Willard Phillips papers, 1759-1875.

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Willard Phillips papers, 1759-1875.

1759-1875

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Papers of Willard Phillips, lawyer, probate judge, president of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, state legislator, author, editor, Harvard College tutor, and newspaper publisher. Phillips wrote books on insurance law, patent law, and protective tariffs and he edited the "American Jurist and Law Magazine" and "The North American Review." Many of the papers deal with legal matters and the insurance business. Collection includes correspondence, a corrected unbound copy of Phillips' book "Treatise on the Law of Insurance," a list of subscribers and agents of the "North American Review," and books of poetry and writings, one kept by his first wife, Hannah B. (Hill) Phillips. Correspondents include John W. Edmunds, Edward Everett, John T. Kirkland, John G. Palfrey, Jared Sparks, and Robert C. Winthrop.

17 boxes and 1 oversize box.

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Kirkland, John Thornton, 1770-1840

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Phillips, Hanna Brackett Hill, d. ca. 1837.

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