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Accretion 2003: Series VI, Lyman Law

Scope and Content

This accretion consists of legal contracts, commissions, and receipts relating to Lyman Law's legal practice in early 19th century New London, Connecticut. Also included are Lyman Law's personal letters to his son, William Henry Law, as well as documents relating to William Henry Law's legal practice. There are two fine daguerreotype portraits listed at the end of this series.

Biographical/Historical note

William Henry Law was the second husband of Harriet Beale; Beale was an older sister of Elizabeth Jane Beale, the wife of Haliburton Fales.

Letter - Unknown to Lyman Law, March 4, 1794, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lyman Law receipts, 1795-1832, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

William H. Law receipts, 1810-1811, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence - Lyman Law to William H. Law, 1811-1813, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

William H. Law - Record Book, 1834-1836, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

William H. Law Commission (found in Notary Record Book between Jun. 26 & Jun. 3, 1835 entries), 1835, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contracts, 1837-1841, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, 1837, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

J.B. McCall Correspondence, 1838-1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, 1838, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, January 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, February 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, March 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, April 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, May 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, June 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, July 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, August 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, September 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, October 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, December 1839, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, 1840, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lyman Law - Checks and Checkbook (Bound Together), 1841-1842, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, 1841, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts, 1842, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Wabash Canal - Petition and Division of Commission of Prints, 1845, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

William J. Mills Correspondence, undated, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Song Book, undated, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragment found in William H. Law's Record Book, undated [found between entries for Feb. 15, 1855 & Mar. 17, 1855], inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

receipts (Bound Together), undated, inclusive

Box: 44, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Two Daguerreotpye portraits, circa 1850, inclusive

Box: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oversize Accretion 2003, Series VI, Lyman Law

Lyman Law - Commissions, 1793-1838, inclusive

Box: 45, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence - Lyman Law to William H. Law, 1811-1813, inclusive

Box: 45, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

William H. Law Correspondence, 1820, inclusive

Box: 45, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

J. Dodge Correspondence, 1832-1833, inclusive

Box: 45, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence - Judge Samuel Hall to James B. McCall, 1835-1838, inclusive

Box: 45, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contracts, 1837-1839, inclusive

Box: 45, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts, 1839-1840, inclusive

Box: 45, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragment of Woodcut [found in front cover of William H. Law's Record Book], undated, inclusive

Box: 45, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sermon, undated, inclusive

Box: 45, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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