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HUNTINGTON FAMILY LETTERS, DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA 1782-1898
From several generations of the Connecticut family. Includes:
1) 1816 court martial document ordered by Adjunct General Ebenezer Huntington (1754-1834).
2-50) Assorted documents, mostly letters regarding personal and financial matters, including the selling of bonnets, an election, a request for clover seed, a request for whiskey, and cautionary words about drinking. Also includes an 1898 letter from George Reynolds of the Crane Elevator Co., Chicago, to Henry Huntington, discussing the sinking of the steamboat Lexington and a typed copy of a spurious letter supposedly written by Cotton Mather in 1682, plotting to kidnap William Penn and sell him into slavery in Barbados.
51-53) Three land deeds, two concerning Connecticut Senator James Hillhouse (1754-1832).
54-66) Thirteen addressed envelopes with canceled stamps.
67-75) Nine pieces of Late 19th Century ephemera.
76-87) Twelve Late 19th/Early 20th Century photographs.

From several generations of the Connecticut family. Includes:
1) 1816 court martial document ordered by Adjunct General Ebenezer Huntington (1754-1834).
2-50) Assorted documents, mostly letters regarding personal and financial matters, including the selling of bonnets, an election, a request for clover seed, a request for whiskey, and cautionary words about drinking. Also includes an 1898 letter from George Reynolds of the Crane Elevator Co., Chicago, to Henry Huntington, discussing the sinking of the steamboat Lexington and a typed copy of a spurious letter supposedly written by Cotton Mather in 1682, plotting to kidnap William Penn and sell him into slavery in Barbados.
51-53) Three land deeds, two concerning Connecticut Senator James Hillhouse (1754-1832).
54-66) Thirteen addressed envelopes with canceled stamps.
67-75) Nine pieces of Late 19th Century ephemera.
76-87) Twelve Late 19th/Early 20th Century photographs.
Condition: General aging, folds, and tears.


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