Philleo-Norton family papers 1830-1872 Philleo-Norton family

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Philleo-Norton family papers 1830-1872 Philleo-Norton family

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The Philleo-Norton papers contain the letters of Calvin W. Philleo, a a lawyer, author, and Free Soil Democrat; documents of pension claims for the widows and children of Revolutionary War veterans; legal documents entered in the suit of Sheldon et al. v. the Second School Society, Suffield; and the letters of Elizabeth Philleo as a young woman during the Civil War.

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Democratic Party (Conn.)

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Philleo-Norton family

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Baptist minister Calvin Philleo married Prudence Crandall shortly after her attempt in 1833 to introduce a multiracial school for girls to Canterbury, Conn. After Crandall's plans had been ruined by a combination of legal challenges brought by members of the community and violent mob action, the Philleos abandoned the school and state, settling successively in Providence, R.I., New York State, Illinois, and, finally, Kansas. Calvin Philleo's son by a previous marriage, C...

Philleo, Calvin W. (Calvin Wheeler), 1822-1858

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Philleo was a practicing lawyer and a politician. He was initially a Democrat, became a Free-Soiler in 1849 and eventually returned to the Democratic party. He was author of several articles that were published in Putnam's Magazine and the Atlantic. From the description of Calvin W. Philleo correspondence, legal papers and writings, 1835-1860. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 298322852 ...