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One letter, Lucy tells Edward about the activities of Mrs. [Boroles]'s son and about the health of other family members.

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...

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1 letter, in it Frances talks about the health and news of family, an older couple getting married, wanting Lucy to come visit, and asks if she can handle housework on her own. Maria talks about how Lucy never visited as promised in the spring and about the death of Thomas Parker, who was Ann Robinson’s fiancé.

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1 letter, the first part of the letter is from James Robinson, inviting Winthrop and Lucy to his upcoming wedding, as well as mentioning his business and a gun he owns. The second part is from Frances Robinson to Lucy and talks about the health of family members, news of weddings and births, food being produced at home, and how Lucy’s uncle sawed a few of his fingers off.

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3 letters, in the first two letters Joseph talks about selling a farm and homestead to Winthrop and includes the breakdown of the prices he expects to receive for it. In the third letter, Joseph describes the state of the farm and house, what the land is being used for currently, and what farming supplies he can supply for Winthrop.

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2 letters, in the first letter the Governor writes about the end of the war and about relief to the wives of soldiers. In the second letter, Governor Buckingham thanks Winthrop for his service during the war.

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6 records for the regimental fund, each contains information on how much is going into the fund per soldier in the regiment. A few of the records contain a detailed breakdown of how much money each individual soldier has put into the fund.

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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.