Approximately 65 manuscript letters, signed, relating to Simeon Baldwin or sons Ebenezer Baldwin and Roger S. Baldwin, 1788-1867. Circa 50 letters are addressed to Simeon Baldwin and pertain to his time as a city clerk, congressman, and judge in New Haven, Connecticut (and occasionally Washington, D.C.). Letters to Ebenezer Baldwin and Roger S. Baldwin primarily concern political or financial matters and Included is an oath of office taken by Simeon E. Baldwin, son of Roger S. Baldwin, in 1867
Description:
Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851) (Yale 1781) was born in Norwich in the Connecticut Colony and practiced law in New Haven. In 1790, he was elected New Haven city clerk--he served this position until his election as a Federalist to the United States Eighth Congress, which he held from 1803 March 4 to 1805 March 3. Baldwin was associate judge of the Superior Court from 1806 to 1808 and the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors from 1808 to 1818. In 1826, he served as the Mayor of New Haven., Baldwin was married to Rebecca Sherman Baldwin (1764-1795), with whom he had seven children--among them were Ebenezer Baldwin (1790-1837) and Roger S. Baldwin (1793-1863) (Yale 1811)., and Source unknown.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut., United States., Connecticut, New Haven (Conn.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Baldwin, Ebenezer, 1790-1837., Baldwin, Roger S. 1793-1863. (Roger Sherman),, Baldwin, Simeon, 1761-1851., Baldwin, Simeon E. 1840-1927. (Simeon Eben),, and Baldwin family.
Subject (Topic):
Clerks, Judges, Legislators, and Politics and government
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of genealogies of families of Curtiss, Barnes, Newell, Potter, Woodruff, and Hart in Connecticut, particularly from the towns of Southington and Farmington. The volume includes copies of wills; land deeds; detailed accounts of where they resided; and personal anecdotes, including family members' involvement in religious activities; the American Revolution; and the Civil War. The manuscript notes the marriage of Hawkins Hart of Wallingford to Mary Widow of Street, "grand daugthter of Rev John Eliot the Apostle to the Indians, Author of a translation of the Bible into the Indian language ..."
Description:
In English., Tipped in: dealer's description of manuscript., Seventeen leaves at the beginning left blank., Laid in at p. 178: newspaper clipping of "the only complete record now existing of citizens of Southington who enlisted in the late War of the Rebellion.", Laid in at p. 341: small square of embroidered cloth., Paper blind-embossed stamp: Congress J. Smith., and Binding: machine-grain black morocco.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and Missouri
Subject (Name):
Andrews, Gad, b. 1803., Barnes family., Curtis family., Hart family., Newell family., Potter family., Woodruff family., and Yale College (1718-1887)
Subject (Topic):
Alumni and alumnae, Genealogy, History, and Religious life and customs
BEIN College Pamphlets 92 1: Autograph: William Prince Jr. 1795., BEIN College Pamphlets 1687 1: Stamp: E.A. Andrews., BEIN College Pamphlets 1885 1: Imperfect: p. 183 wanting. Gift of the sons of Henry White, 1897., BEIN Tanselle Z20 0025: Imperfect: Title page mutilated, with "Greenfield Hill" torn away. Autograph: G.C. Lochridge, C.P. Iowa. Manuscript notes on rear pastedown endpaper. Number 1 of 3 titles bound together., BEIN Za D96 794g Copy 1: Autograph: Mr. David L. Berbers., BEIN Za D96 794g Copy 2: Bookplate: Annie Burr Jennings., BEIN Za D96 794g Copy 3: No. 1 of 8 works bound together with binder's title: Dwight., BEIN Za D96 794G Copy 4: Autograph: Alfred Hennen. From the Betts Collection of Yale Poetry., BEIN Za D96 794G Copy 5: Autograph: Jennell H. Alling. No. 1 of 5 works bound together with binder's title: Dwight's works., BEIN Za H88 794: Bound with Humphreys, David. A poem on industry... Philadelphia, M. Carey, 1794., MED,HSL Hist FC8Gr 794D: With this is bound his A discourse on the genuineness and authenticity of the New Testament. New York, 1794., Signatures: [A-B]⁴ C-O⁴ [P]⁴ Q-Y⁴., Errors in paging: page 124 misnumbered 120; numbers 57-64 omitted from pagination., Errata on page [1] at end., and Includes bibliographical references.
Publisher:
Printed by Childs and Swaine
Subject (Geographic):
Fairfield (Conn.), Bloomfield (Conn.), Connecticut, Bloomfield., and Fairfield.
