James Lanman
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James Lanman was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States Senate from 1819 to 1825. He was a cousin of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Portrait of Lanman by Chester Harding (courtesy Yale University Art Gallery)
Griswold family
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The Griswold family is an American political family from Connecticut and New York of English descent. The family's fortune originates from the 19th Century industrial and merchant pursuits. They tend
Malvern Hall by John Constable, 1821. Malvern Hall – Seat of the English Griswold Family
N. L. and G. Griswold donated the service of George Griswold which left New York for Liverpool in January 1863 with a cargo for the relief of Lancashire working men. The cargo donated by the International Relief Committee and the New York Produce Exchange.
The clipper ship "Challenge" of the N.L. & G. Griswold fleet