Samuel Flewwelling papers, 1799-1868.

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Samuel Flewwelling papers, 1799-1868.

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Papers chiefly relating to property held by Flewwelling and his wife, Julia Elvira Canfield Flewwelling in the Western Reserve (later Ohio). Following Samuel Flewwelling's death, the properties were managed by William Mackay, a New York City businessman and the husband of Caroline Emma Canfield Mackay. The collection includes indentures, agreements, leases, deeds, statements, accounts, and correspondence and consist chiefly of documents concerning the conveyance land in the Western Reserve. The earliest document outlines the partitioning of land purchased by Judson Canfield and others from the Connecticut Land Company in 1799. Flewwelling acquired land from Canfield as early as 1815. Some of the later sales were among members of Flewwelling's family, including his father-in-law Judson Canfield, brother-in-law Henry J. Canfield, and his brother-in-law and sister-in-law Frederick Augustus Tallmadge and Elizabeth Canfield Tallmadge. Flewwelling provided mortgages to some of the purchasers of land and the agreements contained in the papers spell out the payment terms. Includes many letters of Royal Millard who served as Flewwelling's agent in Ohio, reporting on the buying and selling of properties and the collection of funds. After Millard's death, Henry Canfield and William H. Canfield, a nephew of Judson Canfield, served as agents in Ohio and their letters are also represented. Following Flewwelling's death in 1849, his brother-in-law William Mackay, managed the Ohio lands for Julia Canfield Flewwelling. It appears that by the time of Mrs. Flewwelling's death in 1868 all of her and her late husband's Ohio land holdings had been sold. Of particular interest are several documents summarizing Flewwelling's property holdings and detail the contracts and deeds he held.

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Flewwelling, Samuel, 1774 or 1775-1849

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Banker and businessman, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Samuel Flewwelling papers, 1799-1868. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 779381706 ...

Mackay, William, 1795-1873

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Canfield, Henry J. (Henry Judson), 1789-1856

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Millard, Royal, -1854

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Connecticut Land Company

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The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was a syndicate of 35 groups representing 58 individuals who purchased on credit the majority of Connecticut's Western Reserve land as a speculative venture. Proceeds from the sale of the Reserve were used to establish the Connecticut School Fund. The Western Reserve was that area of northeastern Ohio which Connecticut reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding the remainder of her western land claims to the newly-formed United States govern...

Canfield, Henry J. (Henry Judson), 1789-1856

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Tallmadge, Elizabeth Canfield

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Flewwelling, Julia Elvira, 1791-1868.

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Canfield, Judson, 1759-1840

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Lawyer, of Sharon, Conn.; graduate of Yale, 1782; purchased land in the Western Reserve; state legislator, associate judge, farmer, and landowner. Died in New York City in 1840. Canfield's son, Henry Judson Canfield married Sally Ruth Ferris, daughter of Walter Ferriss and Sarah (Sally) Morgan Ferris. Walter Ferriss, whose papers are also included in the collection, was a farmer who later became a Universalist minister in Charlotte, Vt. From the description of Judson Canfield papers,...

Tallmadge, Frederick Augustus, 1792-1869

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Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (1792-1869), the son of Benjamin Tallmadge, was born in Litchfield, CT. He graduated from Yale College in 1811; studied law in the Litchfield Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1811, and began practice in New York City in 1813. He served as captain in the War of 1812. He became a member of the board of aldermen of New York City in 1834; served as common councilman in 1836; became a member of the State senate 1837-1840; and recorder of the city of New York 1841-18...

Canfield, William Buckingham, 1855-

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