Scope and content

Boarding house accounts, 1805-1833, of the Parmele family of Connecticut. Diary of an unidentified woman, discussing family, social life, and d boarding house operation, also Connecticut, 1864-1866. One entry mentions the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Abstract Journal-account book (1823) kept by George Talcott, U.S. Army Ordnance Department, while on an official surveying trip through Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee; thirty-six Mexican War letters; one diary of Talcott's son, Sebastian Visscher Talcott. Also, personal and business correspondence and accounts, estate settlement papers, deeds, bills, and miscellaneous papers of the related Talcott, Shearman (Sherman), Bogard, and Gibson families; fair copies of 17th and 18th century wills and...