Aaron Hand family letters
Scope and Content
Letters between various members of the Aaron Hand Family mostly regarding family matters. Writers include Bayard Epenetus Hand, Aaron Hicks Hand and his wife Elizabeth Coit Boswell Hand, Isaac Platt Hand, and Nancy Fanning Boswell, Elizabeth's stepmother. Elizabeth Coit Boswell Hand was originally from Norwich, Conn.
Dates
- 1797-2011, bulk 1830-1875
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use
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Biographical Note
Aaron Hand (1773-1832) of Albany, N.Y. was a lumber merchant. His wife Tamar Platt Hand (1773-1854) was originally from New Milford, Conn. and Kingsbury, N.Y. They had four sons: Bayard Epenetus Hand (1800-1838); Isaac Platt Hand (1803-1849); Lemuel Platt Hand (1809-1850); and Aaron Hicks Hand (1811-1880). Bayard Epenetus Hand moved to Georgia in 1823. He bacame an established lawyer there and served as his father's agent for lumber shipped to Albany. Aaron Hicks Hand was a Presbyterian minister. He married Elizabeth Coit Boswell (1820-1914), the youngest daughter of Captain John Lovett Buswell and Mehitable Coit Buswell of Norwich, Conn. on August 13, 1838. Their eight children were John Bayard Hand (1830-1877); Katherine Margaret Hand (1841-1925); Isaac Platt Hand (1843-1931); George Boswell Hand (1845-1908); Joseph Henry Hand (1847-1905); James Alexander Hand (1851-1923); Annie Kennedy Hand (1852-1889); Elizabeth Coit Hand (1855-1936); and Gertrude Hand (1859-1936).
Extent
.5 cubic feet
Abstract
Letters between various members of the Aaron Hand Family mostly regarding family matters. Writers include Bayard Epenetus Hand, Aaron Hicks Hand and his wife Elizabeth Coit Boswell Hand, Isaac Platt Hand, and Nancy Fanning Boswell, Elizabeth's stepmother. Elizabeth Coit Boswell Hand was originally from Norwich, Conn.
Arrangement
Arranged in two series to correspond with Mary M. Thacher's printed transcriptions: Aaron Hand Family Letters and Aaron Hand Family Norwich Letters. The letters are in folders as arranged by Mary M. Thacher and the order does not correspond exactly to that of the printed transcriptions.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Mary M. Thacher on December 13, 2010.
Alternative Form Available
Transcripts of the letters completed by Mary M. Thacher are included in the collection but have not been verified for accuracy by the State Archives.
- Albany (N.Y.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bloomsbury (N.J.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Genealogies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Norwich (Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Roswell (Ga.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Savannah (Ga.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Springfield (Mass.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- St. Louis (Mo.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- RG 069:157, Aaron Hand Family Letters
- Subtitle
- Inventory
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Paul E. Baran.
- Date
- 2013
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Connecticut State Library Repository
