Day, Jeremiah, 1773-1867
Person
Dates
- Existence: August 2, 1773-August 27, 1867
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Enoch Fitch Burr papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 689
Overview:
Letters to Enoch Fitch Burr of Lyme, Conn., Yale 1839, clergyman, author, and lecturer on religion and science. The Reverend Dr. Burr was a direct descendant of Nathaniel Burr of Fairfield, Conn., a brother of Jehue Burr from Aaron Burr, the vice-president, was descended. Correspondents include William Cullen Bryant, Horace Bushnell, James Dwight Dana, William Gladstone, Mark Hopkins, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Denison Olmsted, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The correspondence consists mostly of...
Dates:
1842-1888
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Enoch Fitch Burr papers
Day family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 175
Overview:
The Day family papers consist of correspondence, account books, diaries, journals, lectures, manuscripts, notes, sermons, and related papers of the Day family, 1767-1929. The personal lives, academic activities, and professional careers of several family members are documented, including Reverend Jeremiah Day (1737-1806), Reverend Jeremiah Day (1773-1867), Henry Noble Day (1808-1890), Mills Day (1783-1812), and others.
Dates:
1767-1929
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Day family papers
Horace Day papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 950
Overview:
The papers contain letters, writings, and records of the Day family. Series I holds letters sent to Horace Day from his parents Gad and Roxanna Day, his brother George Edward Day (Yale 1833), his cousin Lucinda Day, and his friends, Yale classmates, and colleagues including Edward E. Atwater, Erasmus Darwin Hudson, Charles Backus McLean, and Noah Porter. Also present are letters of recommendation written on Day's behalf by Jeremiah Day, Eleazar T. Fitch, Anthony D. Stanley, and Nathaniel W....
Dates:
1728-1915, bulk 1833-1874
Letters to Jeremiah Day
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1959
Overview:
Circa 1,600 autograph letters, mostly signed, addressed to Jeremiah Day, 1797-1863. Letters pertain chiefly to Day's role as President of Yale College (1817-1846).
Dates:
1797-1863
Evarts family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 200
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for...
Dates:
1753-1960, bulk 1798-1901
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Evarts family papers
Alexander Metcalf Fisher Papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1473
Overview:
The Alexander Metcalf Fisher papers consist of correspondence, scientific and personal writings, school notes, eulogies, and other material by or about the Yale College student (Class of 1813) and Yale professor. Drafts and calculations for articles on mathematics, physics, astronomy, and other subjects published between 1817 and 1822, as well as scripts for forty lectures in natural philosophy, illustrate Fisher’s academic career in the context of contemporary scientific learning. Documenting...
Dates:
1803-1898, bulk 1809-1822, 1803-1898, bulk 1809-1822
Fragment from unidentified work, undated
Part of Collection — Box: 271, Folder: 14
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Fragment from an unidentified work relating to James Brewster. Manuscript note on recto: "Rev. Jeremiah Day regards of Author."
Dates:
undated
Gilman Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 240
Overview:
Correspondence, diaries, writings, financial records, photographs, clippings, and other papers relating to the Gilman and Coit families of New England. The bulk of the collection relates to Edward Whiting Gilman (1823-1900), his family and his work as a clergyman and foreign secretary of the American Bible Society.
Dates:
1659-1935
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Gilman Family Papers
James Abraham Hillhouse papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 444
Overview:
The James Abraham Hillhouse Papers contain writings and personal papers documenting the literary activities of a member of the prominent New Haven Hillhouse family during the early-to-mid nineteenth century. Writings consist of drafts of plays, essays, poems, and other genres, including notebooks dating from Hillhouse's days as a student at Yale College, covering subjects such as the sermons of Yale President Timothy Dwight and the philosophical lectures of professor Jeremiah Day, who succeeded...
Dates:
1804-1844
Kingsley memorial collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 604
Overview:
The collection is composed of family correspondence, diaries, and legal, financial, and professional papers which document the lives of several members of the Kingsley family or of the related Coit, Gilman, Upham, and Farnam families. One third of the collection concerns James Luce Kingsley, his tenure on the Yale faculty, and his classical and historical scholarship. Another third of the collection relates to the life and work of William Lathrop Kingsley, especially his editorship of the New...
Dates:
1696-1934
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Kingsley memorial collection
Letter : New Haven, Connecticut, to Martin Welles, 1828 Aug 23
Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 1573, F-12
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS with address leaf.
Dates:
1828 Aug 23
Letter : Yale College, to Green Kendrick, 1844 Jan 16
Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 1573, F-7
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS with address leaf.
Dates:
1844 Jan 16
Letter : Yale College, to Luther Hart, 1821 Aug 23
Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 1573, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS with address leaf.
Dates:
1821 Aug 23
Letter : Yale College, to Ozias Roberts, 1837 Jul 22
Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 1573, F-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS.
Dates:
1837 Jul 22
Letter : Yale College, to President John Tyler, 1842 Jan 7
Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 1573, F-11
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS.
Dates:
1842 Jan 7
Letter : Yale College, to Robert D. Gardner, 1840 May 19
Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 1573, F-5
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS with address leaf.
Dates:
1840 May 19
Letter : Yale College, to the Reverend Doctors Reed and Matheson, 1834 Sep 25
Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 1573, F-8
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS.
Dates:
1834 Sep 25
Letter : Yale College, to Timothy [Pither?], 1835 Sep 19
Part of Collection — Box: 43, Folder: GROUP 741, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS from Yale College President Jeremiah Day, on behalf of the Corporation of the college, accepting a bequest from Solomon Langdon and his estate.
Dates:
1835 Sep 19
Letter of recommendation for Otis Baker, 1832 Oct 11
Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 1573, F-3
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS recommendation for Baker, a graduate of Yale College.
With endorsement and signature of J. L. Kingsley on the bottom of the page.
With endorsement and signature of J. L. Kingsley on the bottom of the page.
Dates:
1832 Oct 11
Letter of recommendation for Samuel T. Rogers, 1845 Mar 20
Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 1573, F-6
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS recommending Rogers, a Yale College graduate, as "well qualified for the various departments of academical instruction."
Dates:
1845 Mar 20