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Noah Webster Family Papers
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Contents List
Series 1: Family Correspondence,
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1817-1917
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Consists of letters from four generations of the descendants of Noah Webster (following the line of his daughter, Eliza S.W. Jones, her daughter, Emily J. Day, her son, Robert W. Day, and his son, Rodney W. Day). Some of the more interesting topics discussed in the letters are Noah Webster's publications, and family history, travels and trials. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by addressor, and chronologically within each folder. When the author of a letter could not be determined, the letter was placed under the name of the person to whom it was addressed.
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Adams, John S. to Henry Jones (1)
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1836 Jan 21
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Box 1: folder 1
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Andrews, Samuel R. to Henry Jones (1)
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1825 Jul 12
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Box 1: folder 2
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Barton, H. to Robert Webster Day (1)
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1910 Apr 7
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Box 1: folder 3
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Beecher, Frances Juliana Jones (Mrs. Thomas K.) to Henry Jones (3)
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1847-1874
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Box 1: folder 4
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Beecher, Frances Juliana Jones (Mrs. Thomas K.) to Robert Webster Day (1)
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[1888?]
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Box 1: folder 5
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Beecher, Thomas Kinnicut to Eliza Steele Webster Jones (1)
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1888 Jul 6
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Box 1: folder 6
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Boltwood, Lucius M. to Henry Jones (1)
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1876 Nov 8
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Box 1: folder 7
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Day, Annie to Robert Webster Day (6)
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1888-1914
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Box 1: folder 8
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Day, Daniel J. to Frances Juliana Jones Beecher (2)
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1881-1882
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Box 1: folder 9
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Day, Daniel J. to Webster Day (1)
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1863 May 27
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Box 1: folder 10
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Day, Elizabeth to Eliza Day (Mrs. Henry) (1)
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[1859?] Feb 10
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Box 1: folder 11
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Day, Elizabeth to Henry Day (4)
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1862-1865, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 12
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Day, Emily Ellsworth Jones (Mrs. Daniel) to Frances Juliana Jones Beecher (41)
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1839-1869
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Box 1: folder 13
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Day, Emily Ellsworth Jones (Mrs. Daniel)to Daniel J. Day (12)
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1852-1859
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Box 1: folder 14
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Day, Emily Ellsworth Jones (Mrs. Daniel) to Robert Webster Day (3)
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1868-1869
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Box 1: folder 15
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Day, Emily Ellsworth Jones (Mrs. Daniel) to Frances Juliana Jones Goodrich (1)
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1855 Jan 26
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Box 1: folder 16
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Day, Emily Ellsworth Jones (Mrs. Daniel) to Eliza Steele Webster Jones (22)
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1846-1866
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Box 1: folder 17
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Day, Emily Ellsworth Jones (Mrs. Daniel) to Henry Jones (2)
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1850-1851
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Box 1: folder 18
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Clara to "Aunt Emily," i.e. Emily Ellsworth Jones Day (Mrs. Daniel) (1)
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 19
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Day, M.E. to Robert Webster Day (cousin) (2)
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1904-1909
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Box 1: folder 20
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Day, Robert Webster to Frances Juliana Jones Beecher (1)
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1886 Mar 7
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Box 1: folder 21
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Day, Robert Webster to Emily Ellsworth Jones Day (20)
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1868-1869, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 22
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Unknown to Robert Webster Day (8)
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1894-1915, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 23
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Day, Rodney West to Robert Webster Day (1)
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1912 Nov 25
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Box 1: folder 24
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Day, Susan to Robert Webster Day (8)
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1901-1903
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Box 1: folder 25
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Esty, Reverend Isaac to Henry Jones (1)
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1825 Jan 8
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Box 1: folder 26
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Goodrich, Frances Juliana (Mrs. Chauncey Allen) to Eliza Steele Webster Jones (13)
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1837-1857, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 27
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Jones, Annie Marie Ward (Mrs. Henry Webster) to Eliza Steele Webster Jones (1)
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[1883?] Jul 12
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Box 1: folder 28
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Holton, Agnes to Robert Webster Day (1)
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1910 Sep 16
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Box 1: folder 29
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Jones, Daniel to Mr. Day (1)
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1820 Nov 10
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Box 1: folder 30
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Jones, Daniel to Mr. and Mrs. H. King (1)
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1818 May
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Box 1: folder 31
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Jones, Daniel to Rhoda Jones (7)
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1818-1827
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Box 1: folder 32
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Jones, Daniel to Timothy Savage (1)
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1817 Sep
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Box 1: folder 33
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Jones, Eliza Steele Webster (Mrs. Henry) to Frances Juliana Jones Beecher (22)
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1847-1883
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Box 2: folder 1
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Jones, Eliza Steele Webster (Mrs. Henry) to Robert Webster Day (35)
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1864-1917
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Box 2: folder 2
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Jones, Eliza Steele Webster (Mrs. Henry) to Robert Webster Day (grandson) (40)
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1887
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Box 2: folder 3
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Jones, Eliza Steele Webster (Mrs. Henry) to Robert Webster Day (28)
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1888
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Box 2: folder 4
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Jones, Eliza Steele Webster (Mrs. Henry) to Henry Jones (husband) (8)
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1843-1869
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Box 2: folder 5
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Jones, Eliza Steele Webster (Mrs. Henry) to Henry Webster Jones (husband) (2)
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1869, n.d.
