This collection compiles the legal documents, letters, books, and original works of several members of the Phillips family, including Samuel Phillips (founder of Phillips Academy Andover) and his uncle John Phillips (founder of Phillips Exeter Academy). Items in the collections date 1647-1876 (bulk: 1720-1825).
Most of the documents in box 1 and some in box 2 have been scanned and transcribed. Please help transcribe them here.
Among its many pieces of historical value, this collection includes correspondence between Samuel Abbot and John Hancock, as well as several religious texts from the early 17th century, and early letters and documents concerning the founding of Phillips Academy Andover.
| Box | Folder | |
| Samuel Phillips 3rd | Box 1 | 1-6 |
| Box 4 | 5 | |
| Samuel Phillips 4th | Box 1 | 6, 7, 9-11 |
| Elizabeth Phillips | Box 1 | 8, 12-18 |
| Samuel Phillips Jr. (Phillips Academy founder) | Box 1 | 19-23A, 28, 31-32, 38-48 |
| Samuel Phillips Jr. political papers | Box 3 | 5 |
| Samuel Phillips Jr. Lieutenant Governor | Box 5 | 1.1-1.2, 4-6 |
| Samuel Phillips Jr. Correspondence | Box 5 | 12.1-12.7, 14-15 |
| Samuel Phillips Jr. Schoolwork | Box 5 | 17 |
| Phoebe Phillips | Box 1 | 25-27 |
| Phoebe Phillips: quotations | Box 2 | 1.1-1.7 |
| Phoebe Phillips: Thoughts and prayers | Box 4 | 4.1-4.6 |
| Phoebe Phillips: Correspondence | Box 1 | 3.1-3.4, 10, 12.1-12.7, 14-16 |
| William Phillips | Box 1 | 31-34 |
| Phillips Academy | Box 1 | 49-50, 52-56, 60-66 |
| Box 3 | 6 | |
| John Phillips (Phillips Exeter Academy founder) | Box 1 | 57-59 |
| Box 5 | 13 | |
| Samuel Farrar | Box 2 | 2.1-4.3, 7 |
| Samuel Abbot | Box 3 | 1.1-4, 7-11 |
| Box 4 | 1-3.3, Wills: 6.1-6.4 | |
| Frances Mehitable Foxcroft | Box 5 | 2.1-2.2 |
| Town of Andover | Box 5 | 11.1, 11.2 |
The Harvard University Archives also contains a wide collection of Phillips family papers in its Phillips Brooks and Brooks Family Papers collection.
Preliminary collection inventory by J.P. Mayer, class of 2016, in July 2015.
A Phillips Family Tree (for reference) can be found here.
Recounting of the life of Samuel Phillips 3rd (Feb 17, 1690-Jan 11, 1773) (includes transcription)
Rev Samuel Phillips 3rd letter to William Phillips July 6, 1741 (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips 3 to Samuel Phillips 4 and wife Andover Sept 27, 1738
Folder 3-4 [Papers of Samuel Phillips 3rd]
Report of Committee on Samuel Phillips 3rd’s salary Andover April 26, 1762
Bill for Samuel Phillips 3rd’s funeral 1771 (Written by Samuel Phillips 4th)
Samuel Phillips 3rd’s account of salary arrears, May 13, 1762 (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips petition to proprietors of LondonDerry of New England, 1731
Committee deciding Samuel Phillips 3rd salary averages, 1710, 1722 (includes transcription)
South Parish vote on Samuel Phillips’s salary arrears, 1771 (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips 3rd to congregation: thanks for money 1771(includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips 3rd authorizing Samuel Phillips 4th to prosecute trespassers on his land-1750 (includes transcription)
Folder 5 [Samuel Phillips 3rd papers]
Lists of marriages in Andover, 1756-1757; 1748-1749 (addressed to Joshua Frie)(Two documents) (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips 3rd to South Parish congregation; June 8, 1762; re: salary
Folder 6 [Samuel Phillips 3rd and Samuel Phillips 4th papers]
Copy of Samuel Phillips 3rd at Andover to P. Clarke (son-in-law) at Exeter; February 4th, 1762
Sam Ingalls complaint against Moses Hale, February 2nd, 1731
Summary of life of Samuel Phillips 4th [date unknown] (includes transcription)
Folder 7 [Samuel Phillips 4th papers]
Samuel Phillips 4th to Samuel Phillips 5th, Andover:
July 7th, 1768
November 5th, 1769
February 12, 1774
Folder 8 [John Phillips and Elizabeth Phillips papers]
Elizabeth Phillips to son Samuel Phillips 5th, Andover:
April 10th, 1765 (includes transcription), October 17, 1765 (two documents)
John Phillips (benefactor) to nephew Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, (founder of Phillips Academy), Exeter, December 4, 1782
Folder 9 [Samuel Phillips 4th papers]
sheet-Slip of scrap with calculations on it
Samuel Phillips 4th to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th Andover/Cambridge letters (3):
December 5, 1767;
March 7, 1768;
November 20, 1769
Portion of Letter addressed to “Mr. Samuel Phillips (junior?) in Andover” (some short calculations)
Samuel Phillips 4th to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th; Boston/Andover; February 12, 1774 [final signature removed]
Folder 10-11 [Samuel Phillips 4th papers]
Samuel Phillips 4th to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, ?/Cambridge (at Harvard), undated (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips 4th to brother Dr. John Phillips; Andover/Exeter; June 5th,1781 [final signature removed]
Samuel Phillips 4th to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th; Andover/Cambridge(Harvard College); August 29, 1769 [final signature removed]
Samuel Phillips 4th to brother Dr. John Phillips, Andover/Exeter, March 27, 1790
“An Account of Sundries bought for My Daughter,” 1759 (includes transcription)
North Church in Andover to Samuel Phillips, 1776-1786. Amount due to Samuel Phillips [which ‘Samuel Phillips’ is unclear; the latest Rev. Samuel Phillips died in 1771]
Folder 12-13 [Elizabeth Phillips papers]
Elizabeth Phillips obituary from Boston Centinel (manuscript copy) 1789
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, Andover/Byfield:
May 4, 1766 (inlcudes partial transcription)
March 25, 17–?
