Sherman, Roger Minott Papers, 1773-1845
Ms 2
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Administrative Information
- Controlled Access Headings
- Collection Inventory
- Box I: Personal correspondence
- Box II: Business correspondence
- Box III: Business correspondence
- Box IV: Legal and financial papers, essays
- Box V: Legal and financial papers
- Box VI: Account books
- Box VII: Account and docket books
- Oversize Item A: R. M. Sherman account book
- Oversize Item B: R. M. Sherman account book "B"
- Oversize Item C: R. M. Sherman account book
Summary Information
- Repository
- Fairfield Museum and History Center
- Creator
- Sherman, Elizabeth Gould, d. 1848
- Creator
- Sherman, Roger M. (Roger Minott), 1773-1844
- Title
- Sherman, Roger Minott Papers, 1766-1848
- ID
- Ms 2
- Date [inclusive]
- 1766-1848
- Extent
- 2.0 Linear feet (7 boxes, 3 oversize items)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Legal, financial, political papers and correspondence belonging to Fairfield lawyer and state senator Roger Minott Sherman who among many positions served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Errors in Connecticut from 1839-1842.
Preferred Citation note
Item, Collection Title, Collection number (Box #, Folder #). Fairfield Museum and History Center, Fairfield, Connecticut.
Biographical/Historical note
Roger Minott Sherman (1773-1844), the son of the Rev. Josiah and Martha Minott Sherman, was born in Woburn, Mass. He grew up in Milford, Goshen, and Woodbridge, Connecticut and graduated from Yale in 1792. In 1796 he was admitted to the bar, married Elizabeth Gould, and set up a law practice in Norwalk. Twin sons, James M. and William G., were born in 1799. Their daughters Harriet and Eliza both died young. He moved his family to Fairfield in 1807, to a home he built on the Old Post Road still known today as the Sherman Parsonage. He continued to practice law, participated in town affairs, was elected to the State Senate, and served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Errors in Connecticut from 1839-1842. Sherman’s interests extended to literature and science.
For more information on Roger Minott Sherman see:
Beers, William. (1882). A biographical sketch of Roger Minott Sherman. Bridgeport, CT.
Hamlen, B. L. (1846). "Life of the late Roger Minott Sherman." Extracted from The New Englander, Vol. IV. New Haven, CT.
This collection preceded another Roger Minott Sherman collection, Ms B96.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of five boxes of documents and two boxes containing seventeen assorted ledgers (account books, court docket books, plus one friendship book belonging to Elizabeth Gould Sherman).
The manuscripts and ledgers originally from the Bridgeport Public Library Historical Collections are so indicated by a [B] on the item itself.
The general contents of the collection are a broad spectrum of papers, mostly incoming, including personal, business and legal correspondence. Because R. M. Sherman was highly connected in business, legal, political and church circles, this collection contains material from and about the leaders of the times. Included in one letter from Aaron Burr in 1830 (Box III, Folder F) and an interesting English law case report (Box IV, Folder O).
The personal and business correspondence in Boxes I through III are arranged by year. Within each folder the letters are alphabetically ordered.
Boxes IV and V contain personal and business bills and receipts, deeds, depositions, dwelling agreements, insurance papers, land surveys, notes about legal cases, papers from organizations to which Robert M. Sherman belonged, petitions, promissory notes, wills, writs, summons, subpoenas and other miscellaneous personal and legal documents. Material in folders is generally arranged alphabetically.
Oversize items include a "friendship books" kept by Elizabeth Sherman between 1817 and 1833, some of Roger M. Sherman's account books and ten docket books from Count and Superior Courts dated 1800-1844.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Fairfield Museum and History Center
370 Beach Rd.Fairfield, CT
203-259-1598
Conditions Governing Access note
There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Conditions Governing Use note
Use of the material requires compliance with the Fairfield Museum and History Center regulations.
Custodial History note
A number of items in this collection were received from the Bridgeport Public Library Historical Collections on 27 June 1979. The others are from an unknown source.
Processing Information note
This collection was processed in July 1980 by Martha Rockwell.
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
- Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
Subject(s)
- Account books--Connecticut--Fairfield.
- Correspondence.
- Deeds--Connecticut--Fairfield.
- Depositions
- Judges.
- Petitions
- Probate records--Connecticut--Fairfield
- Receipts(financial records)
- Wills.
- Writs--Connecticut.
