Roger Minott Sherman papers, 1795-1879 (inclusive), 1795-1846 (bulk).

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Roger Minott Sherman papers, 1795-1879 (inclusive), 1795-1846 (bulk).

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Chiefly correspondence (1800-1842) on legal matters, with some references to politics. The principal writers are Theron Beach, Oliver D. Cooke, Mason Cogswell, William W. Ellsworth, Josiah Stebbins, Eli Tod, Gideon Tomlinson, and Frederick Wolcott. Also in the papers is Sherman's declaration of religious belief (1795) and bills and receipts (1811-1846). An addition to the papers contains genealogical information and writings.

.5 linear ft.

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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Cooke, Oliver Dudley, 1766-1833

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Todd, Eli, 1769-1833

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Stebbins, Josiah, 1766-1829

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Sherman, Roger M. (Roger Minott), 1773-1844

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Sherman was a Connecticut lawyer, judge and state senator; Hitchinson was a New Haven attorney. From the description of Letter to Samuel J. Hitchinson, 3 December 1829. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236088121 Lawyer, state legislator, and judge, of Fairfield, Conn.; nephew of Hon. Roger Sherman, signer of Declaration of Independence. From the description of Papers, 1773-1845. (Fairfield Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70953848...

Beach, Theron.

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Wolcott, Frederick, 1767-1837

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Ellsworth, William Wolcott, 1791-1868

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Wolcott, Tomlinson.

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Cogswell, Mason Fitch, 1761-1830

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Mason Fitch Cogswell was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, on September 28, 1761. Following the death of his mother, he was adopted by Samuel Huntington, who served as president of the Continental Congress between 1779 and 1781. Cogswell attended Yale College and was valedictorian of the class of 1780. After graduating, he studied medicine under his brother James, a surgeon, at an army hospital in New York, and he eventually became a prominent physician, pioneering surgeries for cataracts and for...