Hugh Peters family papers, 1826-1831 (inclusive).

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Hugh Peters family papers, 1826-1831 (inclusive).

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Family correspondence largely consisting of letters to Hugh Peters and his brother, William T. Peters, from their father John T. Peters, a judge of the Supreme Court in Connecticut, on local politics. Also in the papers are newspaper clippings on Hugh Peters' death. Several of his poems are mounted in the library catalogue of Ithiel Town, father-in-law of William T. Peters.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8023154

Yale University Library

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Peters, William Thompson, 1805-1885

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Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844

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Ithiel Town was an architect and bridge builder. He studied with Asher Benjamin in Boston and was a partner with Alexander J. Davis for a few years. Town was a leader in the Greek and Gothic Revival styles in American architecture. But it was his profits from bridge building that enabled him to amass the largest library of art, architecture, and engineering books and prints in the United States. He began to sell off his library before his death in 1844. From the description of Auctio...

Peters, Hugh, 1807-1831.

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John Thompson Peters, father of William T. and Hugh Peters, was born in Hebron, Connecticut, on October 11, 1765. He was a graduate of the Yale College class of 1789 and studied law after graduation. Between 1802 and 1813, he served as a representative in the Connecticut General Assembly. In 1813, he was appointed tax collector and in 1818, made a justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut. He died in Hartford, Connecticut, on August 28, 1834. John Thompson Peters was b...

Peters, John Thompson, 1765-1834

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