Hearing that Brownson is the son of the late Orestes. A. Brownson, Goddard addresses him through Thorndike Nourse to ask the full name of his grandfather Brownson, who he believes was a resident of Norwich some time before 1800. Elijah Brownson came to Norwich among the earliest settlers before 1780, and among his children were two sons, Samuel Brownson and Elihu Brownson, who seem to have left Norwich very early, perhaps for Stockbridge, Rochester, or one of the newer towns back from the Connecticut River. One of these may have been Brownson's grandfather. Goddard is preparing a brief history of Norwich and hopes to receive any information Brownson can give him. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.