Diary of Dr. David Sherman Hart

Name/Title

Diary of Dr. David Sherman Hart

Entry/Object ID

2023.608.8

Scope and Content

Diary of Dr. David Sherman Hart (son of Rev. Ira Hart), full of local news and genealogical information, 1865-1885. Both front and back covers are missing. Mentioned Dr. George D. Stanton, Lantern Hill, Steamboat Wharf, the Robinson House, Capt. Richard Fanning Loper, Mary Ann Pendleton, Steamer COMMONWEALTH, Amelia Sheffield, African Church (Stonington Borough), William Dodge, Mary Ann Pendleton, Courtlandt Palmer, LEXINGTON, Harris Pendleton, Samuel Burdick, Thomas Palmer, Charles Davis, Dr. George E. Palmer, Palmer Loper, Arson, John Hyde, Jesse D. Noyes, Hosea Wheeler, Mary Chesebrough, Elihu Chesebrough, Samuel Chesebrough, Peleg Brown, Capt. Gurdon Gates, Capt. Ebenezer Stanton, Trumbull Hall, Henry Harding, Freelove Breed, Jesse Breed, Asa Fish, Joanna Brown, Noyes P. Brown, Mary E. Griswold, William Henry Lee, Lydia Lee, Samuel Lee, Calvary Church, Elias Babcock, Alice Hancox, Rose Palmer, Mint Palmer, Frances Palmer, Philip Palmer, Samuel Palmer, Noyes Palmer, Slavery, Emma Palmer, Gilbert Wheeler, Angeline Wheeler, Lorenzo Wood, George Wood, Reuben Niles, Lydia Niles, Charles Niles, Isaac Gates, Reuben Hancox, Zebulon Hancox, Giles Babcock, Sarah Smith, Thomas Ball, Lydia Ball, Capt. Joseph Comstock, Steamships, Charles O. Barker, Richard Barker, Charles Williams, Charles H. Mallory, Fanny Mallory, John H. Cutler, James Peters, Capt. Edmund Pendleton, Eliza Benedict, Lydia Langworthy, Copperheads (Southern sympathizers during U.S. Civil War), Kate Sullivan, Earthquake, Samuel Stanton, Lucretia Chesebrough, E. Tyler Briggs, Stonington Railroad, Maria Sabin, Charles Sabin, Union Baptist Church, Road Church, Eliza Woodbridge, William Woodbridge, George C. Brown, Deacon William Chesebrough, Richard S. Palmer, Harriet Stanton, Joseph Cottrell, George Wheeler, Col. Nathan Wheeler, Capt. Stephen Bennett, Fanny Avery, Stephen Avery, Maria Babcock, Lucy Hancox, Alden Palmer, Thomas Hancox, Capt. Ebenezer Cobb, Capt. John Appelman, Hiram Appelman, J.F. Trumbull, J.F. Trumbull Jr., Ichabod States, Cornelia Carpenter, Tamar Tade, Minor Noyes, Deacon James Gallup, Cyclone, James A. Palmer, William H. Palmer, John S. Palmer, Alexander Palmer, Mystic Island Hotel, Emmeline Fish, Nathan Gallup Fish, Jonathan Palmer, Harriet Palmer, Capt. Theodore Palmer, Coddington Billings, Daniel W. Denison, Catherine A. McNeil, Anna McNeil, Clark Greenman, Silas Greenman, Thomas Greenman, Stonington Academy, Frederick D. Holmes, Isaac D. Holmes, Capt. Jeremiah Holmes, Joseph Hiscox, Nehemiah Palmer, Francis William Sheffield, diphtheria, Capt. Thomas Palmer, Randall Frink, West Indies Trade, Adam States, John Pendleton States, Mary L. Brewster, William E. Brewster, Hannah Tift, Capt. Amos Tift, Charles H. Rhodes, Simon Rhodes, Henry Smith, Steamer ADOLPHI, Nathaniel E. Sheffield, Paul Wheeler Noyes, Horace Palmer, Capt. William F. Sheffield, Julia Stoddard, Deacon John Bennett, Susan Waldron, Nathaniel Waldron, Capt. Jesse Wilcox, Capt. Elisha Wilcox, Benjamin F. Palmer, Stonington Steamboat Landing, Harriet E. Hart, Nancy Denison, Louise Denison, Edward Tift, Addie Prentice, Capt. Francis Pendleton, Capt. Jonathan Pendleton, Thomas Oliver, Rev. Thomas Mallaby, Capt. Francis H. Wheeler, Gurdon Wheeler, Jeremiah Wheeler, Silas