Thaddeus Leavitt
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Thaddeus Leavitt was an American merchant who invented an improved upon version of the cotton gin, as well as joining with seven other Connecticut men to purchase most of the three-million-plus acres
Leavitt was one of the original eight purchasers of the Connecticut Western Reserve, ca. 1826
Jane Leavitt Hunt, granddaughter of Thaddeus Leavitt. Painted by son William Morris Hunt, Paris, 1850
Richard Morris Hunt
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Richard Morris Hunt was an American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of architecture of the United States. He helped shape New York City with his designs for th
Thaddeus Leavitt
…also known as the First Church of Christ, established in 1698. Leavitt's descendants include his great-grandsons, the three Hunt brothers: architect Richard Morris Hunt; Boston painter William Morris Hunt; and the lawyer and photography pioneer Leavitt Hunt. Hunt family of Vermont…
Richard Morris Hunt
The William K. Vanderbilt House or the Petit Chateau in 1886, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Portrait of Richard Morris Hunt by John Singer Sargent (1895).
Richard Morris Hunt Memorial, Fifth Avenue, New York City