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Author/Creator:Wightman, Stillman King, 1803-1899.
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Title:Stillman King Wightman papers, 1817-1837 (inclusive).
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Physical Description:.5 linear ft. (1 box)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:Gift of Henry H. Wightman, 1959.
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Access and use:Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Additional information is provided in the finding aid.
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Biographical / Historical note:Stillman King Wightman, a lawyer, was born in Scituate, Rhode Island, on January 8, 1803. He graduated from Yale in 1825 and studied at the Yale Law School. Wightman opened a practice in Middletown, Connecticut, and, from 1835-1842, held a number of state offices. In 1842 he moved to New York City where he continued an active legal practice for fifty years. Wightman died on May 27, 1899.
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Summary:The papers consist of correspondence, lecture notes, financial papers, and writings relating to Wightman's student years at Yale University and his early legal practice. Correspondents include Joshua Belden, Abijah Cathin, Selden Ely, William R. Hayes, Thomas Mather, Thomas Staughton Savage, Richard Smith, and Frederick and Mary Wightman. Lecture notes from Mathew Rice Dutton, Chauncey Allen Goodrich, James Luce Kingsley, and Benjamin Silliman are also included.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid is available in the repository and on the Internet.
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Cite as:Stillman King Wightman Papers (MS 1079). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
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Subjects:Belden, Joshua, 1766-1849.
Cathin, Abijah.
Dutton, Matthew Rice, 1783-1825.
Ely, Selden.
Goodrich, Chauncey A. (Chauncey Allen), 1790-1860.
Hayes, W. R. (William R.)
Kingsley, James Luce, 1778-1852.
Mather, Thomas.
Savage, Thomas Staughton.
Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885.
Smith, Richard, 1802-1878.
Wightman, Frederick.
Wightman, Mary.
Wightman, Stillman King, 1803-1899.
Yale University--Faculty.
Yale University--Students.
Law.
Connecticut.
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Genre/Form:Lecture notes.
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Occupation:Lawyers.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/613933