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Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letters and notes from prominent New Yorkers

 Collection — Manuscript box 1 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065239372]
Identifier: 161m
Scope and content

Routine letters and notes on business and social matters from prominent people who hailed from New York State, including William Henry Seward (writing to painter Jocelyn Nathaniel), Oliver Phelps, Gideon Granger (writing to Justin Ely, a former representative to the Massachusetts General Court), Antoinette L. Brown, and Moses Coit Tyler.

Dates: 1794-1897.

Letters from New York State politicians

 Collection — Manuscript box 21 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065243317]
Identifier: 104m
Scope and content

Routine notes and short letters from prominent politicians who hailed from New York State, including William Henry Seward, Oliver Phelps, and William C. Bouck. The letter from Bouck is addressed to A.C. Flagg, who was the New York State comptroller at the time (1837).

Dates: 1837-1865.

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Subject
Erie Canal (N.Y.) 1
New York (State) -- Commerce. 1
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. 1
New York (State) -- Social life and customs. 1