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Letters from marine stationed in California, Texas and the South Pacific, to his wife in West Hartford, Conn., describing combat life; includes references to hearing Tokyo Rose.

Collection consists of correspondence, literary papers, and personal diaries. Also included are some papers of her husband, Charles Sigourney.

Primarily incoming correspondence to a soldier serving in the United States during World War I. Correspondents include his mother Annie Smith and his brother James Smith, both of New London, Connecticut, his New Jersey and New London cousins and nieces, former co-workers, and a girl in Washington, DC whom he was dating. There are also letters Frank wrote to his army buddies right after their discharge, letters he wrote to his mother, and letters written by family and friends to his mother Annie and his wife Anna W. Smith.

Joshua Smith was a weaver and farmer, as well as a sheriff in Windham, Connecticut. His papers consist of property deeds and maps, receipts, some correspondence, and a large number of summons and writs of attachment. Frederick Smith, Joshua's brother, is represented by an account book, notes on astronomy, deeds, and papers related to the estate of Peleg Williams. The papers of Sarah and Anna Smith include verses written by Sarah, notes on the Otis family, and correspondence.

Primarily financial and legal documents of a Somers, Connecticut family who were merchants and farmers, namely Ebenezer, Ezekiel, Ezekiel Jr., Chester and Theodore Spencer. Legal papers include wills, probate and justice court records, and deeds. Of note among the assorted financial documents are bills relating to the purchase of looms and to building a fulling mill. Other textile-related documents are filed with Chester Spencer's deeds and bills of sale. Somers town records consist of subscriptions, one to aid a fire victim, the other to start a school; land surveys; a lease for a grist mill; minutes of a school meeting; and a notice to electors of an upcoming meeting.

Correspondence among members of the extended Stone family. Reverend Collins Stone was superintendent of the Deaf & Dumb Asylum in Hartford beginning in 1852. On 23 Dec 1870 he was fatally injured when he misjudged a rail crossing and his carriage was wrecked by a train. His son, Edward Collins Stone, succeeded him at the Asylum and would later be followed by Job Williams, husband of Rev. Stone's daughter (and Edward's sister), Catherine "Kate" Stone Williams. The family has a connection to the Hartford Watkinsons through Collins' wife, Ellen Jane Gill Stone, and their daughter, Louisa, wife of Edward Blair Watkinson. Two branches of the Stone family merged with the marriage of Collins' sister Urania to Rollin Sidney Stone in 1835.

Primarily correspondence among several generations of a Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, family. The correspondence describes daily life of an upper middle class family, a number of whom became doctors, lawyers and ministers and lived and traveled all over the world. Adrian R. Terry wrote to his family while in Ecuador, 1931-1932, trying to establish his medical practice there. He received numerous letters in return. Of particular note are bills for medical supplies shipped from New York City to Adrian in South America. Alfred Terry described his studies at Yale , 1817-1819, and with Judge Gould in Litchfield, Conn., 1823-1824. Charles A. Terry wrote from Cleveland, Ohio, where he practiced as a physician. Catherine Terry Bacon and Leonard Bacon raised eleven children all of whom carried on a correspondence with each other and with their mother. Their children were Rebecca T. Bacon, who was a noted educator, Leonard W. Bacon, George B. Bacon (who in 1855 sailed to Hong Kong and Shanghai), Thomas R. Bacon and Edward W. Bacon who were ministers, Francis Bacon who was a physician in Galveston, Texas, Theodore Bacon who was a lawyer, Alfred T. Bacon who was a cattle farmer, Ellen B. Bacon Closson, and Alice M. Bacon who taught in Virginia and Japan and founded a nurses training school in Hampton, Virginia for African-American women. Daughter Katherine W. Bacon married Eugene Smith, a New York City prison reformer. Of note is correspondence from Leonard and Leonard W. to their family while they were traveling throughout Europe and the Middle East in 1850-51. Among the more noted correspondents are Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett, Rutherford B. Hayes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Dean Howells, Lydia Sigourney, Charles Dudley Warner and Noah Webster.

Records of the Congregational Church in Canterbury, Conn. from its beginning in 1711. Records of the Separate Church in Canterbury, Conn., Connecticut's first Separate Church, from about 1744. The records document many of the divisions between Congregationalists and Strict or Separate Congregationalist. Minutes include the censure or excommunication of members for inappropriate behavior, and letters discuss questions on infant baptism and the ordination of pastors. Other letters illuminate divisions within the state's Congregational Churches and their attempts at reconciliation. Notices inform the Separate Church in Canterbury of other churches selecting ministers or scheduling a day of fasting and prayer. Includes a petition of he General Assembly regarding liberty of conscience.

