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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

Box: 22, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 23, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1851 Jan.-1851 Jun.

Box: 23, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 24, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 24, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, poem, undated, circa 1860-1870

Box: 25, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1860

Box: 25, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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]

Box: 26, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speeches, notes for Congressional canvas, 1870

Box: 26, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 27, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1875

Box: 27, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1876

Box: 27, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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.

Box: 28, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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.

Box: 29, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1880 Feb.

Box: 29, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1880 Mar.

Box: 29, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 30, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, undated

Box: 30, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, undated

Box: 30, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, undated

Box: 30, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, undated

Box: 30, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, undated

Box: 30, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, undated

Box: 30, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, undated

Box: 30, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 32, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 32, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc: photographs, undated

Box: 32, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc: Receipts, accounts, undated

Box: 32, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc: calling cards and invitations, undated

Box: 32, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc: envelopes, undated

Box: 32, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc: poems, undated

Box: 32, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc: printed material, undated

Box: 32, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc: newspaper clippings, circa 1880

Box: 32, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia Turnpike: petition and copy of charter, undated

Box: 32, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc., 1894

Box: 32, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Memo and receipt book, undated

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

William H. Philip's memo book of personal expenses, undated

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes on European history, undated

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipt book, circa 1853-1869

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cash book, 1868-1871

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Appointment and receipt book, 1878

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

French phrase book, undated

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Expenses book of William H. Philip, 1869-1870

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Accounts book of the Patriot Newspaper Association, 1871-1873

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Accounts book, circa 1863

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ledger, 1871-1880

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Memo book kept on Paris trip, circa 1851

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notebook, undated

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notebook, circa 1881-1882

Box: 33, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Analyses of Blair's lectures, 1844

Box: 34, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Memo book of William Henry Philip, 1870-1873

Box: 34, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Accounts book, 1847-1873

Box: 34, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notebook of original writings, circa 1843-1846

Box: 34, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ledger, 1880-1881

Box: 34, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ledger, 1872-1880

Box: 34, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Memo book: trip to Europe, undated

Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Appointment book, circa 1860

Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Passport, 1854

Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Travel journal, circa 1854

Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ledger, circa 1852-1855

Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipt book, circa 1842-1845

Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journal, receipt book, 1877-1879

Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Talavera" Farm book no. 1, 1870-1871

Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"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

Box: 35, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 36, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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