Backus, Elijah, 1759-1811
Person
Elijah Backus (1759-1811), member of business family based in Norwich, Connecticut and student at Yale University
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Backus family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 47
Overview:
The papers are composed of correspondence, legal and financial papers, and memorabilia of several descendants and relatives of Samuel (1693-1740) and Elizabeth Tracey Backus of Norwich, Connecticut. Papers of Samuel Backus's grandson James, his partner Rufus Backus, and James's brother-in-law Dudley Woodbridge concern mercantile establishments, commerce, and shipping in Norwich following the Revolutionary War. There is also correspondence between several family members of this generation, as...
Dates:
1728-1893
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Backus family papers
Journal of Elijah Backus, Jr., 1777 at Yale College, [ca. 1937]
Part of Collection — Box: 35, Folder: GROUP 752, F-3
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Typescript copy of an original manuscript journal kept by Elijah Backus while at Yale College in 1777.
Much of the diary was published in the Connecticut Quarterly for October, 1895.
In English and Latin.
Much of the diary was published in the Connecticut Quarterly for October, 1895.
In English and Latin.
Dates:
[ca. 1937]
Letter : New Haven, Connecticut, to his parents, 1777 Jan
Part of Collection — Box: 35, Folder: GROUP 752, F-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS.
Dates:
1777 Jan
Statement : Norwich, addressed to the Connecticut General Assembly, 1769 Oct 13
Part of Collection — Box: 35, Folder: GROUP 752, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Holograph manuscript certified statement, signed, addressed to the Connecticut General Assembly concerning the selection of "Commission officers" of the Company.
Dates:
1769 Oct 13