Jonathan Humphrey Bissell papers, 1815-1821 (inclusive).

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Bissell, Jonathan Humphrey, 1800-1845. Jonathan Humphrey Bissell papers, 1815-1821 (inclusive).

Jonathan Humphrey Bissell papers, 1815-1821 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702170546

The papers consist primarily of Jonathan Humphrey Bissell's letters to his family in Hartford, written while he was a student at Yale. There are forty-five letters in all; thirty-eight were written to his brother, Titus L. Bissell, Jr. In the letters, Bissell describes his college activities, mentions schoolbooks and pictures that he has purchased for his younger brothers, requests that particular items of clothing be mended or sent from home, and details his academic expenses, since he relied on monetary support from his father and brother. There is also a single letter that Bissell wrote in 1821 from Hartford to his brother Titus, then in New York City.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Yale University Library