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Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,400 items) |
Abstract | Individuals represented in the collection include Philip Phillips (1807-1884), South Carolina and Alabama state legislator and United States Representative from Alabama; his wife, Eugenia (Levy) Phillips (1819-1901); their sons, William Hallett Phillips (1853-1897) and P. Lee Phillips (1857-1924); and related members of the Levy and Myers families of Savannah, Ga., and Washington, D.C. The collection includes business papers of Philip Phillips; correspondence and a journal dealing with Mrs. Phillips's imprisonment for abetting the southern cause, by order of General Benjamin F. Butler, at Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexico in 1862; correspondence of William H. Phillips regarding the Yellowstone National Park; journals, including one of Fanny Cohen Taylor about Sherman's occupation of Savannah; and a scrapbook. Correspondents include George Kennan (1845-1924), Siberian traveler and writer; Tati Salmon, planter, government official, and chief of a Tahitian clan, describing the customs and politics of Tahiti; and prominent jurists who wrote concerning the legal writings of P. Lee Phillips and William H. Phillips. Also included is correspondence of P. Lee Phillips concerning maps, mapping, and geographical questions related to the map collection at the Library of Congress. |
Creator | Myers (Family : Myers, Caroline Phillips, 1841-1929)
Phillips (Family : Phillips, P. (Philip), 1807-1884) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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The Phillips family includes Philip Phillips (1807-1884), South Carolina and Alabama State legislator and United States Representative from Alabama; his wife, Eugenia (Levy) Phillips (1819-1901); their sons, William Hallett Phillips (1853-1897) and P. Lee Phillips (1857-1924); and related members of the Levy and Myers families of Savannah, Ga., and Washington, D. C.
Back to TopThe collection includes business papers of Philip Phillips; correspondence and a journal dealing with Mrs. Phillips's imprisonment for abetting the Southern cause, by order of General Benjamin F. Butler, at Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexico in 1862; correspondence of William H. Phillips regarding the Yellowstone National Park; journals, including one of Fanny Cohen Taylor about Sherman's occupation of Savannah; and a scrapbook. Correspondents include George Kennan (1845-1924), Siberian traveler and writer; Tati Salmon, planter, government official, and chief of a Tahitian clan, describing the customs and politics of Tahiti; and prominent jurists who wrote concerning the legal writings of P. Lee Phillips and William H. Phillips. Also, correspondence of P. Lee Phillips concerning maps, mapping, and geographical questions related to the map collection at the Library of Congress.
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011; Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
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