Correspondence, 1707-1800

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Description

Title
Correspondence, 1707-1800
Creator
From the Collection: Hillhouse family
Published / Created
1707-1800
Description
Folder 10 contains a particularly significant letter dated March 8, 1795, from Judith Cocks to James Hillhouse. Cocks was most likely enslaved to Hillhouse or formerly enslaved by him. Her letter (two pages) recounts the abuse she and her son Jupiter (enslaved to Hillhouse) were suffering at the hands of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, cousin to James, then living in Marietta, Ohio. Also mentioned in the letter is another daughter, possibly Hagar, enslaved to James Hillhouse.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Hildegarde Speyers Hillhouse and George Dudley Seymour, 1939-1943. Gift of Peter A. Rabinowitz, Yale College Class of 1981, 2021.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
English

Item Location

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives
Call Number
MS 282
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Container / Volume
Box 1, folder 1-14

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Rights
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Citation
Hillhouse Family Papers (MS 282). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
4295291
Object ID (OID)
10019384

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