Scope and Contents
Letters, manuscripts, and sermons by or relating to historian and Congregational minister Benjamin Trumbull, 1757-1819. Materials document Trumbull's time at the Congregational Church in North Haven, Connecticut, and literary work on the history of Connecticut.
Dates
- 1757-1819
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Benjamin Trumbull Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source unknown.
Arrangement
Organized into three series: I. Correspondence, 1759-1819. II. Papers, 1757-1818. III. Sermons, 1759-1819.
Extent
3.13 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Letters, manuscripts, and sermons by or relating to historian and Congregational minister Benjamin Trumbull, 1757-1819. Materials document Trumbull's time at the Congregational Church in North Haven, Connecticut, and literary work on the history of Connecticut.
Biographical / Historical
Benjamin Trumbull (1735-1820) (Yale 1759) began work as pastor for the Congregational Church of North Haven, Connecticut in 1760. He served there for sixty years, interrupted only by service as a chaplain during the Revolutionary War. He wrote thousands of sermons and several historical texts, treaties, and pamphlets.
Trumbull was married to Martha Phelps Trumbull (1732-1825), with whom he had five children: David Trumbull (1762-1762), Mary Trumbull Eastman (1765-1841), Benjamin Trumbull (1769-1850), Sarah Trumbull Tuttle (1772-1817), and Elizabeth Trumbull (1774-1775).
Processing Information
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Former call numbers: MS Vault 8:1, Z117 00185, Z117 00186, Z36 281, Z36 282, Z36 283, Z36 089.
- Clergy -- Connecticut
- Clergy -- Connecticut -- 19th century
- Clergy -- Connecticut -- 18th century
- Congregational Church (North Haven, Conn.)
- Congregationalists -- Connecticut
- Connecticut -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Connecticut -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Connecticut -- Religion -- 18th century
- Connecticut -- Religion -- 19th century
- Historians -- Connecticut
- Historians -- Connecticut -- 18th century
- Historians -- Connecticut -- 19th century
- North Haven (Conn.)
- Sermons
- Sermons, American -- Connecticut
- Title
- Guide to the Benjamin Trumbull Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Beinecke Staff
- Date
- June 2014, updated April 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
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