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Hitchcock, Samuel J. (Samuel Johnson), 1786-1845

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1786 - 1845

Biography

Samuel Johnson Hitchcock (1786-1845), lawyer and law professor at Yale University, mayor of New Haven, president of Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company from 1837 to 1840; his law library became the beginning for Yale Law Library collection.

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Chauncey family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 135
Abstract: 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 > Chauncey family papers

Samuel J. Hitchcock Papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1878
Abstract:

Papers of Samuel J. Hitchcock, 1810-1845. Includes personal papers and business papers for matters primarily taking place in New Haven, Connecticut. Personal papers document Hitchcock's private and family correspondence and finances. Business papers document Hitchcock's work with Seth Perkins Staples in the operation of their law firm Staples and Hitchcock, as well his work with the Farmington Canal Company and Hartford and New Haven Rail Road Company.

Dates: 1810-1845
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Samuel J. Hitchcock Papers

Samuel Johnson Hitchcock papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1184
Abstract:

Correspondence and financial and legal papers relating to Samuel Johnson Hitchcock's education at Yale College, teaching at Fairfield Academy, legal practice with Seth P. Staples, and legal instruction at his and Staples' private law school which was incorporated into the Yale Law School.

Dates: 1762-1845, bulk 1805-1845
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Samuel Johnson Hitchcock papers

Letter : New Haven, Connecticut, to Benjamin Tallmadge, 1813 Aug 3

 Part of Collection — Box 57: [Barcode: 39002137225323], Folder: GROUP 2172, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS with address leaf, regarding Tallmadge's son, a student at Yale College.

Dates: 1813 Aug 3
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > H > HITCHCOCK, SAMUEL J. (SAMUEL JOHNSON), 1786-1845

New Haven Miscellany

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1896
Abstract: This collection encompasses 19th- and early 20th-century accessions of manuscripts pertaining to New Haven, Connecticut, which the library chose to group and list as an artificial collection. Papers relate to financial, political, religious, and social matters from 1702 to 1889. Among those represented in the collection are the Atwater family, Isaac Beers, David Daggett, Joseph Darling, Samuel J. Hitchcock, Nathaniel Jocelyn, Nathaniel Lyon, Roger Sherman, Seth Perkins Staples, Charles...
Dates: 1702-1889
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > New Haven Miscellany