Sherwood Family Papers, 1654-1920, 1941
Ms 7
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Administrative Information
- Controlled Access Headings
- Collection Inventory
- Box I
- Box II
- Box III: Sherwood Children School Notebooks
- Box IV: Diaries
- Box V: William Lounsbury Sherwood Letterbooks
- Box VI: Account Books and Journals
- Box VII: Account Books, Journals, Miscellaneous
- Box VIII: Bradley, Mixter and Sherwood photocopies
- Box IX: Bradley, Mixter and Sherwood photocopies
- Oversize Account Books and Journals
Summary Information
- Repository
- Fairfield Museum and History Center
- Creator
- Sherwood family
- Title
- Sherwood Family Papers, 1654-1920, 1941
- ID
- Ms 7
- Date
- 1654-1920, 1941
- Extent
- 6.0 Linear feet (9 boxes,
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation note
Item, Collection Title, Collection number (Box #, Folder #). Fairfield Museum and History Center, Fairfield, Connecticut.
Biographical/Historical note
This collection centers around descendants of Thomas Sherwood who settled in Fairfield, CT in 1648. Members of this family were land owners with large farms, tradesmen, sea captains and part owners of boats, general store owners and bankers. The Fairfield Museum and History Center hold extensive genealogy records of this family.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains 9 boxes and 18 oversize items. The original part of the collection was processed in 1981 with additions made in the early 2000's.The number 1980.JL1 on some items indicates a Fairfield Historical Society Library accession number.
The original part of the collection makes up Boxes 1-VII and contains bills, business and personal correspondence, promissory notes, estate and probate papers, wills, estate bills, and distributions arranged alphabetically. Deeds, legal papers and writs are arranged by date. School notebooks, diaries, account books and journals are also in alphabetical order. Many of these items were donated by Royal Everts.
A series of Bradley, Mixter and Sherwood family papers (photocopies only) were added to the collection in 2004 and were processed and arranged differently than the original items. They are in Boxes VIII and IX and have the accession number L2002.3 and were donated by Laura Wilbur. This part of the collection contains Bradley, Mixter and Sherwood family letters, diaries, photographs and genealogy for Sherwood family members and allied Bradley and Mixter (Couch) families.
Of particular note is the correspondence and diary of Abigail Sherwood (1809-1862) daughter of William Sherwood. Abigail never married spending her entire life on the family's Hulls Farm Rd. farm. There is a letter in the series in which Abigail discussed the growing of Mulberry trees for the cultivation of silk worms to make silk material. Brother sea captain Aaron Moses Sherwood's letters to Abigail are in the series. Abigail's sister Elizabeth married David Bradley.
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.
Processing Information note
This collection was initially processed in April 1981 by Martha Rockwell. Subsequent additions were made to the collection with further processing by Barbara Turcy and Dennis Barrow in 2004.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- William Sherwood and Sons.
Family Name(s)
- Bradley family
- Couch family
- Mixter family
Occupation(s)
- Bankers--Connecticut
Personal Name(s)
- Sherwood , Simon
- Sherwood, Abigail Couch, 1782-1858
- Sherwood, William, 1777-1844
Subject(s)
- Account books--Connecticut--Fairfield.
- Correspondence.
- Deeds--Connecticut--Fairfield.
- Diaries.
- Fairfield (Conn.)--History
- Farmers--Connecticut
- Merchants--Connecticut--Fairfield.
- Photographs.
- Probate records--Connecticut--Fairfield
- Real property--Connecticut--Fairfield County.
- Receipts(financial records)
- School notebooks
- Wills.
- Writs--Connecticut.
