Pitkin family papers, 1716-ca. 1870.

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Pitkin family papers, 1716-ca. 1870.

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The largest number of letters in this collection were written to Timothy Pitkin, a lawyer and politician of Farmington and New Haven, Connecticut, primarily while he was in Washington serving in Congress. He also received a letter from one of his children and from a Norton grandchild. Letters addressed to "Mother" were to Timothy's wife Elizabeth Hubbard Pitkin. The earliest letter is dated 1716 from Jonathan Read to Mr. Pitkin, who probably is Timothy's grandfather William. One undated letter was written about 1870 by Thomas C. Pitkin to his wife Harriet L. Starr Pitkin. The Starr connection may explain a letter written by Samuel Starr to Lydia S. Starr in 1817. An important but seemingly unrelated document is a power of attorney signed by Elizabeth Washington, executrix of the estate of Lund Washington. There are also some notes on the Burr family and other early families of Connecticut, and a poem entitled "Sweets of Liberty", undated.

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Washington, Lund, 1737-1796

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Lund Washington (1737-1796) was a distant cousin of George Washington. He was born at Chotank, Virginia (then Stafford County, now King George County), the son of Townshend and Elizabeth Lund Washington. During the years of the Revolution, Lund lived at and managed Mount Vernon. His letters to the General convey much information about the running of the estate during the war. He married Elizabeth Foote in 1779. After the war George Washington sold 360 acres of the western section of Mount Vernon...

Pitkin, Timothy, 1766-1847

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