- unitid
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{"value"=>"874", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1789-1866", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1789/1866"}
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1789
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1866
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1789
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Dwight family papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes, 2 microfilm reels", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Among the notable members of the Dwight family of Connecticut were: Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), a Congregational minister and president of Yale College; Theodore Dwight (1764-1846), a lawyer, editor and author; Theodore Dwight, Jr. (1796-1866), author and educator; and Sereno Edwards Dwight (1786-1850), educator and Congregational minister. Collection consists of letters, 1795-1815, and notebook of Timothy Dwight; letters, 1789-1843, poems, and miscellaneous documents of Theodore Dwight; correspondence, 1815-1866, diary (published in 1824 under the title \"A Journal of a Tour in Italy, In the Year 1821\") of a tour through Italy and Europe, poems, and notes of Theodore Dwight, Jr.; letters, 1821-1828, of Sereno Edwards Dwight; letters, 1836-1853, to various members of the Dwight family; and letters, 1828-1852, poems, and other papers of the Alsop family."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Dwight family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Dwight family", "type"=>"famname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Among the notable members of the Dwight family of Connecticut were: Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), a Congregational minister and president of Yale College; Theodore Dwight (1764-1846), a lawyer, editor and author; Theodore Dwight, Jr. (1796-1866), author and educator; and Sereno Edwards Dwight (1786-1850), educator and Congregational minister.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Among the notable members of the Dwight family of Connecticut were: Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), a Congregational minister and president of Yale College; Theodore Dwight (1764-1846), a lawyer, editor and author; Theodore Dwight, Jr. (1796-1866), author and educator; and Sereno Edwards Dwight (1786-1850), educator and Congregational minister.</p> <p>Collection consists of letters, 1795-1815, and notebook of Timothy Dwight; letters, 1789-1843, poems, and miscellaneous documents of Theodore Dwight; correspondence, 1815-1866, diary (published in 1824 under the title \"A Journal of a Tour in Italy, In the Year 1821\") of a tour through Italy and Europe, poems, and notes of Theodore Dwight, Jr.; letters, 1821-1828, of Sereno Edwards Dwight; letters, 1836-1853, to various members of the Dwight family; and letters, 1828-1852, poems, and other papers of the Alsop family.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by ,</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.5 linear feet (2 boxes, 2 microfilm reels)
- date_start
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1789
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1866