Series V: William Henry Philip
Scope and Contents note
This series contains correspondence and papers (ca.1840's-1881), of his years at Lenox Academy and Williams College, travels in Europe, service in the Civil War, candidacy for Congress, and life as a lawyer and businessman in Washington, D.C.
Correspondence, 1841-1844
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Correspondence, 1845
Box: 22, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1846
Box: 22, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1847
Box: 22, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1847 Jul.-1847 Dec.
Box: 22, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1848 Jan.-1848 Jun.
Box: 22, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1848 Jul.-1848 Dec.
Box: 22, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1849 Jan.-1849 Jun.
Box: 22, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1849 Jul.-1849 Dec.
Box: 22, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Williams College (1842-1879), Lenox Academy, circa 1840-1850
Box: 22, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Writings, circa 1830-1850
Box: 22, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Writings, circa 1840-1850
Box: 22, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Writings, circa 1840-1850
Box: 22, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, undated, 1850
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Correspondence, 1851 Jan.-1851 Jun.
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Correspondence, 1851 Jul.-1851 Dec.
Box: 23, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1852 Jan.-1852 Jun.
Box: 23, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1852 Jul.-1852 Dec.
Box: 23, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1853 Jan.-1853 Jun.
Box: 23, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1853 Jul.-1853 Dec.
Box: 23, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Letters of recommendation for Secretary of Legation, 1853
Box: 23, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Letters of introduction, 1853-1854
Box: 23, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1854
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Correspondence, 1855
Box: 24, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Speech: Democratic speech delivered in Claverack, 1856
Box: 24, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1856
Box: 24, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1857
Box: 24, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1858
Box: 24, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1859
Box: 24, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Philmont Factory correspondence, circa 1850-1870
Box: 24, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Philmont Factory accounts, undated, circa 1850-1880
Box: 24, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U. S. Army recommendations for Lt. Colonel, 1861-1863
Box: 24, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U. S. Army letters of recommendation, undated, 1869-1876
Box: 24, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Commissions, 1861
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Correspondence, poem, undated, circa 1860-1870
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Correspondence, 1860
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Correspondence, 1861
Box: 25, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1862 Jan.-1862 Jun.
Box: 25, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1862 Jul.-1862 Dec.
Box: 25, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1863
Box: 25, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1864
Box: 25, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1865
Box: 25, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1866
Box: 25, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1867
Box: 25, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1869
Box: 25, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence with currency, [1860-1870]
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Speeches, notes for Congressional canvas, 1870
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Correspondence, 1870
Box: 26, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1871
Box: 26, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Experience of the Lambert Tree...during the Great Chicago Fire, 1871
Box: 26, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Titusville, PA from M. H. Philip, 1871-1872
Box: 26, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1872
Box: 26, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1873
Box: 26, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Titusville from M. H. Philip, 1873
Box: 26, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1874
Box: 27, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Minnesota letters from M. H. Philips, 1874
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Correspondence, 1875
Box: 27, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1876
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Correspondence, 1877 Jan.-1877 Jul.
Box: 27, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Laurel Hill Association for Claverack Village, circa 1870-1880
Box: 27, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1877 Aug.-1877 Sep.
Box: 27, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1878
Box: 27, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1879 Jan.-1879 Apr.
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Correspondence, 1879 May-1879 Jul.
Box: 28, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1879 Aug.-1879 Sep.
Box: 28, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1879 Oct.-1879 Nov.
Box: 28, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1879 Dec.
Box: 28, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1880 Jan.
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Correspondence, 1880 Feb.
Box: 29, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1880 Mar.
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Correspondence, 1880 Apr.
Box: 29, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1880 May
Box: 29, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1880 Jun.
Box: 29, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1880 Jul.-1880 Dec.
Box: 29, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1881 Jan.-1881 Dec.
