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Collection Overview

Gilman Family Genealogy

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Subject Headings

Administrative Information

Related Material

Contents:

I. Phineas Shepard

II. Julius Gilman

III. Julius Sheldon Gilman

IV. George Shepard Gilman

V. Hills Family Papers

VI. Ellen Hills Gilman

VII. George Hills Gilman

VIII. Mabel Goodrich Gilman

IX. Memorabilia

Gilman Family Papers

A Guide to the Gilman Family Papers at the Connecticut Historical Society



Collection Overview

Repository : Connecticut Historical Society
Creator : Gilman Family
Title : Gilman Family Papers
Dates : 1787 - 1985
Extent : 18.25 linear feet (37 boxes).
Abstract : Collection is a diverse artificial aggregation of accumulated Gilman family papers acquired over two centuries.
Location: Ms 83828
Language: English

Gilman Family Genealogy

The Gilman Family of Hartford, whose papers are collected here, descends from Richard Gilman, a freeman in Hartford in 1672. Gilman bought land in East Hartford in 1676. He was married to Elizabeth Adkins. The line is traced through Solomon (1676-1732), Josiah (1719-1796), Levi(?), and Oliver (1766-1843). The collection starts at this level with papers of Phineas Shepard (1766-1840) and his wife, Mary Webster (1772-1848). Their daughter, Eliza (1800-1884), married Julius (1799-1886), son of Oliver Gilman and Chloe Bemont (1767-1808).

Phineas Shepard (1766-1840) Phineas Shepard made his living in various ways. He was a mason but also ran a book-binding business from his home. Shepard also ploughed and mowed fields, collected taxes, bought and sold goods, and dealt in land.

Julius Gilman (1799-1886) Julius Gilman, born in East Hartford, set up a book-bindery on Main Street, Hartford, in 1833. His account books for that business date to 1857 although it is not listed in the City Directory. His health caused him to shift his principal activity to farming which he pursued profitably on Charter Oak Hill. He also conducted real estate transactions. With his wife, Eliza, he had several children: George Shepard (1825-1886), Charles Barnard (1827-1852), Henry Mason (1840-1910), Julius Sheldon (1833-1917), H. Elizabeth (1835-1905), Frederick Gillette (1840-1910), and Mary (1846-1911). He died at his home at 6 Charter Oak Place.

George Shepard Gilman (1825-1886) Born in Hartford, George Shepard Gilman graduated from Trinity College in 1847 with high honors and as salutarian of his class. He later studied law with Lucius F. Robinson and shared an office with Henry C. Robinson. Gilman served as judge of the Police Court in 1860 and as prosecuting attorney for the city of Hartford for several years. He also served on the Common Council and Board of Alderman. Additionally, Gilman was clerk of the Board of Education for a time. When George Gilman joined the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., he retired from the bar. He became a director of the company and was associated with it until his death. Gilman invested in lands in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. He also held bonds in several western railroads and mining companies. Locally, Gilman and associates owned and operated the Sage Ammunition Works in Middletown from 1864 to 1869. He also invested in Connecticut tobacco.

In the community of Hartford George S. Gilman was active in the South Congregational Church and served on the Joint Special Committee for the Farmington River Water Supply in 1878. He helped found the Republican Party in Connecticut. He was chairman for Hartford County and in 1860 was elected president of the Hartford Wide-Awakes Club. As his records and correspondence show, he supervised the town committees and canvassed assiduously for the new party. He remained active in the 1864 and subsequent elections. In 1865 George S. Gilman married Ellen Marie Hills (1841-1919). The couple had two children, George Hills Gilman (1866-1928) and Julia Ellen Gilman (1873-1963).

Julius Sheldon Gilman (1833-1911)Julius Sheldon Gilman, fourth child of Julius and Eliza Shepard Gilman, was born in Hartford at the Charter Oak Hill farm. After schooling in Hartford, he departed to work in New York at the age of 15 . When Abraham Lincoln issued a call for volunteers in 1862, Julius S. Gilman responded and enlisted in a-new company, the 22nd Connecticut Volunteers. He was appointed, and after six months was promoted to Brigade Quartermaster. When the nine months required service expired, Gilman returned to Hartford with his regiment. Julius S. Gilman was immediately appointed Assistant Quarter-Master on Governor William Buckingham's staff and later, under Governor Joseph Hawley, was made Quarter-Master General.

After returning to civilian life, Gilman worked for four years in Chicago for the D.D. Mallory Oyster and Packing Company (his brother, Henry, was also to work for this company in Detroit). In 1864 Julius married Mary Webster Gillette (1837-1901). Their only child, Robert, died at age 3 months in 1870. Julius S. Gilman returned to Hartford and bought out the Worthington and Dustin subscription book business. The firm became Dustin and Gilman. After five years, following the failure of Dustin and Gilman, Gilman changed to the oil stove business, first in Hartford and then in New York.

Julius S. Gilman's personal interests seem to have centered on military and veterans' affairs. He helped found the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) post in Hartford and was a moving force in the Campfield Monument Association and the establishment of that monument in 1900. While living in Hartford in 1865-66, Gilman was secretary of the Choral Union of Hartford.

Hills Family Papers The Hills family of Hartford became connected with the Gilman family through the marriage of Ellen Maria Hills (1841-1919) to George Shepard Gilman. Ellen hills was the daughter of Isaac (1801-1858) and Eliza Hills (1811-1870). Isaac Hills was a partner in the shoe manufacturing company, Isaac Hills and Sons. Upon Isaac's death, Ellen's brother, Horace W. Hills (1834-1890) remained in the business. It is chiefly the shoe company papers which appear here.

