Connecticut Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection of material relating to the cities and towns of Connecticut, containing printed material, legal records, military papers, and miscellanea. Specific items include: deeds, indentures, leases, military commissions, enrollment lists, record books, and muster rolls.
Dates
- 1655-1950
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Arrangement
Arranged in four series: I. State Files. II. Military Files. III. Cities and Towns. IV. Numerical Files.
Extent
17.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
An artificial collection of material relating to the cities and towns of Connecticut, containing printed material, legal records, military papers, and miscellanea. Specific items include: deeds, indentures, leases, military commissions, enrollment lists, record books, and muster rolls.
- Agriculture
- Armed Forces
- Business
- Clergy
- Connecticut -- Description and travel
- Connecticut -- History -- 1775-1865
- Connecticut -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Connecticut -- Politics and government
- Education
- Emigration and immigration
- Law
- Libraries
- Popular culture
- Public welfare
- Shipping
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Women
- Title
- Guide to the Connecticut Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by William E. Brown, Jr. and John Espy
- Date
- December 1985
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511