Backus-Woodbridge papers, ca. 1782-1816.

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Backus-Woodbridge papers, ca. 1782-1816.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/699804176

This collection contains papers of Dudley Woodbridge, Joseph Woodbridge, James Backus, and Elijah Backus. Some of the letters have been transcribed and typed. Primarily business papers and accounts, includes papers of the Dudley Woodbridge's schooners "Elizabeth" and "Farmer."

0.5 linear foot (1 box).

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8001794

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Backus, Elijah, 1726-1798

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Elijah Backus was a justice of the peace in New London, Connecticut. From the description of Documents, 1770-1783. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338446 Elijah Backus (1726-1798) of Norwich, Connecticut, operated an iron works. From the description of Papers: Norwich, Connecticut, 1757-1807. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122601787 Receiver of the Land Office, Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory. From the description of Letter...

Backus, James.

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Farmer (Schooner)

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Elizabeth (Schooner : 1850)

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Woodbridge, Dudley, 1747-1823.

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Dudley Woodbridge was born in Stonington, Connecticut, in 1747, and graduated from Yale in 1766. Following his graduation, he worked as a lawyer in Norwich, Connecticut, and by 1778 had become a merchant, along with his brother Samuel, dealing primarily in rum and other foodstuffs. He served as the city's first postmaster from 1782-1789, and then moved to Marietta, Ohio, where he again became an attorney. He died in 1823. Woodbridge and his wife, Lucy Backus, married in 1774; their son William (...

Woodbridge, Joseph.

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