Eleanor Brainard manuscript collection, 1649-1889.

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Eleanor Brainard manuscript collection, 1649-1889.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/729403056

A collection of manuscripts, possibly gathered by her husband, Morgan B. Brainard, but donated by Mrs. Brainard in 1958. Includes letters from politicians such as Chauncey Goodrich, Uriah Tracey, Samuel Dana, Zephaniah Swift and Joseph Trumbull, many of which are accompanied by a printed biographical sketch and may have been collected primarily for their autographs; a letter from the selectmen of Woodstock, 1693, declining to send a representative to the Massachusetts General Assembly; a 1705 bond; correspondence of Jonathan Trumbull and William Williams, 1752 and 1796; a letter from Jonathan Brace concerning Indian rights to land, 1805; a letter from Joel Barlow to Elisha Babcock of the American Mercury asking him to continue to send issues of paper, 1809; testimony of Peter Bulkeley, 1649, concerning Goodwife Stratton of Watertown, Massachusetts; testimony of Harrah Farrars about her scandalous behavior before the congregation at Concord, Massachusetts, ca. 1670; a bill of sale for Negro Caesar from William Douglas of New Haven to John Pierce of Plainfield, 1771; a 1760 account of mustering men, location unknown; letters to Rev. Isaac Bird of the Pavilion School in Hartford, 1829, 1850; a memorial to the Connecticut General Assembly for promoting the abolition of slavery, and asking that local laws not interfere with emancipation, 1794; a diary of Ebenezer Grosvenor, 1802-1803; bills to Noah Scovell for teaching his sons, 1795-1803; documents regarding a grant of land in Quebec, 1788; muster roll of Capt. Waterbury's company, 1757; pay abstract of the 1st Regiment Connecticut militia in the Army of the United Colonies near Boston, 1776; contemporary copy of a 1715 town meeting in Stonington about hiring minister John Noyes; and a letter, probably written by Barnabas Deane to General Nathaniel Green, which includes a paragraph about the burning of New London, 1781. The attribution to Deane is the use of a numeric code.

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Scovell, Noah, 1759-1821

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Noah Scovell (alternately spelled "Scoville" or "Scovil") was born in Saybrook, Connecticut (now Essex), around 1759, the son of Noah Scovell (1732-1782) and Anna (or Hannah) Pratt (ca. 1732-1815). He and his wife, Desire Pratt (ca. 1759-1819), had five children: Noah (1781-1833), Louis (1783-1806), Seabury or Sebra (b. 1785), Amos (b. 1787), and Maria (1789-1834). Noah Scovell, Jr., acted as his father’s business partner until the elder Scovell's death on February 11, 1821. From the...

Trumbull, Joseph, 1782-1861

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Represetative from Connecticut. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hartford, to an unidentified recipient, 1833 Oct. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573382 Representative from Connecticut. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington City, to Oscar T. Keeler, autograph collector, 1841 Dec. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573379 ...

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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Revolutionary War officer. From the description of Papers, 1778-1786. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19593641 Army officer. From the description of Nathanael Greene papers, 1775-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979865 Nathanael Greene was a major general in the Continental Army. He was promoted to Quartermaster General in 1778. From the description of Papers, 1778-1780. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat ...

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812

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Poet, author, statesman, army chaplain, merchant, publisher, and lawyer. From the description of Joel Barlow collection, 1787-1887. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953035 Barlow was an American poet and statesman. He served as American consul in Algiers and as Minister to France (1811-1812). From the description of Papers, 1775-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122419312 From the description of Papers, 1775-193...

Grosvenor, Ebenezer, 1788-1817

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Bulkeley, Peter, 1583-1659

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Peter Bulkeley was a founder and the first minister of Concord, Mass. From the description of Collection of transcribed letters and documents, 1637?-1659. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 31615271 ...

Brainard, Eleanor Stuart Moffat, 1883-1958.

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Swift, Zephaniah, 1759-1823

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Legislator, diplomat, and chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court; of Windham, Conn. From the description of Papers, 1778-1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962487 ...

Deane, Barnabus, 1743- .

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Tracy, Uriah, 1755-1807

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Tracy served in the U.S. Congress as a Representative (1793-1796) and Senator (1796-1807). He had a law practice in Litchfield, Ct. and served as a major general in the militia. From the description of [Letter] 1797 Oct. 9, Litchfield, [Ct., to] Eben. Huntington, Adjt. Genl. / Uriah Tracy, B. Genl. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 227037317 Federalist Senator, Oct. 1796-1807. From the description of Uriah Tracy letter, 1800 May 24. (Litchfield Historical Soci...

Dana, Samuel, 1747-1830.

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Noyes, John K. (John Kenneth), 1955-

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Goodrich, Chauncey, 1759-1815

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Bird, Isaac, 1793-1876

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ISAAC BIRD, 1793-1876 (Y.1816) ISAAC BIRD, son of Isaac and Rhoda (Selleck) Bird, was born in Salisbury, Conn., June 19, 1793. He spent the year after graduation as a teacher in the academy in West Nottingham, Md., and in Nov., 1817, entered Andover Theol. Seminary. His three years there were passed in close companionship with his classmates, William Goodell and Daniel Temple, the associates of his future missionary life, and the three friends together offere...