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Letter topics vary but include family matters, poems, and financial matters.

Two letters from Albert Wadhams of Goshen in 1866 and 1867 describe his efforts to apply for a bounty due to Richard R. Watson, a Corporal of Co. F 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Volunteers.

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Letter from Rev. Bellamy dated June 16, 1782 from Bethlem, asking Capt. Morris for the status of his servant Robert Potter, who was bound out to Rev. Bellamy and mustered into the Continental Army. Includes a typed transcript.

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Witnessed by William Floyd.

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Contains bill of sale for a slave named Prince to Benjamin Tallmadge.

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Cornelia E. Boardman writes to her brother William Whiting Boardman.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series has been divided into seven subseries to reflect Woodruff's diverse business and personal correspondence. The first subseries, law, consists primarily of correspondence from his law clients, for whom he worked in many cases as a debt collector, as well as from those he dunned for money. The second subseries represents his correspondence as postmaster of Litchfield. In addition to routine postal office business, including scheduling mail deliveries, inquiring about potential...

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Witnessed by Benjamin Tallmadge Jr.

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Series 2, arranged by type of material, consists of Tallmadge's legal documents. The majority of the papers concern land transactions, while others pertain to his store, Benjamin Tallmadge & Co., and to other financial investments. Also included in this series are bills of sale of enslaved people.

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Account book kept by Jonah Sanford , a farmer in South Farms, now Morris. There is an account for "Pomp Negro" which includes entries from 1790 and 1791. Currently housed in 3B Box 92.