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 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Talcott, Samuel, 1787-1879                           

Title:               Papers

Dates:             1802-1902 (bulk 1815-1869)

Call No.:         col. 49

Acc. No.:        90x80

Quantity:        2 boxes

Location:        16 A 3

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Samuel Talcott was a 19th century resident of Gilead in the town of Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut; census records listed him as a farmer.  Some of the documents in the collection call him "Captain," and others refer to him as "Deacon," a position he held in the Gilead Congregational Church.  Samuel Talcott was born in 1787 in Glastonbury, Conn.  His parents were Gad Talcott (1745-1830) and Abigail Root (1747-1808).  A genealogy web site lists three wives for Samuel Talcott: Harriet Warner (1795-1820), Hester Reynolds (1789-1827), and Asenath Morgan (1803-1863).  Samuel died in November 1879.

 

Talcott had a number of children, most of whom are represented in this collection, particularly in receipts for school tuition.  His sons were Henry Wait Warner (1820-1900), Elisha Ely (called Ely, 1831-1858, died in Chicago), William Stuart (1834-1898), Samuel Augustus (1838-1899), and John Morgan (1841-1869).  His daughters were Harriet Hester (born 1827), Mary Elizabeth (1832-1867), Catherine Asneath (1835-1848), A. Georgianna (first name listed variously as Augusta or Asenath, born 1837), and Sarah Eliza (born 1843).

 

Brief biographical sketches of the people whose estates Samuel Talcott administered are included in the description of the collection.

 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Receipts, deeds, and other documents pertaining to the family of Samuel Talcott of Gilead, Connecticut, or to his administration of the estates of deceased neighbors.  About half of the collection is made up of receipts for Talcott's expenses during the 1800s.  Money is spent on children’s schooling (including music and dancing lessons), newspaper and magazine subscriptions, salt, flour, sugar, physicians, glass tumblers, china cups and saucers, a sewing machine, refined oil, a wide variety of textiles, and other things needed for the running of a household.  Between 1816 and 1846, Talcott served as administrator of several estates, keeping the receipts for the paying of debts and the distribution of the property.  The balance of the collection consists of deeds, 1802-1815; some letters, 1826-1902; a few poems and short compositions; and a small number of other undated manuscripts.

 

It is not known how materials pertaining to people and places in Danbury, Connecticut relate to the Talcott family of Tolland County.  Included in these materials are a bill from Union College for the tuition of Horatio Wildman, checks drawn on the Danbury Bank, materials related to the Ryder family, and a high school graduation program from 1892.

 

           

ORGANIZATION

 

The papers are divided by type (letters, receipts, deeds, estate papers), and then arranged chronologically. 

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Gift of John Walton.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

            People:

                        Talcott, Gad, 1745-1830.

                        Dunham, Elijah, 1782-1816 - Estate.

                        Horton, Anna (Mrs. Samuel), circa 1746-1826  - Estate.

                        Root, Chauncey L. (Chauncey Langdon), 1802-1845 - Estate.

            Sumner, William (William Benjamin), 1761-1838  - Estate.

            Warner, Ichabod, 1801-1835 - Estate.

            Rider family.

                       

Topics:

Danbury Bank (Danbury, Conn.)

Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.)

Finance, Personal.

Home economics - Accounting.         

Decedents' estates - Connecticut - Hebron.

Schools – Connecticut – Tolland County.

Children’s writings.

Deeds – Connecticut.

Masonry.

Farmers - Connecticut.

Receipts.

Deeds.

Letters.

Poems.

Masons.

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 16 A 3

 

 

Note: all accession numbers begin with 90x80

 

 

Box 1:

 

Folder 1: Letters, 1826-1902 and undated (acc. 90x80.5-.24, .285, .534-.536)

 

            .5         note to Capt. Samuel Talcott, from Payton R. Gilbert, William Brown, Oliver Wilcox, Visiting Committee, Hebron, Feb. 3, 1826.  Requests Talcott to investigate complaints against Mr. Hills, instructor at the White school house.

 

            .6         letter to Samuel Talcott, Gilead, Conn., from Reuben Langdon, Hartford, june 28, 1837.  About election of president and directors of the Phoenix Bank, with a list of stockholders who live in Hebron.

 

            .7         letter to Dea. Samuel Talcott, Ware, Mass., from Aseneth Talcott, Gilead, Nov. 23, 184-.  Sends family news.  Mentions Mr. Root’s estate.  Hopes he is home for Thanksgiving.   [year was probably 1845, when Chauncey L. Root died in Ware.]

 

            .8         letter to Chancy L. Root, Gilead, Conn., from Benjamin Skinner, New Hampton, June 5, 1844.  About expenses for Skinner’s mother’s illness and funeral.

 

            .9         letter to Chauncy L. Root, Ware, Mass., from Job E. Brooks, Haddam, Conn., May 20, 1845.  Mentions working for Deacon Talcott (apparently putting up a fence).

 

            .10       letter to Chauncy L. Root, Ware, Mass., from John S. Welles, Hebron, Sept. 14, 1845.   George is very ill and delirious.  Esq. Porter wishes Nathaniel to come home.

 

            .11       note to Samuel Talcott, Hebron, from Phineas Talcott, Rockville, Conn., Dec. 14, 1845.  About debt of Chauncey L. Root’s estate with Phineas.

                        [see also .550 – possibly Phineas and Phinehas were the same person]

 

            .12       letter to Samuel Talcott, esq., Gilead, Conn., from Judge Abner Hendee, Hebron, Feb. 23, 1846.  About estate of Edward Root.

 

            .13       note to Samuel Talcott, esq., Gilead, Conn., from Henry Lyon, agent for Otis Company, Ware, July 3, 1846.  Encloses receipts [no longer with letter], perhaps for estate of Edward Root.

 

            .14       letter to “dear schoolmate” [possibly Georgianna Talcott], from Elizabeth H. Judson[?], Plymouth Hollow, April 25, 1853.  Mentions one of the professors is now working in the clock factory.  Gives a little news of their classmates.

 

            .15       letter to Mr. Harvey[?  he is a church minister.] from E. Ely Talcott, Gilead, Nov. 20, 1854.   Seeks advice about going into the ministry.

 

            .16       partial letter, to Georgia [Georgianna Talcott], from unknown person [last page is missing, so no signature, but most likely from Elizabeth H. Judson(?)], Plymouth Hollow, Sept. 13, 1856.  Dysentery in the town.  The Brass Mill, which was uninsured, burned.  Mentions summer travels.  Wilbur Johnson plans to open a new school.

 

            .17       letter to Samuel Talcott, from [illegible] Hearns[?], New York City, April 1, 1857.  Encloses interest check.

 

            .18a-b  letter to “dear father” [Samuel Talcott] from Ely [Talcott], Chicago, Oct. 21, 1857.  Hard times for businessmen.  Chicago had terrible fire recently.  Misses home.

 

            .285     Letter to Samuel Talcott from J. M. Meech, Merchants’ Bank, Norwich, Conn. Sept. 10, 1859.  Will sell his stock as soon as possible.

                                    Printed form.

 

            .534     Letter to Samuel Talcott from J. M. Meech, Merchants’ Bank, Norwich, Conn. March 5, 1860.  Encloses a check.

                                    Printed form.

 

            .19       letter to Col. James Ryder from Stephen C. Parmenter, headquarters, 7th Brigade, Newburgh,[New York,] Sept. 15, 1860.  The orders for division meeting was for a different time from what was expected so many could not attend.  Arrangements for a parade of the 18th Regiment, to be held near Haverstraw. 

 

            .535     printed circular letter: from T.G. & A.L. Rowe, New York, April 3, 1861, about new standard of measurement for linseed oil.

