Edwards, Pierpont, 1750-1826
Person
Dates
- Existence: April 8, 1750-April 5, 1826
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
American Revolutionary War collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 674
Overview:
An artificial collection of correspondence, payrolls, pay tables, receipts, commissions, and miscellanea including documents from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and South Carolina military forces.
Dates:
1775-1786
Bristol family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 101
Overview:
Correspondence, financial records, diaries, scrapbooks, account books and memorabilia of the Bristol family of New Haven and New London, Connecticut. The major figures in the collection are the descendants of Simeon Bristol (1739-1805); his son, William Bristol, and his grandsons, William Brooks Bristol, and Louis Bristol, all prominent lawyers, judges and members of the state legislature in Connecticut.Nearly a third of the papers is made up of land deeds for New Haven and New London counties...
Dates:
1769-1877
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Bristol family papers
Burr family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 303
Overview:
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 Papers...
Dates:
1750-1890
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Burr family papers
Chauncey family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 135
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, account books, financial records, diaries, journals, and other papers relating to the personal lives and professional careers of the Chauncey family of Connecticut. Material relating to the American Revolution and the colonial period includes the correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Charles Chauncey (1747-1823). The legal papers of Charles Chauncey (1777-1849) document his work in Philadelphia. The European travel diaries for Nathaniel...
Dates:
1675-1928
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Chauncey family papers
De Forest family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 177
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, account books, journals, letterbooks, financial records, and related papers of David Curtis De Forest and family members. The papers document the business and political careers of De Forest, including his commercial enterprise in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Correspondence, located within journals and letterbooks, includes letters written to family members, colleagues, and associates while on sea voyages to South America and elsewhere.
Dates:
1798-1889, bulk 1798-1825
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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De Forest family papers
Pierpont Edwards papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1357
Overview:
These papers contain legal and financial documents relating to Edwards's business activities and his legal career, most of which was carried on in New Haven. Also included are drafts of his political writings and speeches on the Federalist Party, Connecticut's charter government, and other topics. Most of Edwards's correspondence concerns his land speculation in Vermont, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and especially Connecticut's Western Reserve in Ohio. Major correspondents are William Neilson,...
Dates:
1764-1826
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Pierpont Edwards papers
Letter : Danbury, to Philip Burr Bradley, Ridgefield, 1788 Feb 12
Part of Collection — Box: 70, Folder: GROUP 2794, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS with address, regarding news of the adoption of the Constitution by Massachusetts.
Dates:
1788 Feb 12
Reeve family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 686
Overview:
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
Woolsey family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 562
Overview:
The papers document three generations of the Woolsey family. The most prominent figures in the collection are William Walton Woolsey (1766-1839), land owner and merchant in New York City; his son, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-1889), Greek scholar, political theorist and president of Yale College; and Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (1852-1929), professor of international law at Yale Law School, son of Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The papers of William Walton Woolsey contain extensive business...
Dates:
1750-1969, bulk 1811-1921
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Woolsey family papers