Subject (Topic):
Pequot War, 1636-1638, Description and travel, History, and Travel
Manuscript notes of lectures by Tapping Reeve, at the Litchfield Law School, taken in 1792-1795, by unidentified students
Description:
Contains 3 small, hardbound notebooks with marbled exterior papers. The folder heading says: “Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823. Lectures on law: notebooks kept by unidentified student(s) at Litchfield Law School, 1792-1795.--Finding aid., Notebook 1: 10x16 cm, approx. 40 sheets with writing on both sides. Paste-down on inside of front cover says: “Contents. Baron & Feme. Parent & Child.” Recto of first page says: “English Law & Connecticut Law Contrasted.” I don’t see any indication on the item regarding who took the notes or when they were made. The volume is fairly tightly bound, but in good shape.--Finding aid., Notebook 2: Also 10x16 cm, also approx. 40 sheets, the first sheet is blank, followed by 9 sheets with writing on both sides – the remainder of the sheets are blank. First sheet that contains writing headed as follows: “Litchfield September 19th 1792. New Trials. Rule –”. The text block is about 3/4 detached from the cover of this volume, and there is water or mold damage on the insides of the front and back covers. The separating of the cover has loosed the binding somewhat on the interior pages and they are easy to open.--Finding aid., Notebook 3: Also 10x1 cm, also approx.. 40 sheets with writing on both sides. Paste-down on inside of front cover says: “Contents. Master & Servant. Contracts.” Recto of first page says: “Comparisons of English & Connecticut Law. B.T. Reeve. 1795." The volume is less tightly bound than Notebook 1 and is in good shape.--Finding aid., Also available in original print https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/archival_objects/1387590, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, 2021. MS 384, Series II, Box 16, Folder 247., Digitization in progress. Online content available soon. , and Description based on print version finding aid.
Publisher:
Producer not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and Litchfield.
Subject (Name):
Litchfield Law School
Subject (Topic):
Law, Study and teaching, Law students, and Students
Manuscript notes of lectures by Tapping Reeve, at the Litchfield Law School, taken in 1792-1795, by unidentified students
Description:
Contains 3 small, hardbound notebooks with marbled exterior papers. The folder heading says: “Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823. Lectures on law: notebooks kept by unidentified student(s) at Litchfield Law School, 1792-1795.--Finding aid., Notebook 1: 10x16 cm, approx. 40 sheets with writing on both sides. Paste-down on inside of front cover says: “Contents. Baron & Feme. Parent & Child.” Recto of first page says: “English Law & Connecticut Law Contrasted.” I don’t see any indication on the item regarding who took the notes or when they were made. The volume is fairly tightly bound, but in good shape.--Finding aid., Notebook 2: Also 10x16 cm, also approx. 40 sheets, the first sheet is blank, followed by 9 sheets with writing on both sides – the remainder of the sheets are blank. First sheet that contains writing headed as follows: “Litchfield September 19th 1792. New Trials. Rule –”. The text block is about 3/4 detached from the cover of this volume, and there is water or mold damage on the insides of the front and back covers. The separating of the cover has loosed the binding somewhat on the interior pages and they are easy to open.--Finding aid., Notebook 3: Also 10x1 cm, also approx.. 40 sheets with writing on both sides. Paste-down on inside of front cover says: “Contents. Master & Servant. Contracts.” Recto of first page says: “Comparisons of English & Connecticut Law. B.T. Reeve. 1795." The volume is less tightly bound than Notebook 1 and is in good shape.--Finding aid., Also available in original print https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/archival_objects/1387590, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, 2021. MS 384, Series II, Box 16, Folder 247., Digitization in progress. Online content available soon. , and Description based on print version finding aid.
Publisher:
Producer not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and Litchfield.