 

            .536     letter to Samuel Talcott from P.J. Partenheimer, Tompkins County Bank, Ithaca, July 30, 1862[?], inclosing a draft.  [Printed form]

 

            .20       letter to Eliza from N.B. Williams, Lebanon, May 20, 1867.  Has signed himself as brother because they are joined in the temperance cause.  Invites her to the New London County Temperance Union meeting.

 

            .21       top of letter: to brother Clement, April 25, 1869, with embossed R on paper.

 

            .22       letter to brother from A. Ryan, Ca[illegible], Feb. 25, 1870.  Hopes to see him at father’s house tomorrow night.

 

            .23a-c  letter to Ely from cousin Ruth Morgan Talcott, Atlantic City, March 16, 1902.  Have come for a visit.  Tells what ate for Sunday dinner.  Invites him to visit.  Saw Uncle Clement and Aunt Eliza in New York City.  Also saw the prince [Prince Henry of Prussia].

                        [Ruth Morgan Talcott lived 1880-1930.  She was the daughter of Samuel Augustus Talcott and a granddaughter of Samuel Talcott.]

 

            .24       letter to Miss Talcott from C.M.T., Sept. 9 [no year], with note added by Walter.  Family news, news of school friends. 

Walter was evidently C.M.T.’s son, and was just learning to write as his note is not easy to read.

 

Folder 2: Promises to pay John Curtis/Curtice, 1800-1802, 1806, 1808 (acc. 90x80.25-.29)

 

            .25       from Reuben Welles, Hebron, April 4, 1800.  Witnessed by Henry Curtis.  On back: “This note is distributed to Jedidiah Post, Deborah Webster, Eleanor Hutchinson, and Dorothy Aborns, legatees [of Curtis],” April 28, 1812.

 

            .26       from Joseph Arnold, East Hartford, Oct. 16, 1801.  Witnessed by Wm. Wadsworth.  On back: “This note is distributed to the legatees of John Curtis….”

 

            .27       from Eleazer Hutchinson, Hebron, Dec. 22, 1802  Witnessed by Abel Wright.  On back: April 1812 note about distribution to legatees.

 

            .28       from David Culver, Hebron, Dec. 19, 1806.  Witnessed by David Curtice and Lawrence Curtice.  On back: April 1812 note about distribution to legatees.

 

            .29       from Eleazer Hutchinson, Hebron, March 30, 1808.  On back: April 1812 note about distribution to legatees.

 

Folder 3: Receipts and bills, 1811-1819 (acc. 90x80.30-.37)

 

            .30       a note about notes (possibly .referring to .25-.29 in folder 2), to be delivered to Elijah Webster, Jonathan Hutchinson, Jedidiah Post, and Samuel Aborns [also listed as Aborn], “said notes are against Joseph Arnold, David Curtice, and ReubenWells,” April 28, 1812.

 

            .31       two receipts: Asaph[?] Trumbull, executor over Hanna Rowley, and Samuel Aborn received money from Eleazer Hutchinson for note delivered to Capt. Gad Talcott, April 28, 1812

 

            .32       endorsed: “notes due to John Curtice, deceased”; about the notes from Eleazer Hutchinson delivered to Gad Talcott, Hebron, April 28, 1812.

 

            .33       receipted bill, Mr. Wildman paid tuition for his son Horatio at Union College, for session May 4-July 27, 1814.  Printed form.

 

            .34       note from Samuel Aborn, Hebron, to Capt. Gad Talcott, Aug. 9, 1814: please discharge Eleazer Hutchinson from his notes as they have been paid.

 

            .35       second page of a list of notes, possibly belonging to someone’s estate; various names are given, and one note is listed as having been given to Samuel Talcott.  The notes were dated 1806-1816.

 

            .36       Capt. Ezekiel A. Post promises to pay Solomon Finley, April 9, 1818.

 

            .37       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Marvin Cone, East Harford, March 27, 1819, for wagon, extra work on chair, plating axletrees, a tongue, etc.  Credit was given for walnut axletrees and iron work for a tongue.

 

Folder 4: Receipts and bills, 1821-1829 (acc. 90x80.38-.66, .547)

 

            .38       receipt, Frederick Walker, Vernon, received money from Capt. Samuel Talcott, by the hands of Royal Talcott, for working 14 bushels of flax seed.  April 6, 1821.

 

            .39       Josiah Piper requests Capt. Samuel Talcott to pay Samuel Gipson, Oct. 20, 1821

 

            .40       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid E. & H. Averill and Wm. Montague, for boards and scantling, Aug. 24, 1822.

 

            .41       receipted bill, Capt. Mosely Talcott paid H. J. Fuller, Marlborough, April 10, 1823, for teaching dancing to Mary Ann Bailey, two Master Huntingtons, and Master Talcott.

 

            .42       bill, Samuel Talcott bought from R. Tomlinson, Glastonbury, June 19, 1923: nails.

 

            .43       receipt: Jonathan Trumbull, Hebron, received cash from the commissioners involved with Capt. Ezekiel A. Post’s insolvent estate, Dec. 13, 1823.

 

            .44       bill, Samuel Talcott bought from Lucius Abbott, Hebron, Feb. 1824: a horse.

 

            .45       request from David Hutchinson to Capt. Samuel Talcott, treasurer, to pay Thomas L. Brown his wages, April 6, 1824.

 

            .46       bill, R[illegible] Tomlinson, bought of Samuel Talcott, Glastonbury, April 24, 1824: posts, boards, etc.

 

            .47       receipted bill, Horatio L. Huntington paid tuition (or received payment for tuition) for R. Flynt and H. Fitch, Monson[?[ Academy.  Sept. 20, 1824.

 

            .48       request to Capt. Samuel Talcott, treasurer of West School District in Gilead School Soceity, to pay the wages of school teacher Ezekiel A. Post, Hebron, March 18, 1825.

 

            .49       request to Capt. Samuel Talcott, district treasurer, to pay Mr. Ellis  for his services.  Signed by Abel [?] Post, School District Committee, Hebron, Sept. 5, 1825.

 

            .50       bill, Elisha Ingraham bought of John Stewart, Middle Haddam, Sept. 13, 1825: cloth.

 

            .51       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Gustavus Hills, Hebron, Feb. 7, 1826: for Hills’ labor in district school.

 

            .547     receipted bill, Mr. Talcott paid Wm. Montague & Co., Oct. 6, 1826, for boards, scantling.

 

            .52       a note about what is allowed to Gad and Samuel Talcott from J. Waterman’s estate; Jan. 24, 1827; mentions knees.

 

            .53       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid S. Tuttle & Son, Hartford, April 17, 1827: for sugar, peas, seed, rice, tea, etc.

 

            .54       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Alva Gilman, Hartford, June 30, 1827: for tea, molasses, sugar, etc.

 

            .55       Sam. Talcott’s list of property, Aug. 17, 1827: mostly a list of notes, but also savings, a farm, “Ohio,” brandy, horses, cattle.

 

            .56       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Marvin Cone, Manchester, Oct. 20, 1827: one horse lumber wagon.

 

            .57       gauge of cider brandy for Capt. Penfield, sold in New York, Oct. 22, 1827

 

            .58       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid A. M. Collins, Hartford, Dec. 10, 1827, for cotton, prunell, floss, pearling, lace.  Receipt signed by M. A. Kellogg.

                                    [see also .540]

 

            .59       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Simon Bringe[?], 1827-July 1828, for [?]

 

            .60       receipted bill, [Samuel Talcott?] paid R. Langdon & Son, Feb. 18, 1828, for textile fabrics, thread and pins.

 

            .61       request to Samuel Talcott to pay James White and charge to John W. Finley, Marlborough, Dec. 15, 1828.

 

            .62       bill, Samuel Talcott owes to Joseph White, Hebron, Dec. 26, 1828, for sharpening axes.