This collection reflects William Thomas' activities in Massachusetts before 1904, and in Connecticut from 1904-1915. Includes letters from Mabel, an independent single woman living and working near Boston. The diaries cover the years 1860-1906, with gaps, particularly between 1861-1866. The entries are rather sparse and provide little insight into his daily activities, although some of them are reflective of the moral and religious conflicts in his mind. Thomas' children wrote to him in 1909 and 1915, but there is very little material from the intervening years. Mabel was the most prolific writer as she described her daily activities and the progress of granddaughter Felicia Doughty, 1902-1915. William Jr. wrote detailed letters about setting up a mill in Quebec, Canada, and about his work in Rhode Island, 1908-1915. Only a few letters exist that were written by daughter Eleanor or granddaughter Felicia Doughty, 1902-1915. The bulk of the collection consists of incoming letters and circulars to William Thomas. Among Thomas' church-related papers are a volume with the names of church members and a list of those who needed pastoral visits. Notes of possible sermon themes have been gathered into one folder and are accompanied by a combination note- and scrapbook also used for citing religious themes. The only remnants of Thomas' military service are a few circulars about the formation of a military chaplain's association and letters from lawyers in Washington, DC, offering to help him recover lost wages from the war. Financial records consist of one volume recording his stocks, 1873, and receipts from 1909 only, divided into those for milk and those for other household goods. Also among the receipts are two dog licenses. There are two letters and one formula for a prescription in the folder of non-family materials.

Family and business correspondence, and bills and receipts, of a fisherman, ship builder and ship captain of Saybrook, Connecticut. The letters he and wife exchanged were written while he and his crew were in Georgia fishing. Lebbeus' brother Orson also wrote to him. Of particular interest are letters, dating 1838-1841, discussing a religious revival in Westbrook and Hartford, Connecticut. People were converting from Methodist to Baptist, much to the consternation of the Toockers. Orders for vessels, providing dimensions and specifications, and orders for fish and other goods, are also part of this collection. Among the vessels Toocker commanded or owned were the sloops Mary Parks, L.H. Champlaine, Lilly, and Frances Decker. His crew members included Alfred Hubbard, Rufus Fordham, Jr., William Wood and David Mack.

Business records and personal correspondence of a Hartford, Connecticut and Sydney, Australia, family. Includes business correspondence and financial records of John R. Tracy who engaged in the gun trade, namely Colt pistols, with Australia and Peru. He also attempted to build a shot factory in England after purchasing a patent for shot from David Smith. Also the records of Samuel G. Tracy's interests in the lubricating oil business and pearl cultivation, including the incorporation records of the American Pearl Corporation. Family correspondence exists between Charlotte Gray Tracy (Mrs. John R.), and siblings John F., Newbold, Charlotte Gray, Edward, Charles and Frederick Tracy. Of note are several letters addressed to Anne Tracy from Genevieve Cowles in Palestine, 1909. Also genealogical notes and original documents related to the Gray, Ledlie, Smith and Tracy families. Of interest is a set of bird illustrations, unattributed, created from real feathers.

A collection of papers from and sent to Joseph Trumbull from 1753 to 1832, primarily 1772-1778.

Collection consists of personal and business correspondence; bills and accounts; sermon notes, diaries, and legal documents.

Collection consists predominantly of correspondence to and from John Trumbull; also included are some letters to Benjamin Silliman.

Collection consists of personal and professional correspondence; personal notes; notes on Indian languages; and payments received.

Primarily deeds involving land in North Haven, Connecticut bought and sold by Hezekiah, Jesse and Dennis Tuttle. Also includes joiner and cabinetmaker Jesse Tuttle's account book, 1792-1828, property lists for North Haven, 1799-1802, from which Ecclesiastical Society rates were determined, and probate records for Jude, Hezekiah and Jesse Tuttle.

Primarily correspondence, financial and legal records of a Hadlyme, Connecticut, shad fisherman, church deacon and justice of the peace. Includes records of the number of fish caught per day by individuals who presumably worked with Warner, where the fish were sold, and accounts with the Cove Fishery and the North Minorca Fishing Company. The collection also includes letters between members of his extensive family, and letters of Nancy W. Ely, 1854-1890.

Primarily correspondence between members of a family originally from Lebanon, Connecticut. In his letters, William Wattles described his trip to upper New York State by boat, and the opportunities available to him there. He also wrote to his second wife before and after their marriage. L. L. Harrington wrote from Michigan about economic opportunities out west as compared to Connecticut. On his return to Lebanon, he was active in the temperance movement. Also part of the collection are Masonic-related documents sent to William concerning Washington Encampment No. 1, William's journal of religious services, 1819-1827 and what appears to be a book of prayers. Correspondents in the collection include Juliet Harrington Wattles, Abigail Hazard Wattles, Denison Wattles, and William A. Buckingham.

Correspondence among members of the Welles family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, namely Helena Griswold Welles, her husband J. Leslie Welles, and their children Clifford, Ruth, Eleanor and Emily. The daughters attended Mount Holyoke College and much of their correspondence concerns their education.

Collection consists of mixed personal and official correspondence, diaries, accounts with the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Naval Commissions, Ephemera and Printed Political Material.