Colonial Connecticut
Title
Colonial Connecticut
Subject
Colonial Connecticut
Land Records -- Connecticut
Wills, Inventories -- Personal property
Land Records -- Connecticut
Wills, Inventories -- Personal property
Description
200+ manuscript records, deeds, wills, surveys, court records, Revolutionary War claims, Continental army orders and 'notes of hand'. The papers were inherited by Henry Austin Clark Sr 1865-1951 from his mother’s Stebbins family of Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Creator
Samuel Stebbins
Date
1765-1849
Contributor
Samuel Stebbins family of Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Rights
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US
Language
English
Type
Text
Textual
Collection Items
1802 Letter to Parents from John Stebbins
John Stebbins, a 20 year old NYC clerk wrote this melancholy letter to his parents 30 years before his tragic death after a Thanksgiving visit to their hometown, Ridgefield, CT. He also discusses recommendation for his 17 year old brother, William…