Ellen Hills Gilman (1841-1919) Ellen Hills Gilman assumed a good deal of financial and legal responsibility upon the death of her father. Ellen learned to keep detailed and accurate records and was the capable executor of her husband's and brother's estates as well as the overseer of the liquidation of the I. Hills and Sons Company. Her household accounts and the accounts of her trip to Europe in 1890 are meticulous. As a widow in 1896, she decided to build a new house for herself at 149 Lafayette Street. The construction entailed the removal of a pre Revolutionary house on the lot and, sensitive to the historic significance of the building, she directed that a detailed record be made of the house as it was carefully dismantled. Specifications and contractors' costs for the new house were minutely recorded. Ellen Gilman's correspondence with her bankers and brokers attests to her grasp of financial matters and her sound judgment.

The letters to Ellen Gilman from many members of her extended family reveal a responsive and warm person to whom people confided intimately. She was an understanding parent during difficult times in her children's development. In addition, the correspondence contains instances of private charity and thoughtfulness to former employees and friends.

George Hills Gilman (1866-1928) George Hills Gilman(1866-1928) was a freshman at Yale when his father died. After graduation in 1890 he read law in the office of E. Henry Hyde and Charles M. Joslyn, becoming a partner in 1893. He remained a partner during various changes in the firm. Eventually the firm would be called Gilman and Marks. The firm was noted for its careful research on titles, ownership and real estate law. George Hills Gilman was auditor for thirty-three years for the Hartford Electric Light Co. He carried on his father's work for the Republican party and served as member of the Hartford town committee and chairman of the sixth ward. For twenty-eight years he was clerk of the South School District. In 1898 George Hills Gilman married Mabel Edith Goodrich (1867-1959), with whom he had one child, George Hills Gilman, Jr. (1906-1985). George Hills Gilman was known for his interest in horses, for both driving and riding. He also put time and energy into the affairs of the Dauntless Club of Essex.

George Hills Gilman's sister, Julia Ellen Gilman (1873-1963), was married in 1902 to Walter Haven Clark (1872-1939). They had two daughters: Ellen Mary (1904-) and Dorothy Gilman (1911-). She is represented in the collection chiefly through her letters to her mother, Ellen Hills Gilman.

Mabel Goodrich Gilman (1867-1959) Mabel Goodrich Gilman came from an old Wethersfield family. Her vast genealogical research into the Gilman and Goodrich families is included in this collection. It is mainly due to her efforts that the family papers were preserved. Her penciled notes on the disposition of various groups of papers have been kept in the folder "Correspondence concerning the collection". As her son, George Hills Gilman, Jr., never married, she made a home for him. Her hospitality is shown in her careful records of parties and dinners.

George Hills Gilman, Jr. George Hills Gilman, Jr., was born in the Lafayette Street house his grandmother built, now replaced by the State Library. He graduated from Taft, Yale College (1929), and Yale Law School. He practiced law his entire career in the firm of Gilman and Marks. Like his grandfather, he was a director of the Travelers Insurance Company. Also like his father and grandfather, he enjoyed horses and played polo at the Farmington Valley Polo Club.

George Hills Gilman Jr.'s community interests were chiefly in the history and preservation of Hartford. He was active and generous to organizations with those goals. Notably, he was president of the Connecticut Historical Society, and for many years a Trustee. He also followed family tradition by long service to the business affairs of the South Congregational Church.

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Scope and Content

Collection consists of a wide range of material created and or received by a number of members of the Gilman and Hills families over almost two centuries. The majority of the material is correspondence, but there are a number of account books, other financial records, and legal papers ranging from writs to deeds. In the Julius Sheldon Gilman Series there is much material relating to the 22nd Connecticut Regiment of Volunteers. In the George Shepard Gilman series are some records of Republican Party activity in Connecticut.

Materials are organized into nine series, based on custodial history and provenance.

Series I: Phineas Shepard consists of correspondence to and from Phineas Shepard, some of his writings (poems and satires), account books and receipts concerning real estate transactions, and legal papers of the same.

Series II: Julius Gilman consists exclusively of financial and legal material relating to Julius Gilman's book-binding business: account books, receipts and promissory notes, and deeds and insurance policies.

Series III: Julius Sheldon Gilman consists largely of material relating to Gilman's role in the Civil War with the 22nd Connecticut. Among this Civil War material are correspondence with Washington D.C., samples of military forms, requisition orders, statements of the number of enlisted men, orders and invoices. Also included in this series are some personal correspondence and personal financial records.

Series IV: George Shepard Gilman consists of business, and community affairs related correspondence, correspondence with friends and family members and personal and business diaries, ledgers and account books. Also included are many legal and financial records of land investments and insurance concerns. Of note are records relating to the activity of the Republican Party in Connecticut.

Series V: Hills Family consists of a wide variety of material ranging from account books, receipts, certificates, wills and deeds, construction contracts, leases, prescriptions, licenses, stock certificates and a passport. There is a small amount of correspondence and two diaries.

Series VI: Ellen Hills Gilman consists principally of personal correspondence, a great deal of which concerning a trip to Europe in 1890. Also included are checks and statements, and legal and financial papers relating to the execution of family estates. There are also agreements and architectural plans and drawings for several Hartford properties.

Series VII: George Hills Gilman

Series VIII: Mabel Goodrich Gilman consists principally of genealogical notes, correspondence and charts.

Series IX: Memorabilia consists of ephemera, such as drawings, a scrapbook and a souvenir menu.

