Hamden (Conn.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bishop family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 839
Overview:
Financial and legal papers of the Bishop family of Connecticut. The largest part of the papers consists of deeds for properties in New Haven, East Haven, Fair Haven, Branford, Hamden and Guilford, Connecticut. Also included are manifests for slaves shipped from New Haven to Savannah, Charleston and Norfolk (1822-1824). The major figures are Elias Bradley Bishop of New Haven and Jonathan Bishop Sr. and Jr. of Guilford.
Dates:
1793-1883
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Bishop family papers
Buildings, grounds and landmarks in New Haven photographs
Collection
Call Number: RU 685
Overview:
The materials consist of maps, photographs, engravings, drawings, slides, and lithographs of New Haven, Connecticut scenes, residences, buildings, and landmarks. The bulk of The materials consist of photographs of New Haven and surrounding environs from 1860-1930s. Included are aerial views, scenes of the New Haven Green, photographs of streets, and various individual residences. Of particular interest are the snapshots of houses used for tax purposes, or as documentation of the structure...
Dates:
1653-1970
Potter family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 16
Overview:
Account books (1846-1868) relating to surveying and highway repair in Hamden, Conn.; ledgers, daybooks, and pay books concerning the breeding of cattle, sale of hides and wood, and quarrying of stone; accounts (1825-1882) of the firm Rowe and Tuttle of Fair Haven, Conn., covering the sale of general merchandise; and deeds for land acquired by the Potter family in North Branford, New Haven, North Haven, Fair Haven, and Hamden, Conn.Represented in the collection are Jabez Turner Potter...
Dates:
1823-1888
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Potter family papers
Ebenezer Warner family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1050
Overview:
Deeds and other legal documents, chiefly relating to land in Hamden, Connecticut owned by Ebenezer Warner and his sons, Amos and Ebenezer. Sixteen of the transfers are to Eldad Wolcott of Hamden.
Dates:
1775-1846