Collection Inventory
Box I: Personal correspondence 1793-1844 14 foldersOther Finding Aids noteA complete list of letter writers is available in the box. |
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Folder A Personal correspondence, incoming 1793-1804 16 items |
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Folder B Personal correspondence, incoming 1806-1812 14 items |
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Folder C Personal correspondence, incoming 1813-1815 15 items |
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Folder D Personal correspondence, incoming 1815-1820 29 items |
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Folder E Personal correspondence, incoming 1822-1825 13 items |
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Folder F Personal correspondence, incoming 1826-1831 17 items |
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Folder G Personal correspondence, incoming 1832-1834 9 items |
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Folder H Personal correspondence, incoming 1835-1836 22 items |
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Folder I Personal correspondence, incoming 1837-1839 10 items |
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Folder J Personal correspondence, incoming 1840 11 items |
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Folder K Personal correspondence, incoming 1841 9 items |
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Folder L Personal correspondence, incoming 1842-1843 14 items |
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Folder M Personal correspondence, incoming 1844 and n.d. 5 items |
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Folder N Personal correspondence, outgoing 1807-1844 14 items |
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Box II: Business correspondence 1794-1823 18 foldersOther Finding Aids noteA complete listing of letter writers can be found in the Box. |
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Folder A Business correspondence, incoming 1794-1799 14 items |
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Folder B Business correspondence, incoming 1800-1802 12 items |
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Folder C Business correspondence, incoming 1803-1806 17 items |
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Folder D Business correspondence, incoming 1807-1808 19 items |
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Folder E Business correspondence, incoming 1809-1811 16 items |
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Folder F Business correspondence, incoming 1812 12 items |
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Folder G Business correspondence, incoming 1813 11 items |
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Folder H Business correspondence 1814 15 items |
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Folder I Business correspondence, incoming 1815 13 items |
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Folder J Business correspondence, incoming 1816 16 items |
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Folder K Business correspondence, incoming 1817 16 items |
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Folder L Business correspondence, incoming 1818 17 items |
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Folder M Business correspondence, incoming 1819 18 items |
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Folder N Business correspondence, incoming 1820 14 items |
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Folder O Business correspondence, incoming 1821 9 items |
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Folder P Business correspondence, incoming 1822 21 items |
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Folder Q Business correspondence, incoming 1823 20 items |
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Box III: Business correspondence 1825-1844 21 foldersOther Finding Aids noteA complete listing of letter writers is available in the Box. |
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Folder A Business correspondence, incoming 1825 16 items |
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Folder B Business correspondence, incoming 1826-1827 22 items |
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Folder C Business correspondence, incoming 1828 20 items |
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Folder D Business correspondence, incoming 1829 15 items |
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Folder E Business correspondence, incoming 1830 24 items |
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Folder F Business correspondence, incoming 1831 26 items |
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Folder G Business correspondence, incoming 1832 17 items |
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Folder H Business correspondence, incoming 1833 11 items |
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Folder I Business correspondence, incoming 1834 11 items |
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Folder J Business correspondence, incoming 1835 14 items |
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Folder K Business correspondence, incoming 1836-1837 16 items |
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Folder L Business correspondence, incoming 1838 12 items |
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Folder M Business correspondence, incoming 1839 19 items |
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Folder N Business correspondence, incoming 1840 19 items |
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Folder O Business correspondence, incoming 1841 11 items |
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Folder P Business correspondence, incoming 1842 11 items |
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Folder Q Business correspondence, incoming 1843-1844 11 items |
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Folder R Business correspondence, no date 3 items |
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Folder S Business correspondence, outgoing 1807-1844 27 items |
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Folder T Business correspondence, other 1794-1835 11 items |
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Box IV: Legal and financial papers, essays 1766-1847 20 foldersOther Finding Aids noteA more detailed list of items is available in the Box. |
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Folder A Bills and bills receipted, incoming 1766-1847 21 items |
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Folder B Card catalogues (photos) from Sterling Library at Yale 5 items |
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Folder C Deeds to Roger and/or Elizabeth Sherman 1810-1837 21 items |
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Folder E Deeds by date 1768-1833 17 items |
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Folder F Depositions 1798-1843 21 items |
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Folder G Dwelling agreements from R. M. Sherman 1812-1843 7 items |
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Folder H Essays and articles 1809-1844 16 items |
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Folder I Financial statements 1772-1840 |
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Folder J Household bills receipted, incoming 1802-1817 26 items |
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Folder K Household bills receipted, incoming 1818-1847 25 items |
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Folder L Insurance papers 1839-1843 3 items |
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Folder M Land surveys and agreements 1792-1843 9 items |
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Folder N Legal cases 1794-1841 12 items |
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Folder O Legal cases n.d. 27 items |
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Folder P Legal statements 1803-1845 18 items |
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Folder Q Legislative and government material 1814-1844 10 items |
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Folder R Miscellaneous |
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Folder S Organizations and memberships 1800-1840 17 items |
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Box V: Legal and financial papers 1783-1848 7 foldersOther Finding Aids noteA detailed list of items can be found inside the Box. |
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Folder A Petitions 1806-1837 16 items |
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Folder B Promissory notes 1816-1842 7 items |
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Folder C Stock transfers to R. M. Sherman 1809-1834 23 items |
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Folder D Wills and estate distributions 1804-1848 5 items |
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Folder E Wills and estate distributions 1783-1845 6 items |
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Folder F Writs, summons and subpoenas 1803-1834 13 items |
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Folder G Writs, summons and subpoenas 1803-1839 15 items |
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Box VI: Account books 4 folders |
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Folder A Elizabeth Sherman's friendship book 1817-1833 |
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Folder B R. M. Sherman account book 1805-1811 |
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Folder C R. M. Sherman account books 1824-1828, 1820-1832 2 items |
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Folder D R. M. Sherman account book 1799 |
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Box VII: Account and docket books 5 folders |
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Folder A R. M. Sherman County & Superior Court dockets 1800-1804, 1805-1809 |
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Folder B R. M. Sherman County & Superior Court dockets 1811-1819, 1808-1810 |
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Folder C R. M. Sherman County & Superior Court dockets 1819-1824, 1825-1832 |
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Folder D R. M. Sherman County & Superior Court dockets 1819-1824, 1829-1836, 1837-1839 |
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Folder E R. M. Sherman account books 1833-1844 |
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Oversize Item A: R. M. Sherman account book 1796-1803 |
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Oversize Item B: R. M. Sherman account book "B" 1803-1805 |
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Oversize Item C: R. M. Sherman account book 1811-1820 |
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