Julius Gay research notebooks and correspondence, ca. 1880-ca. 1914.

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Julius Gay research notebooks and correspondence, ca. 1880-ca. 1914.

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Scrapbooks, Burr's Library Index and other volumes filled with notes and newspaper clippings on various aspects of genealogy and Farmington, Connecticut, history compiled by Julius Gay, the town historian of Farmington. The volumes contain names, arranged alphabetically, that were taken by Gay from manuscripts and printed sources; sources for towns and villages in New England, alphabetically arranged by town; historical subject sources, arranged alphabetically by topic; historical notes on Farmington history, Farmington men's names found in printed books, houses in Farmington; vital records from the Connecticut Courant, 1764-1841, arranged by last name; a scrapbook with clippings on articles on the early history of New Britain Society, articles on the preservation of records, historical articles on Farmington, Barkhamsted and Unionville, and obituaries; and one collection of genealogical correspondence, 1880-1891, with letters from such individuals as Lucius M. Boltwood, Franklin B. Dexter, George E. Hoadley, D. Williams Patterson, Frank F. Starr, Mary Kay Talcott, Strong Wadsworth and William H. Webster.

13 volumes.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Gay, Julius, 1834-1918

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Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 1842-1920

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Epithet: Assistant Librarian Yale College British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x0000a2 Franklin B. Dexter: librarian and administrator of Yale University; began work in Yale Library in 1867, remaining until 1912 when he became librarian emeritus; from 1867-1907 responsible for cataloguing the Yale Library; also a historian and genealogist; edited histories of Yale and Connecticut, and Obituary Register of Ya...

Boltwood, Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius), 1825-1905

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Historian and genealogist of Amherst, Mass. and later of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Librarian at Amherst College (appointed in 1852), Assistant Librarian of Congress (1867) and Librarian of the Young Men's Institute of Hartford (appointed in 1868). From the description of Papers, -1905. (C/W Mars). WorldCat record id: 48969264 ...

Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917

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Patterson, D. Williams (David Williams), 1824-1892

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Starr, Frank Farnsworth

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