 

            .63       receipt, Samuel Talcott paid Eliza Tay, Hebron, Jan. 1, 1829.

 

            .64       request to Samuel Talcott from John W. Finley, Marlborough, Jan. 21, 1829, to let Joseph Aaron have brandy.

 

            .65       list of notes, some marked paid, dated March 11, 1829, but records payments made as late as 1830.

 

            .66       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Henry Webster, Glastonbury, July 20, 1829, for medicine and attendance.

 

Folder 5: Receipts and bills, 1830-1839 (acc. 90x80.67-.117)

 

            .67       note to Samuel Talcott, requesting he let bearer have brandy and charge to David Finley, Hebron, Jan. 12, 1830.

 

            .68       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Samuel Baker, Bev. 3, 1830, for drying yards of something.

 

            .69       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid W. H. Whiting, Hartford, Aug. 16, 1830, for sole leather.

 

            .70       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Harvey Dunham, Hebron, Aug. 24, 1830: for copper still and still worm.

 

            .71       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid S. & S. Talcott, West Hartford, Sept. 27, 1830, yards of drest mixture.

 

            .72       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid A. S. Fielding, for making vests, textile fabrics, etc., August 25, 1830.

 

            .73       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Elisha Shepard & Son, Jan. 15, 1831, for bees wax, brown sugar, tea, etc.

 

            .74       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Elijah Covell, Feb. 14, 1831, for carding wool.

 

            .75       list of notes payable to Samuel Talcott, Aug. 24, 1831.

 

            .76       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid John Russell of the Hartford Times for subscription, Sept. 6, 1831.  Printed form.

 

            .77       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid C. Abernethy, Oct. 21, 1831, for cloth, merino, handkerchiefs, silk, etc.

                       

            .78       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid A. S. Fielding, Oct. 13, 1831-Jan. 17, 1832: for making coat, and materials for making coat (twist, buttons, padding, lining, etc.)

 

            .79       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid S. & S. Talcott, West Hartford, March 20, 1832: yards of drest green flannel[?]

 

            .80       bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Anson Shepherd, Hartford, June 29, 1832: duck, sheeting, silk cord, soap, thimble, wooden bottle, etc.  [see also .549, from A. Shepherd]

 

            .81       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Denison Morgan, Hartford, Oct. 26, 1832: for coffee, sugar.

 

            .82       receipted bill, W. Talcott paid Mrs. M.T. Hole for W.H. Hole, for board for the fall term, Nov. 13, 1832.

 

            .83       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid S. & S. Talcott, West Hartford, Dec. 10, 1832: for drest cloth.

 

            .84       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Marvin Cone, Manchester, Dec. 2, 1833-Feb. 28, 1834: for wagon, sleigh.

 

            .85       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Chs. Abernethy, Hartford, Feb. 22, 1834, for textiles, skeins of silk.  Talcott received credit for a ham.

 

            .86       bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Denison Morgan, Hartford, April 12, 1834: salt, lime.

 

            .87       bill, Ira Hubbard bought of Capt. Samuel Talcott, Glastonbury, June 28, 1834: planks, maple scantling, etc.

 

            .88       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid A. S. Fielding, Aug. 20, 1834, for vest and materials for vest.  Credit given for buttons and salt pork.

 

            .89       bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Anson Shepherd, Hartford, Sept. 11, 1834: sugar, nuts, buttons, calico, ribbon, earthen milk pans.

 

            .90       bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Eli A. Ely, Hartford, Sept. 28, 1834: wine, sugar, broom, cod fish, etc.

 

            .91       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid H.B. Chaffee, Hartford, Nov. 11, 1834: for textiles.

 

            .92       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid cash to Orrin C. White, Hebron, April 6, 1835.

 

            .93       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Alvan Hubbard, Hebron, May 16, 1835, for door and window blinds.

 

            .94       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Abner Hendee, Hebron, Aug. 24, 1835, for probate fees on estate of J. Warner.

 

            .95       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid James Burr[?], Hartford, Nov. 30, 1835, for [illegible]

 

            .96       bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Anson Shepherd, Hartford, Nov. 29, 1836-Feb. 16, 1837, for wicking, silk, saltpeter, cassia, crackers, whip lashes, curry combs, etc.  Credited given for cheese.

 

            .97       note to Samuel Talcott from John M. Linley, Marlborough, Feb. 9, 1837, asking for cash.

 

            .98       receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Charles Abernethy, Hartford, Feb. 24, 1837, for calico, silk, linen, lawn, ribbon, etc.

 

            .99       receipt, William H. Sumner received order from Samuel Talcott on behalf of the West School District, Gilead, March 22, 1837.

 

            .100     bill, Samuel Talcott bought of A. Shepherd, April 15, 1837: soap, buttons, hooks and eyes, rice.  [see also .549; probably same as Anson Shepherd]

 

            .101     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid C. & H. Chapin, Hartford, April 17, 1838, for silk, handkerchiefs, calico, muslin, gingham.

 

            .102     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid George Orton, London, April 17, 1838, for ram, ewes, pig.  Partial watermark: 1837.

 

            .103     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Gurdon Fox, Hartford, April 17, 1838: for soap, tea, molasses, fish, tobacco, oil.

 

            .104     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid O. Shephard & Son, Aug. 4, 1838: for rum, brandy, flour, cheese.

 

            .105     receipt, Samuel Talcott paid for his subscription for the meeting house in Gilead, signed by H. Hutchinson, Hebron, Oct. 29, 1838.  [The Gilead Congregational Church built its second structure in 1838.]

 

            .106     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Lee & Butler, Hartford, Dec. 10, 1838, for white lead, alum, saltpeter.  [see also .546]

 

            .107     list of subscribers to The Monthly Genesee Farmer, with their post offices (Hebron, Gilead, Glastonbury), circa Jan. 1, 1839.  Samuel Talcott was one of the subscribers.  Printed form.

 

            .108     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Charles Fowler, agent, Hartford, Jan. 2, 1839, for a Franklin stove and a pump box.

 

            .109     promise to pay: Chauncy L. Root, Hebron promises to pay Benjamin Sumner, April 1, 1839.  With note about payment received Nov. 25, 1841.

 

            .110     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Abernethy & Woodruff, Hartford, May 10, 1839, for textile fabrics, silk and cotton handkerchiefs, thread.

 

            .111     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Abernethy & Woodruff, Hartford, May 30 , 1839, for diaper, calico, ribbon, gloves, etc.

 

            .112     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Tisdale & Fox [or Fix], Hartford, July 12, 1839, for 2 sacks Aston Sally, scythe.

 

            .113     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid A. S. Fielding, Juned 5, 1839, for pantaloons, etc. 

 

            .114     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid G. Orme, London [England], Aug. 8, 1839, for textiles. 

                                    Printed billhead: G. Orme, silk mercer, haberdasher, hosier, & glover, manufacturer of willow shapes.  Every description of working materials.

 

            .115     bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Tisdale & Fix [or Fox], Hartford, Aug. 20, 1839: for ginger, starch, peanuts, flour, tea, nutmegs, mace; credit given for butter, cheese.

 

            .116     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid H. A. Chittenden, Hartford, Dec. 6, 1839, for cloth, calico, merino.

 

            .117     bill, Samuel Talcott bought of S. Talcott, West Hartford, Dec. 20, 1839: drest textile.

 

Folder 6: Receipts and bills, 1840-1845 (acc. 90x80.118-.163)

 

            .118     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Marvin Cone, Manchester, April 21, 1840, for wagon.

 

            .119     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Abernethy & Woodruff, Hartford, May 23, 1840, for cotton, ticking, calico, drilling, etc.

 

            .120     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Marvin Cone, Manchester, June 20, 1840: wagon body, repairs, etc.

