Ezra Stiles House - Credits and Research Sources

By: Michael J. Simpson, M.A., A.M.

Research Sources

  1. Stevens, John (1756). Account to the Ministry Committee [Manuscript]. Second Congregational Church receipts, bills, memorandum, 1757–1772; Second Congregational Church records, 1715–1833. Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI.
  2. Stiles, Ezra (1901). The literary diary of Ezra Stiles, Jan. 1, 1769 to Mar. 13, 1776. Vol 1. (F. B. Dexter, Ed.). Charles Scribner’s Sons. (pp. 12-13)

  3. Stiles, Ezra (1901). Ibid. Vol. 1. (pp. 1-2)

  4. Atwater, Edward E. (Ed.). (1887). History of the city of New Haven to the present time. W. W. Munsell & Co. (p. 511)

  5. Stiles, Ezra. Miscellaneous volumes and papers (Vol. 185, p. 28) [Ezra Stiles Papers, microfilm]. Redwood Library and Athenaeum via Dinnie, Sam. (2023, September 8). The labor behind the learned: A reexamination of Ezra Stiles. Newport Historical Society. https://newporthistory.org/the-labor-behind-the-learned-a-reexamination-of-ezra-stiles/

  6. Stiles, Ezra (1901). Ibid. Vol. 1. (pp. 1-2)

  7. de Barros Gomes, Akeia. (forthcoming). Strangers and outcasts in a strange land: The early African American community of Newport, RI.

  8. Stiles, Ezra (1901). Ibid. Vol. 1. (p. 525)

  9. Stiles, Ezra (1901). Ibid. Vol. 1. (p. 525)

  10. Stiles, Ezra (1901). The literary diary of Ezra Stiles, Mar. 14, 1776 to Dec. 21, 1781. Vol. 2. (F. B. Dexter, Ed.). Charles Scribner’s Sons. (p. 272)

  11. Atwater. (1887). Ibid. (p. 511)

  12. Stiles, Ezra (1901). The literary diary of Ezra Stiles, Jan. 1, 1782 to May 6, 1795. Vol. 3. (F. B. Dexter, Ed.). Charles Scribner’s Sons. (p. 50)

  13. Stiles, Ezra (1901). Ibid. Vol. 3. (p. 51)

  14. Stiles, Ezra (1901). Ibid. Vol. 3. (p. 104)

  15. Stiles, Ezra (1901). Ibid. Vol. 3. (p. 116)

  16. Atwater. (1887). Ibid. (p. 511)

  17. Connecticut. Superior Court (New Haven County). (1990). “The Divorce of Newport Freeman,” Divorce papers, 1712–1899 [Microfilm]. Genealogical Society of Utah.

  18. New Haven (Conn.). (1917–1924). Vital records of New Haven, 1649–1850. Vol. 2. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. (p. 623)

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