Miscellaneous collections: family papers, "M-P," 1741-1882.

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Miscellaneous collections: family papers, "M-P," 1741-1882.

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Miscellaneous papers of the Mount and Phillips families. Papers of the painter William Sidney Mount consist of two notebooks, 1855 and 1867, containing names and addresses, health remedies, notes on paintings, portraits, commissions, spiritualism, politics and the weather, recipes for mixing paints, and a few sketches; also, seven letters, 1839-1868, to Abraham W. Floyd, Edw. P. Mitchell, Joshua E. Mount, and others concerning his paintings, and family and social matters; letter to John M. Williamson concerning the sinking of the steamboat LEXINGTON, 1840. Other Mount family materials include letters of John Mount to John M. Williamson concerning Mount resigning as Justice of the Peace, 1834, and papers relating to the estate of Henry S. Mount, 1841. Papers of the Phillips family include copies of the wills of George Phillips, 1741, and George S. Phillips, 1876; and letters to Mills Phillips from Congressman Eliphalet Wickes of New York and United States Senator John Smith of New York, with comments on national political affairs, including the purchase of Florida, 1806, and the nomination of DeWitt Clinton for the presidency, 1812. Also genealogical material on the Phillips and Edwards families.

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Mount, Joshua E.

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Mount, John R.

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Williamson, John Mowbray, 1787-1878.

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Mitchell, Edward P.

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Mount, William Sidney (1807-1868)

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Painter of portraits and genre scenes; resident of Setauket (N.Y.). From the description of William Sidney Mount papers, 1833-1868. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58782964 American artist. From the description of Letter : Stony Brook, N.Y., to J. & H.G. Langley, New York, 1840 Aug. 11. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24857298 William Sidney Mount: painter; New York City and Stony Brook, Long Island. ...

Smith, John, 1752-1816

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Floyd, Abraham W.

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Mount, Henry Smith, 1802-1841

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Phillips, George S. (George Searle), 1815-1889

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George S. Phillips, a Methodist Minister, arrived in California in 1852. From the description of George S. Phillips Collection, 1846-1859. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58855227 ...