           

            .121     bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Samuel Talcott, West Hartford, Sept. 21, 1840: yards of drest madder red.  Note on back: advices that the other piece of cloth is suitable for outside coat and wants to know what he intends to do with it.

 

            .122     bill, Samuel Talcott bought of John R. Lewis[?], Hartford, Jan. 4, 1841: sugar, coffee, pepper, spice, jar, molasses, raisins; credit given for walnuts, goose, butter.

 

            .123     Abraham Smith, surrogate, received money from Stephen Ryan in telation to the probate of the will of Eleazer Ryder.  Feb. 2, 1841.

 

            .124-.125         receipted bills, Samuel Talcott paid H. B. Chaffee, June 4, 1841: drilling, check, handkerchief, linen.  July 12, 1841: jean, flannel and other textiles, shawl, ribbon, mitts, etc.

 

            .126     receipt: C. R. Comstock received money from Samuel Talcott, Nov. 6, 1841.

 

            .127     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Richmond & Coleman, Hartford, Nov. 13, 1841: flour. 

Printed form: Richmond & Coleman: dealers in flour, grain, &c.

 

            .128     receipt: Elisha Lord[?], Hebron, received money from Samuel Talcott, Nov. 22, 1841.

 

            .129     receipt: John Q. A. Perrin, Hebron, received his school master wages from Samuel Talcott, March 14, 1842.  Perrin taught in West School District in Gilead.

 

            .130     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Marcy & Miller, Hartford, March 24, 1842, for plaster.

                                    Printed billhead: family groceries and flour [and a list of other goods, including ground plaster, candles, oil, soap, grass seed]

 

            .131     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Smith & Peck, Hartford, June 22, 1842: flour.

                                    Printed form: Smith & Peck, dealers in flour.

 

            .132     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid John Olmsted & Co., Hartford, June 30, 1842, for cord, tassels.

                                    Printed billhead: complete assortment of fancy & stable dry goods…, carpetings, and house-keeping articles…,  knitting and weaving yarn….

                                    [John Olmsted was the father of Frederick Law Olmsted.]

 

            .133     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid A.H. Chittenden, June 30, 1842: for cotton, fringe, ribbon.  Also mentions crackers.

 

            .134     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Prestons & Taylor, Hartford, Oct. 19, 1842, for skirting boards[?].

                                    Printed billhead: Hartford Steam Planing Mill, dealers in lumber, manufacturers of flooring, sheathing, ceiling, blinds, sash, doors, &c, and also turning.

 

            .135     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Niles & Watson, Hartford, Oct. 29, 1842, for shingles, etc.

 

            .136     receipted bill, Deacon Samuel Talcott paid R. Hunt, New York, May 26, 1843, for year’s subscription to Youth’s Cabinet

                                    Printed form.

 

            .137     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Geo. E. Waring, New York, May 26, 1843, for Fran[illegible].

 

            .138     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Francis Richmond, Hartford, June 7, 1843, for flour.

                                    Printed form: the old Richmond & Coleman form, but with Coleman crossed out.

 

            .139     deposit receipt: C.L. Root deposited money in the Hartford Bank, to credit of Samuel Talcott.

                                    Printed form.

 

            .140     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Oswin Welles, Hartford, June 26, 1843, for scythes

 

            .141     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid James C. Woodruff, Hartford, Oct. 20, 1843, for textiles, edging, apron, pair of elastics, pins, lacets.

 

            .142     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Smith & Peck, Hartford, Oct. 26, 1843: flour.

                                    Printed form: Smith & Peck, dealers in flour.

 

            .143     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid H.B. Chaffee & Co., Hartford, Feb. 19, 1844, for textiles, silk, crewel, handkerchiefs, buttons.

 

            .144     bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Samuel Talcott, West Hartford, May 1844: for drest blanket.  With note on back about leaving sheet with Lee & Butler.

 

            .145     receipts: Johns S. Markham, agent, Hebron, received payment from Samuel Talcott for subscription to Christian Family Magazine, June 13, 1844. 

 

            .146     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid H.B. Chaffee & Co., Hartford, Aug. 9, 1844, for textiles, edging, ribbon, etc.

 

            .147     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Burt, Sears & Co., Hartford, Aug. 27, 1844, for sole leather, nails, pair of shoes (brogans)

 

            .148     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Horace Gordon[?] 2d, Hartford, Dec. 16, 1844, for set of violoncello strings.

 

            .149     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Gilbert & Cowles, Hartford, Feb. 18, 1845, for stove, repairs to tea kettle; credit given for turkey and pork

 

            .150     receipted bill, Loot Ware paid Luther Trowbridge, Warner, June 30, 1845, for sledge molds[?] and something else.

 

            .151     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid John W. Bull, Hartford, April 12, 1845, for dishes, tea sets, tea pot, pitcher.

 

            .152     receipted bill, Miss H. Talcott paid H.F. [Hartford Female] Seminary, April 22, 1845, for tuition, fuel, incidentals, rent of books, a singing book, and a U.S. History.  Receipt signed by C.E. Brush. 

[Miss H. Talcott was possibly Harriet Hester Talcott, daughter of Samuel Talcott.  She was born in 1827.]

 

            .153-.154         certificate and receipt for sale of horse: Charles S. Bull, East Hampton, May 30, 1845, sold a sound gray horse to Capt. Samuel Talcott.

 

            .155     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid John L. Boswell for advertising the estate of Edward Post in the Courant, June 7, 1845.

                                    Printed form

 

            .156     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid F. Van Valkenburgh[?], July 11, 1845, for textiles, caps.

 

            .157     receipt: Charles S. Bull, Middle Haddam, July 20, 1845, received payment from Capt. Samuel Talcott.

 

            .158     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid W. Roberts, Jr., New York, July 23, 1845, for [illegible]

 

            .159     receipted bill, Deacon Samuel Talcott, Gilead Church, paid for two year subscription to Youth’s Cabinet, New York, Aug. 15, 1845,

                        Printed form

 

            .160     “memo: articles on book entered together on journal, Sept. 15, 1845, showed Samuel Talcott, administrator.”  The accounts are for mostly for coal and wood, but also include hay, iron bar, axes, a yoke of oxen, twine, meal, etc.  The merchant’s name and the estate to be charged are not given, although it might have been that of Edward Post [see .155]

 

            .161     receipted bill, B. Sumner paid John L. Boswell for subscription to the Connecticut Courant, Oct. 16, 1845.

                                    Printed form

 

            .162     board bill for Daniel, Reuben, and David Brooks, and Nathaniel Porter, boarding with John Coney; Nov. 1845.  [see also .541]

 

            .163     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid H.B. Chaffee & Co., [Hartford], Dec. 24, 1845, for textiles, ribbon, comb, handkerchief, etc.

 

Folder 7: Receipts, bills, 1845-1849 (acc. 90x80.164-.209)

 

            .164     receipt for taxes paid by Samuel Talcott, Chauncy L. Root, B. T. Sumner, money was delivered by J. E. Hutchinson to collection F. P. Bissell, Hebron, Jan. 5, 1846

 

            .165     receipted bill, [Samuel Talcott?] paid Fox & Co., Hartford, Jan. 15, 1846, for raisins, cassia, tea.

                                    Printed billhead: Fox & Co., Groceries [also brushes]

 

            .166     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid C.G. Smith & Co., Hartford, Jan. 15, 1846, for flour.

                                    Printed billhead: C.G. Smith & Co., dealers in flour, grain, provisions, &c.
           

            .167     short letters with bill, Stearns & Whitman, Ware, Feb. 6, 1846, to Samuel Talcott, Gilead: request Talcott’s help in getting George N. Rathbun to pay his bill (copy included).

 

            .168     scrap of paper: “March 11/46 – bought the within note @ par – S. Talcott”

 

            .169     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Harvey Seymour, Hartford, July 16, 1846, for gin, ginger root, linseed oil.