Materials in this collection are arranged chronologically in each series to compliment access points from the card catalog. Within each series, the material has been arranged chronologically within categories such as correspondence or receipts. oversize items are listed with the series to which they relate.

Almost all printed material has been removed to the printed book collections. A list of printed items removed is in "Correspondence concerning the collection". Some of these items may have been deaccessioned. In addition, photographs donated with the collection have been removed to the Society's museum. Copies of accession sheets identifying the photos are in the last box of the collection.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions on access to the collection. Some items in fragile condition. Preservation copy available for fragile items.

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

Buckingham, William Alfred, 1804-1875.
Dixon, James, 1814-1873.
Gilman, Ellen Hills 1841-1919.
Gilman, George Hills, 1866-1928.
Gilman, George Shepard 1825-1886.
Gilman, Julius Sheldon, 1833-1911
Gilman, Julius, 1799-1886
Gilman, Mabel Goodrich 1867-1959.
Hawley, Joseph Roswell, 1826-1905.
Loomis, Dwight 1821-1903.
Platt, Orville Hitchcock, 1827-1905.
Shepard, Phineas, 1766-1840

Family Names

Gilman family.
Hills family.

Corporate Names

Republican Party. Connecticut Hartford County.

Geographic Names

Connecticut History Civil War,
Connecticut Social life and customs.
Hartford (Conn.) Social life and customs.
West (U.S.) History 1848-1950.

Genre Forms

Holographs, signed; holographs; typescripts, signed; typescripts; printed forms completed by ms; blueprint; printed materials.
Photographs in CHS photography department. Accession notes on photographs filed at end of collection.

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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 Anne Willard in 1985. Finding aid updated to EAD 2002 in December 2010.

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Related Material

A list of objects, furniture and paintings donated by the Gilman family to the Connecticut Historical Society is filed in "Correspondence concerning the collection".

An additional letter of George Shepard Gilman to Gideon Welles appears in microfilm 80415.


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I. Phineas Shepard

Box Folder
1 A Correspondence to Phineas Shepard, H. Shepard and Eliza Shepard. 1811-1821 (6 items)
1 B Letters to Phineas Shepard. 1812 & 1821 (2 items)
1 C Letter to Phineas Shepard and Thomas Shepard from Aaron Webster 1833 (1 item)
1 D Satirical writings. 1808 (2 items)
1 E Poems. (4 items)
1 F Bill of sale for a 'stillworm.' 1803 (1 item)
1 G Judgements against and summons to Phineas Shepard 1808-1819 (4 items)
1 H Second School District: rate books and receipts 1795-1824 (4 [3 volumes] items)
1 I Lease of burial lot to Phineas Shepard 1805 (1 item)
1 J List of scholars-receipt pay to teachers and list of "Juvenile Congress." [18--?] (2 items)
1 K Account book with genealogical notes [18--?] (1 item)
1 L Account books with tables of measure. 1787-1806 (2 items)
1 M Account books. 1792-1807 (4 items)
1 N Day books and account books. 1803-1803 (3 items)
1 O Book-binding account books and receipts of Eliza Shepard. 1810-1822 (8 items)
1 P Day book. 1817-1818 (1 item)
1 Q Account books. 1815-1822 (3 items)
1 R Prescriptions for remedies. [18--?] (4 items)
1 S Eviction notice. 1817 (1 item)
1 T Real estate agreement: Boardman, Humphrey, Catlin. 1827 (1 item)
1 U Hymns (manuscript copies to Miss. E. Shepard) and "festival and fasts" flyer. [18--?] (2 items)
1 V List of subscribers [18--?] (1 item)
1 W Fragments
Box Folder
2 A-R Receipts 1789-1819 (501 item)
Box Folder
3 A-J Receipts 1820-1840 (225 items)
3 K Promissory notes: Phineas Shepard 1800-1829 (40 items)
3 L Receipts-Webster. 1797-1819 (8 items)
3 M Receipts-Other family members. 1809-1831 (3 items)

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II. Julius Gilman

Box Folder
4 A Account book: book-binding. 1833-1835 (1 item)
4 B Account book: book-binding. 1829-1837 (1 item)
Box Folder
5 A Account book: book-binding. 1829-1835 (1 item)
5 B Account book: book-binding. 1841-1857 (1 item)
5 C Receipts and promissory notes, including book-binding material. 1829-1865 (18 items)
5 D Deeds, lease, insurance policy. 1852-1875 (5 items)

