Alonzo Baldwin Dewey letters
Scope and Contents
Letters between various members of the Alonzo Baldwin Dewey Family mostly regarding family matters and news of local residents around Chaplin, Connecticut. Writers include Alonzo Baldwin Dewey, Emeline Washburn, W.H. Dewey (son of Alonzo and Emeline Dewey), Edwin A. Dewey (son of Alonzo and Emeline Dewey), Israel Dewey (Alonzo's father), Sally Goodell (Emeline's sister), Walter Goodell, Philo Washburn, Mary Washburn, Lucy Washburn and Andrew Washburn (Emeline's parents), Mary and Lucy Chadwick (Emeline's sisters), Betsy Lowell (Alonzo Dewey's half-sister), C.M. Goodell (cousin of Emeline's), George Washburn (Emeline's brother), Cornelia Washburn, Mary Dewey Seevers, and Isaac Goodell.
Dates
- Creation: 1832-1906
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
Biographical Note
Captain Alonzo Baldwin Dewey was born on April 14, 1803 to Israel Dewey and Betsey Baldwin in Berlin, Vermont. Alonzo was a farmer in Brookfield, Vermont; moved to Fulton County, Illinois in 1837, then to McDonough County, and was living with his sons in Russell, Russell County, Kansas in 1884. He was captain of the 3rd Regiment, 1st Brigade, in Berlin, Vermont, from 1825-1828. On October 30, 1832, he married Emeline Washburn. Alonzo Baldwin Dewey died in Farmer City, Illinois on March 20, 1891.1
Genealogy
Alonzo Baldwin Dewey and Emeline Washburn were married October 30, 1832 and had five sons and one daughter. Edwin Alonzo Dewey, son of Alonzo and Emeline, was born on November 7, 1836 and married Delphina Lautz on May 12, 1864. Edwin and Delphina had 3 sons and 3 daughters. Mary Estella (Dewey) Seevers, daughter of Edwin and Delphina, was born June 27, 1871 and married Joseph Morton Seevers on October 26, 1887. Mary and Joseph had a daughter Delphina Seevers Warnkin.
Endnotes
- 1 Adelbert Dewey, Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and, Dewey Family History (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 1994), 584.
Extent
.25 cubic feet
Abstract
Letters between various members of the Alonzo Baldwin Dewey Family mostly regarding family matters and news of local residents around Chaplin, Connecticut. Writers include Alonzo Baldwin Dewey, Emeline Washburn, W.H. Dewey (son of Alonzo and Emeline Dewey), Edwin A. Dewey (son of Alonzo and Emeline Dewey), Israel Dewey (Alonzo's father), Sally Goodell (Emeline's sister), Walter Goodell, Philo Washburn, Mary Washburn, Lucy Washburn and Andrew Washburn (Emeline's parents), Mary and Lucy Chadwick (Emeline's sisters), Betsy Lowell (Alonzo Dewey's half-sister), C.M. Goodell (cousin of Emeline's), George Washburn (Emeline's brother), Cornelia Washburn, Mary Dewey Seevers, and Isaac Goodell.
Arrangement
The letters are arranged chronologically.
Acquisition Information
The letters were donated to the Connecticut State Library by Oren "Skip" Stembel on behalf of Delphina Seevers Warnkin on August 27, 2014.
Alternative Form Available
Transcripts of four letters completed by Oren "Skip" Stembel are included in the collection but have not been verified for accuracy by the State Archives. The collection also includes two digital video discs containing scanned images of the letters except for three letters which were too fragile to scan.
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Atlanta (Ga.)
- Battle Creek (Mich.)
- Berlin (Vt.)
- Braintree (Vt.)
- Brookfield (Vt.)
- Canton (Ill.)
- Chaplin (Conn.)
- Colton (N.Y.)
- Fort Worth (Tex.)
- Haverhill (Mass.)
- Jericho (Vt.)
- Lebanon (Conn.)
- Matildaville (N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Northfield (Vt.)
- Pavilion (Mich. : Township)
- Potsdam (N.Y.)
- Randolph (Mass.)
- Silver Spring (Md.)
- West Townsend (Mass.)
- Woodstock (Vt.)
Topical
- Title
- RG 069:172, Alonzo Baldwin Dewey Letters
- Subtitle
- Inventory
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Allen Ramsey.
- Date
- 2014
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Connecticut State Library Repository
