Oliver Ellsworth Family
A Register of Their Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Michael McElderry
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2007
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007118
Title: Oliver Ellsworth Family
Papers
Span Dates: 1762-1907
ID No.: MSS81076
Creator:
Ellsworth, Oliver,
1745-1807
Extent: 900 items;
9 containers;
3.4 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Delegate to the
Continental Congress, U. S. senator, and chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Correspondence, estate, family, financial, and legal papers, and printed matter
documenting Ellsworth's personal life, career as a Connecticut lawyer and
judge, and his bank and real estate ventures.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Ellsworth
family.
Ellsworth,
Henry Leavitt, 1791-1858.
Ellsworth,
Martin, 1783-1857.
Ellsworth,
Oliver, 1745-1807.
Ellsworth,
Oliver, 1781-1805.
Ellsworth,
William Wolcott, 1791-1868.
Taintor,
Lucy Strong, 1871-1940.
Williams,
Abigail Ellsworth, 1774-1860.
Williams,
Delia Ellsworth, 1789-1840.
Wood,
Frances Ellsworth, 1786-1868.
Subjects
Bank
investments--Connecticut.
Judges--Connecticut.
Land
speculation--Ohio--Western Reserve.
Practice of
law--Connecticut.
Occupations
Jurists.
Senators, U.S.
Congress--Connecticut.
Provenance: The family papers of Oliver Ellsworth, delegate to the Continental
Congress, U. S. senator, and chief justice of the Supreme Court, were purchased
by the Library of Congress in 1991.
Processing History:The papers of the Oliver Ellsworth family were arranged and described
in 1995. The finding aid was revised in 2007.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of members of the
Oliver Ellsworth family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States
(Title 17, U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Oliver Ellsworth Family Papers,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of the family of Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) span the
years 1762-1907 and contain letters and financial and legal papers documenting
Ellsworth's personal life and professional career, records relating to the
administration of his estate, and family papers consisting of correspondence,
legal documents, and printed matter. The collection's seventeen letters written
to Ellsworth and one written by him recount details of his career as a
Connecticut lawyer and judge but lack information regarding his public and
political life. The accounts, bills, receipts, and land deeds, which comprise
the bulk of Ellsworth's papers, provide further particulars relating to his
bank and real estate investments, including land interests in Connecticut's
Western Reserve, his personal life and finances, and his legal career. A letter
written by Ellsworth's son, William, while serving in Congress, 13 March 1830,
portrays political and social life in Washington. The remainder of the family
papers contains letters written by Ellsworth's children and other family
members.
A printed guide, "A Calendar of the Personal Papers of Oliver
Ellsworth," was compiled by Norman F. Boas for the collection prior to purchase
by the Library of Congress and is located in container one. The calendar
assigns an identification number to each item in the collection and describes
all of the material. Although the organization of the Oliver Ellsworth Family
Papers reflects that of the calendar, it does not duplicate it. As an aid in
locating individual items from the calendar within the present arrangement,
corresponding identification numbers are recorded on the outside front flap of
each folder wherever possible.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
| Container |
Contents |
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"A Calendar of the Personal Papers
of Oliver Ellsworth"
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| BOX 1
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Documents and letters |
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| BOX 1
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1762-1791
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(12
folders)
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| BOX 2
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1792-1807, n.d.
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(12
folders)
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| BOX 3
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Estate of Oliver Ellsworth,
1799, 1808-1830, 1839, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 3
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Family papers |
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| BOX 3
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Family members |
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| BOX 3
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Ellsworth, Frances (daughter),
1800-1807
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Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt (son),
1818-1819, 1840
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Ellsworth, Martin
(son)
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| BOX 3
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Documents and letters,
1805-1843, 1856, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 3
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Land deeds,
1808-1851
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 3
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Military papers,
1811-1813
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| BOX 3
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Photograph,
n.d.
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| BOX 3
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Ellsworth, Oliver, Jr. (son),
1802, 1810-1814, 1832-1836
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| BOX 3
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Ellsworth, William Wolcott
(son),
1830
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Other family members,
1806-1812, 1818-1822, 1830-1841, 1848-1853, 1859,
1865-1873, 1885, 1891, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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Taintor, Lucy
Strong
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1885-1888
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| BOX 4
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1894-1907, n.d.
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Williams, Abigail Ellsworth
(daughter),
1794, 1825
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| BOX 4
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Williams, Delia Ellsworth
(daughter),
1833-1837
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| BOX 4
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Miscellany |
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| BOX 4
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Books |
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A Digest of Patents Issued by the United States from
1790 to January 1, 1839,
1840
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| BOX 4
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Domestic Medicine or a Treatise on the Prevention and
Care of Diseases,
1789
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| BOX 5
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Hartford, Conn. as a Manufacturing, Business and
Commercial Center,
1889
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| BOX 5
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Cards, envelopes, and other
items,
1904-1907, n.d.
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| BOX 5
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College and school catalogs,
1826-1837, 1843-1844, 1850
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 5
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Photocopies of financial
documents,
1800-1807
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| BOX 5
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Printed matter |
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| BOX 5
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1804-1808, 1818-1823
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 6
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1826-1839
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(7
folders)
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| BOX 7
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1840-1855, 1878
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(7
folders)
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| BOX 8
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Undated
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| BOX 8
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Notebook and notes,
1857-1862, 1879, n.d.
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| BOX 8
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Religious pamphlets and
sermons
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| BOX 8
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1805-1809, 1817, 1825-1835
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 9
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1843-1844, 1854, 1881-1885, n.d.
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(3
folders)
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