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Phillips Family (Of New York City And Philadelphia)

Type / Call #Personal / P-017Personal papers, correspondence, and other material relating to the Phillips family (1733-1954). Papers center on following members of family, Jonas Phillips (1733-1802), Naphtali Phillips (1815-1868), Roslie Solomons Phillips (1872-1945), and Naphtali Taylor Phillips. Various organizations these individuals were involved in are also included in the collection. Also contains a letter written by Tyler to Joseph Simpson, in which he expresses his feelings about the United States as a country of religious liberty. The letter is written on the four blank pages of Simpson's letter tA Tyler, which protested the appearence of Gen. Winfield Scott at a missionary meeting. The first part of the letter is missing. Tyler's letter appears in Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, Vol. 11 (1903), pp. 158-160.
Years1733-1954
LocalityNY, NEW YORK
NotesAlso: Philadelphia, PA
Size8 boxes (3.3 linear feet)

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