Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Creator: Shadrach Osborn (1747-1838) Extent: 1 ft. (1,000 items) Description: Osborn was a Revolutionary War soldier and merchant, of Southbury, Conn. His papers include family and business correspondence, notes, receipts, and other papers. His son, Erastus Osborn (1785-1868) was sheriff of New Haven County, Conn. The collection includes papers on the settlement of the estate of Capt. Elias Dunning, for which Shadrach was an administrator. Also includes family histories and photographs of Osborn headstones in Southbury, Conn. Research Topics: Revolutionary War in Connecticut; history of New Haven County in the early to mid-19th century