                                    Printed billhead: Harvey Seymour, druggist, dealer in drugs, medicines, paints, oils, vanish, dye stuffs, bronzes and gold leaf; dentist’s gold and tin foil and Alcock’s teeth; also leeches.

 

            .170     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Imlay & Smith, Hartford, Aug. 1, 1846, for flour.

                                    Printed form: dealers in flour, grain, etc.

 

            .171     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Robert Bull, Sept. 26, 1846, for making coat, buttons; credit given for meat, ham, etc.

 

            .172     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid N. G. Hinckley, oct. 31, 1846[?], for making caps, hats, plumes, flowers, lace, etc.

 

            .173     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Harvey Seymour, Hartford, Nov. 12, 1846, for saltpeter.

                                    Printed billhead: Harvey Seymour, druggist, [etc.]

 [slightly different layout from .169]

 

            .174     receipted bill, E.E. Talcott paid  J.C. Hutchinson, collector, Hebron, Dec. 5, 1846, for “the amount of his father’s society… also $2 for foreign missions”

 

            .175     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Way Brothers, Hartford, Jan. 13, 1847, for straw cutter.

 

            .176     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid John L. Boswell for subscription to the Connecticut Courant, Jan. 13, 1847.

                                    Printed form

 

            .177     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Olmsted, Thatcher & Goodrich, Hartford, Jan. 19, 1847, for textiles, handkerchiefs, Cultivator for 1847.

                                    Printed billhead: complete assortment of fancy & stable dry goods…, carpetings, and house-keeping articles…,  knitting and weaving yarn….

 

            .178a-b            receipt, Deacon Samuel Talcott paid Guy Samson, Glastonbury, Jan. 29, 1847, for writ and servis and to collect execution.  Attached to bill addressed to Talcott by Hungerford & Cone.

 

            .179     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Olmsted, Thatcher & Goodrich, Hartford, May 6, 1847, for textiles, shawls, edging, braid, spools.

                                    Printed billhead: complete assortment of fancy & stable dry goods…, carpetings, and house-keeping articles…,  knitting and weaving yarn….

 

            .180     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid H.B. Chaffee & Co., Hartford, May 7, 1847, for textiles, hose, gloves, ribbon, etc.

 

            .181     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Ezra S. Hamilton, Hartford, May 25, 1847, for cloth cap.

                                    Printed billhead: hat, cap and fur store; also buffalo robes, furs, umbrellas, gloves, mittens, stocks, scarfs, handkerchiefs, travelling bags, etc.

 

            .182     receipt: Samuel H. Ellis, Collector, Hebron, May 30, 1847, received payment from Samuel Talcott for school district tax for expenses of repairing the school house in the West School District in Gilead; also taxes levied on John M. and Eliza Sarah Talcott.

 

            .183     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid H.B. Chaffee, Hartford, June 11, 1847, for gingham, lace, summer stuff, denim.

 

            .184     bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Lee, Butler & Co., Hartford, June 18, 1847: paint colors (white lead and red).

                                    Printed billhead: William T. Lee, Albert W. butler, John W. Berthrong, druggists, dealers in white lead, linseed oil, window glass, glue, emery, acids, varnishes, &c.

 

            .185     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Imlay & Smith, Hartford, July 13, 1847, for flour.

                                    Printed form: dealers in flour, grain, etc.

 

            .186     bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Bull & Bunker, Hartford, June 18-July 23, 1847: salt, nails, sugar, molasses, flour, etc.

 

            .187     “Statement of the condition of the Phoenix Bank, on the 29th of August, 1847.”

                                    Printed item.  (Samuel Talcott had holdings in Phoenix Bank.)

 

            .188     receipt, E. Talcott paid Williston Seminary for tuition, fall term 1847.

                                    Printed form; includes list of subjects offered.  The seminary was located in Easthampton, Mass., and was opened in 1841.

 

            .189     receipted bill, [Samuel Talcott?] paid Lea, Hopkins & Butler, Hartford, Sept. 6, 1847 [possibly 1837], for various medicinal items, including Peruvian bark.

 

            .190     receipted bill, E. E. Talcott paid S. Wright, Nov. 10, 1847, for board and washing.

 

            .191     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Imlay & Smith, Hartford, Jan. 12, 1848, for flour.

                                    Printed form: dealers in flour, grain, etc.

 

            .192     receipt, Samuel Talcott paid for subscription to Connecticut Fountain, Hartford, Feb. 8, 1848.

                                    Printed form, with subscription cost included.

 

            .193     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Z. Preston, Hartford, March 18, 1848, for flour.

                                    Printed form: dealer in flour, grain, feed, etc.

 

            .194     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid H. & T. Williams, Hartford, April 14, 1848, for lime, grass seed, etc.

                                    Printed billhead: dealers in all kinds of lime and cement, calcined plaster, grass seeds, agricultural implements and machines, wooden and willow ware.

 

            .195     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Seymour & Allen, Hartford, May 12, 1848, for white lead.

                                    Printed billhead: Harvey Seymour [crossed out], druggist, [etc.]

 

            .196     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid H. & H. Freeman & Co., Hartford, May 12, 1848, for sole leather.

                                    Printed billhead: dealers in boots, shoes and leather [etc.]

 

            .197     receipted bill, John Talcott paid A. Smith, Monson [probably Mass.], June 3, 1848[?], for board.

 

            .198     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Olmsted, Thatcher & Goodrich, Hartford, June 16, 1848, for marquise, sewings, alpaca hose.

                                    Printed billhead: complete assortment of fancy & stable dry goods…, carpetings, and house-keeping articles…,  knitting and weaving yarn….

 

            .199     receipted bill, Mr. Talcott paid Foster & Co., Hartford, June 26, 1848, for flour, etc.

                                    Printed billhead: dealers in groceries, provisions, fish, fruit, &c.

 

            .200     bill, Samuel Talcott bought of Spencer & Co., Hartford, Aug. 12, 1848: carpet, rods.

                                    Printed billhead: dry goods, carpeting, house keeping articles, cloths, paperhangings, [etc.]

 

            .201     receipt, Deacon S. Talcott, Gilead, paid Woodbridge, Moore & Co., Boston, for subscription to Puritan Recorder, Oct. 1, 1848-1849.

                                    Printed form, with subscription information

 

            .202     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid S.S. Batterson, Hartford, Dec. 6, 1848, for monument for his son and daughter.

                                    Endorsed on back: bill of monument for Catherine A. [Asenath] Talcott [who died in Jan. 1848.  All the sons listed in a family tree died after 1848.]

 

            .203     receipt, Samuel Talcott paid Henry R. Tracy, Hartford, Feb. 8, 1849, for subscription to Connecticut Fountain,.

                                    Printed form, with subscription cost included.

 

            .204     receipt, Deacon Samuel Talcott paid American Protestant Society, New York, July 24, 1849, for subscription to American Protestant.

                                    Printed form.

 

            .205-.206         receipts, Deacon S. Talcott, Gilead, paid Woodbridge, Moore & Co., Boston, for subscription to Puritan Recorder, Sept. 18, 1849.

                                    Printed form, with subscription information

 

            .207     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Way Brothers, Hartford, Oct. 20, 1849, for knobs, latches, fasteners, pencils, lock, vise.

                                    Endorsed: Ways bill of door trimmings

 

            .208     receipted bill, Elisha E. Talcott paid Arnold H. Hayden, Haddam, Nov. 20, 1849, for board and wood.

 

            .209     receipted bill, Elisha E. Talcott paid Brainerd Academy, Nov. 20, 1849, for tuition.  Receipt signed by Edward Shaw.

                                    [Brainerd Academy was located in Haddam, Conn.]