Collection Inventory
Box I 24 foldersOther Finding Aids noteA detailed list of items in each folder can be found inside the box. |
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Folder A Bills and bills receipted 1758-1883 39 items |
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Folder B Bills and bills receipted 1758-1900 26 items |
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Folder C Bills and bills receipted to Simon and Mrs. Sherwood 1869-1881 46 items |
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Folder D Bills and bills receipted to William Sherwood 1803-1815 25 items |
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Folder E Bills and bills receipted to William Sherwood 1819-1823 30 items |
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Folder F Bills and bills receipted to William Sherwood 1824-1844 19 items |
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Folder G Bills and bills receipted to William Sherwood 1845 22 items |
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Folder H Bills and bills receipted to William Sherwood 1845-1846, n.d. 15 items |
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Folder I Miscellaneous and bills receipted 1759-1883 34 items |
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Folder J Business correspondence 1751-1901 24 items |
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Folder K Business correspondence 1799-1880 21 items |
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Folder L Personal correspondence 1790-1796 11 items |
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Folder M Personal correspondence 1753-1796 25 items |
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Folder N Personal correspondence 1817-1865 6 items |
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Folder O Deeds (Sherwood) 1697-1740 16 items |
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Folder P Deeds (Sherwood) 1741-1749 18 items |
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Folder Q Deeds (Sherwood) 1750-1757 18 items |
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Folder R Deeds (Sherwood) 1759-1769 20 items |
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Folder S Deeds 1771-1778 17 items |
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Folder T Deeds 1780-1794 17 items |
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Folder U Deeds 1795-1803 18 items |
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Folder V Deeds 1804-1812 18 items |
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Folder W Deeds 1813-1817 24 items |
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Folder X Deeds 1818-1821 17 items |
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Box II 27 foldersOther Finding Aids noteA detailed list of the items in each folder can be found in the box. |
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Folder A Deeds 1822-1841 20 items |
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Folder B` Deeds 1844-1857 19 items |
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Folder C Deeds 1859-1893 9 items |
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Folder D Deeds (photocopy) 1773 1 item |
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Folder E Estate and probate papers 1753-1859 26 items |
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Folder F Estate and probate papers 1772-1920 19 items |
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Folder G Estate and probate papers 1818-1838 15 items |
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Folder H Estate and probate papers 1735-1818 9 items |
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Folder I Estate and probate papers 1768-1948 34 items |
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Folder J Accounts 1757-1881 35 items |
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Folder K Account paid 1755-1845 59 items |
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Folder L Orders 1755-1844 27 items |
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Folder M Shipping and miscellaneous 1758-1844 27 items |
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Folder N Tax lists 1778-1842 9 items |
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Folder O Insurance papers of Eli Sherwood 1880-1884 4 items |
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Folder P Legal papers 1751-1831 41 items |
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Folder Q Legal papers 1740-1853 32 items |
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Folder R Legal papers-Depositions 1809-1830 7 items |
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Folder S Legal papers (Land and crop agreements, miscellaneous) 1654-1867 9 items |
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Folder T Promissory notes 1785-1833 18 items |
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Folder U Promissory notes 1740-1837 32 items |
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Folder V Writs 1760-1816 19 items |
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Folder W Maps and military papers 1800-1826 7 items |
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Folder X Miscellaneous material from William Sherwood journal 1869-1883 37 items |
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Folder Y Miscellany and genealogy from William Sherwood's journal n.d. 93 items |
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Folder Z Miscellany and genealogy n.d. 10 items |
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Folder Z1 School papers 1756 5 items |
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Box III: Sherwood Children School Notebooks 1756-1888 13 folders |
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Folder A Aaron Moses 1827 |
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Folder B Abigail 1806 |
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Folder C Albert 1833-1834 |
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Folder D Cyrus 1824-1825 |
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Folder E Cyrus 1826 |
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Folder F Daniel 1756, 1758 5 items |
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Folder G Edwin 1818 |
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Folder H Justus 1796 |
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Folder I Ralph 1779 |
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Folder J Royal 1887, 1888 2 items |
