"There Can Be No Happiness Without Virtue", undated

The Jesse Maltby Family Papers primarily relate to the family’s time in Norfolk, Connecticut. A few items date from their residence in Bristolville, Trumbull County, Ohio, during 1837 to the 1850s. The Maltby family’s years in Oberlin, Ohio, are not represented in these documents.

Correspondence (1817-1887) discusses topics such as family news, religion, and Jesse Maltby’s business dealings. More information about Maltby’s business affairs is found in accounts (1823-1844), contracts (1827-36, undated), and property deeds (1820-1854). The papers contain a number of essays and poems, on general subjects such as the importance of education and beauty. The essays may have been written by pupils taught by Laura M. Baldwin (Jesse Maltby’s first wife) in Goshen, Connecticut. Miscellaneous items include tax receipts, directions for preparing various colors of Reynolds paint, and Laura M. Baldwin’s teaching certificate (1817).