Tomlinson family papers, 1758-1865 (inclusive).

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Tomlinson family papers, 1758-1865 (inclusive).

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Correspondence, financial records, and legal documents of the Tomlinson and related families of Connecticut. Prominent in the correspondence are six letters (1826-1853) by Gideon Tomlinson, governor of Connecticut (1826-1831) and a series of Civil War letters (1862-1865) by Albert DeForest of the 14th Connecticut Volunteers. Also a farming diary (1793-1805) kept probably by Joel Beard of Stratford, and the daybook (1805-1812) of Curtiss Tomlinson, a farmer of Huntington. Additional account books include one kept (1843-1848) by Gideon Tomlinson for the account of Mrs. Clarina Brewster, and another kept by Stephen Tomlinson, a dyer of Stratford, from 1814 to 1845.

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Tomlinson family.

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Gideon Tomlinson was born in Fairfield County, Connecticut on December 31, 1780. He was the son of Jabez H. and Rebecca (Lewis) Tomlinson. Jabez Huntington Tomlinson was a student at Yale and, in 1779, was captured by a party of British raiders and taken to New York. On his release he entered the army. Governor Gideon Tomlinson graduated from Yale College in 1802, then studied law, finally making his home in Fairfield. He was a member of congress between 1819-1827, and then became the eighth gov...

Tomlinson, Stephen, b. 1791.

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Beard, Joel, 1765-1846.

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United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 14th (1862-1865)

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Tomlinson, Curtiss, fl. 1779-1832.

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Tomlinson, Gideon, 1780-1854

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Crawford, Ingoldsby Work, 1786-1867

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Collector of Customs, New London, Conn. From the description of I.W. Crawford letter, 1838 Sept. 7. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 123505030 Ingoldsby Work Crawford of Union, Conn., was Collector of Customs of the Port of New London under the Andrew Jackson administration, associate justice of the Tolland County Court, member of the Connecticut Constitutional Convention of 1818, and a member of the Connecticut State Legislature (1816-1825). ...

Tomlinson, Jabez Huntington, 1760-1849.

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Brewster, Clarina Bradley.

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DeForest, Albert.

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