- Call number
- MssCol 185462
- Physical description
- .01 linear feet (1 folder)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- Letters of Connecticut families, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
The collection consists of ten miscellaneous letters, most of them written by or directed to persons living in Connecticut during the 1850s and 1860s, touching on family matters, friendship, illness, employment, and the Civil War. Three brief letters written by relatives of Squire Gilbert and Warren Gilbert, dated 1853-1857, are directed to them at Westport, Connecticut. Two letters are addressed to Moss family members at Monroe, Connecticut, consisting of a letter written jointly by Jesse and Narcissa Moss at Jubilee, Illinois, 1861, with two loose pencil drawings of a bird and a squirrel on similar paper stock, and a letter written by Amos Moss at West Cheshire, Connecticut, 1863. Also present are five letters written by men and women, 1861-1864 and undated, which are only partly identifiable. Most items are accompanied by typed transcripts.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Anonymous gift, 2004.
Processing information
Processed by Susan P. Waide, 2021.
Key terms
Names
Subjects
- Family life -- Connecticut -- History -- 19th century
- Farm life -- Illinois -- Peoria County -- History -- 19th century
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Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328