Subject (Name):
Litchfield Law School
Subject (Topic):
Law, Study and teaching, Law students, and Students
Manuscript notes of lectures by Tapping Reeve, at the Litchfield Law School, taken in 1792-1795, by unidentified students
Description:
Contains 3 small, hardbound notebooks with marbled exterior papers. The folder heading says: “Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823. Lectures on law: notebooks kept by unidentified student(s) at Litchfield Law School, 1792-1795.--Finding aid., Notebook 1: 10x16 cm, approx. 40 sheets with writing on both sides. Paste-down on inside of front cover says: “Contents. Baron & Feme. Parent & Child.” Recto of first page says: “English Law & Connecticut Law Contrasted.” I don’t see any indication on the item regarding who took the notes or when they were made. The volume is fairly tightly bound, but in good shape.--Finding aid., Notebook 2: Also 10x16 cm, also approx. 40 sheets, the first sheet is blank, followed by 9 sheets with writing on both sides – the remainder of the sheets are blank. First sheet that contains writing headed as follows: “Litchfield September 19th 1792. New Trials. Rule –”. The text block is about 3/4 detached from the cover of this volume, and there is water or mold damage on the insides of the front and back covers. The separating of the cover has loosed the binding somewhat on the interior pages and they are easy to open.--Finding aid., Notebook 3: Also 10x1 cm, also approx.. 40 sheets with writing on both sides. Paste-down on inside of front cover says: “Contents. Master & Servant. Contracts.” Recto of first page says: “Comparisons of English & Connecticut Law. B.T. Reeve. 1795." The volume is less tightly bound than Notebook 1 and is in good shape.--Finding aid., Also available in original print https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/archival_objects/1387590, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, 2021. MS 384, Series II, Box 16, Folder 247., Digitization in progress. Online content available soon. , and Description based on print version finding aid.
Publisher:
Producer not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and Litchfield.
Subject (Name):
Litchfield Law School
Subject (Topic):
Law, Study and teaching, Law students, and Students
Lecture notes from classes of Tapping Reeve and James Gould at the Litchfield Law School, 1811-1812
Alternative Title:
Lectures on law delivered by the honble Tapping Reeve and James Gould, Esq., at Litchfield, Connt, Manuscript notes of lectures by James Gould and Tapping Reeve, at the Litchfield Law School, taken in 1811, by E. F. Tattnall, and Lectures by Gould and Reeve E.F., Tattnall, 1811
Description:
Wesleyan University holds volumes 1, 3, 4, and 7 of what was originally at least a seven volume set., Yale holds volume 2 of what was originally at least a seven volume set. From the Park Family collection., Volume 2: 1 large notebook bound in leather. The folder heading says: "Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823, and James Gould, 1770-1838. Lectures on law: notebook kept by unidentified student at Litchfield Law School, 1811. -- Even though the folder says unidentified, the spine of the volume contains the following embossed on red leather: “Lectures on Law” and E.F. Tattnall”. There are 250 sheets in this volume, the first 2 and the last 1 of which are unnumbered. The remainder are numbered pages 1-94. Most of the pages contain writing, but there are scattered blank pages, and pages 471-494 at the end of the volume are blank. Second unnumbered page at the beginning of the volume says: "Lectures on Law delivered by the Hon'ble Tapping Reeve, and James Gould Esq,r, at Litchfield Conn't. AD 1811. Vol: 2nd". Front and back covers are slightly bowed, but the binding is in great shape and the volume opens fairly flat.--Finding aid., Also available in original print (volume 1, 3, 4, 7) https://ctw-wu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CTW_WU/1nfr5mf/alma9923620503903768, Also available in original print (volume 2) https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/archival_objects/1387591, Digital reproduction. Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Special Collections and Archives, 2021., and Description based on Wesleyan's print version record and Yale's finding aid.
Publisher:
Edward Fenwick Tattnall
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut., Connecticut, and Litchfield.
Subject (Name):
Litchfield Law School
Subject (Topic):
Students, Law, Study and teaching, and Law students
Lecture notes from classes of Tapping Reeve and James Gould at the Litchfield Law School, 1811-1812
Alternative Title:
Lectures on law delivered by the honble Tapping Reeve and James Gould, Esq., at Litchfield, Connt, Manuscript notes of lectures by James Gould and Tapping Reeve, at the Litchfield Law School, taken in 1811, by E. F. Tattnall, and Lectures by Gould and Reeve E.F., Tattnall, 1811
Description:
Wesleyan University holds volumes 1, 3, 4, and 7 of what was originally at least a seven volume set., Yale holds volume 2 of what was originally at least a seven volume set. From the Park Family collection., Volume 2: 1 large notebook bound in leather. The folder heading says: "Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823, and James Gould, 1770-1838. Lectures on law: notebook kept by unidentified student at Litchfield Law School, 1811. -- Even though the folder says unidentified, the spine of the volume contains the following embossed on red leather: “Lectures on Law” and E.F. Tattnall”. There are 250 sheets in this volume, the first 2 and the last 1 of which are unnumbered. The remainder are numbered pages 1-94. Most of the pages contain writing, but there are scattered blank pages, and pages 471-494 at the end of the volume are blank. Second unnumbered page at the beginning of the volume says: "Lectures on Law delivered by the Hon'ble Tapping Reeve, and James Gould Esq,r, at Litchfield Conn't. AD 1811. Vol: 2nd". Front and back covers are slightly bowed, but the binding is in great shape and the volume opens fairly flat.--Finding aid., Also available in original print (volume 1, 3, 4, 7) https://ctw-wu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CTW_WU/1nfr5mf/alma9923620503903768, Also available in original print (volume 2) https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/archival_objects/1387591, Digital reproduction. Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Special Collections and Archives, 2021., and Description based on Wesleyan's print version record and Yale's finding aid.