 

 

Folder 8: Receipts, bills, 1855-1859 (acc. 90x80.289-.336)

 

            Receipts from Monson Academy (Monson, Mass.) for tuition for William S. Talcott.  [printed forms]

[Other Talcotts listed in the school’s alumni directory were A. Georgianna, Samuel Augustus , John, and E. Ely; Mary Talcott was listed as from Monson, Mass., and so was probably not Samuel’s daughter Mary E.; Adrian R. and James F. were from Connecticut but not members of the immediate Samuel Talcott family.]

 

Receipt from East Windsor Hill Academy for tuition for W. S. Talcott. [printed form]

 

Receipts for subscriptions to The Independent (New York), and Connecticut Courant (proprietors: Boswell & Faxon, then Day & Clark).  [printed forms]

 

Receipts for subscriptions to Mothers Magazine, for Mrs. Seneth Talcott.

 

Bills and receipted bills with printed billheads (all Hartford, unless otherwise noted):

            Bull & Sage (china, glass, earthenware, housekeeping articles, etc.);

Burdick & Munyan (grocers);

D. Morgan & Co. (grocers and commission agents);

            Gurdon Fox (groceries; gunpowder, cordage, oil, etc.)

            H. & H. Freeman (boots and shoes);

            Henderson & Ranneys (groceries, wood and willow wares);

            Lee & Butler (druggists);

            M.W. Stevens (fruit trees; names varieties);

            Normand Lyman, Jr. (salt);

            Olmsted, Thatcher & Goodrich (dry goods, housekeeping goods, etc.);

            P. Jewell & Sons (commission merchants, hides, leather, oil);

            Ripleys & Talcott (iron and steel goods, etc.);

            T. Smith & Co. (saddlery, New York City; receipt addressed to Normand Smith);

            Thatcher, Goodrich & Stillman (dry goods, housekeeping goods, etc.)

 

Other receipts and bills:

            Armstrong, Franklin (Carmel; printing, paid by Col. James Ryder);

            Brewer, J. S. (Monson, boarding of child);

            Bull & Clark (handwriting difficult to read);

            E. Shepard & Son (groceries);

            Hinckley, P. (cleaning and repairing hats);

            Reynolds, George (rent of land; credit given for boarding E.E. Talcott);

            Spofford, Wm. M. (groceries);

            Topliff, Harriet (Monson, Mass.; boarding Mr. Talcott);

            Wait, Charles (East Hampston, Mass.; for tuition for son)

 

Folder 9: Receipts, bills, 1855-1859 (acc. 90x80.210-.284, .286-.288)

 

            Receipts from Monson Academy (Monson, Mass.) for tuition for Miss A. G. [A. Georgianna], S.A. [Samuel Augustus], and John Talcott.  [printed forms]

            [see note about receipts in folder 8]

 

Receipt for tuition of Mary E. Talcott at school of I.A. Root in New Haven, Aug. 1858.  Charges included botany, blank books, drawing materials, and washing.

 

Receipt for tuition of S. Eliza Talcott at Westfield Academy, Westfield, [Mass.?], Dec. 31, 1859. [printed form]

 

Receipts for subscriptions to Connecticut Common School Journal and Annals of Education, The Independent, and Connecticut Courant (proprietors: Thomas M. Day, then Day & Clark).  [printed forms]

 

Bills and receipted bills with printed billheads (all Hartford, unless otherwise noted):

            C.H. Smith & Co. (dry goods, paper hangings);

            Chas. E. Fox & Co. (groceries, soap, brushes, etc.);

            F. & H. Birge (dry goods; mourning goods);

            George M. Way & Co. (hardware);

Hartford & New Haven Railroad (shipping);

Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (shipping);

Lee, Butler & Co. (druggists, window glass, paint supplies);

Masten, Van Ness & Co. (commission merchants in flour, New York City);

New York & New Haven Rail Road Co.;

            P. Jewell & Sons (commission merchants, hides, leather, oil);

            Ramsey & Strickland  (fruits, oils, soap, cigars, etc.);

            Robt. Speir, Jr. (ship bread bakery, New York City);

            Smith, Pettis & Co. (dry goods, paper hangings);

            S.W. Griswold (shawl, cloak, mantilla store);

            Talcott & Fuller (druggists and paint supplies; Seth Talcott, Henry L. Fuller);

            Thatcher, Goodrich & Stillman (dry goods, carpeting, housekeeping goods, etc.);

            Thatcher & Stillman (dry goods, carpeting, housekeeping goods, etc.);

            W. Hawes & Co. (flour);

            Wm. Kellogg (masons’ building materials and guano)

 

            Receipt for donation to the American Tract Society from the Congregational Church in Gilead, Conn. [printed form]

 

            Other receipts and bills:

                        Blish, T. A.. (work on wagon and buggy);

                        Corey, Joseph (Lebanon; for dressing cloth);

                        Hatch, Sarah D. (Monson, for teaching music to Miss Talcott);

                        Smith, A. (Monson, Mass.; boarding Samuel and Georgianna);

                        Stillman & Co. (hats);

                        White, Orrin C. (medical attendance);

                        Whiting (tools, hardware)

 

Folder 10: Receipts, bills, 1860-1864 (acc. 90x80.337-.437)

 

Receipts for tuition of S. Eliza and John M. Talcott at Westfield Academy, Westfield, [Mass.?]. [printed forms]

 

Receipt for music lessons for Eliza Talcott, given by E.S. Hoadly, Westfield.

 

Receipt for board and use of piano by Mr. and Miss Talcott, given by J. A. Loomis, Westfield.

 

Receipts for board of Miss Talcott, given by E.F. Strong, Westfield.

 

Receipt for board of John M. Talcott, given by Jason Clark, East Hampton.

 

Receipts for subscriptions to Semi-Weekly Tribune (New York City; for S.A. Talcott), Connecticut Courant (proprietors: Day & Clark), Connecticut Common School Journal (New Britain, Conn.), The Independent (New York), and American and Foreign Christian Union (New York).  [printed forms]

 

Bills and receipted bills with printed billheads (all Hartford, unless otherwise noted):

            Adams Express Company (New York, shipping)

The Bee Hive (Starr, Burkett & Co.) (dry goods, carpets, paper hangings);

Burral Sage (china, glass, earthenware, gas stoves, cutlery, house furnishings);

C.H. Smith & Co. (dry goods, paper hangings);

D. Morgan & Co. (grocers and commission agents);

E. G. Ripley & Co. (iron, steel, nails, fire-brick, chains, etc.);

F. & H. Birge (dry goods; mourning goods);

George Elder & Sons (New York City, grocers and tea dealers);

George G. Williams (druggist, paints, oils, varnish, window glass, etc.);

George M. Way & Co. (hardware);

H.E. Billings (Glastonbury, Conn., flour, feed, grain, &c.);

Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (shipping; illustrated with picture of train);

J.S. Stanton (New York; coal oil, benzene, lamps, lanterns, etc.);

James G. Wells & Co. (china, glass, earthenware, housekeeping articles, etc.);

John W. Paddon (New York, produce commission merchant0:

Langdon & Co. (dry goods, gloves, etc.);

Lee, Sisson & Co. (druggists);

                        Mack & Talcott (produce commission merchants, New York City);

N.G. Hinckley (hats, millinery);         

P. Jewell & Sons (hides, leather, oil);

Pease & Foster (dry goods, shawls, embroideries, dress trimmings, etc.);

Phelps & Crow (carpets, paper hangings, quilts, textiles, etc.);

Potter & Williams (grocers);

Rodney Kellogg (fertilizer, lime, cement, plaster, &c.);

S. Strickland Steven (groceries, provisions)

S.W. Griswold (shawl, cloak, mantilla store);

Sheffield & Co. (New York, grocers);

            Sisson & Butler (druggists);

            Steamer Granite State (shipping; the one attached to railroad receipt is illustrated with picture of a steamboat);

