Account book dates from the early years of Davenport's legal career. Among his clients were Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817), then a distinguished minister and schoolmaster in Fairfield, later president of Yale, and Joel Barlow (1754-1817), the notable poet, diplomat, and politician, then living in Hartford. Other clients belonged to such prominent Connecticut families as the Beaches, Merritts, Seymours, and Whitneys. Perhaps the most intriguing client (?) was "Tom [,] Negro of A.W. [or A.T.] Watson," who engaged Davenport's services in 1791 and paid the balance in his labor. (Slavery was abolished in Connecticut in 1848.) It is also possible that he was loaned to Davenport to pay a debt. However, Tom is listed in the index, which is a list of clients.
Alternative Title:
John Davenport, Jr., account book and John Davenport account book
Description:
Title from spine of slipcase., Manuscript on paper., Holograph entries, in single hand, written in black ink; signed., Leaves mostly numbered in ink on upper right recto., Place of production (Stamford, Connecticut) inferred from Davenport's residence; date of manufacture inferred from inscribed entries: "The book begun in the year 1787, John Davenport Jun" inscribed to front free endpaper. The last entry in the account book is dated 1797., Printed lined account book with ready-made tabbed index (in black and red) at the beginning of the manuscript, including the names of clients., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1780300, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale Law Library, 2023. MssA D275 1787, In English., Description based on print version record. , and Born into a prominent Stamford family, Davenport, a Yale graduate, was admitted to the bar around 1775. After serving in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, where he attained the rank of major, he returned to Stamford, where he spent the rest of his life. In addition to his legal career, he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1776-1796 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1799-1817.
Publisher:
John Davenport
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Stamford, Stamford., and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Davenport, John, 1752-1830, Tom (of Watson), Beach Family., Merritt Family., Seymour Family., and Whitney Family.
Subject (Topic):
Account books, Finance, Personal, Budgets, Personal, Lawyers, African Americans, and Manuscripts, American
Print shows a group of men gathered around a man reading a newspaper on the steps of the "American Hotel." An African American man and child also listen from the steps of the hotel. A woman is seen listening in through a window from inside the hotel. Various broadsides are posted on the building
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 02: On sheet 31.7 x 23.8 cm., and BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 03: On sheet 28.5 x 21.9 cm. Written in pencil at bottom right of sheet: Proof before final lettering done.
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Men, African Americans, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Print shows a group of men gathered around a man reading a newspaper on the steps of the "American Hotel." An African American man and child also listen from the steps of the hotel. A woman is seen listening in through a window from inside the hotel. Various broadsides are posted on the building
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 02: On sheet 31.7 x 23.8 cm., and BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 03: On sheet 28.5 x 21.9 cm. Written in pencil at bottom right of sheet: Proof before final lettering done.
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Men, African Americans, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Print shows a group of men gathered around a man reading a newspaper on the steps of the "American Hotel." An African American man and child also listen from the steps of the hotel. A woman is seen listening in through a window from inside the hotel. Various broadsides are posted on the building
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 02: On sheet 31.7 x 23.8 cm., and BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 03: On sheet 28.5 x 21.9 cm. Written in pencil at bottom right of sheet: Proof before final lettering done.
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Men, African Americans, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Manuscript meeting minutes, 12 March 1900 to 19 March 1902
Description:
African-American women's organization, founded on 12 March 1900 in New Haven, Connecticut, when eighteen members elected officers, including Mrs. John Ross, Jr., President; Mrs. W. B. Johnson, Vice President; Mrs. Carrie Hickman and Mrs. Eugene Henderson, Secretaries; and Mrs. Ann S. Kinner, Treasurer. The club met weekly to discuss works by and about African-Americans and to plan community activities.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven
Subject (Name):
Women's 20th Century Club (New Haven, Conn.)
Subject (Topic):
African American women, Societies and clubs, African Americans, Societies, etc, and Women
Autographs of Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Alain Locke., Contains music., CVV, p. 100 (W)., and Includes The colored girls of Passenack--old and new, by William Carlos Williams: p. 93-96.
Publisher:
Published by Nancy Cunard at Wishart,
Subject (Geographic):
Jackson County (Fla.)
Subject (Topic):
African American arts, African Americans, Blacks, Blues (Music), and Slavery, abolition, and emancipation
BEIN JWJ W Op56 Copy 2: Bookplate: Carl Van Vechten. Autograph: Langston Hughes: 4:46., BEIN JWJ W Op56 Copy 2: Bookplate of Carl Van Vechten: 17:2; 18:2., 1923-July 1929 have subtitle: A journal of Negro life., Vols. 1-27, 1923-1949. 1v., and SML: Index to v. 1-27 is Kraus reprint 1971.
Robert Templeton Drawings and sketches related to the trial of Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins, New
Container / Volume:
Box 4
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Composite sketch by Templeton published by the Harford Courant newspaper on April 28, 1971, which depicts Garry, Huggins, Markle, Mulvey, Roraback, Sams, Seale, and the court reporter.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut. Superior Court (New Haven County)
Subject (Name):
Black Panther Party
Subject (Topic):
African American political activists, African Americans, Black militant organizations, Black Power, Political activists, Trials (Conspiracy), Trials (Kidnapping), and Trials (Mu
Pyramid Club (Organization : Philadelphia, Pa.), author
Call Number:
JWJ A +998
Container / Volume:
1941-1947/1948
Image Count:
331
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Pictorial album
Description:
BEIN JWJ A +P998: Autograph: Dr. Langston Hughes: 1944 (page 42)., BEIN JWJ A +P998: From the Richard Merkin papers: 1945, 1947/1948., BEIN JWJ A +P998: Autograph: Dr. Leroy H. Jenkins, 1945: 1945 (cover)., BEIN JWJ A +P998: Stamp on covers: Dr. L.H. Jenkins, 2346 No. 25th St., Philadelphia: 1947/1948., October 1941; title from cover., and 1947-48.
Publisher:
Pyramid Club
Subject (Geographic):
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia
Subject (Name):
Pyramid Club (Organization : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, African American men, Societies and clubs, and African American women