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Box 2: folder 6
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Jones, Henry to Frances Juliana Jones Beecher (16)
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1851-1878
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Box 2: folder 7
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Jones, Henry to Eliza Steele Webster Jones (2)
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1825-1837
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Box 2: folder 8
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Jones, Henry to Henry Webster Jones (son) (5)
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1854-1874
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Box 2: folder 9
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Jones, Henry Webster to Eliza Steele Webster Jones (mother) (1)
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1878 Nov 5
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Box 2: folder 10
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[Ingham?], Anne S. to Robert Webster Day (1)
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1910 Apr 5
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Box 2: folder 11
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McLauchlan, J. to Robert Webster Day (1)
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1910 Sep 21
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Box 2: folder 12
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Moseley, Jonothan to Rev. Samuel R. Andrews (1)
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1825 Jul 11
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Box 2: folder 13
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Pardee, Madeleine L. to Robert Webster Day (1)
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1912 Jan 6
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Box 2: folder 14
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Phelps, A. to Henry Jones (1)
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1843 Oct 10
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Box 2: folder 15
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Phillips, Blaine to Robert Webster Day (2); also transcript of a letter and copy of R.W. Day's reply, pencil autograph letter of R.W. Day to Phillips, broadside entitled, "What's the Matter?" (2 copies)
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1911-1912
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Box 2: folder 16
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Pierce, V. Mott to Robert Webster Day
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1909 Jul 15
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Box 2: folder 17
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Schagruder, Rosalie E. to Robert Webster Day (cousin) (1)
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1902-1903
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Box 2: folder 18
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Seymour, John to Robert Webster Day (1)
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1906 Apr 21
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Box 2: folder 19
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Smith, Edmund Sewall to Robert Webster Day (father-in-law) (1)
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1902 Oct 15
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Box 2: folder 20
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Smith, Emily Webster Day to Robert Webster Day (father) (3)
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1902-1903
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Box 2: folder 21
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Smith, Phillip to Robert Webster Day (2)
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1910
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Box 2: folder 22
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Van Vechten, J. to Henry Jones (1)
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1837 Jan 24
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Box 2: folder 23
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Washburn, Louis H. to Robert Webster Day (1)
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1908 Jan 10
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Box 2: folder 24
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Webster, Louisa Webster to [Eliza Steele Webster Jones] (sister) (3)
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1854-1856, n.d.
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Box 2: folder 25
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Webster, Noah to Eliza Steele Webster Jones (daughter) (11)
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1819-1843
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Box 2: folder 26
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Webster, Noah to Henry Jones (4)
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1832-1837
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Box 2: folder 27
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Webster, Rebecca to Frances Juliana Webster Goodrich (daughter) (1)
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 28
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Webster, Rebecca to Eliza Steele Webster Jones (11)
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 29
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West, Edward A. to Robert Webster Day (uncle) (2)
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1909
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Box 2: folder 30
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Series 2: Miscellaneous Family Papers,
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1810-1911
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Relates chiefly to Robert W. Day and his business affairs in Buffalo, N.Y. However, this series also includes an interesting group of papers of or relating to Daniel Jones (brother of Henry Jones) which includes compositions written while in grammar school, two journals written while onboard schooners, records kept while he served as a member of the governor's foot guard and sundry lists of purchases and inventories.
