Thomas Day papers, 1805-1853.

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Thomas Day papers, 1805-1853.

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Thomas Day, a Hartford, Connecticut, lawyer, was active in many organizations and had a distinguished career. He was a reporter for the Supreme Court of Errors in Connecticut and gathered subscriptions for a published version of his report in 1805. His organizational interests included the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Hartford Grammar School, the American Education Society, the Georgia and the Connecticut Historical Societies, and the American Statistical Association. He received an honorary Doctorate from Yale 1847. There are also two documents related to the will of the late Governor Trumbull, 1826. In 1853 he "retired" from the court and the last document in his papers is a resolution thanking him for his dedication and service.

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