New Haven Historical Society collection of documents, 1729-1857.

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New Haven Historical Society collection of documents, 1729-1857.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/710807927

The collection consists of a variety of documents removed from the collections of the New Haven Colony Historical Society because they lacked any connection to New Haven, Connecticut. The documents include correspondence, deeds, bonds, writs, summons, estate records, military commissions, and proprietors' records.The earliest documents are the proprietors' records which lay out the lands of Windsor, 1729, and the area west of Farmington and Simsbury, 1733. Within the correspondence are letters written to Daniel Sheldon of Litchfield, Connecticut, about the Revolutionary War battle at Kingsbury and the occupation of Washington by the British in 1814. Among his correspondents was Uriah Tracy. Another body of correspondence was written to Charles Sherry of Norwalk, Connecticut, 1836-1844, from his brother MRS. The Brown family of Stonington, Connecticut, is well represented in the collection with estate records, distribution of property, deeds, financial records and receipts for shares in the Groton & Stonington Turnpike, 1827. Brown family members include Ichabod (several generations), Elias, Palmer and Nelson. Another body of records relate to the town of Huntington, Connecticut, and Samuel P. Mills of the same town. There are bonds, writs, land records including plot plans, and tax documents, 1811-1833. Similar materials exist for the Sanford family of Redding, Connecticut, specifically Lemuel, Jonathan R. and Thomas. Within their papers are three tickets to P.T. Barnum's Museum. Of particular interest is a pamphlet entitled "Heads of Inquiry relative to the present state and condition of . . . Connecticut", 1775, presented to Colonel John Trumbull by President John Adams, through the person of Josiah Quincy. Inside the pamphlet and affixed to the front cover is a receipt noting that Jeremiah Wadsworth purchased two prints by John Trumbull in 1788. The prints were the Battle of Bunker's Hill and the Death of General Montgomery. Filed under D for Danforth is a bill of sale for pewter, 1814, sold by Samuel Danforth.

0.25 linear foot (1/2 box).

Connecticut Historical Society

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New Haven Colony Historical Society

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Mills, Samuel P., b. ca. 1769.

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Proprietors of Windsor, Conn.

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Brown, Nelson, 1792-1838.

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Brown, Ichabod, 1704-1759.

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Proprietors of Hartford, Conn.

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United States. President (1797-1801 : Adams)

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Beginning with the Revolutionary War and continuing through the Civil War, Congress passed numerous acts granting military land warrants to soldiers in order to encourage wartime enlistment in the army. From the description of John Adams, President of the United States of America, : to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : land grant, 1799 Mar. 29. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 35641143 ...

Sherry, Charles, b. ca. 1801.

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Trumbull, John, 1756-1843

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American painter of historical subjects. From the description of ALS : New York, to James Madison, 1823 Oct. 20. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580911 Painter; New York City. From the description of John Trumbull papers, 1787-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557315 John Trumbull (1756-1843) was an American painter and diplomat. From the guide to the John Trumbull papers, 1780-1840, (The New York Public Library...

Brown, Elias

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Brown, Ichabod, 1732-1797.

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Sanford, Lemuel, 1740-1803

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Sanford, Thomas, 1823-1890 .

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Danforth, Samuel, 1696-1777

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Sheldon, Daniel, 1780-1828

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Sanford, Jonathan Russell, 1782-1858.

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Brown, Palmer, 1799-1864.

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Brown, Ichabod, d. 1764-1824.

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