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III. Julius Sheldon Gilman

Box Folder
6 A Correspondence Col. George S. Bunham from William A. Arken, Quarter-Master General, Connecticut. 1862 (4 items)
6 B Correspondence Q-M General's office, Washington, D.C. and ordnance Office, War Dept. 1863 (4 items)
6 C Correspondence to Lt. [Edward] Hitchings. 1863 (2 items)
6 D Printed orders and circulars, Hq., Adjutant General's Office, Washington D.C. 1862-63 (5 items)
6 E Samples military forms. [186-?] (14 items)
6 F Samples military forms. [186-?] (10 items)
6 G Form No.3: 22nd Regiment NCO and private extra duty payment receipts. Oct. 1862-March 1863 (2 items)
6 H Quartermaster Connecticut stores, returns. Aug. 1862 (1 item)
6 I Form 27: Lists of Quartermaster stores: 10th Penn. reserve; 22nd Regiment Connecticut. Feb.-May 1863 (6 items)
6 J Form 27, 37, 42, 43: 22nd Regiment abstracts and vouchers: "L", "M" I "I" 4th quarter. 1862 (17 items)
6 K Forms 23 and 27 22nd Regiment, returns, Quartermaster stores; abstracts and vouchers "E" receipted bills. 4th quarter 1862 (31 item)
6 L 22nd Regiment retained copies returns; abstracts and vouchers. 1862 (25 items)
6 M 22ndRegiment Requisitions,Companies A,B,C. 1862 (26 items)
6 N 22ndRegiment Requisitions,Companies D,E,F. 1862 (30 items)
6 0 22ndRegiment Requisitions,Companies G,H,I, K, J. 1862 (40 items)
6 P 22nd Regiment Requisitions. 1863 (9 items)
6 Q Statement number enlisted men Connecticut with 2 years service. 1863 (1 item)
6 R Connecticut General orders No. 17 re recruitment colored troops. Nov. 23, 1863 (l items)
6 S Special passes and orders to J.S.G. April, June 1863 (6 items)
6 T Forms 23, 38, 40, 42: Returns and abstracts and vouchers, Quartermaster stores. 1st quarter, 1863 (24 items)
6 U Abstract I'M" and vouchers, Quartermaster stores. 1st quarter, 1863 (16 items)
6 V Ordnance and ordnance stores; Returns. Abstract "E", "K". July-Oct., 1863 (4 items)
Box Folder
7 A Orders and correspondence from Quartermaster 2nd Brigade. Dec. 1862-April 1863 (11 item)
7 B Form 27, 22nd Regiment Abstract "E" and vouchers, list of stores, Q.-M. stores. 1st quarter, 1863 (35 items)
7 C Forms 27, 51; 22nd Regiment Return of C.C. and G. Equipage; abstracts "L", "E". 1st quarter, 1863 (22 items)
7 D Form 40, 22nd Regiment; Abstract "Kit and vouchers C, G equipage. 1st quarter, 1863 (73 items)
7 E Receipts Adams Express Co. Feb.-April 1863 (16 items)
7 F Forms 23, 27, 40 Return Quartermaster stores, Abstracts "Kit limit. April 1863 (23 items)
7 G Forms 27, 40 Return Q.M. stores Abstracts "K", "M". "L", 1863, 22nd Regiment. [186-?] (24 items)
7 H Forms 27 33, 40 Abstracts and vouchers "G", "E", "K", 2nd Brigade. [186-?] (33 items)
7 I Forms 23, 27, 51, retained copies returns. April 1-15, 1863 (7 items)
7 J Forms 27, 40: Returns Q.M. stores; abstracts and vouchers I'M", "K" "E", 2nd Brigade. May 1863 (22 items)
7 K Returns Quartermaster stores, 2nd. Brigade. June 4, 19, 1863 (5 items)
Box Folder
8 A-M Provision Returns. Oct. 2, 1862 - Dec. 29, 1862 (341 item)
Box Folder
9 A-H Provision Returns, 22nd Regiment. Jan. 1863 - April 16, 1863 (384 items)
9 I Provision Returns Wagoners. Dec. 1862 - March 1863. (16 items)
Box Folder
10 A Record Clothing and ordnance issued. Sept. 1862-Dec. 1862. (14 items)
10 B Invoices Quartermaster Dept. Jan.-Sept. 1862 (5 items)
10 C-F Requisitions Quartermaster Dept. Jan.-Sept. 1862 (127 items)
10 G Ledger Quartermaster stores. 1862 (l items)
10 H Ledger Quartermaster stores. 1862-63 (1 item)
10 I Miscellaneous receipts. 1863 (5 items)
Box Folder
11 A Correspondence J.S.G. from H.R.Morley. Feb. 1864 (2 items)
11 B Correspondence J.S.G. from William Buckingham, re some discharged men. Sept. - Oct.1864 (3 items)
11 C Correspondence J.S.G. from A.J. Morse (Adjutant-General). 1864 (2 items)
11 D Receipted bills for firing salutes. 1865 (10 items)
11 E-O Vouchers Quartermaster General to Comptroller State Connecticut Accounts. 1-11 May 1866-May 1867 (277 items)
Box Folder
12 A Choral Union of Hartford. Records. By-Laws and Minutes, J.S. Gilman, Secretary. 1865-66 (2 items)
12 B Choral Union of Hartford, Correspondence and Receipts. 1865 (33 items)
12 C Choral Union of Hartford, Correspondence and Receipts. 1866 (83 items)
12 D Julius S. Gilman, personal check book. 1866-67 (1 item)
12 E Julius S. Gilman, pass book and pocket account book. 1862-67 (2 items)

