Armstrong family papers, 1757-1855.

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Armstrong family papers, 1757-1855.

Papers of the Armstrong family, centering on James Armstrong (1754-1816), businessman, and his wife, Miriam Mallory Armstrong (1756-1851), daughter of Caleb Mallory and Jane Weller Mallory. A little more than four months before Miriam married Armstrong, her parents and three of their grandchildren were murdered in their home by Barnett Davenport, a crime considered to be the first multiple murder in the U.S.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8004173

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Bunnell, Betsey Armstrong, 1799-1853

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Foster, Sarah Armstrong, 1795-1836

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Armstrong, Thomas, 1758-1816

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Foster, Tilly, 1793-1842

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Armstrong, Orrin Mallory

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Ovaitt, Claudius

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Porter, Levi G.

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Armstrong, Miriam Mallory, 1756-1851

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Mallory, Caleb, -1780

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Porter, Edward, active 1809

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Cramer, Henry, 1815-1882

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Foster family.

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Porter, David B., active 1827-1831

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Armstrong family.

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Residents of Washington, Conn. From the description of Armstrong family papers, 1757-1855. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 701095595 ...