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Folder K Simon 1812, 1813 2 items |
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Folder L Simon 1816 |
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Folder M Unidentified 1790 3 items |
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Box IV: Diaries 10 folders |
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Folder A |
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Aretta Sherwood 1890, 1892 2 items |
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Catherine B. Sherwood 1859 |
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Folder B Daniel Sherwood 1756 |
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Folder C Daniel Sherwood (transcript) 1756 |
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Folder D Hull Sherwood 1813, 1814 2 items |
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Folder E Hull Sherwood 1815, 1816, 1812 3 items |
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Folder F Fabric cover of Hull Sherwood's diaries |
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Folder G Miscellaneous diaries 1864-1872 37 items |
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Folder G1 |
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Edwin Sherwood (L87.Jan.1) with genealogy note 1887, 1889 2 items |
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unidentified 1864, 1868, 1872 3 items |
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loose papers from diaries 32 items |
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Folder H William Sherwood's Book of Ancestry |
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Folder I Loose papers from Folder H |
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Box V: William Lounsbury Sherwood Letterbooks 2 folders |
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Folder A Letterbook 1884-1885 |
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Folder B Letterbook re: family history research 1886-1891 |
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Box VI: Account Books and Journals 1753-1892 9 folders |
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Folder A Aaron Moses Sherwood diary 1839-1841 |
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Folder B Albert Sherwood shipping book (1824, 1833) and Cyrus Sherwood Justice of the Peace (1831, 1837-1888) 3 items |
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Folder C Daniel Sherwood student accounts 1753-1757 |
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Folder D Levi Sherwood grocery store account 1882, 1892 2 items |
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Folder E William Sherwood ship's log 1801-1803 |
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Folder F William Sherwood (1812-1821) and Bradley Sherwood (1829-1845) 2 items |
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Folder G William Sherwood contracts (1831-1838) and Sherwood and Gorhams (1791) 3 items |
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Folder H Eli Sherwood 1831-1871General noteThis item is from accession number L86.Nov.3. |
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Folder I Anna W. Sherwood Morning and Evening Monitor 1899 |
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Box VII: Account Books, Journals, Miscellaneous 1815-1824 8 foldersOther Finding Aids noteA more detailed description of some of the items can be found in the box. |
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Folder A William Sherwood and Sons 1815-1826, 1817-1820 2 items |
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Folder B William Sherwood and Sons 1818-1819 |
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Folder C William Sherwood and Sons 1819-1820, 1819-1821 |
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Folder D William Sherwood and Sons 1822 2 items |
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Folder E William Sherwood and Sons 1822, 1822-1823, 1822-1824 3 items |
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Folder F unidentified 1883, 1900-1910 2 items |
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Folder G Mary Sherwood's Sunday School attendance book |
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Folder H L. F. Sherwood's Southport National Bank checkbook 1901-1903 |
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Box VIII: Bradley, Mixter and Sherwood photocopies 24 folders |
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Folder A-1 Sherwood genealogy |
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Folder A-2 Elizabeth Sherwood and David Bradley wheel chart |
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Folder A-3 Genealogy including proof of descent from Thephilous Eaton and journal of Louise Bishop |
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Folder A-4 Genealogy Wakeman, Burr and Chapman connections |
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Folder A-5 Genealogy Bradley |
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Folder A-6 Genealogy Elizabeth Bradley Mixter including DAR application 1895 |
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Folder A-7 Colonial Dames certificate Elizabeth Bradley Mixter 1908 |
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Folder A-8 Allied genealogies |
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Folder A-9 Couch genealogy including connection of Sherwood and Couch families |
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Folder A-10 Genealogy notes |
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Folder A-11 My Coat of Arms |
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Folder A-12 Helen M. Bradley's birth certificate |
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Folder B-1 Mary Couch Sherwood diary 1833 |
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Folder B-2 Mary Couch Sherwood diary 1835-1861 |
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Folder B-3 E. Bradley diary ca. 1856 |
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Folder B-4 Mary Sherwood Parnell diary (3rd marriage) 1867 |
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Folder B-5 T. S. Bradley diary ca. 1870 |
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Folder B-6 Diary of Helen Bradley's trip to England 1908-1909 |
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Folder C-1 Photograph of William Sherwood and Abigail Couch Sherwood |