            Talcott & Post (carpetings, dry goods, paper hangings, etc.);

            Thatcher & Stillman (also Thatcher, Stillman & Co.) (dry goods, carpeting, housekeeping goods, etc.);

            Thomas Addis Emmet, M.D. (New York City, for vaccination and other services);

            W.S. Talcott & Co. (New York City, millers and commission merchants)

 

Other receipts and bills:

            Atwater, Mrs. Leonard (Westfield, board for Samuel A. Talcott);

            Bodenhamer, W. (Dr.) (surgical services);

            Chase & Co. (clapboards, boards, shingles);

Hinckley, N.G. (hats);

Hutchinson, H. (sold oxen and a cow to E.M. Frazier);

Kellogg, R. (rakes, scythes, etc.);

Mack & Talcott (New York, various items)

 

            Certificate: Danbury Cemetery Association certifies that Henry C. Ryder of Danbury is owner of a lot, dated Dec. 17, 1861.  [printed form]

 

 

Folder 11: Receipts, bills, 1865-1869 (acc. 90x80.438-.524)

 

Receipts for subscriptions to The Independent (New York), Connecticut Courant (proprietors: A.N. Clark & Co. and then Hawley, Goodrich & Co.), American Agriculturist (Orange Judd & Co., New York), and Plymouth Pulpit (J.B. Ford & Co.).  [printed forms]

 

Bills and receipted bills with printed billheads (all Hartford, unless otherwise noted):

            Adams Express Company (New York, shipping)

American and Foreign Christian Union (New York);

Benjamin Bliss & Co. (dry goods);

Clark & Latimer (dress goods, shawls, cloaks, housekeeping goods);

Clark, Franklin – see Franklin Clark & Co.;

D.S. Brooks & sons (furnaces, ranges, stoves, tin ware, grates, slate mantels);

Fox, Woodford & Co. (groceries, bird cages, oils, wood and willow ware, etc.);

Franklin Clark & Co. (merchant tailor, ready-made clothing);

Fuller & Talcott (china, glass, earthenware, plated goods, table cutlery, &c.);

George W. Williams & Co. (druggists, paints, oils, varnish, window glass, etc.);

Hartford & New Haven Railroad (shipping)

Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (shipping; illustrated with picture of train);

Hosmer, Charles (books);

            I.T. & J.G. Frost & Co. (New York, flour and meal, with illustration of wheat shock and plow);

            John S. Stiger & Co. (New York, grain flour, feed, meal, &c.)

            Knapp, Baxter & Van Pelt (New York, commission merchants in flour, grain, meal, feed, &c.);

            Lawrence Brothers & Co. (New York, stock?);

            Miller & Haynes (fancy goods, hosiery, gloves, corsets, white goods, etc.);

            Normand Lyman, Jr. (salt and fish);

            P. Bennett & Co. (New York, flour, grain, commission merchants);

Pease & Foster (dry goods, shawls, embroideries, dress trimmings, etc.);

Robbins, Winship & Co. (furniture);

Sisson & Butler (druggists);

            Smith, Northam & Robinson (flour, grain, feed);

            Stillman & Co. (hats, caps, furs);

            S.W. Griswold (shawl, cloak, mantilla store);

Steamer Granite State (shipping; attached to railroad receipt);

Talcott & Post (dry goods, carpet, paper hangings);

Thomas Rowe & Sons (New York, linseed oil);

W.A. Loomis (boots, shoes, rubbers coats and blankets and sheeting);

Woodruff & Robinsons (New York, fish and salt merchants)

 

            Other receipts:

                        Gosler, O.M. (Buckingham, phosphate);

                        Hyde[?], Charles W. (Hebron, bill for Mrs. Beebe);

                        Lintz, William (New York, groceries)

 

 

 

Folder 12: Receipts, bills, 1870-1871, 1887 (acc. 90x80.525-.533)

 

Receipts for subscriptions to Connecticut Courant (proprietors: Hawley, Goodrich & Co.), and The Independent (New York).  [printed forms]

 

Bills and receipted bills with printed billheads (all Hartford, unless otherwise noted):

American and Foreign Christian Union (New York);

Franklin Clark & Co. (merchant tailor, ready-made clothing);

Rodney Kellogg (flour, lime, fertilizers, &c.);

Stillman & Co. (hats, caps, furs);

W.S. Talcott (New York, produce commission merchant; name of Roberts & Collin is crossed out)

 

            Other receipts:

                        Conrad, D. (leather).

 

 

Folder 13: Receipts and bills, undated (acc. 90x80.537-.546, .548-.553)

 

            .537a-e                        receipted bills from F. & H. Birge, circa 1850-1865 (dry goods and mourning goods) [on printed form, with long description of goods sold]

 

            .538     receipted bill from P.[?] Butler[?], for repairing vests, wreaths[?], ribbon, silk, hat, etc.

 

            .539     receipted bill, E. E. Talcott paid J. Carpenter for board.

 

            .540     receipted bill, Mr. Talcott paid A. M. Collins, May 8, for textile fabrics; signed by Chas. Abernethy.  [see also .58, dated 1827]

 

            .541     receipted bill, Mr. Root paid John Coney for board of Daniel Brooks.

                                    [see also .162, dated Nov. 1845]

 

            .542     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid Wm. B. Ely, for lemons, raisins, etc.

 

            .543-.544         receipted bills, Miss Talcott paid Anna Ives for board, Jan. 3 and Dec. 24.

 

            .545     bill from H.A. Kippen, for codfish, crackers, cinnamon, coffee, tea, with credit given for butter.  On printed form with advertisement for this new grocery store.

 

            .546     receipted bill, Mr. S. Talcott paid Lee & Butler for brandy, cloves, matches, starch, ginger, etc.  [possibly from 1840s]

 

            .548     receipted bill, Georgianna Talcott paid Private School Association for tuition; payment received by treasurer Hiram Price [or Pierce]

 

            .549     receipted bill, Samuel Talcott paid A. Shepherd for shoes, braid, buttons, papers of r. seeds, whip lash, chambers, figs, nails, crackers; received credit for ham and butter.   [probably 1830s, when Talcott was shopping with Anson Shepherd and A. Shepherd]

 

            .550     bill for labor of Elipalet [sic] Beers, John E. Welles, and Job E. Brooks, who worked for Phinehas Talcott.  There was also a charge for use of tools.

                        [see also .11 – possibly Phineas and Phinehas were the same person]

 

            .551     memorandum of drafts and orders sent W. H. Talcott

 

            .552     bill, Samuel Talcott bought of W.S. Talcott, New York: flour [probably 1860s]

 

            .553     wrapper labeled: J.L. White receipts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Box 2

 

Folder 1: Checks, 1862-1879 (acc. 90x80.554-.587)

 

            All checks were drawn on the Danbury National Bank, Danbury, Connecticut.  There are several styles of the checks, with different illustrations.

 

Folder 2: Deeds: Gad Talcott [father of Samuel Talcott]  (acc. 90x80.1-.5, .588

 

            .1         Jeremiah Perrin, Ezekiel Daniels, and Elizabeth Daniels, all of Hebron, Conn., sell land to Gad Talcott of Hebron, Dec. 22, 1802.  Printed form.

 

            .2         Roger Bulkeley, Jr, of Colchester, Conn., sells land to Gad Talcott of Hebron, May 12, 1807.  Printed form.

 

            .3         Gershom Bulkeley of Colchester, Conn., sells land to Gad Talcott of Hebron, June 23, 1810.  Printed form.

 

            .4         Ezekiel A. Post of Hebron, sells land to Gad and Samuel Talcott of Hebron, Sept. 16, 1815.  Printed form.

 

            .588     “Amount of land owned by Gad Talcott at the time of his death.”  This gives the size of his various properties.  The land was distributed to his sons Moseley and Samuel Talcott.

