Collections : [Connecticut State Library, State Archives]

Papers and correspondence of the General Assembly, the Governor and Council, and other colony or state officials.

The collection consists primarily of records after 1909 ending with the administration preceding the most current, with each administration constituting a separate subgroup. Records prior as well as several dating after, appear as separate series. These include Executive Clerk, 1820-1985; Proclamations, 1630-1991; Correspondence, 1811-1933; Bond Registers, 1819-1899; Applications, 1848-1880; Miscellaneous Reports, 1850-1945; Commitment Papers, 1848-1948; Appointment Registers, 1871-1978; Commissioner of Deeds, 1879-1978; Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 1991-2018; and Requisitions and Waivers of Extradition, 1921-1982. Some of these series cross over several administrations.

The official record books of the General Court/General Assembly, containing proceedings and other materials.

The official record books of New Haven Colony, containing proceedings and other materials. A volume covering circa 1649-1653 is believed to have been lost or destroyed prior to 1698.

Early deeds, land records, turnpike records.

Probate record books, 1677-1849. Contact the probate court for access to record books after Volume 50. See Alternative Form Available note below.

Minutes, records of acts, letters, etc. of the New England Confederation that was comprised of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven. Volume 53 also includes records of the Court of Assistants, May 11, 1669 - October 7, 1686 and October 1, 1696 - October 3, 1701.

Probate record books, 1647-1959. Contact the probate court to access record books after Volume 621. See Alternative Form Available note below.

Record books, Volumes 1-10, 1648-1755. Contact the probate court to access original record books after Volume 10. See Alternative Form Available note below.

Court cases and documents, wills and inventories.

The Samuel Wyllys Papers, 1661-1728, undated, are a group of 88 court documents that include 6 cases of witchcraft (42 documents), 12 cases concerning assault and battery, theft, adultery and other crimes (35 documents), and 11 other documents related to prayers of confession and petition, lists of freemen, poor relief, taxes, and titles to Indian land. .

Records of the standing committee of Governor and Assistants that dealt with the colony's operations when the Gneral Court/Assembly was not in session.

The collection is arranged into eight series:

The records were arranged into 4 subgroups and 8 series which document the . The series include .

The records were arranged into 13 series which document Indian Litigation cases. The series include Attorney General, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Pequot, Golden Hill Paugusetts, Mashantucket Pequot, Mohegan, Nipmuc, Schatigcoke, Webster/Dudley Band of Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians, National Archives Microfilm, Miscellaneous Microfilm, Removable Media, and Restricted.

Sidney Miner collected family history, and between 1860 and 1880, mailed out circular letters and family group sheets to those with the Miner name throughout the country. This collection consists of samples of his circular letters, blank and completed family sheets, and correspondence providing family histories that Miner planned to compile into a publication. His correspondence is organized in Series 1. One notable letter in the collection is from E.B. Kellogg in 1857 concerning the printing of the Miner coat of arms by Kellogg, a noted Hartford printer.

Administrative, church, court, land, tax and vital records for the town of New London.

Probate record books, 1675-1937. Contact the probate court to access record books after Volume 46 for Records and Volume 46 for Journals. Volumes titled "Journal" record the proceedings of the court. See Alternative Form Available note below.

The records are arranged under eighteen headings or series, from Admissions to the Bar to Travel. The papers in most series are arranged in chronological order. Only a handful of documents exist for the period before 1700. Well over 99% of the papers date from the years between 1700 and 1855.