Wheeler, Battle of Fort Griswold, Capt. Daniel Wilcox, Amos Loper, Prentice Breed, Alfred W. Coates, Palmer Gallup, Charles Theodore Hart, Capt. Henry Rogers, Charles Mallory, Elias Babcock, Isaac Randall, Jedediah Randall, Eunice Noyes, Gilbert Brown, Capt. John Brown, Gurdon Crandall, Lucy Burdick, Eliza Mallory, Harriet Eliza Palmer, Maria Hart, Eunice Brown, Jesse Brown, Elihu Chesebrough, Robert Wheeler, Francis Sheffield, Pawcatuck Bank, Stiles Stanton, Samuel Stanton, Ichabod Dickinson, Frederic Denison, Mary Brown, Enoch Brown, Isaac Sheffield, Emily Breed, Nathan G. Wheeler, Capt. George Brewster, Mary Hinckley, Thomas Hinckley, Joseph Scholfield, Daniel Hammond, John Hammond, Edmund Fanning Pendleton, Cassandra Pendleton, Benjamin Pendleton, Lydia Chesebrough, Samuel Chesebrough, Deacon Elnathan Fellows, Deacon Samuel Langworthy, Henry Palmer, Mary Rossiter Palmer, Samuel Edgecomb, Elizabeth Gallup, Wolfe Block Fire, Sarah Lewis, Beriah Lewis, Zebulon Stanton, Esther Stanton, Rev. Daniel C. Weston, Nathaniel Harlow, Stonington Lodge of Odd Fellows, Sarah Potter, Capt. William Potter, Maria Johnson, Nathan Johnson, Esther Wheeler, Martha Sheffield, Stanton Sheffield, Eliza Merritt, Henry Merritt, William Fanning Pendleton, Hiram Holmes, Mystic Congregational Church, Isaac Denison, Ann Borodell Denison, Eunice Denison, Capt. William Clift, Capt. Nathaniel Clift, Mystic River Bank, Ellen Holmes, Catherine Edmondson, Frederick Funch, Jason Tanner, Rouse Burdick, Nathaniel Palmer Jr., John Morgan, Clark Mills, Mason Manning, Amos Tift, Tift & Russell Co., Methodist Church, Warren Palmer, John Trumbull, Elizabeth Mary Hancox, Franklin Hancox, Martha Niles, William Mason, Joseph Stanton Williams, Harriet Manning, Palmer Miner, Peleg Clarke, Nathan Noyes, Capt. George Eldredge, Hon. Ephraim Williams, Joseph Williams, Harris Pendleton, Sarah Pendleton, Eunice Noyes, Thomas Noyes, Oliver Denison, William D. Brown, Brown's Livery Stable, Abel Hinckley, Samuel Hobart Hinckley, Abby Stanton, Harriet Greene, Jane Cutler, Eliza Peters, rope walk, Little Narragansett Bay, Edward Stanton, Rev. Paul Couch, Henry Townsend, Helen Brown, Noyes Brown, Esther Denison, Charles Hull, Col. John Hull, Col. Jesse Hull, Horace Clift, James Noyes, Frank Noyes, C.E. Brayton & Co., Pequot Council, George W. Mallory, Charlotte Smith, Nathan Smith, Benjamin Eells, Rev. Nathaniel Eells, Martha Noyes, Deacon Charles Wheeler, Rebecca Williams, Col. Isaac Williams, Venture Smith, John Davis, David Davis, Robert Stanton, Thomas Stanton, Elizabeth Babcock, Courtlandt Babcock, James Pendleton, Lucy Babcock, Giles Babcock, Alice Brewster, Capt. Peter Hunt, Paul Babcock, Stanton, Benjamin Stanton, Mary Elizabeth Miner, Thomas Miner, Charles Babcock, Stiles Wheeler, Martha Gates, Capt, Gurdon Gates, Andrew McGowan, Capt. John Brown, Gilbert Brown, Louisa Smith Mallory, Benjamin Mallory, James H Phelps, Jonathan Phelps, Philip Gilmore, Julia Murphy Gilmore, William Crandall, Sally Pendleton, William Pendleton, Mary Ann Pendleton Gurdon Pendleton, Lillie Wheeler, Nelson Wheeler, Henry Denison, Charles Phelps Wheeler, Herman Wheeler, Almira Lewis, Horace Lewis, James Clark, scarlet fever, Hannah Palmer Burdick, Clark Burdick, Capt. Frederick Palmer, Jesse Dean, Fanny Gallup, Nanct Chesebrough, George Champlain, and many more.

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