%eadnotat; ]> hunj1818.xml Jedidiah Huntington Papers A Guide to the Jedidiah Huntington Papers at the Connecticut Historical Society Compiled by NHPRC Project Staff EAD conversion sponsored by grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Grant # 98-101 Connecticut Historical Society

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June 1999 Collection Overview US/CTH/HUNJ/1818 Connecticut Historical Society Jedidiah Huntington Papers 1758 - 1814 Jabez Huntington Collection consists of correspondence, chiefly to Jabez Huntington, by Jedidiah and his four brothers, Andrew, Ebeneezer, Joshua and Zachariah. 1 box; 19 folders; 0.6 feet Manuscript stacks Related Material

An index of 50 catalog cards is available to aid access to this collection and material in other collections. Access is through writer, recipient and date. The card catalog is located in the library reading room. The reader is also directed to the Print Room and Museum for non-documentary materials.

Copies of Jedidiah Huntington letters from other CHS collections are transcribed and included as adjunct material to this collection.

Scope and Content

Collection consists solely of Correspondence. The core of the collection is derived from three volumes kept by Jabez Huntington in which he kept his sons' letters. Jedidiah Huntington is the most prolific writer, and it is from that the supplied title proper is arranged. Other material added to the collection during subsequent accessions has been interfiled chronlogically.

Organization

Materials are organized into 3 series; series one based on previously constructed order, and series two and three based on provenance.

Letters to Jabez Huntington Francis Gilman Transcripts Cedric Robinson Transcripts Arrangement

Collection is constructed from three volumes of correspondence written to Jabez Huntington by his sons, the majority from Jedidiah. Jedidiah, being the most famous of the sons, had the collection named after him. Subsequent to the renaming of Jabez's material, other material, the provenance of Joshua or Jedidiah, was inserted in chronological order.

Holographs; holographs, signed. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Sources. Jabez Huntington Andrew Huntington Ebenezer Huntington Joshua Huntington Zachariah Huntington Biographical Sketch

Jedidiah Huntington was born on August 4, 1743 in Norwich, Connecticut to Jabez Huntington and his first wife Elizabeth (Backus) Huntington. Huntington was graduated from Harvard College in 1763 and joined his father in his profitable West India trading company later that year. Huntington married Faith Trumbull daughter of the Governor of Connecticut, Jonathan Trumbull, and Faith (Robinson) Trumbull on May 1, 1766.

Huntington began his military career in 1769 when he was appointed to ensign of the First Norwich Company. He quickly rose through the ranks and by the outbreak of the War was colonel of the 20th Regiment of Colonial Militia. He continued in the rank of colonel with the 8th Connecticut Regiment (1775), the 17th Regiment of Connecticut Infantry (1776), and the 1st Connecticut Regiment (1777). In May of 1777 Huntington was commissioned to brigadier general in the Continental Army, and by the war's end was brevetted as major-general.

Huntington was a member of the courts martial investigating the conduct of General Charles Lee, and appeared also in the Court of Enquiry to try the case of Major Andre. At West Point he was instrumental in organizing the Society of Cincinnati. He retired from the army in September of 1783.

On his return to Norwich, Jedidiah was appointed Alderman, and was drawn into many civic roles. He was appointed State Treasurer (1786), member of the Connecticut Assembly (1786), Sheriff of New London County (1788), and Probate for the district of Norwich. In 1789 he was appointed Collector of Revenues for the port of New London by George Washington, and with the first elections under the Constitution served as a Presidential Elector.

In less political roles, Huntington was deacon of the First Church of New London, a member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, director of the Connecticut Bible Society and honorary member of the Massachusetts Humane Society.

His wife, Faith Huntington died shortly after witnessing the Battle of Bunker Hill on a trip to Roxbury to visit her husband. He married Anne Moore, daughter of a New York businessman shorty afterward.

Huntington died on September 25, 1818 in New London, his remains were interred in Norwich.

