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John Wolcott Phelps papers
- Title
- John Wolcott Phelps papers, 1833-1884.
- Author
Collection information
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 8 linear feet (6 boxes, 54 v.)
- Summary
- Collection consists of Phelps's correspondence, writings and printed matter.
- Subject
- Butler, Benjamin F. 1818-1893
- Morris, Joseph, 1824-1862
- Phelps, J. W. 1813-1885
- De Peyster family
- Phelps family
- American Colonization Society
- United States Military Academy -- Students
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1815-1875
- Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
- Masonry -- United States
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah
- Morrisite War, 1862
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- African Americans -- Colonization
- Meteorology -- Observations
- Slavery -- United States
- Water-supply -- New York (State) -- New York
- Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877
- United States -- History -- 1865-1898
- United States -- History -- Campaigns. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Florida -- History, Military
- Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Brattleboro (Vt.) -- Social life and customs
- Europe -- Description and travel
- Utah -- History, Military
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- United States -- Boundaries -- Canada
- Canada -- Boundaries -- United States
- Fort Mackinac (Mackinac Island, Mich.) -- History, Military
- Fort Brown (Brownsville, Tex.) -- History, Military
- Genre/Form
- Commonplace books.
- Diaries.
- Scrapbooks.
- Call number
- MssCol 2399
- Language
- English
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Additional formats (note)
- available on microfilm;
- Source (note)
- Tuttle, Charles E.
- Biography (note)
- John Wolcott Phelps (1813-1885), American soldier, served in the Mexican War, was made captain in 1850, and resigned in 1859, but returned to the Civil War with a troop of volunteers he raised in Vermont.
- Indexes/finding aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Processing action (note)
- Surveyed
- Cataloging updated
- Author
- Phelps, J. W. (John Wolcott), 1813-1885.
- Title
- John Wolcott Phelps papers, 1833-1884.
- Restricted access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Additional formats
- Selected materials available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
- Biography
- John Wolcott Phelps (1813-1885), American soldier, served in the Mexican War, was made captain in 1850, and resigned in 1859, but returned to the Civil War with a troop of volunteers he raised in Vermont. He assisted Farragut in the campaign to capture New Orleans and organized the first body of African-American troops in the U.S. Army. After the federal government ordered the troops disbanded, Phelps resigned from the army.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Soldiers.
- Added author
- De Peyster, J. Watts (John Watts), 1821-1907.
- Phelps, Helen.
- Tower, F. B. (Fayette Bartholomew)
- Tower, Lawrence.
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.
- Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874.
- LCCN
- ms 79001867
- Research call number
- MssCol 2399