Wright family papers, 1825-1938.

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Wright family papers, 1825-1938.

Personal correspondence of Fannie Wright with her husband Philo, her brother Sherman Pettibone, her daughters Virginia, Maude, and Evelyn, her son Philo S., and other members of the family, concerning family affairs and the genealogy of the Wright and Pettibone families; also fifty-seven volumes of Fannie E. Wright's diaries, 1863-1925, recording family news, social events, and home activities in Detroit, Michigan; account books of the Sherman Pettibone farm of Tallmadge, Ohio, and account books of. Philo S. Wright, 1893-1913; also photographs. Correspondents include: William W. Collier and Samuel B. Pettibone.

3 linear ft.

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Bentley Historical Library

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Wright, Philo Elizar, 1828-1876.

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Collier family.

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Wright family.

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Philo E. and Fannie E. Pettibone Wright family of Detroit, Michigan. From the description of Wright family papers, 1825-1938. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420010 ...

Wright, Fannie E. Pettibone, 1836-1925.

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Pettibone family.

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Collier, Victory P.

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Pettibone, Samuel.

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Collier, William W.

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Wright, Philo Sherman, 1862-

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Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902

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Staneley was born (1828) in Chester, Ohio; graduated from West Point (1852); served at various army posts (1852-1861) in Texas, California, Kansas, and Arkansas; and fought in the Civil War, with major engagements at Corinth (1862), the Atlanta Campaign, and in Tennessee (1864). Stanley was mustered out in 1866, served in Indian campaigns in the West, and led an expedition (1873) to the Yellowstone River. He retired from the army in 1892 and died in Washington, D.C. in 1902. His military promoti...