Miscellaneous papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a range of materials from correspondence and business papers to scrapbooks and legal documents. The first set of materials deals with papers specific to Ezekiel Williams Jr. such as letters from Corenelius Vanderbilt and Noah Webster Jr., as well as business papers, both related and unrelated, to his work as a nautical insurance representative. The second set deals with papers from other family memebers, such as his wife, Mrs. Ezekiel Williams Jr. and their son, Oliver Ellsworth Williams. These papers include more correspondence from notables such as Lydia Huntley Sigourney, American poet, Daniel Webster, and Corenelius Vanderbilt, legal papers, and scapbooks from the mid 1800s. The last set of materials are papers that were created outside of the Williams family including correspondence, a manuscript poem from Lydia Huntley Sigourney and other miscellaneous prose, as well as the diaries of Dr. Samuel Norwood of Norwich, CT,.
Dates
- Creation: 1721 - 1908
Creator
- From the Collection: Williams family, 1721-1908 (Family)
- From the Collection: Williams, Ezekiel , Jr., 1765-1843 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 11 Cubic Feet (11 flat archival boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford Connecticut 06106