Miller and Webster family papers, 1802-1923.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Miller and Webster family papers, 1802-1923.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741354431

Primarily correspondence of members of a Hartford, Connecticut, family. Henry L. Miller died in 1861 and Lydia Sigourney wrote a poem in his memory; a printed version is in this collection. Martha Webster Miller wrote several letters to her daughters Alice and Annie. Martha's papers also include a list of articles sold for her in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Alice's membership certificate in the National Geographic Society is also part of the collection. Ira Webster, Martha's father, is represented in the collection by a copy of an agreement made among his Yale classmates in 1802, and a biographical sketch. His son Daniel is represented by an essay, dated 1840. In addition, the collection contains several documents written in the same unidentified hand, and several unidentified manuscript and printed items.

4 folders.

Connecticut Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8113112

Related Entities

There are 7 Entities related to this resource.

Sigourney, Lydia Howard, 1791-1865

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63g5gbr (person)

Lydia Huntley Sigourney (born September 1, 1791, Norwich, Connecticut–died June 10, 1865, Hartford, Connecticut), poet, also known as the “Sweet Singer of Hartford", was the only daughter of a gardener. She attended private school with the assistance of her father’s employer, and founded a Hartford school for girls in 1814. At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enr...

Webster, Ira, 1781-1859

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q2m21 (person)

Webster family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t81d5m (family)

Yale College (1718-1887)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc3wv7 (corporateBody)

The Linonian Literary Society was founded in 1753. All undergraduates were allowed to be members of the Linonian Society. The club provided students with a forum to debate, stage plays, and deliver poems, essays, and orations. The society disbanded in 1868. From the guide to the Linonian Society, Yale College, records, 1753-1870, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Miller family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv9jkx (family)

Miller, Alice Lyman

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61n8pcx (person)

Webster, Martha, b. 1820.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz3ws3 (person)