Colt, Peter, 1744-1824
Person
Biography
Peter Colt (1744-1824), American businessman
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
"Abstract of Certificates of the Debt, of the State of Connecticut...", [ca. 1790]
Part of Collection — Box 218 (Broadside): [Barcode: 39002137226214], Folder: GROUP 2520, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Printed ledger sheets, completed in manuscript, of "the Debt, of the State of Connecticut, presented by Peter Colt on account of a loan to the United States, proposed by the Act of Congress of 4th of August 1790, for which he requests Certificates of Funded Debt in the Name of the President and Fellows of Yale College in New Haven."The accounts on the first sheet, and the headings on the six following ones are in the hand of Peter Colt. The other entries are in an unidentified...
Dates:
[ca. 1790]
Burr family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 303
Abstract:
Correspondence and other papers relating to members of the Burr family of Fairfield, Conn. Principal figures represented in the papers include Aaron Burr (1756-1836), soldier, politician and third vice-president of the United States; and his father, the Reverend Aaron Burr (1716-1757), scholar, clergyman, and second president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton). These papers were formerly part of the Annie Burr Jennings Memorial Collection (MS 687). See also the Bidwell Family...
Dates:
1750-1890
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Burr family papers
Reeve family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 686
Abstract:
Correspondence of Tapping Reeve, jurist, author, and teacher of law, and of his wife, Sarah Burr Reeve, sister of Aaron Burr (1756-1836). Correspondents include Joel Barlow, Aaron Burr, Peter Colt, Jonathan Edwards, Pierpont Edwards, Timothy Edwards, and John Cotton Smith. The letters relate to both family and business affairs.
Dates:
1766-1813
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Reeve family papers