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IV. George Shepard Gilman

Box
12a George Shepard Gilman's legal and business correspondence. 1849-1886 (479 items)
Box
12b
Box Folder
13 A Correspondence Eliza Shepard Gilman from Maud E. Palmer. 1848 (1 item)
13 B Correspondence Elizabeth Gilman, misc. 1849-1855 (12 items)
13 C Correspondence Elizabeth Gilman from Charles Barnard Gilman; Henry Mason Barnard. 1852 (3 items)
13 D Correspondence Elizabeth Gilman from Julius Gilman. 1852-1855 (7 items)
13 E Elizabeth Gilman, receipts 1852-54; report card. 1849 (4 items)
13 F Correspondence F.G. Gilman with A.H. Brown & Co. 1881 (24 items)
13 G Correspondence George S. and Ellen H. Gilman. 1863 - 1885 (26 items)
13 H Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from C.B. Gilman. 1846-1852 (4 items)
13 I Correspondence George Shepard Gilman to Henry Mason Gilman. March, 1864 - July, 1886 (40 items)
13 J Correspondence Henry Mason Gilman to George Shepard Gilman. 1852-1884 (25 items)
13 K Correspondence Henry Mason Gilman to George Shepard Gilman. 1885 - 1886 (24 items)
13 L Correspondence Henry Mason Gilman to Julius S. Gilman. 1886 (4 items)
13 M Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from Julius S. Gilman. 1863-1883 (13 items)
13 N Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from Julius S. Gilman. 1885-86 (29 items)
13 0 Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from George Hills Gilman; Julia Gilman. 1885 (2 items)
13 P Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from Mary (Mrs. Julius S. Gilman). 1885 (2 items)
13 Q Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from Jane Gilman; from J.H. Knight. 1883-1885 (2 items)
13 Q-1 Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from Nathan Morse. 1867-1877 (27 items)
13 R Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from "Cousin" Mary [Simonten?]. 1845 (2 items)
13 S Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from J. Wadsworth, J.E. Terry. 1864-65 (6 items)
13 T Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from H. Barnard. 1845-1864 (3 items)
13 U Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from J.C. Cowell. 1848 (4 items)
13 V Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from Norman Gillette. 1845-46 (2 items)
13 W Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from J.R. Mork. 1846-49 (4 items)
13 X Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from Henry C. Robinson. 1848-57 (9 items)
13 Y Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from H.L. Shute. 1847-49 (4 items)
13 Z Correspondence George Shepard Gilman from personal A-Z. 1848-86 (33 items)
Box Folder
14 A Burial plot, George Shepard Gilman diagram. [18--?] (1 item)
14 B Discharge certificates Thomas Barret, 1813, Henry Blume, 1863. 1813 & 1863 (2 items)
14 C Beta Beta chapter, Psi Upsilon, books and correspondence. 1848-1890 (9 items)
14 C-1 Notary Public appointment. by Governor Joseph Trumbull. 1849 (1 item)
14 D Draft exemption George Shepard Gilman. 1863 (1 item)
14 E South Congregational Church, Sabbath School, Library Fund. [18--?] (1 item)
14 F South Congregational Church, Organ Fund. 1884-85 (10 items)
14 G Second Ecclesiastical Society (South Church) and church bicentennial expenses, 1870; appointment Trustees. 1878 - 1885 (9) items)
14 H Farmington River Water Supply-Reports Joint Special Commission. 1878 (7 items)
14 I George Shepard Gilman racing cards. 1883-1885 (11 item)
14 J George Shepard Gilman Horse-buying tips. 1885 (4 items)
14 J-1 Correspondence re horses. 1876-77 (15 items)
14 K Health remedies. 1870-1886 (5 items)
14 L American Temperance Life Insurance Co. petition. 1851 (1 item)
14 M Deeds, Mortgages, and relevant correspondence, A-Z. 1856-1875 (8 items)
14 N Receipts, goods, taxes, services. 1848-1868 (23 items)
14 0 Correspondence re estates A-Z. 1863-69 (11 item)
14 0-1 Correspondence re investments White, Freitas, and Rathbone. 1868 (27 items)
14 0-2 Correspondence James M. Niles. 1867-1874 (45 items)
14 P Legal cases, agreements, estates, petitions, claims. 1851-68 (29 items)
14 Q Bonds Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville R.R. Co. 1858 (50 items)
14 R Tax receipts land in Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin. 1861 (47 items)
14 S LORENZO, Frank Fuller, estate. 1851-56 (30 items)
14 T WHITE, W.H., Estate: bills and receipts. 1855-56 (22 items)
14 U KILBY, Henry, Estate: receipts and promissory notes. 1856-57 (34 items)
14 V MALLEY, James, Bankruptcy. 1856-57 (34 items)
14 W SCHUE, John, Estate. 1856-59 (22 items)
14 X SHULTAS, Elizabeth, Estate; receipts. 1857-61 (2 items)
14 Y Wisconsin lands deeds. 1857 (3 items)
14 Z Thornton Sewing machine patent; sale manufacturing rights. 1859 (1 item)
14 AA Brig Scotland damage case. 1861 (3 items)
14 BB Promissory notes. 1861-79 (12 items)
Box Folder
14a A-G Michael Chauncey estate. 1863-73 (141 item)
Box Folder
15 A George Shepard Gilman directorships, appointments and meetings. 1862-64 (6 items)
15 B STEVENS, J. Strickland, estate: receipts. 1862 (6 items)
15 C-G-3 Chatfield, Minnesota, Land investments, correspondence. 1863-1884 (170 items)
15 H Chatfield, Minnesota, Land investments, notes; deeds, statements. 1863-77 (12 items)
15 H-1 Chatfield, Minnesota, Land investments accounts. 1865-1881 (16 items)
15 H-2 Chatfield, Minnesota, Land investments, tax receipts. 1862 (12 items)
15 I GILMAN, Eli estate: sale land in Indiana. 1864 (3 items)
15 J Sage Ammunition Works, Middletown, Connecticut: Correspondence. 1864-1865 (11 item)
