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- Creator:
- Davenport, John, 1752-1830, author.
- Published / Created:
- 1787-1797.
- Call Number:
- MssA D275 1787
- Image Count:
- 388
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Account book dates from the early years of Davenport's legal career. Among his clients were Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817), then a distinguished minister and schoolmaster in Fairfield, later president of Yale, and Joel Barlow (1754-1817), the notable poet, diplomat, and politician, then living in Hartford. Other clients belonged to such prominent Connecticut families as the Beaches, Merritts, Seymours, and Whitneys. Perhaps the most intriguing client (?) was "Tom [,] Negro of A.W. [or A.T.] Watson," who engaged Davenport's services in 1791 and paid the balance in his labor. (Slavery was abolished in Connecticut in 1848.) It is also possible that he was loaned to Davenport to pay a debt. However, Tom is listed in the index, which is a list of clients.
- Alternative Title:
- John Davenport, Jr., account book and John Davenport account book
- Description:
- Title from spine of slipcase., Manuscript on paper., Holograph entries, in single hand, written in black ink; signed., Leaves mostly numbered in ink on upper right recto., Place of production (Stamford, Connecticut) inferred from Davenport's residence; date of manufacture inferred from inscribed entries: "The book begun in the year 1787, John Davenport Jun" inscribed to front free endpaper. The last entry in the account book is dated 1797., Printed lined account book with ready-made tabbed index (in black and red) at the beginning of the manuscript, including the names of clients., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1780300, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale Law Library, 2023. MssA D275 1787, In English., Description based on print version record. , and Born into a prominent Stamford family, Davenport, a Yale graduate, was admitted to the bar around 1775. After serving in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, where he attained the rank of major, he returned to Stamford, where he spent the rest of his life. In addition to his legal career, he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1776-1796 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1799-1817.
- Publisher:
- John Davenport
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, Stamford, Stamford., and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Davenport, John, 1752-1830, Tom (of Watson), Beach Family., Merritt Family., Seymour Family., and Whitney Family.
- Subject (Topic):
- Account books, Finance, Personal, Budgets, Personal, Lawyers, African Americans, and Manuscripts, American
- Found in:
- Lillian Goldman Law Library > John Davenport Jr. account book, 1787-1797
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- Creator:
- Women's 20th Century Club (New Haven, Conn.)
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 5
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 104
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript meeting minutes, 12 March 1900 to 19 March 1902
- Description:
- African-American women's organization, founded on 12 March 1900 in New Haven, Connecticut, when eighteen members elected officers, including Mrs. John Ross, Jr., President; Mrs. W. B. Johnson, Vice President; Mrs. Carrie Hickman and Mrs. Eugene Henderson, Secretaries; and Mrs. Ann S. Kinner, Treasurer. The club met weekly to discuss works by and about African-Americans and to plan community activities.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven
- Subject (Name):
- Women's 20th Century Club (New Haven, Conn.)
- Subject (Topic):
- African American women, Societies and clubs, African Americans, Societies, etc, and Women
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Minutes of the Womans 20th Century Club, 1900-1902
