Jacob Eliot family papers, 1716-1945 (inclusive).

Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793

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Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American statesman and lawyer, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to have signed all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, and also signed the 1774 Petition to the King. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sherman established a legal career in Litchfield County, Connecticut despit...

Eliot, Whitney, 1823-1909.

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Eliot, Jacob, 1734-1785.

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ELLSWORTH ELIOT, JR. B.A. 1884 Born June 6, 1864, in New York City. Died November 2, 1945, in New York City. Father, Ellsworth Eliot (B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852; M.D. Columbia 1852), a physician in New York City; son of Wyllys and Lucy (Camp) Elliot of North Guilford, Conn. Mother, Anna (Stone) Eliot; daughter of Joshua and Ruth Shaw (Sumner) Stone of Boston. Yale relatives include: Jared Eliot (B.A. 1706) (great-great-great-uncle); Harvey Elliot (B.A. ...

Williams family.

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Camp, Sarah M., d. 1877.

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Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867

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American author and poet, born and died in Guildford, Connecticut. After a youth spent in business in Connecticut, Halleck came to New York City and attracted attention with humorous articles he wrote for the New York Evening Post. In 1819 he published the first of several editions of his longest single poem, Fanny, a satire on current fashions, social climbings, and politics written in the stanza form and meter of Byron's Don Juan. Halleck's output was small and much of his best work was includ...

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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Painter, inventor; New York, N.Y. and London, England. From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599940 From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007074 Author of account concerning deportation of 1100 workers and I.W.W. sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus, N.M., July 12, 1917. From the description of The truth about Bisbee...

Camp, Nathan S., d. 1884.

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Eliot, Ellsworth, 1864-1945

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Eliot, Jacob, 1700-1766

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Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825

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American inventor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Ct., to J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War., 1824 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872501 Eli Whitney (1765-1825), American inventor and gun manufacturer, received his patent for the first cotton gin in 1794. From the description of Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580711 Whitney, American inventor, especially known for ...

United States Military Academy

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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American forc...

Trumbull family.

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