15 K Sage Ammunition Works sale. 1865-69 (11 item)
15 L Naugatuck Valley Peat Co. Articles of Association. 1866 (4 items)
15 M COGGESHALL, D.D., Estate, receipts. 1870-74 (54 items)
15 N NOTT and GILMAN, account sheets. 1870-71 (4 items)
15 0 BARNARD, John., Estate: bills to be paid. 1871-76 (15 items)
15 P BARNARD, John., Estate:General bills. 1873-85 (57 items)
15 Q BARNARD, John., Estate: Mortgages and notes. 1873-1885 44
15 R BARNARD, John., Estate: Disbursements to relatives; receipts. 1873-1881 (73 items)
15 S BARNARD, John., Estate: Closing documents. 1885-86 (18 items)
15 T DUSTIN-GILMAN Co.: Bankruptcy. 1871-1877 (9 items)
15 U WELLS, Mary G., Mortgage notes. 1871-1877 (16 items)
15 V KING, H.M. family. Will, deed, correspondence. 1874-1880 (10 items)
15 W Ottawa, Illinois bonds, correspondence. 1874-76 (12 items)
Box Folder
16 A Agreement Sharp, Archer, Gilman and Hills for tobacco crop. 1875-76 (5 items)
16 B Connecticut Mutual Insurance Co.: agents bonds. 1875-83 24
16 C Russell, J.R. (broker]: Gilman account-ledger sheets. 1880-1882 (8 items)
16 D Doane, George Omaha, Nebraska: deeds, mortgages, related correspondence, includes letters from Alvin Saunders, Senator, Nebraska. 1877-1882 (20 items)
16 E Doane, George Omaha, Nebraska; mortgages. 1883-1885 (14 items)
16 F "City of Hartford" expenses and receipts. 1882 (4 items)
16 G Colorado Coal and Iron Co. Reorganization. Reports. 1880-87 6
16 H Colorado Coal and Iron Co. Reorganization. Denver and Rio Grande Railway. Reorganization correspondence. 33 (1882-86 items)
16 I Colorado Coal and Iron Co. Denver and Rio Grande Railway: Reports. 1882-87 (13 items)
16 J Morse, Nathan, estate, and related correspondence. 1883-4 (18 items)
16 K Miscellaneous railroad companies; correspondence and reports. 1882-87 (15 items)
16 L Connecticut Mutual Insurance Co. account sheets; business in Pennsylvania. 1884 (4 items)
16 M Connecticut Mutual Insurance Co. Correspondence. 1865-1886 (10 items)
16 N Gas meters and prices information. 1885 (5 items)
16 0 Davenport and Bridges, mortgage note, Omaha, Nebraska. 1886-1888 (8 items)
16 P Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway reorganization. 1887-1880 (15 items)
16 Q-V George Shepard Gilman estate documents. 1881-1916 (41 item)
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17 A BUCKINGHAM, William A. (Governor of Connecticut), correspondence to George Shepard Gilman re Republican campaign in Hartford County. March 14-Dec.20, 1860 (3 items)
17 B BUCKINGHAM, William, ALS to George Shepard Gilman Feb. 24, 1863 to April 9, 1864 and to Gen. B.F. Butler copies re. military promotions and passes. 1863-1864 (7 items)
17 C BUCKINGHAM, William A., Appointment George Shepard Gilman notary public. 1861,1864 (2 items)
17 D George Shepard Gilman from E.L. Cleveland. 1860 (1 item)
17 E George Shepard Gilman: to Edwin M. Stanton from Henry C. Deming introducing George Shepard Gilman. [186-?] (2 items)
17 F GREELY, Horace ALS to George Shepard Gilman, re. invitation to speak. July 20, 22nd, 1860 (2 items)
17 G HAWLEY, Jos. R., ALS to George Shepard Gilman re. his candidacy for Congress; opposition to candidacy of Thomas Seymour. Jan. 12, 1863, March 11,1863 (2 items)
17 H George Shepard Gilman Civil War correspondence. 1861-63 (3 items)
17 I George Shepard Gilman Political correspondence. 1861,64,84 (5 items)
17 J George Shepard Gilman mss notes speech to Wide Awakes. [18--?] (2 items)
17 K Republican Party: election 1860: correspondence Republican Congressional Election Committee. 1860 (4 items)
17 L Republican Party: canvass book-Hartford County. 1859-60 (1 item)
17 M Republican Party: canvassing lists city of Hartford. 1860 (20 items)
17 N Republican Party: correspondence with town committees. Jan-March 1860 (15 items)
Some correspondents: James Dixon, N. D. Sperry [letter re Lincoln coming], Oliver Stanley, H.W. Starkweather, Dwight Loomis, D. Wadsworth.
17 0 Republican Party: election 1860, correspondence town committees. March 1860 (15 items)
17 P Republican Party: election 1860, correspondence with town committees. March-October 1860 (12 items)
17 Q Republican Party: election 1864, correspondence with town committees. Feb.-Oct.1864 (15 items)
17 R Republican Party: election 1864, correspondence with town committees. Oct.-Feb.1865 (10 items)
17 S Republican Party: correspondence. 1878-1880 (8 items)
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OV 1 A Alphabetical list of electors entitled to vote in the Third District of the town of Hartford at the presidential election Nov. 6, 1860 and at the annual Town Meeting next following. [printed]. 1860
OV 1 B Alphabetical list of the electors of the City of Hartford entitled to vote at the City Election in the Fourth Ward on Monday, April 3, 1863. [printed]. 1863 (2 items)
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18 A George Shepard Gilman Diary. 1861-68 (l items)
18 B George Shepard Gilman Diaries. 1865, 66, 67. (3 items)
18 C George Shepard Gilman Diaries, (pocket). 1872,1883,1884 (3 items)
18 D George Shepard Gilman Account book. 1851-54 (l items)
18 E George Shepard Gilman Account books (pocket). 1872-1886 (3 items)
18 F George Shepard Gilman Account book (pocket). (l items)
18 G George Shepard Gilman Connecticut Mutual Expense Account book for Pennsylvania and Kentucky. 1865-1885 (l items)
18 H George Shepard Gilman Account book. 1860-1870 (l items)
18 I George Shepard Gilman Loose papers found in account books and diaries. (15 items)

