Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Finding Aid for Dudley Woodbridge papers, 1729-1837.
02881
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Woodbridge, Dudley.
- Title
- Dudley Woodbridge papers
- ID
- 02881
- Date
- 1729-1837.
- Extent
- 2.0 linear ft.
- General Physical Description note
- (4 boxes)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains private and business correspondence, docket books, a day book, and business records.
Biographical/Historical note
Dudley Woodbridge was born in Stonington, Conn. on Oct. 9, 1747. After graduating from Yale University in 1766, he moved on Norwich, Conn. He married Lucy Backus on Apr. 28, 1774. In 1788 they moved to Marietta, Ohio, where Mr. Woodbridge served as judge of the peace. He died in Marietta on Aug. 6, 1823.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection. Jan. 07, 2010
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Dudley Woodbridge papers, 1729-1837. (OCLC record)
[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/300017168]Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Connecticut. -- Superior Court.
Family Name(s)
- Woodbridge, Dudley -- Archives
Genre(s)
- Business records. -- aat
- Financial records. -- aat
- Judicial records. -- aat
- Memorandums. -- aat
Subject(s)
- Judges -- Ohio.
Other Finding Aids note
Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.
General note
See finding aid for complete listing.
Collection Inventory
BOX 1: 1763-1785 |
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BOX 2: 1785-1799 |
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BOX 3: 1800-1858 |
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Records |
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A1: Account Books- 1768-1771, Miscellaneous accounts |
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-- 1770-1772, Legal services for J. Durkee |
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-- 1775-1776, Legal fees due |
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-- 1780-1781, Accounts re. West Indies import trade and J. & G. Carpenter |
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D3: Day Book of legal fees and personal expenses, 1771-1775 |
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D6: Docket Books |
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-- Vol. 1: County and Superior Courts, Norwich, Windham & New London, Conn., 1771-1777 |
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-- Vol. 2: March term of Superior Court, 1799 |
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BOX 4 |
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I7: Invoice Book of cargo belonging to D. Woodbridge and Rufus Backus, shipped on schooner Farmer to West Indies, Including items of cargo on return voyage, April-July 1788 |
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L2: Land Papers: Deeds for transfers of land in Norwich and Lebanon, Conn. |
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L5: Letter Book, Marietta, Ohio, 1793-1795 |
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M5: Memoranda Books- 1788-1789, re. beef and tallow |
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-- 1791-1797, re. legal and business matters |
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ZR8/M5: 1782-1837 |
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