Lyman Family Memoir, [circa 1901]-

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Summary

Creator:
Lyman family
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet
1 Item
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00828

Background

Scope and content:

Seven-page handwritten memoir of family events and personalities, especially David Newton Lyman, including a discussion of the organization of the Litchfield County Antislavery Society in 1837.

Biographical / historical:

Lyman family of Torringford, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Acquisition information:
The Lyman Family Memoir were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1995.
Processing information:

Processed by Kimberly Sims, May 2011

Encoded by Kimberly Sims, July 2011

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 95-012.

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Subjects:
Antislavery movements -- United States -- Societies, etc.
Abolitionists -- Connecticut -- Litchfield County -- Biography
Names:
Litchfield County Antislavery Society
Lyman family
Lyman, David Newton (1815-1901)
Places:
Litchfield County (Conn.) -- History

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[Identification of item], Lyman Family Memoir, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.