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V. Hills Family Papers

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19 A Hills family deeds, inventory, mortgages. 1829, 1830, 1832, 1847, 1848, 1857, 1859, 1886, 1919 (9 items)
19 B Horace W. Hills, prescriptions. [18--?] (12 items)
19 C Horace W. Hills, receipts 1836-1863. [18--?] (49 items)
19 D Horace W. Hills, Passport,signed by Lewis Cass. 1860 (1 item)
19 E Horace W. Hills, certificate of draft substitution. 1862,1864 (2 items)
19 E-1 Horace W. Hills, dog license. 1879 (1 item)
19 F Horace W. Hills, receipts and certificates 1864-1889 [membership cemetery association; Hartford City Guard]. 1865,1870 (10 items)
19 G Horace W. Hills, social correspondence [thank yous and invitations]. 1862-1870 (26 items)
19 H Horace W. Hills, correspondence. 1880, 1886 (21 item)
19 I Horace W. Hills, Putnam and Earle case. 1882-84 (38 items)
19 J Horace W. Hills, old stock certificates. 1860-65 (23 items)
19 K Horace W. Hills Family, Inventory of assets. 1888-1891 (26 items)
19 L Hills, Eliza, release of real estate holdings to children; will. 1872-1860 (3 items)
19 M Hills estate distribution. 1894 (1 item)
19 N Hills, Isaac, family correspondence 1868-1874 (9 items)
19 O.-X Hills, Isaac, family receipts. 1837-1891 (285 items)
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20 A Account books. 1853, 1858, 1886 (4 items)
20 B Horace W. H. Diary, trip to Europe. 1860 (11 item)
20 C Horace W. H. Diary. 1860 (7 items)
20 D Horace W. H. will, [mss. copy]. 1890 (10 items)
20 E- I Horace W. H. estate, E.H. Gilman executor, documents. 1890-1894 (108 items)
20 F H. Hubbard Hills, estate Isaac Hills, executor. Leonard Hills, estate, receipts, account book. 1846-48 (14 items)
20 G HILLS, Ellery, Guardian, Ellen Hills, probate certificate, 1860; account sheets, 1860-61. (3 items)
20 H HILLS, I and Sons: agreement of settlement, 1894; account book, 1893. (7 items)
20 I HILLS, I. and Sons: estate: Buildings 26-28 Asylum Street; construction contract, leases, correspondence. 1882-1888 (10 items)
20 J Building on Asylum Street (drawing). 1882 (1 item)

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VI. Ellen Hills Gilman

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21 A Gilman, Ellen Hills: Correspondence from George Shepard Gilman and Julia Hills Prentice. 1867 (16 items)
21 B-G Ellen H. Gilman correspondence. 1870-1888 (94 items)
21 H Ellen H. Gilman correspondence to and from George Hills Gilman. 1889 (7 items)
21 I Ellen H. Gilman correspondence family. 1889 (29 items)
21 J Ellen H. Gilman correspondence general. 1889 (39 items)
21 K-L Ellen H. Gilman correspondence general. 1889-95 (41 items)
21 M Ellen H. Gilman correspondence from George Hills Gilman. 1890-96 (25 items)
21 N Ellen H. Gilman correspondence general. 1896 (42 items)
21 0 Ellen H. Gilman correspondence with E.P. Parker and family. 1880-96 (16 items)
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22 A Ellen H. Gilman correspondence Julia Gilman. 1897 (6 items)
22 B-C Ellen H. Gilman correspondence. 1898-99 (29 items)
22 D Ellen H. Gilman correspondence from Julia Hills Gilman; to George Hills Gilman., 1900 from Elliot P. John [re Julia Hills Gilman]. (11 items)
22 E-J Ellen H. Gilman correspondence. 1900-1903 (198 items)
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23 A-F Ellen H. Gilman Correspondence general. 1904-1910 (186 items)
23 G Ellen H. Gilman miscellaneous notes and writings. [18--?] (18 items)
23 H Ellen H. Gilman European trip, correspondence. 1890 (24 items)
23 I Ellen H. Gilman European trip, correspondence. 1890 (47 items)
23 J Ellen H. Gilman European trip, bills and business correspondence. 1890 (45 items)
23 K Ellen H. Gilman European trip; accounts and memorabilia. 1890 (27 items)
23 L Ellen H. Gilman invitations and announcements-family and official. [18--?] (30 items)
23 M Ellen H. Gilman greeting cards. [18--?] (28 items)
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24 A-N George Shepard Gilman and Ellen H. Gilman receipts. 1863-1886 (256 items)
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24a O-V Ellen H. Gilman receipts. 1887-1894 (228 items)
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25 A-H Ellen H. Gilman receipts. 1895-1903 (337 items)
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26 A Ellen H. Gilman cancelled checks Connecticut Trust and Safe Co. 1874-1885 (approx. 200 items)
26 B Ellen H. Gilman cancelled checks and statements Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. approx. 400 1885-Jan.1890
26 C Ellen H. Gilman cancelled checks and statements Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 1895-1901 (approx 900 items)
26 D Ellen H. Gilman cancelled checks and statements Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 1895-1901 (approx 500 items)
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27 A Ellen H. Gilman Bank books. 1887-1909 (5 items)
27 B Ellen H. Gilman check books. 1877-1898 (19 items)
27 C Hills, Horace W. and Hills, I and Sons Estate: cancelled checks, State Bank, Ellen H. Gilman executor. 1890-1893 (200 items)
27 D Stock certificates. 1860-1881 (19 items)
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28 A Soldiers Family Relief [Society) minutes. Nov.18,1864-April 1865 (2 items)
28 B 149 Lafayette Street: Deeds and Agreement. 1865 (7 items)
28 C 149 Lafayette Street itemized bill contractor. 1896 (20 items)
28 D Specifications for house for Mrs. G.S. Gilman. 1896 (18 items)
28 E 63 Lafayette Street: History removal house. 1896 (2 items)
28 F Franklin House Papers; 146 Washington Street: sales agreement, deed sketch, blue print drawing of front exterior of house. 1883-1903 (5 items)
28 G Franklin House, 146 Washington Street: titles, correspondence, probate documents. 1882-83, 1903-1912 16
28 H Architectural plans 146 Washington Street. 1866-1928 (1 items)
28 I 6 Charter Oak Place, James H. Knight, receipted bills. 1902-3 (27 items)

