Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence, legal papers, diaries, estate records, account books, notebooks, deeds, and miscellanea of the Alsop family of Middletown, Connecticut. Several generations of family members are represented in the papers including: Joseph Wright Alsop (1772-1844), Joseph Wright Alsop (1804-1878), Joseph Wright Alsop (1838-1891), Joseph Wright Alsop (1876-1953), Mary Alsop Oliver Alsop (1815-1893), Richard Alsop (1726-1776), Richard Alsop (1789-1842), Charles Richard Alsop (1802-1865), and John De Koven Alsop (1879-1926). Family mercantile interests in Connecticut and related operations in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru are documented. Files relating to a legal case involving the firm of Alsop & Company, the United States government, and the governments of Bolivia and Chile (1865-1914) are included. The personal papers of several family members are also arranged in the papers.
Dates
- 1734-1986
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown, though much of the material in this collection is likely in the public domain. 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 John De Koven Alsop, Joseph E. Alsop, Mrs. Peggy Chubb, and Mrs. Stuart Farquhar in 1948; gift of Mrs. Kenneth MacKenzie and others, 1950-1956; gift of John Alsop, 1987; transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 2011; gift of Joseph W. Alsop, 2013.
Arrangement
Arranged in four series and three additions: I. Correspondence, 1776-1912. II. Alsop Claim Case, 1865-1914. III. Family Papers, 1752-1909. IV. Deeds and Miscellanea, 1734-1909. Additional material is arranged by accession.
Extent
44.75 Linear Feet (64 boxes)
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, legal papers, diaries, estate records, account books, notebooks, deeds, and miscellanea of the Alsop family of Middletown, Connecticut. Several generations of family members are represented in the papers including: Joseph Wright Alsop (1772-1844), Joseph Wright Alsop (1804-1878), Joseph Wright Alsop (1838-1891), Joseph Wright Alsop (1876-1953), Mary Alsop Oliver Alsop (1815-1893), Richard Alsop (1726-1776), Richard Alsop (1789-1842), Charles Richard Alsop (1802-1865), and John De Koven Alsop (1879-1926). Family mercantile interests in Connecticut and related operations in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru are documented. Files relating to a legal case involving the firm of Alsop & Company, the United States government, and the governments of Bolivia and Chile (1865-1914) are included. The personal papers of several family members are also arranged in the papers.
Biographical / Historical
Richard Alsop was born in Middletown, Connecticut, on January 23, 1761. He studied at Yale College and became a notable literary figure. Alsop formed the "Hartford Wits," a literary group with members including Theodore Dwight, Lemuel Hopkins, and Benjamin Trumbull. He was principla writer for the "Echo," a series of satirical essays on political and social topics published as a volume in 1807. Alsop died in Flatbush, Long Island on August 20, 1815.
- Account books
- Africa
- Alsop family
- Alsop, Aimee Elizabeth, 1870-
- Alsop, Corinne Robinson, 1886-1971
- Alsop, Elizabeth Winthrop Beach, 1847-1889
- Alsop, Elizabeth Winthrop, 1874-1892
- Alsop, Frances Maria, 1787-1866
- Alsop, Francis Johonnot Oliver, 1881-1946
- Alsop, Francis O.
- Alsop, J. W. (Joseph Wright), 1804-approximately 1878
- Alsop, John De Koven, 1879-1926
- Alsop, John, 1776-1841
- Alsop, Joseph Wright, 1772-1844
- Alsop, Joseph Wright, 1838-1891
- Alsop, Joseph Wright, 1876-1953
- Alsop, Lucy Chauncey
- Alsop, Lucy Whittlesey, 1773-1844
- Alsop, Mary Alsop Oliver, 1815-
- Alsop, Mary Wright, 1740-1829
- Alsop, Richard, 1789-1842
- Architecture
- Architecture, Domestic -- Connecticut
- Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans
- Art
- Asia
- Avon (Conn.)
- Bolivia -- Foreign economic relations -- United States
- Business
- Capt, Elizabeth Miller Langdon
- Capt, John Samuel, d. 1832
- Chauncey family
- Chauncey, Egisto Fabbri, 1874-1963
- Chauncey, Elihu, 1779-1847
- Chile -- Commerce
- Clifford, John H. (John Henry), 1809-1876
- Connecticut
- Connecticut -- Commerce
- Cryder, Helen Chauncey
- Cushing, Tom, 1879-1941
- Dabney, Charles William, 1794-1871
- Dabney, Susan Heard Oliver, 1819-
- Dana, Maria Wyllys Pomeroy Alsop, 1767-1861
- Deeds
- Diaries
- Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956
- Drawings (visual works)
- Duval, William B., 1806-
- Essays
- Europe
- Europe -- Description and travel
- Families
- Farley, Joseph
- Gilbert, Aimee E. A. Alsop
- Governors -- Election
- Heard, Susan Oliver, 1780-
- Hubbard, Sarah Williams
- Jackson, Charles Eben, 1849-
- Jackson, Eben, 1877-
- Jackson, Edward Quintard, 1875-
- Jackson, Robert Fenwick, 1877-
- Labor
- Labor movement
- Latin America
- Law
- Leffingwell, Catharine Beatty Alsop, 1835-
- Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
- Mason, Norman Howell
- McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
- Medicine
- Morrison, Cryder & Co
- Mütter, Mary Wright Alsop, 1815-1877
- New England
- Oliver family
- Oliver, Francis Eben, 1813-1850
- Oliver, Francis Johonnot, 1777-1858
- Oliver, George Stuart Johonnot, 1831-1904
- Peru -- Commerce
- Poems
- Pomeroy, Elizabeth, 1784-1844
- Popular culture
- Recipes
- Republican Party (Conn.)
- Russell & Co
- Students
- Travelers -- United States
- United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Bolivia
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- West (U.S.)
- West Indies
- Wetmore & Co
- White, Eunice Pomeroy Bassett, 1776-
- White, Percy Gardiner, 1878-1906
- Whittelsey, Lucy Wetmore, 1748-1826
- Women
- Working class
- Worthington, Asa
- Yale University -- Students
- Title
- Guide to the Alsop Family Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by William E. Brown, Jr., Monique Daviau (addition) and Michael Lotstein (addition)
- Date
- July 2001
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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