Philo B. Hall collection 1818-1870 Hall, Philo B. collection

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Philo B. Hall collection 1818-1870 Hall, Philo B. collection

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This collection contains 9 letters, 14 receipts, and 1 document related to Philo B. Hall, a metalworker from Newtown, Connecticut, who later became a farmer in southeastern Michigan. He received 7 personal letters from his sister and acquaintances in the mid-1800s. His son Abiah wrote 1 letter to his brother Cornelius during his Civil War service in the Union Army. Also included are 12 receipts documenting Hall's purchases of professional supplies and payments of land taxes in Michigan in the mid-19th century, and a contract apprenticing him to Liba Blakslee of Newtown, Connecticut. Other items are a note and 2 additional receipts for land taxes.

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United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 150th (1862-1865)

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Squires, Polly Ann.

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Hall, Philo B., 1800-1876

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Philo B. Hall was born in Connecticut in September 1800, the son of Eli W. Hall. In 1818, he was apprenticed to Liba Blakslee of Newtown, Connecticut, a gold- and silversmith and clock repairman. Hall later lived in Nettle Hill, New York, before moving to Elba, Michigan (near Manchester, Washtenaw County), where he worked as a farmer. He lived in Elba, Norvell Township, and Brooklyn, Michigan, and owned land in Allegan County. He and his wife Ann had 4 children: Cornelius, Abiah, Ph...

Hall, Abiah B.

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