Stillman King Wightman papers, 1817-1837 (inclusive).

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Stillman King Wightman papers, 1817-1837 (inclusive).

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The papers consist of correspondence, lecture notes, financial papers, and writings relating to Wightman's student years at Yale University and his early legal practice. Correspondents include Joshua Belden, Abijah Cathin, Selden Ely, William R. Hayes, Thomas Mather, Thomas Staughton Savage, Richard Smith, and Frederick and Mary Wightman. Lecture notes from Mathew Rice Dutton, Chauncey Allen Goodrich, James Luce Kingsley, and Benjamin Silliman are also included.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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Smith, Richard, 1802-1878

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Dutton, Matthew Rice, 1783-1825.

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Hayes, William R.

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Savage, Thomas Staughton.

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Belden, Joshua, 1766-1849

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Wightman, Frederick.

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WIGHTMAN, MARY

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Ely, Selden.

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Mather, Thomas.

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Yale University.

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Wightman, Stillman King, 1803-1899

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Stillman King Wightman, a lawyer, was born in Scituate, Rhode Island on January 8, 1803. He graduated from Yale in 1825 and studied at the Yale Law School. Wightman opened a practice in Middletown, COnnecticut, and, from 1835-1842, held a number of state offices. In 1842 he moved to New York City where he continued an active legal practice for fifty years. Wightman died on May 27, 1899. From the description of Stillman King Wightman papers, 1817-1837 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat ...

Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885

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Charles Babbage was a mathematician and inventor. From the guide to the Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871, 1827-1871, (American Philosophical Society) Chemist; professor at Yale, from 1853. Son of Benjamin Silliman, also a chemist, geologist, and Yale professor, 1802-1852. From the description of Correspondence, 1875-1884. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31440798 This is Benjamin Silliman, Jr., a chemist and professor at Yal...

Cathin, Abijah.

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Goodrich, Chauncey A. (Chauncey Allen), 1790-1860

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, merchant, magistrate and coroner. From the description of Chauncey S. Goodrich papers, 1831-1909. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418435 American clergyman and lexicographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to Norman White, 1855 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577165 Chauncey Allen Goodrich. From the description of Memorial album, 1860. (American Antiquarian Society)...