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Whitman Family Correspondence, 1808-1867
A Guide to the collection at the Connecticut Historical Society
Collection Overview |
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| Repository: | Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut |
| Creator : | Whitman Family |
| Title : | Whitman Family Correspondence |
| Dates : | 1808-1867 |
| Extent : | 0.5 linear feet (1 box) |
| Location: | Ms 70929 |
| Language: | English |
Biographical Sketch
Captain Samuel Whitman (1753-1810), a Revolutionary War soldier, was born in West Hartford where he lived with his wife Abigail Abbott Whitman (1762-1844). Their oldest son Samuel (1786-1888) married Elizabeth Howard and lived in West Hartford where he was devoted to breeding fine sheep and serving with the Governor’s Horse Guard. The other children in the family included Eliza (1788-1812), Abigail (1789-1812) who married Timothy Goodman, Henry (1791-1812), Emma who died young, Lucy (1797-1831) who married Avelyn Sedgwick and settled in Ogden, NY, Harriet (1799-1850) who married Epaphras Goodman, Timothy’s brother and a minister, Emeline (1801-1825), Julia (1803-1864) and Laura (1807-1833). Samuel and Elizabeth Howard Whitman had children Henry Lyman, George Abbott, Eliza (b. 1819). Myrtle, Charlotte, Samuel (b. 1823), Emeline (b. 1826) and John (b. 1828). Additional information on the family can be found in the collection folder in the archivist’s office and in the Whitman genealogy.
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Scope and Content
The collection consists almost entirely of correspondence among the members of the Whitman, Goodman and Sedgwick families concerning family and neighborhood news. There are a few other documents, namely some rewards of merit for good school work, several compositions and poems, and a memorandum book kept by one of the Samuel Whitmans.
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions on access to the collection.
Use Restrictions
Use of the material requires compliance with the Connecticut Historical Society's Research Center regulations.
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Subject Headings
Personal Names
Subjects
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Item, Collection Title, Collection number (Box #, Folder #). Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut.
Processing Details
Collection was processed by Ruth Douglass and Barbara Austen in 2008.
EAD Finding Aid created June 2011.
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Contents:
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| 1 | 1 | Abigail Whitman from Avelyn Sedgwick, 1823-1838 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Abigail Whitman from Lucy Whitman Sedgwick, 1829 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Abigail Whitman from Emeline Whitman and from Harriet and Epaphras Goodman, 1829-1842 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Samuel Whitman from Timothy Goodman, 1810 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Samuel Whitman from Henry Whitman, 1813 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Samuel Whitman from Harriet and Epaphras Goodman, 1830-1850 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Samuel Whitman from Avelyn Sedgwick, 1836-1849 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Samuel Whitman from Julia Whitman, 1845-1862 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Eliza Whitman from Henry Whitman and L. Montague, 1809-1814 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Abigail Whitman from Eliza Whitman, 1811 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Abigail Whitman poem, before 1812 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Henry Whitman from Eliza Whitman, 1813-1814 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Henry Whitman from Timothy Whitman and Orville Deming, 1814 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Harriet Whitman Goodman from her sisters Lucy and Julia, from Avelyn Sedgwick and from her husband Epaphras Goodman, 1826-1845 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Emeline Whitman school composition and rewards of merit letters from friends and from Harriet Whitman Goodman, 1819,1821-1825 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Julia Whitman award of merit, undated, and probate document, 1864 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17-20 | Julia Whitman from sisters Emeline, Harriet Goodman, Lucy Sedgwick, Avelyn Sedgwick, Epaphras Goodman, and Harriet Thompson Sedgwick, 1819-1842, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Laura Whitman from sisters Julia, Lucy Sedgwick and Harriet Goodman, 1825-1833 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Eliza Whitman from Abigail Whitman and aunts Harriet and Helen Goodman, 1830-1860 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | John Whitman from Emma Arnold and Samuel Goodman, 1864-1867 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Assorted Whitman and Goodman correspondence, 1808-1862 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Assorted documents, 1815-ca. 1850 | |||||||||