Davies and Scovill families letters

00-2010-340-0

Collection

Identifier: 00-2010-340-0

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Three letters, Eunice Davies Scovill writing from Waterbury to her sister Belvidere Davies Ranney, 1829; William H. Scovill writing from Waterbury to his sister-in-law Belvidere Davies Ranney, 1840; and "Cousin" [Susannah?] writing from St. John's to Alathea Scovill Kingsbury, 1843.

Dates

created: 1829-1843
Other: Date acquired: 04/09/2012

Creator

Scoville family (Family)
Davies family (Family)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical or Historical Information

William H. Scovill (1796-1854), who owned a firm known by several names including The Scovill Manufacturing Co. with his brother James Mitchel Lamson Scovill (1789-1857), was a prominent businessman in Waterbury, Conn. His wife Eunice Ruth Davies (1807-1839) descended from John Davies (1680-1758), who settled in Litchfield in 1735 in an area that came to be known as Davies Hollow. It became part of Washington, Conn., when that town was incorporated in 1779. William Scovill and Eunice Davies Scovill had seven children, including Alathea Ruth Scovill (1828-1899), who married Frederick J. Kingsbury (1823-1910) of Waterbury and Litchfield. Eunice Davies Scovill's sister Belvidere Davies (1804-1870) married George Ranney of Ogdensburg, N.Y.

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