Box: 29, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence re: interring of W. H. Philip, biographical information, 1882
Box: 29, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, undated
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Correspondence, undated
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Correspondence, undated
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Correspondence, undated
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Correspondence, undated
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Correspondence, undated
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Correspondence, undated
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Correspondence, undated
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Correspondence, undated
Box: 30, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, undated
Box: 30, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc. writings, undated
Box: 30, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Receipts, deeds, unsorted business papers, circa 1869-1879
Box: 31, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Receipts, deeds, unsorted business papers, circa 1849-1893
Box: 31, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Receipts, deeds, unsorted business papers, circa 1849-1880
Box: 31, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Receipts, deeds, unsorted business papers, circa 1850-1876
Box: 31, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Receipts, deeds, unsorted business papers, circa 1869-1879
Box: 31, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc: receipts,/indentures, accounts, song, 1828-1858
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Misc: receipts, pass, insurance, 1860-1869
Box: 32, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc: receipts, indentures, 1870-1878
Box: 32, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc. receipts, 1879
Box: 32, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc: receipts, tax assessments, 1880-1888
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Misc: photographs, undated
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Misc: Receipts, accounts, undated
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Misc: calling cards and invitations, undated
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Misc: envelopes, undated
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Misc: poems, undated
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Misc: printed material, undated
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Misc: newspaper clippings, circa 1880
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Columbia Turnpike: petition and copy of charter, undated
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Misc., 1894
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Memo and receipt book, undated
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William H. Philip's memo book of personal expenses, undated
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Notes on European history, undated
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Receipt book, circa 1853-1869
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Private journal of William H., Philip: Italy, France, Germany, 1854
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Claverack Falls Summer School, accounts, 1850-1887
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Cash book, 1868-1871
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Appointment and receipt book, 1878
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French phrase book, undated
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Private journal during trip to Paris, 1853
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Receipt book, 1873
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notebook on class lectures, undated
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bank of Kinderhook account book of William Henry Philip, 1850
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Receipt book, circa 1894
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Accounts book, 1887-1888
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bank of Washington account book of William H. Philip, 1872-1874
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bank of Washington account book of William H. Philip, 1874-1876
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bank of Washington account book of William H. Philip, 1870-1878
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Expenses book of William H. Philip, 1869-1870
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Accounts book of the Patriot Newspaper Association, 1871-1873
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Copy of lease John Peter Van Ness and Will G. Williams, William H. Philip rents, circa 1868
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tenants accounts, circa 1868-1869
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Accounts book, circa 1863
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Ledger, 1871-1880
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Memo book kept on Paris trip, circa 1851
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Notebook, undated
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Notebook, circa 1881-1882
Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Analyses of Blair's lectures, 1844
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Memo book of William Henry Philip, 1870-1873
Box: 34, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Accounts book, 1847-1873
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Notebook of original writings, circa 1843-1846
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Ledger, 1880-1881
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Ledger, 1872-1880
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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning William H. Philip's electoral campaign, circa 1870
Box: 34, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Memo book, circa 1853
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Memo book: trip to Europe, undated
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Appointment book, circa 1860
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Passport, 1854
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Travel journal, circa 1854
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Ledger, circa 1852-1855
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Receipt book, circa 1842-1845
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Journal, receipt book, 1877-1879
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"Talavera" Farm book no. 1, 1870-1871
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"Talavera" Farm book no. 2, 1872-1873
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Talavera" Farm book no. 3, 1873-1874
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Talavera Farm book, 1874-1876
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Talavera Farm book, 1878-1879
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Leroy Van Hoesen farmer account book no. 4, 1874-1875
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Leroy Van Hoesen farmer account book, 1877-1878
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Private journal of William Henry Philip, 1853-1854
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Class album, circa 1839-1850
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Private journal of William Henry Philip, vol. 3, circa 1854
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rent book, 1866-1867
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Account book, circa 1864-1868
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Journal, 1852
Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Survey of land, description, misc., undated
Box: 36, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: deed, 1847-1898
Box: 36, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc. correspondence, maps, printed material, undated
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