Series list Series 1: Letters to Jabez Huntington Series 1: Letters to Jabez Huntington 16--? -1834 15 folders HUNJ/1818 -- I Consists of Letters written to Jabez Huntington by his sons, Jedidiah, Zachariah, Ebeneezer and Joshua. The majority are written by Jedidiah, after whom the collection derives its supplied title proper. The correspondence, originally in three volumes, has been deconstructed into 15 folders, arranged chronologically, into which other Jedidiah material has been inserted.

Conservation note: Many items in a fragile condition.

Folder I.A Archives Control File. Folder I.1 Letters to Jabez Huntington: 1758 - 1761 1758-1761 Folder I.2 Letters to Jabez Huntington: 1763 - 1774. 1763-1774 Folder I.3 Letters to Jabez Huntington: April - July, 1775. April - July, 1775 Folder I.4 Letters to Jabez Huntington: September - December, 1777. September - December, 1777 - Folder I.5 Letters to Jabez Huntington: January - May, 1776 January - May, 1776 Folder I.6 Letters to Jabez Huntington: June - July, 1776. June - July, 1776 Folder I.7 Letters to Jabez Huntington: August - December, 1776. August - December, 1776 Folder I.8 Letters to Jabez Huntington: January - August, 1777 January - August, 1777 Folder I.9 Letters to Jabez Huntington: September - December, 1777. September - December, 1777 Folder I.10 Letters to Jabez Huntington: January - June, 1778. January - June, 1778 Folder I.11 Letters to Jabez Huntington: July - December, 1778. July - December, 1778 Folder I.12 Letters to Jabez Huntington: 1779. 1779 Folder I.13 Letters to Jabez Huntington: 1780-1782 1780-1782 Folder I.14 Letters to Jabez Huntington: 1783 - 1789. 1783-1789 Folder I.15 Letters to Jabez Huntington: 1790-1814. 1790-1814 Series 2: Francis Gilman Transcripts Series 2: Francis Gilman Transcripts [19--?] 3 folders HUNJ/1818 -- I Consists of transcriptions of letters wriiten by Jedidiah Huntington between 1760 and 1781. Many are transcriptions of letters actually housed in other collections at the CHS. Transcriptions seems to have been written at the turn of the century. Folder I.16 Francis Gilman Transcripts: April, 1776 - February, 1781. Folder I.17 Francis Gilman Transcripts: August 28, 1775 - April 27, 1776. Folder I.18 Francis Gilman Transcripts: August 8, 1760 - August 21, 1776. Series 3: Cedric Robinson Transcripts Series 3: Cedric Robinson Transcripts [195-?] 1 folder; 1 fascicle of 9 letters HUNJ/1818 -- I Consists of Transcripts of nine letters written by Jedidiah Huntington between 1777 and 1813. Folder I.19 Cedric Robinson Transcripts Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions on access to the collection.

Use Restrictions

Use of the material requires compliance with the Connecticut Historical Society's Library Regulations.

Preferred Citation

"Item, Collection Title (Collection Code -- box #. Folder #), at the Connecticut Historical Society".

Processing Details

EAD instance compiled in June, 1999, based on a previous arrangement. EAD finding aid was created in XML using NoteTab Pro. Tansformation to HTML was effected through application of XSL (WD19981216) using James Clark's processor, XT.

Accruals

The collection is open, but additional material is not expected.

Accession Register Accession # Date Source Details 21568 November, 1909 Donation. William C. Gilman, Norwich, CT Huntington family letters and documents 44518 Donation. Francis Gilman, Norwich, CT Letters to Jedidiah Huntington and others. Transcripts 64786 May 2, 1957 Donation. Cedric L. Robinson, CT Folders containing miscellaneous documents. Typewritten 69584 May 2, 1957 Purhcase. Goodspeed's Bookshop, Boston, MA [4?] Huntington letters and some transcripts