Peters, John Thompson, 1765-1834
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1765 - 1834
John Thompson Peters (1765-1834), American lawyer, revenue collector, and justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Hugh Peters Family Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1032
Overview:
Family correspondence largely consisting of letters to Hugh Peters and his brother, William T. Peters, from their father John T. Peters, a judge of the Supreme Court in Connecticut, on local politics. Also in the papers are newspaper clippings on Hugh Peters' death. Several of his poems are mounted in the library catalogue of Ithiel Town, father-in-law of William T. Peters.
Dates:
1826-1831
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Hugh Peters Family Papers