Other manuscript groups of interest in Series 2 relate to Henry and Eliza Jones (educators who founded the Cottage School in Bridgeport, Connecticut and who were involved in the Greenfield High School for Young Ladies in Greenfield, Massachusetts); Illinois land holdings of Noah Webster; spelling reform; and Webster family genealogy.
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Unidentified manuscripts: extracts from journal on writing a composition; essay on the law of honor, found near the Mirror office; general statutes of Conn. revision of 1875; miscellaneous poems, possibly written by Eliza S.W. Jones
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1819-1905, n.d.
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Box 3: folder 1
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Poem "Aspiration" by Susan M. Day
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 2
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Miscellaneous manuscripts of, and relating to, Daniel Jones (31 items)
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1810-1823
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Box 3: folder 3
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Journal of Daniel Jones aboard Demarara; Journal of Daniel Jones aboard Aurora/Renewal
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1827 Jun-Jul
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Box 3: folder 4
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Poem "The Drear of Youth" by Henry Jones
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[c. 1820]
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Box 3: folder 5
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Poem "The Luck of Eden Hall" in hand of Eliza S. W. Jones
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[c. 1830]
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Box 3: folder 6
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Minutes of Washington School District in hand of Eliza S.W. Jones
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[c. 1859]
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Box 3: folder 7
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Valentine poem sent to Eliza S. W. Jones by [Norman Day]
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 8
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Epitaphs copies by Henry Jones; music notebook by Henry Jones
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[c. 1815]
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Box 3: folder 9
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Autograph notebook belonging to Emily Ellsworth Jones, signed by Noah Webster (1843 Apr 13) and others
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1843-1878
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Box 3: folder 10
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Commonplace book belonging to Henry Jones; Some Chronicles of the Day Family, 1750-1850, compiled by E.D.P. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1893
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ca. 1825-1893
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Box 3: folder 11
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Cottage School on Golden Hill (Bridgeport, Conn.) - circulars and catalog of students and teachers (Henry Jones, Principal)
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1838-1861
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Box 3: folder 12
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Genealogical information
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Box 3: folder 13
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Legal documents concerning division of land belonging to Noah Webster in Vermilion County, Illinois
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1859-1902
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Box 3: folder 14
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Floor plan of Noah Webster house in Amherst, Mass.
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Box 3: folder 15
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Pamphlet: Memorial tribute to E.S.W. Jones (2 copies)
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1888
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Box 3: folder 16
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Straight pincushions, 1 velvet, 1 silk, embroidered with initials and geometry ("From mementos of father's in the old secretary" - from note signed by Delia W. Ellsworth)
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Box 3: folder 17
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Locks of hair belonging to Noah Webster and Rebecca Webster
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 18
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Printed material belonging to Robert W. Day relating to spelling reform
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1906-1909
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Box 4: folder 1
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Catalogs from Greenfield High School for Young Ladies, Greenfield, Mass. (Henry Jones and Spencer Root, directors)
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1828-1838
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Box 4: folder 2
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Materials relating to the Auto Radiator Company, Buffalo, N.Y. (stock information of R.W. Day)
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1906-1908
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Box 4: folder 3
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Materials relating to speed boats and yachts (R.W. Day)
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1905-1906, n.d.
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Box 4: folder 4
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Materials relating to Carabelle, Tallahassee & Georgia Railroad Company and St. George Development Company of Florida (property settlements of R.W. Day)
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1892-1908
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Box 4: folder 5
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Materials relating to Portland Cement Company (stock information of R. W. Day)
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n.d.
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Box 4: folder 6
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Materials relating to Ellicott Square of Buffalo (life insurance policies of R.W. Day)
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1908-1915
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Box 4: folder 7
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Materials relating to Massachusetts Mutual Life (insurance policies of R.W. Day)
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1905-1911
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Box 4: folder 8
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Materials relating to White & Warhus Mining Company (claim information of R.W. Day)
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1906-1908
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Box 4: folder 9
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Miscellaneous pamphlets and materials relating to Yale University (R.W. Day)
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1864-1893
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Box 4: folder 10
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Miscellaneous invoices belonging to R.W. Day
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1905-1909
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Box 4: folder 11
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Announcements and invitations belonging to R.W. Day
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1893-1910
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Box 4: folder 12
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Calling cards given to R.W. Day
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Box 4: folder 13
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Newsclippings relating mostly to spelling reform and Noah Webster
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ca. 1900-1910
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Box 4: folder 14
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Photographs, mostly unidentified
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ca. 1850-1910
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Box 4: folder 15
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