Connecticut -- History -- 1775-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Connecticut Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 149
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.
Dates:
1655-1950
William Lyon Papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 79
Abstract:
The papers contain correspondence and personal papers documenting the family life, business activities, and travels of William Lyon. Also included is a twentieth-century biographical sketch of Lyon.
Dates:
1745-1926, bulk 1791-1833
Herbert Thoms photographs used in the publication Yale Men and Landmarks in Old Connecticut
Collection
Call Number: RU 656
Abstract:
The materials consist of photographs and illustrations used by Herbert Thoms (Yale Medical 1910) in his book Yale Men and Landmarks in Old Connecticut (1967). Included are photographs of houses in New Haven and the surrounding areas of Yale historical figures. Most of the materials in Series I are negatives. Thoms's scrapbook in Series II is composed of descriptions and photographs of memorials and gravestones of men who played important roles in Yale's...
Dates:
circa 1966-1967
Williams family papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1180
Abstract:
The Williams Family Papers consists of correspondence, writings, documents, and financial records kept by descendants of William Williams who lived in and near Wethersfield, Connecticut, in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The papers are those of Elisha Williams, his second wife Elizabeth Scott Williams Smith, and his nephew Ezekiel Williams, merchant and sheriff of Hartford County. The correspondence is with family members and associates; the writings consist of sermons and...
Dates:
1711-1930, bulk 1724-1800