Henry L. Ellsworth, last will & testament of H. L. Ellsworth, U.S. Commissioner of Patents and founder of what is now U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Patent Offices, first President of Aetna Life Insurance Company. 1848. Copied from a Manuscript filed in the Probate Court. Formerly MKG92.El5 00.[3742].1

File — Box: 10, Folder: 20

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This devised collection contains a hodge podge of manuscript items, which came to the department separately, but together begin to tell an interesting though incomplete story of Grand Rapids, and its citizens and organizations, over the years.

One of the greatest strengths of the collection is the biographical information, either direct, such as in the Citizens Biographies, or indirect, such as information from a random diary or remembrance.

Some other subseries which seem to be building consistently are the memoriams, histories and ethnic materials.

Dates

no date

Extent

From the Collection: 15.1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Henry L. Ellsworth, in association with Lucius Lyon, was an early land purchaser in what became Grand Rapids, ca. 1832. There is no evidence that he ever lived in Michigan, though he is know to have lived in Lafayette, Indiana, returning to State most associated with his life and family, Connecticut, at the end of his life.