 

Folder 3: Documents: miscellaneous (acc. 90x80.589-.594)

 

            .589     “We the undersigned do agree to give the sums annexed to our respective names, for the purpose of procureing [sic] the fish called Pike into Peach pond.”  Signed by Thomas Knox, Nathan Rundle, William Rundle, Levi Bailey, Ezra Bundle, Eli Starr, and Thomas Baldwin.

 

            .590     slip of paper with the name Daniel Brooks Jr. written on it

 

            .591     “Tax on White School House of West District in Gilead,” list of names and amount of tax owed.  Includes Samuel Talcott, but some of the other names appear on other documents in this collection.

 

            .592     Peyton R. Gilbert and Abel S. Bissell, selectmen of Hebron, name Samuel Talcott to be overseer of Cesar Benjamin, an intemperate resident, Jan. 19, 1833.

                        [for more about Bissell, see Doc. 441 at this repository, his account book]

 

            .593     notice to sheriff of Hartford County or the constables of town of Marlborough, ordering them to attach property or person of George F. Robinson of Marlborough, to appear before William W. Richmond in a suit brought by Sarah Shepherd, Oct. 26, 1833.  [printed form]

                                    On back: shopping list: twine, flour, potatoes, onions, vinegar, etc.

 

            .594     deed of sale of land: Benjamin F. Ryder of Danbury, Conn., sells land to Henry C. Ryder, Nov. 9, 1867.  [printed form]

 

Folder 4: Documents: miscellaneous: printed items (acc. 90x80.595-.601)

 

            .595     ticket from Columbia Railway Company, Washington, D.C., no date

 

            .596     calling card of Hattie E. Hull, with added inscription, no date

 

            .597     slate of officers for local offices (supervisor, town clerk, justices of the peace, overseers of the poor, etc.), no town, no date

 

            .598     slate of candidates for directors of unknown entity, no date

 

            .599     Graduating exercises of the class of 1892 of Danbury High School, June 22, 1892.

 

            .600     form which a stockholder could use to appoint Henry C. Ryder or Robert McLean to act for the stockholder at a meeting of a bank in Danbury

 

            .601     time table for Southern Pacific Railroad trains between Los Angeles and San Francisco, 20th century

 

Folder 5: Compositions and poems (acc. 90x80.602-.608)

 

            .602     poem: “My Neighbors House”

 

            .603     poem: “On the Death of Mrs. Talcott”

 

            .604     composition: “The Rose,” by A. G. [Georgianna] Talcott, June 12, 1849

 

            .605     composition: “Squirrels”

 

            .606     composition: “A Visit to Dream Land,” by Georgianna Talcott, Monson, Jan. 31

 

            .607     poem: “To Eliza”

 

            .608     questions about Isaac (Biblical character)

 

Folder 6: Estate administration: Elijah Dunham, 1816-1818  (acc. 90x80.609-.643)

 

            Elijah Dunham (1782-1816) of Hebron, Conn., was the son of Abiah Phelps and Simeon Dunham.  At his death, he left his widow Theodosia Blodgett with several children. 

 

            Samuel Talcott was an administrator of Dunham’s estate and as such, paid bills and collected debts.  The signers of the receipts in this folder acknowledged payment of debts due to them; usually what was purchased was not mentioned, but Abel Bissell had sold timber to Dunham, and John Graves was paid for a pine coffin.  Joel Foote submitted a bill for purchases of flannel made in 1806-1807, and his bill was among the last paid in 1818.  Chester Blodget was also paid in 1818 for a pair of tombstones.  George Tryon was paid for house repairs and making shoes.  Several taxes were paid as well.

 

Folder 7: Estate administration: Anna Horton, 1826-1829  (acc. 90x80.644-.654)

 

            Anna Horton was the wife of Samuel Horton.  She was born around 1746 and died in January 1826.  In her will, written in 1824, she names children Samuel Chester Horton, Lusinai White [Lucina, Mrs. James White], Electa Brown [Mrs. Chester Brown], and Anna Horton [who married William shortly before her mother died].  Mrs. Horton named Samuel Talcott as her administrator.

 

            One of the bills is from Samuel C. Horton for work done for his mother April 1823-Dec. 1825, including mending wall, plowing and sowing, butchering, providing wood, etc.  John Graves was paid for providing a coffin, and William Brown for digging the grave. 

 

Folders 8-9: Estate administration: Chauncey L. Root: deeds and documents, 1826-1847 (acc. 90x80.655-.665 in folder 8; acc. 90x80.666-.782 in folder 9)

 

            Chauncey Langdon Root (1802-1845) was the son of Thankful Shattuck and Edward Root.  He was married to Cynthia Maria Sumner, and they had several children, all of whom were minors when he died.  Chauncey Root was a master mason, a builder.  He died in Nov. 1845, reportedly from a fall from a factory building he was constructing in Ware, Massachusetts.  [See folder of letters for letters to Root.]

 

            Not all these papers deal with Root’s estate.  Of interest is an agreement between Ezra Brainerd of Haddam and Root in which Brainerd leases a quarry to Root for 8 years beginning in 1826.  Other documents record Root’s purchases of land from Jared Shailer, Edward Root, David Finley, and William Buell.  Root also sold property to Lewis Parkess.  A deed of 1846 describes the real estate given to the widow Cynthia Root by her right of dower.  It details which rooms of the house she was entitled to, and the fact that she had right to the east side of the barn, with the division line drawn down the center of the threshing floor.

 

            There is a very large collection of receipts pertaining to Root, many pre-dating his death.  A number of these give hints about his work as a mason.  Board bills name men who worked for Root.  In one document, widow Cynthia acknowledges receipt of clothing, furniture, household stuff, and livestock.  Another document records the amount of money given to each child (John, Jane, Louisa, Emeline, and Florilla).

 

Folder 10: Estate administration: Edward Root: 1843 (acc. 90x80.783)

 

            This Edward Root was probably the father of Chauncey L. Root; Edward died in Nov. 1841.

 

            A document giving Samuel Talcott, administrator of estate of Edward Root, permission to sell his real estate, dated Feb. 18, 1843.

 

Folder 11: Estate administration: William Sumner, 1838-1839 (acc. 90x80.784-.818)

 

            William Benjamin Sumner (1761-1838) was the son of Elizabeth Mack and Reuben Sumner.  He married Jemima Tarbox (1765-1837) and had a number of children, including daughter Cynthia who married Chauncey L. Root.

 

            Receipts include charges for repairing shoes and dressing cloth.  Sumner’s children signed receipts for the money and goods (which aren’t specified) they received from the estate, with married daughters signing with their husbands.  William Latham was paid for a coffin; Jeremiah Post was paid for digging the grave.  A short letter from H.C. Griswold of Ellington mentions the gravestone for Sumner; as well, there is a receipt to Griswold for setting the stone.

 

Folder 12: Estate administration: Ichabod Warner, 1835 (acc. 90x80.819-.821)

 

            Icabod Warner (1801-1835) was the son of Mary Talcott (1771-1857; a first cousin of Samuel Talcott) and Icabod Mapes Warner.  The younger Icabod married Lucy Foster in 1829, and they had several children.

 

            Three items: form appointing Israel E. Hutchinson and John B. Hutchinson to appraise Warner’s estate; a receipt from H.C. Griswold of Ellington acknowledging payment for gravestone; and receipt from William Latham, Jr., acknowledging payment for coffin.

 

 

Folder 13: Estate administration: unknown estate (acc. 90x80.822)

 

            A financial statement about settling an estate, including payment for an advertisement, expenses at an auction, and purchase of a blank deed.  Jonathan Trumbull and Samuel Talcott were paid for their services.  The deceased’s name does not appear, nor is the item dated.