Bartlett family diaries and papers, 1801-1889
Diaries, and account book, and other documents related to several generations of an East Windsor, Connecticut, family. Shubael Bartlett was a student at Yale when he wrote his 1801-1802 diary, and minister at the First Congregational Church in East Windsor when he wrote his second diary, dated 1833-1834. The earlier diary is mostly filled with religious reflections, while the later one mentions more family news and gives a brief mention of the weather. Shubael is also represented in the collection by an undated sermon, a typescript of a letter, 1838, addressed to Rev. N. Porter of Farmington describing a revival at Yale in 1802, and copies of letters he wrote (the originals are at the church). Shubael's son Daniel W. Bartlett is represented by his 1889 diary and three photographs, two of them of him and his wife. Solomon Wells of East Windsor (relationship not yet known) was a farmer and kept an account book, 1818-1847. The first portion of the volume is identified as a victualing book in account with the steward. The rest of the volume relates to the sale of corn, oats, potatoes and cider, the rent of his oxen, and his own labor. The remainder of the collection consists of printed materials related to the East Windsor Church and the Farnsworth family which is related to the Bartletts, and a biography of and photographs of the house of Samuel R. Brown
Archival Material, English, 1801
1801