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Seven letters to Frederick Wolcott regarding family news and politics. The second of three folders from 1826.

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Huntington outlines politics at the Connecticut legislature; contest between Samuel A. Foot and William Bristol over the US Senate seat; reports of the status of various bills; discusses the candidacy of Oliver Wolcott for governor; Captain Alden Partridges’ cadets are in town and impressed the public.

Scope and Contents Huntington writes about state politics; William Bristol, the Federalists’ candidate, was selected to the represent Connecticut in the U.S. Senate by the state’s Senate and Samuel Foot, the republican candidate, was chosen by state’s House of Representatives; Charles Willson Peale has come to New Haven trying to sell another portrait of Washington, but Huntington is not impressed by it; Captain Alden Partridge and his cadets are in New Haven where they are receiving a “cordial and handsome...

Scope and Contents Huntington provides details about politics at the Connecticut Legislature; Newgate prison is abolished and the state will erect a new jail in Wethersfield; Samuel A. Foot is likely to win the Senate seat; reports of other office seeking and writes cynically comments about the number of supposedly great men who boast of their qualifications; discusses the failure of the Eagle and Derby Bank; the legislature will not charter new banks this session; the building of the canal in Hamden is...

Scope and Contents Huntington writes of activities of the State Legislature in New Haven. Gives report of the failure of the Federalists to get a single measure passed and details politicking for upcoming elections and appointments. Discusses pending bills for the incorporation of churches, town tax collection; exemption of private property of stockholders when corporations fail; school fund; lotteries; liquor licenses and exempting wives from arrest or imprisonment on account of the debts of their...

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Huntington writes of the proceedings at the state legislature meeting in New Haven; reports on the status of the proposal for the new state house in New Haven; political maneuvering for positions; discussions of shareholders liability in manufacturing companies, the Groton Monument Association, the Eagle Bank, salaries of judges and the boundaries of towns and counties; reflects on the political standing of Oliver Wolcott.

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Huntington writes from New Haven about proceedings at the state legislature; upcoming report of the Eagle Bank committee will recommend suspending banking privileges; regulations for manufacturing corporations; appointments for judges and nominations for state and Federal offices; conflict between the river company and the New Haven canal company is going to be presented at the legislature; the town of Madison has been carved out of Guilford.

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Huntington writes of proceedings at the state legislature meeting in New Haven; reports of banking committees have been submitted; discussion of an appointment of a state superintendent of banking; a committee to inquire into the conduct of Sheriff John L. Lewis (who allowed the directors of the Eagle Bank to avoid prison without bail) is formed; appointment of judges and politicking for office; Lyman Beecher’s sermon has been published; the Quinebaug canal is incorporated.

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Genealogical materials and research pertaining to Laura Maria Wolcott Rankin compiled by her descendants. Includes notes that were attached to family heirlooms as they descended in the family, a portrait of the wedding dress worn by the bride at the marriage of Laura Maria Wolcott to Robert Gosman Rankin (now in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York) and a scrapbook of newspaper obituaries for Laura and Robert Rankin and their children.