying horses to Barbados. The remaining documents are an assortment of unrelated items: a notice that the collector had to obtain a subscription promised by Joseph Bigelow toward building a bridge in Hartford, 1730; a manuscript copy of a General Assembly resolve, 1754; a deposition and power of attorney, 1758; a summons, 1765; a description of land for sale in Enfield adjoining the dam, 1794; a draft of a letter to Pierpont Edwards, 1798; a penmanship tribute created by a student or teacher at the Literary School Seminary in 1812 with an extract from a sermon by Reverend Timothy Dwight; and memoranda about various deeds and land sales, 1842, on a sheet addressed to Thomas S. Williams of Mansfield on paper that is definitely 18th century. Also includes five poems, one on the burning of Fairfield, Connecticut, during the Revolution, and an essay on the importance of the season of youth.
