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Allis family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1368

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, diaries, bills, recepits, legal papers, genealogical notes, and miscellanea concerning the Allis family of New Haven, Connecticut, and members of the Colton, Stockbridge, and Foote families, 1840-1895.

Papers concerning personal finances, 1840-1895, consitute the bulk of the collection. These include miscellaneous bills and receipts of Joseph Colton, and papers concerning the stock investments, and debts, of Salmon White Allis and his widow Emily Colton. Other materials include childhood diaries, 1849-1850, of Gertrude Allis; and letters to Joseph Colton from family and friends. There is little or nothing concerning Colton's military career or his work as a merchant; most of his papers date from the last years of his life.

The papers were given to the Yale Library by the Yale University Treasurer's Office in 1942. A few papers concern a scholarship fund established at the Divinity School in 1890, in acordance with Emily Colton's will, in memory of her son Henry W. Allis (d. 1841), a member of the Yale College class of 1844.

Dates

  • 1840-1895

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by the Yale University Treasurer's Office, 1942.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by the name of family members.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1368

Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, bills, receipts, legal papers, genealogical notes, and miscellanea concerning the Allis family of New Haven, Connecticut, and members of the Colton, Stockbridge, and Foote families, 1840-1895.

Biographical / Historical

EMILY COLTON, 1803-1887

Emily W. (Stockbridge) Allis Foote Colton (1803-1887), the daughter of David and Sarah (Allis) Stockbridge of Whately, Massachusetts, was married three times. All of her husbands were residents of New Haven, Connecticut.

Her first husband was Salmon White Allis (d. 1868), proprietor of the New Haven Hotel. By him she had three children, Henry W., Fannie and Gertrude Allis. She next married Dr. Elial T. Foote, and then General Joseph Colton (1813-1895).

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JOSEPH COLTON, 1813-1895

Joseph Colton was born on December 19, 1813, in West Springfield, Massachusetts. He was a tailor and merchant, and a Confederate general during the Civil War. He died in New Haven, Connecticut, on May 9, 1895.

Title
Guide to the Allis Family Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by John Espy
Date
October 1983
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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