Series V is composed of five small, unrelated groups of papers dating from the Revolutionary War era through the first half of the nineteenth century. The first two sections consist of individual items: a draft of a poem by Joel Barlow, and an autobiographical narrative probably written by Christopher Cary (1763-1837). The third and largest section, Dwight Family Manuscripts,contains both family correspondence and two journals kept by Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) of travels through New England. The correspondence treats of such varied subjects as politics in Hartford, Connecticut (Box 7, folder 277), the New York City almshouse (folder 282), an unusual change in skin color of an Afro-American (folder 279), and the last wishes of Timothy Dwight given during a conversation with Theodore Dwight (1764-1846).
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