Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Creator: Ezra Stiles (1727-1795) Extent: 0.5 ft. (255 items) Description: Congregational clergyman and librarian, of Newport, RI, and president of Yale University, New Haven, CT. Correspondence; research notes and other papers, relating to Stiles' History of Three of the Judges of King Charles I (1794), including papers of the John Dixwell family; personal notes, lists, research notes, illustrations for his "itineraries" (writings on Connecticut Indians), and maps and plans of Connecticut fortifications and towns; receipted bills and other financial papers; and miscellaneous papers. Includes material on Hebrew language, ecclesiastical history, philosophy, science, and theology. Research Topics: Stiles’ personal and business correspondence; Stiles’ writings on the history of the three judges; scarlet fever in New Haven; Redwood Library in Newport, R