Handwritten and typed document copied from the Ledyard Records in the Congressional Library at Washington D.C.. Family of Ledyards John Ledyard, first of the name in America
Handwritten and typed document copied from the Ledyard Records in the Congressional Library at Washington D.C.. Family of Ledyards John Ledyard, first of the name in America
Entry/Object ID
2016.1.0712
Scope and Content
A 3 page handwritten document in black pen and possibly some pencil on white paper, folded twice. Also a 3 page carbon copy (on white paper, typed) with all the same information as the handwritten document. It begins "Copied from the Ledyard Records in the Congressional Library at Washington D.C.. Family of Ledyards John Ledyard, first of the name in America and ancestor of a long line of descendants was born on England in 1700. The family was from Bristol and tradition connects it with that Lediard Tregoye from which spring all the Lords of St. John Earl of Bolingbroke….(Last sentence reads) In memory of Mr. Ebenezer Avery who died in Jan. 10, 1928 aged 81." This document is on letter sized paper, folded twice
Collection
James L. Streeter Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2016.1
Source or Donor
Streeter, James L.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
History
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Literary Works
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Cemeteries, History, Libraries
Search Terms
Battle of Groton Heights, Biography, Cemeteries, Communications & Public Utilities, Domestic Life/Family, Battle of Groton Heights, Cemetery Records, Fort Griswold, Ledyard, William Col., Genealogy
Archive Details
Restrictions
Access: Discolouration/fading and 3 folds
Archive Notes
Date(s): UNKNOWN
General Notes
Note
Status: Good
Status By: Maureen A. McClellan
Status Date: 2018-12-03
