Selden Huntington family papers, 1762-1914 (inclusive), 1831-1847, 1886-1889 (bulk).

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Selden Huntington family papers, 1762-1914 (inclusive), 1831-1847, 1886-1889 (bulk).

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Correspondence, diaries, and financial and legal papers of three generations of the Selden Huntington family of Old Lyme and Middlesex County, Connecticut. The papers document Selden Huntington's business fortunes in East Coast shipping and land speculation in Maine, his relationship with his son Joseph Selden, breaking up of his marriage to his second wife Jeanette Stewart, and social and religious activities in the community. Joseph Selden Huntington's letters record his years at school in Kents Hill, Maine, his attempts to establish himself in business in New York City and Springfield, Massachusetts, and his travels in the South. Also included in the papers are Joseph Selden Huntington's diary, notebook, scrapbook, and love letters from his freshman to his junior year at Yale College.

1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022265

Yale University Library

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Huntington, Joseph Selden, b. 1820.

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Yale University. Class of 1884

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Huntington, Selden, 1786-1846.

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Joseph Selden Huntington was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut and entered Yale College in 1885, but did not graduate. Following a brief career in journalism and travel in the western United States, he returned to Old Lyme, where he farmed on the family property and become active in local politics. He died in 1929. Joseph Selden Huntington was born on November 24, 1820. He attended school in Kents Hill, Maine and was a merchant in Springfield, Massachusetts and New York City...

Phelps, William Richards Charles

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Huntington, Joseph Selden, d. 1929.

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Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891

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Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891) was a businessman, lawyer and collector of Americana. He practiced law for much of his life but his main interests were business and real estate investment. He was president of the New London, Willimantic & Palmer Railroad from 1852 to 1856 and director or investor in several other railroads. He also served as U.S. Marshall in southern New York, collector of internal revenue for the third collection district, commissioner of deeds, and business manager of the N...

Huntington, Jeanette Stewart.

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Hubbard, Bill, 1947-....

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Herrick, Harmon Sawyer, 1819-1891.

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Huntington, Sarah C.

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Yale University.

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