National and local historic figures, 1638-1980 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence, diaries, and business and personal papers, of 139 individuals associated with the history of New Haven, or national figures represented by items relating to New Haven, including Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Coit Gilman, George Washington, and Eli Whitney. Other persons represented by twenty or more items include Reuben Allen (1815-1874), Hezekiah Augur (1791-1858), Leonard Bacon (1802-1881), Dr. Lucius N. Beardsley (1814-1880), Isaac Beers (1742?-1813), Dwight Bowers (1866-1907), Eli Bradley (1781?-1816), William Campbell (d. 1779), Frederick Croswell (1813-1863), Rev. Soloman J. Douglas (1834-1921), Aaron Forbes (1760-1831), Caleb Gilbert (1733-1801), Chauncey Allen Goodrich (1790-1860), Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849), Daniel Greene (1765-1817) and family, Dennis Kimberly (1790-1862), Dr. James Gates Percival (1795-1856), Lucius A. Thomas (1806-1879), Gilbert Totten (1760 or 61-1839), and Charles W. Whittlesey