Name/Title
Stanton Family PapersEntry/Object ID
2026.203.9Scope and Content
Collection of papers relating to the Stanton/Smith family of Stonington, 1843-1892.
*Promissory note issued to Benjamin F. Stanton, Jr., worth $83.75, issued in Stonington, December 12, 1836
*Resolution, at the meeting of the Whig Electors of Stonington Benjamin Stanton was chosen as a delegate to attend the CT State Senatorial Convention and David Stanton was appointed as an alternate, February 15, 1843.
*Souvenir fan, July 4, 1848.
*Letter written by Maria Stanton to her brother regarding the purchase of cattle, Stonington, August 22, 1857
*Internal Revenue License granted to Benjamin F. Stanton 2nd, to carry on the occupation of cattle broker, May 1, 1865
*Internal Revenue License granted to Benjamin F. Stanton 2nd, to carry on the occupation of cattle broker, May 1, 1866
*Bill from Charles Maxson & Co. to Miss Emma Smith for house shingles, Aug. 30, 1867
*Memo from the Office of Selectmen of Town of Stonington (Benjamin F. Stanton 2nd, Horace R. Hall, Charles Grinnell, George B. Brewster, Nathan G. Wheeler), October 9, 1869.
*Receipt for Miss Emma Smith from Jerome S. Anderson for The Stonington Mirror and Mystic Journal, July 24, 1874
*Receipt, Mrs. George E. Palmer to Samuel M. Stanton, September 30, 1875
*Contract between Joseph Smith and Randolph, Bentley & Co. regarding the construction of a dwelling house, June 9, 1890.
*Invitation to Miss Emma Smith for a Social Basket Picnic from William J.H. Pollard and Richard A. Wheeler, August 5, 1892.
*Pencil sketch, "Stanton Place," undated
Stonington August 22, 1857
My Dear Brother,
We received your letter this evening and are very glad to know that you are on the way home and that you had been successful in the purchase of your cattle. Oliver Denison came home from Long Island yesterday with 25 head of cattle beef I believe. Jesse Hull had purchased 95 head of cattle the last news they had from him he had not started on the 16th his cattle were nearly all 2 years old. Jacob has not done anything about the colts yet in his last letter he said that is he considered that he was under any obligations about them that he would give $350 for them he speaks as if he was under no obligations for them.
The boys will finish mowing tomorrow if it is a good day. They have had rather hard weather for mowing. Everything is going on nicely. Mrs. Smith went home from Mother’s today she is much worse grew worse all the time she was there. Aunt Polly Williams had a shock of the palsy on Tuesday she is not expected to live she cannot speak. Hoping to see you soon I will close.
Yours affectionately,
Maria StantonCollection
Carol Kimball