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Folder 5

 File — Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Phelps Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence. Most of the letters date from 1854-1865 and were written to or from Rev. Winthrop Henry Phelps, who served as chaplain to the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery during the Civil War and from his wife Lucy F. Robinson Phelps. Among the most noteworthy of the papers are a series of diaries maintained by Rev. Phelps. Several of these were edited by his granddaughter Ethel Lowerre Phelps in 1945 and published as limited editions titled...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1797-1901

Brown, Howell to Phelps, Winthrop H., Rev., 1864 Sep 23

Sub-Folder 1

 Other Level — Folder: 5, sub-folder: 1
Identifier: Sub-Folder 1
Scope and Contents

1 letter, in this letter Howell writes about sending papers to Winthrop and the other soldiers as well as a discussing the draft in his town.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864 Sep 23

Brown, James to Phelps, Winthrop H., Rev., 1864 Nov 22

Sub-Folder 2

 Other Level — Folder: 5, sub-folder: 2
Identifier: Sub-Folder 2
Scope and Contents

1 letter, in this letter James is trying to obtain money he never received for his son who returned home after being injured at the battle of Cedar Creek.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864 Nov 22

Bills for Stationary and Stamps, 1863 Oct - 1864 Feb

Folder 5

 File — Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents

12 bills for stationary and stamps, the majority of the purchases are for stamps and envelopes.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863 Oct - 1864 Feb

Official Orders Received, 1863 - 1865

Folder 5

 File — Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents

3 orders, in the first order Winthrop is ordered by Adjutant General J.D. Williams to report to his regiment at Camp Headquarters without delay. The second order is from Adjutant General [H]. J. Morse, ordering Winthrop to forward another order to Colonel William Fitch. The third order is from Bradley D. Lee informing Winthrop that Chaplains are not allowed fuel because Congress has passed an act cutting off the supply of fuel to Chaplains.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863 - 1865

Notes on diary, part 3, 1945

Folder 5

 File — Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents

These notes contain mostly background information on things and people mentioned and dates of occurrence in the diary of Winthrop H. Phelps. Some of the page numbers for these entries are listed.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1945

Folder 5

Folder 5

 File — Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Phelps Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence. Most of the letters date from 1854-1865 and were written to or from Rev. Winthrop Henry Phelps, who served as chaplain to the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery during the Civil War and from his wife Lucy F. Robinson Phelps. Among the most noteworthy of the papers are a series of diaries maintained by Rev. Phelps. Several of these were edited by his granddaughter Ethel Lowerre Phelps in 1945 and published as limited editions titled...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1817-1945; Other: Date acquired: 02/09/1963

Notification: National Lincoln Monument Association, 1865

Sub-Folder 1

 Other Level — Folder: 5, sub-folder: 1
Identifier: Sub-Folder 1
Scope and Contents

1 notification, it is from the National Lincoln Monument Association. In the notification the society tells how it was formed and includes its founding resolution of promoting the creation of a Lincoln monument. Along with this it includes who are the officers and when they got their positions. Also it notifies the reader of newer resolutions describing who the group believes should give money for the monument.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1865

Notification: Anna R. Phelps, 1885 Aug 28

Sub-Folder 2

 Other Level — Folder: 5, sub-folder: 2
Identifier: Sub-Folder 2
Scope and Contents

1 notification, in it Anna is writing to her Phelps cousins to notify them of a book she finished about the Phelps family genealogy since coming to America. The book was mainly based on the work of her father, Dudley Post Phelps. The notification gives a brief historical description of the Phelps and family and informs how to obtain the book.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1885 Aug 28