Edwards, Pierpont, 1750-1826
Person
Dates
- Existence: April 8, 1750 - April 5, 1826
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Pierpont Edwards papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1357
Abstract:
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...
Dates:
1764-1826
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Pierpont Edwards papers
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