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Folder C-2 Large album and tintypes of Bradley family |
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Folder C-3 Photograph of Rev. Lewis Pennell and his wife Mary Sherwood Pennell |
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Folder C-4 Album of Bradley family pictures, the people who lived at 291 Pequot Ave., Southport, CT |
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Folder C-5 Couch family photographs |
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Folder C-6 Bradley and Mister photographs |
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Folder C-7 Unidentified photographs |
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Box IX: Bradley, Mixter and Sherwood photocopies 33 folders |
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Folder D-1 Abigail Sherwood correspondence 1857-1860 |
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Folder D-2 Letters from A. Sherwood of Hulls Farm 1865 |
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Folder D-3 Letters found in tan corduroy purse in Sherwood trunk 1870-1890 |
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Folder D-4 Dear Cousin Mary 7 January 1863 |
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Folder D-5 Helen Bradley Sherwood correspondence 1941 |
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Folder D-6 Thomas Bradley Sherwood to Elizabeth Bradley 9 June 1870 |
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Folder D-7 Elizabeth Sherwood (Mrs. David Bradley) correspondence 1865 |
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Folder D-8 Letters to Mrs. Mary Pennell from Sarah Bradley 1865 |
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Folder D-9 Letters of Mrs. Nellie Bradley of Southport 1873-1875 |
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Folder E-1 Copies of papers in Wilbur collection at Smithsonian Institution re: Abigail Sherwood |
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Folder E-2 Abigail Sherwood notebook 1824 |
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Folder E-3 Abigail Sherwood household properties with her sister, Elizabeth Bradley's share 1862 |
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Folder E-4 Invitation to Abigail Sherwood from managers of Yale College 1824 |
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Folder F-1 Wedding certificate of Elizabeth Bradley and Frank Mixter 4 May 1877 |
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Folder F-2 Golden wedding party of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mixter 4 May 1927 |
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Folder F-3 Frank Mixter receipt to mother 1900 |
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Folder F-4 Obituary of Elizabeth Bradley Mixter 16 August 1937 |
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Folder G-1 Songs and ballads of the Revolution copied by C. S. Bradley |
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Folder G-3 Copy book of Betty Hyde 1806 |
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Folder G-3 Shipping correspondence October 1808 |
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Folder G-5 Isaac Jennings note for $30 19 April 1859 |
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Folder G-5 Sheffield Hall, New Haven 1864 |
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Folder G-6 David Bradley inventory of estate 24 August 1866 |
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Folder G-7 Estate of David Bradley to William Bradley 30 April 1869 |
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Folder G-8 Unidentified account book 1878 |
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Folder G-9 Invoice for teaspoons to A. C. Bradley 12 December 1889 |
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Folder G-10 Helen M. Bradley at Cornell University 1904-1905 |
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Folder G-11 "Scraps" property of F. S. Bradley n.d. |
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Folder G-12 Newspaper clippings of devotional articles n.d. |
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Folder G-13 Tan corduroy purse from Sherwood trunk ca. 1830 |
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Folder G-14 Linen baby garment from tan corduroy purse ca. 1830 |
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Oversize Account Books and Journals |
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Oversize Item A Daniel Sherwood 1708-1784, 1768-1808 2 items |
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Oversize Item B Levi F. Sherwood 1839-1912 |
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Oversize Item C Levi F. Sherwood 1888-1889 |
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Oversize Item D Simon Sherwood 1850-1855 |
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Oversize Item E William Sherwood 1825-1844 |
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Oversize Item F William Sherwood 1830-1831 |
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Oversize Item G William Sherwood 1836-1851 |
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Oversize Item H William Sherwood 1856-1870 |
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Oversize Item I William Sherwood 1861-1884 |
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Oversize Item J William Sherwood and Sons 1804-1820 |
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Oversize Item K William Sherwood and Sons 1804-1805, 1806-1807, 1815-1817 3 items |
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Oversize Item L William Sherwood and Sons 1817-1823 |
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Oversize Item M William Sherwood and Sons 1818-1819, 1820-1823 2 items |
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Oversize Item N William Sherwood and Sons 1823-1825 |
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Oversize Item O William Sherwood and Sons 1823-1826 |
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Oversize Item P William Sherwood and Sons 1826-1830, 1831-1833 2 items |
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Oversize Item Q Audio tape of William Couch Sherwood diary March-December 1866 |
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Oversize Item R Audiop tape of Emma Sherwood's diary January-November 1880 |
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