Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence, lecture notes, financial papers, and writings relating to Wightman's student years at Yale University and his early legal practice. Correspondents include his parents, his Yale classmates, his brother-in-law, and various young men and women (mainly from Middletown, Connecticut) who were his friends. The notes are from lectures and other activities in Yale College. The financial papers are for his college expenses.
Dates
- 1817-1837
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Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain.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
Gift of Henry H. Wightman, 1959.
Extent
0.5 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
Abstract
The papers consist of correspondence, lecture notes, financial papers, and writings relating to Wightman's student years at Yale University and his early legal practice. Correspondents include his parents, his Yale classmates, his brother-in-law, and various young men and women (mainly from Middletown, Connecticut) who were his friends. The notes are from lectures and other activities in Yale College. The financial papers are for his college expenses.
Biographical / Historical
Stillman King Wightman, a lawyer, was born in Scituate, Rhode Island, on January 8, 1803. He graduated from Yale in 1825 and studied at the Yale Law School. Wightman opened a practice in Middletown, Connecticut, and, from 1835-1842, held a number of state offices. In 1842 he moved to New York City where he continued an active legal practice for fifty years. Wightman died on May 27, 1899.
- Belden, Joshua, 1766-1849
- Cathin, Abijah
- Connecticut
- Dutton, Matthew Rice, 1783-1825
- Ely, Selden
- Goodrich, Chauncey A. (Chauncey Allen), 1790-1860
- Hayes, W. R. (William R.)
- Kingsley, James Luce, 1778-1852
- Law
- Lawyers
- Lecture notes
- Mather, Thomas
- Savage, Thomas Staughton
- Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885
- Smith, Richard, 1802-1878
- Wightman, Frederick
- Wightman, Mary
- Wightman, Stillman King, 1803-1899
- Yale University -- Faculty
- Yale University -- Students
- Title
- Guide to the Stillman King Wightman papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Susan Grigg
- Date
- February 1980
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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