Collections

The collection primarily consists of deeds for land in Hartford, specifically South Meadow, to members of the Bull family. Some of these deeds represent the earliest Hartford deeds in the CHS collection. All three Jonathan Bull’s bought and sold property.

The records in this collection are arranged by generation. Benjamin Bunnell’s account book for coopering and trade was continued by his grandson Luke and covers the years 1756, when Benjamin proudly writes about his purchase on the inside of the book, to 1808. Inside the front cover is an index of accounts, and a single sheet listing the births and deaths of Benjamin’s children and grandchildren. Toward the back of the book, Benjamin recorded an “account of what I have gave to my daughter Abigail by way of her portion” and another account of what Abigail has of her sister’s portion after Mehitable’s death. A recipe for medicine to treat the “bloody flux” is written on the last page of the volume.