Peck family papers, 1691-1911 (inclusive).

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Peck family papers, 1691-1911 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702169349

Papers of several branches of the Peck family in Connecticut. Half of the collection is made up of the papers of the Ambrose Peck family (1691-1911) including correspondence, diaries, account books, legal papers, photographs, and memorabilia. Noteworthy are letters on the Battle of Bunker Hill and the War of 1812, as well as diaries by Abby Ann Hyde Peck from her school days, 1824-1832 and her old age, 1874-1883. Another member of the family represented is Tracy Peck (1785-1862) an important public figure in Bristol, Connecticut and active in the Congregational Church. The papers of Epaphroditus Peck contain lecture notes taken while he was attending Yale Law School (1903-1908) and family correspondence. Miscellaneous papers (1812-1907) of other members of the family make up the remainder of the collection.

3.5 linear ft. (10 boxes, 1 folio)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8023153

Yale University Library

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Peck, Tracy, 1785-1862

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Peck, John Hazen, 1811-1885.

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Peck family.

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John Hazan Peck (1811-1885): tailor in Yantic, Ct., until 1844, when he became manager of the Yantic Company Store; retired in 1874. John Hyde Peck (1838-1911): principal of Milford High School (Connecticut), then of New Britain High School until 1896; principal of West Hartford High School from 1897-1906; senior alderman of New Britain for one year. From the description of Peck family papers, 1691-1911 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169349 ...

Peck, John Hyde, 1838-1911.

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Yale Law School

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In the first decade of the nineteenth century, Seth P. Staples (Yale 1797) opened a school for law students in New Haven. In 1824 the school became affiliated with Yale College. The college conferred its first law degrees in 1843. The course of study originally extended for two years, and in 1896 it was lengthened to three years. Subsequently a college degree became a prerequisite for the Bachelor of Laws degree. Graduate courses leading to advanced degrees began in 1876. In 1926 honors courses ...

Peck, Abby Ann Hyde.

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Peck, Epaphroditus, 1860-1938

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Peck, Ambrose, 1782-1855.

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Yale University.

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