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VII. George Hills Gilman

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29 A Wadsworth Street School Report cards. 1878-81 (4 items)
29 A-1 Hartford Public High School. 1881-1884 (17 items)
29 B George Hills Gilman. Report cards, Hartford Public High School. 1881-82 (17 items)
29 C George Hills Gilman. Report cards, Hartford Public High School. 1883-84 (23 items)
29 D George Hills Gilman. Essays, Hartford Public High School. 1882-84 (23 items)
29 E George Hills Gilman. Graduation, Hartford Public High School. 1885 (11 items)
29 F George Hills Gilman. Dance cards, Hartford Public High School. 1885-86, 1892-93 (3 items)
29 G George Hills Gilman. Valentines. 1922 (28 items)
29 H George Hills Gilman. Yale College bills. 1887-1890 (18 items)
29 H-1 George Hills Gilman. Psi Upsilon membership. 1888 (3 items)
29 H-2 George Hills Gilman. Notice of election to Common Council. 1894 (2 items)
29 I George Hills Gilman. correspondence re automobiles. 1909-1912 (13 items)
29 J J. George Hills Gilman. Dauntless Club papers. 1905-17 (11 items)
29 K George Hills Gilman. Dauntless Club papers. 1917-1918 (62 items)
29 L George Hills Gilman. correspondence. 1897, 1909-10 (64 items)
29 M George Hills Gilman. correspondence. 1911-12 (37 items)
29 M-1 George Hills Gilman. correspondence W.R. Sill. 1920 (6 items)
29 N George Hills Gilman. wills, estate, deed, receipt. 1874-1911 (7 items)
29 0 George Hills Gilman. essays, speeches, skit, poem. 1889 (5 items)
29 P George Hills Gilman. memorabilia. 1919, 1920 (5 items)

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VIII. Mabel Goodrich Gilman

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30 A Correspondence re Webb house. 1916 (12 items)
30 A-1 Correspondence and receipts. 1921-1936 (4 items)
30 A-2 Mabel Goodrich Gilman: social and travel diaries. 1899-1952 (5 items)
30 B Civil defense certificates. 1942,1945 (2 items)
30 B-1 Mabel Goodrich Gilman Records of entertaining. 1939-1953 (31 item)
30 C Mabel Goodrich Gilman Goodrich mss. genealogical notes and Correspondence. 1930 (42 items)
30 D Mabel Goodrich Gilman Goodrich Castle, photos, prints, tss. history of Goodrich family and castle from Goodrich genealogy pp.37-41). 1936 (9 items)
30 E Mabel Goodrich Gilman Beldon Family notes. [19--?] (3 items)
30 F Boardman Family: description armorial bearings. [19--?] (1 item)
30 G Butler Family: genealogical notes. 1944 (39 items)
30 H Churchill Family: genealogical notes. 1898, 1934 (39 items)
30 I Crane Family: genealogical notes 1852. [19--?] (10 items)
30 J Gilman Family: genealogical notes including chart and coat of arms. 1911-1978 (25 items)
30 K Hanmer Family: genealogical notes and tss. history Hanmer Family. [19--?] (10 items)
30 L Hanmer and Wills Family genealogical notes 1837, 1845, 1903, 1932. [19--?] (28 items)
30 M Hills Family: genealogical note sand chart. [19--?] (1 item)
30 N Judd Family: genealogical notes, 1856. [19--?] (1 item)
30 0 Orcott Family: genealogical notes. [19--?]
30 P Roberts Family: genealogical notes. [19--?] (3 items)
30 Q Stillman Family: genealogical notes. [19--?] (9 items)
30 R Welles Family: genealogical notes. [19--?] (2 items)
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OV II Goodrich and Hanmer families: genealogical chart. [19--?] (1 item)

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IX. Memorabilia

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31 A General convention of the Friends of Domestic Industry, New York, Oct. 26, 1831 printed report signed "William C. Gilman". 1831 (l items)
31 B Wash drawing of house; cartoon re bicycle. [19--?] (2 items)
31 C Souvenir menu: Farmington Valley Polo Assoc. 1940; Notice of partnership Gilman and Marks, 1935. 1935-1940 (3 items)
31 D Scrapbook: Gilman, Hills and others obituaries. 1886-1889 (l items)
31 E Souvenir menu: testimonial to J. Watson Beach. 1936 (1 item)
31 F Accession sheets identifying photographs in photographic dept. Connecticut Historical Society.