Publisher:
Edward Fenwick Tattnall
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut., Connecticut, and Litchfield.
Subject (Name):
Litchfield Law School
Subject (Topic):
Students, Law, Study and teaching, and Law students
Lecture notes from classes of Tapping Reeve and James Gould at the Litchfield Law School, 1811-1812
Alternative Title:
Lectures on law delivered by the honble Tapping Reeve and James Gould, Esq., at Litchfield, Connt, Manuscript notes of lectures by James Gould and Tapping Reeve, at the Litchfield Law School, taken in 1811, by E. F. Tattnall, and Lectures by Gould and Reeve E.F., Tattnall, 1811
Description:
Wesleyan University holds volumes 1, 3, 4, and 7 of what was originally at least a seven volume set., Yale holds volume 2 of what was originally at least a seven volume set. From the Park Family collection., Volume 2: 1 large notebook bound in leather. The folder heading says: "Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823, and James Gould, 1770-1838. Lectures on law: notebook kept by unidentified student at Litchfield Law School, 1811. -- Even though the folder says unidentified, the spine of the volume contains the following embossed on red leather: “Lectures on Law” and E.F. Tattnall”. There are 250 sheets in this volume, the first 2 and the last 1 of which are unnumbered. The remainder are numbered pages 1-94. Most of the pages contain writing, but there are scattered blank pages, and pages 471-494 at the end of the volume are blank. Second unnumbered page at the beginning of the volume says: "Lectures on Law delivered by the Hon'ble Tapping Reeve, and James Gould Esq,r, at Litchfield Conn't. AD 1811. Vol: 2nd". Front and back covers are slightly bowed, but the binding is in great shape and the volume opens fairly flat.--Finding aid., Also available in original print (volume 1, 3, 4, 7) https://ctw-wu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CTW_WU/1nfr5mf/alma9923620503903768, Also available in original print (volume 2) https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/archival_objects/1387591, Digital reproduction. Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Special Collections and Archives, 2021., and Description based on Wesleyan's print version record and Yale's finding aid.
Publisher:
Edward Fenwick Tattnall
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut., Connecticut, and Litchfield.
Subject (Name):
Litchfield Law School
Subject (Topic):
Students, Law, Study and teaching, and Law students
Lecture notes from classes of Tapping Reeve and James Gould at the Litchfield Law School, 1811-1812
Alternative Title:
Lectures on law delivered by the honble Tapping Reeve and James Gould, Esq., at Litchfield, Connt, Manuscript notes of lectures by James Gould and Tapping Reeve, at the Litchfield Law School, taken in 1811, by E. F. Tattnall, and Lectures by Gould and Reeve E.F., Tattnall, 1811
Description:
Wesleyan University holds volumes 1, 3, 4, and 7 of what was originally at least a seven volume set., Yale holds volume 2 of what was originally at least a seven volume set. From the Park Family collection., Volume 2: 1 large notebook bound in leather. The folder heading says: "Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823, and James Gould, 1770-1838. Lectures on law: notebook kept by unidentified student at Litchfield Law School, 1811. -- Even though the folder says unidentified, the spine of the volume contains the following embossed on red leather: “Lectures on Law” and E.F. Tattnall”. There are 250 sheets in this volume, the first 2 and the last 1 of which are unnumbered. The remainder are numbered pages 1-94. Most of the pages contain writing, but there are scattered blank pages, and pages 471-494 at the end of the volume are blank. Second unnumbered page at the beginning of the volume says: "Lectures on Law delivered by the Hon'ble Tapping Reeve, and James Gould Esq,r, at Litchfield Conn't. AD 1811. Vol: 2nd". Front and back covers are slightly bowed, but the binding is in great shape and the volume opens fairly flat.--Finding aid., Also available in original print (volume 1, 3, 4, 7) https://ctw-wu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CTW_WU/1nfr5mf/alma9923620503903768, Also available in original print (volume 2) https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/archival_objects/1387591, Digital reproduction. Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Special Collections and Archives, 2021., and Description based on Wesleyan's print version record and Yale's finding aid.
Publisher:
Edward Fenwick Tattnall
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut., Connecticut, and Litchfield.
Subject (Name):
Litchfield Law School
Subject (Topic):
Students, Law, Study and teaching, and Law students