August 2, year unknown
January 5, year unknown
Folder 14 [Elizabeth Phillips papers]
Elizabeth Phillips to Samuel Phillips 5th, Andover/unknown; June 13, year unknown
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, Andover/unknown:
July 29, year unknown,
March 25, 1765
Folder 15 [Elizabeth Phillips papers]
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, Thursday (includes transcription)
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th; unknown/Harvard College, Cambridge
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th; unknown/Harvard College, Cambridge; (March 16, 1776?) (poem?)
Folder 16 [Elizabeth Phillips papers]
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th; unknown/Harvard College, Cambridge; December 27, year unknown (includes transcription)
Folder 17 [Elizabeth Phillips papers]
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, Saturday; Andover/Harvard College, Cambridge
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, March 28, year unknown; Andover/Harvard College, Cambridge
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th; date unknown; Unknown/Harvard College, Cambridge
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, August 10, 1767; Unknown/Harvard College, Cambridge (includes transcription)
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, June 19, 1768; Andover/Harvard College, Cambridge
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, September 23, 1769; Unknown/Harvard College, Cambridge
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th; Unknown/Unknown
Folder 18 [Elizabeth Phillips papers]
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, March 4; Unknown/Harvard College, Cambridge (includes transcription)
Elizabeth Phillips to son Judge Samuel Phillips 5th, November 17, 1769; Unknown/Harvard College, Cambridge
Letter from William Osgood to sister Hannah Osgood, December 4th, 1769
Folder 19-20 [Samuel Phillips 5th papers]
Samuel Phillips 5th to ‘Honored Parents’March 10, 1768; Cambridge/unknown(Andover?)
Editor’s Account of the Life of Samuel Phillips 5th (written after his death)
Folder 21 [Samuel Phillips Letters]
Samuel Phillips 5th to Honored Parents, June 15, 1767; Newbury/unknown(Andover?)
Samuel Phillips 5th to father Samuel Phillips the 4th, December 4, 1767; Cambridge/Andover (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips 5th to Honored Parents, July 5th, 1768; unknown(Cambridge?)/Andover (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips 5th to mother Elizabeth Phillips, June 29, 1765; Byfield/Andover (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips 5th to mother Elizabeth Phillips, April 5th, 1765; Byfield/Andover (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips 5th to Honourd Parents, October 1767; Byfield/Andover (includes transcription)
Folder 22-23 [Samuel Phillips 5th Letters]
Samuel Phillips 5th? to Uncle?, December 14, 1775; unknown/unknown (partial transcription)
Samuel Phillips 5th to uncle John Phillips, March 20, 1778; Andover/Exeter
Samuel Phillips 5th to son Col. John Phillips?, June 24, 1795; Boston/unknown
Samuel Phillips 5th to son John Phillips, November 10, 1791; Andover/Harvard College, Cambridge
Samuel Phillips 5th to uncle John Phillips, August 21, 1790 about death of father (brother) Samuel Phillips 4th at 3 o’clock that afternoon; Andover/Exeter
Samuel Phillips 5th to Hon’d Sir (uncle?), Monday morning 5 o’clock; unknown/unknown;
Samuel Phillips 5th? to Hon’d Sir, Saturday; unknown/unknown
Paragraph; Same Paper as “Editor Accounts”
Folder 23A [Samuel Phillips Papers]
unlabeled document; possibly rest of “Monday Morning at 5 o’clock”
Letter or document; unlabeled; undated (3 pages)
Folder 24 [Samuel Phillips 5th; Samuel Phillips 6th Letters]
Samuel Phillips 6th to Phoebe Phillips, September 4th; Cambridge/Andover (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips to brother John Phillips, undated; unknown/Harvard University, Cambridge (includes transcription)
Samuel Phillips 6th to mother Phebe Phillips, August 26; Cambridge/Andover
Samuel Phillips to Honorable Samuel Phillips, August 27; Cambridge/Andover
Samuel Phillips documents, addressing brother; date unknown
Samuel Phillips documents, addressing brother, Saturday AM
Samuel Phillips documents, addressing brother; Friday Morning 10 o’clock
Folder 25 [Samuel Phillips 5th? Phoebe Phillips Letters]
Phebe Phillips to mother Madame Foxcroft; unknown/ Cambridge; date unknown
unknown (Phoebe Phillips?) to Madame (Foxcroft?), Friday, May 20, 1774; unknown/unknown
sender and recipient unknown; unknown/unknown; Tuesday
Letter to Mr. Chandler Robbins; unknown/Hollowell; date unknown
Statement of Creed, undated
Folder 26 [Phoebe Phillips Letters]
Phoebe Foxcroft (Phillips) to future mother in law Elizabeth Phillips, May 10, 1791; Cambridge/unknown (Andover?)
Phoebe Phillips to Samuel Phillips 5th; unknown/unknown; October 24, 1775
Folder 27 [Phoebe Phillips Papers]
Phoebe Phillips to son John Phillips, Monday morning, March 19, 1804; unknown/Andover (includes partial transcription)
Phoebe Phillips to unknown, Wednesday evening; unknown/unknown
Samuel Phillips check [$209.38] to George Smith of Salem, July 24, 1801; Andover/ (Salem?) (includes transcription)
Phoebe Phillips to Madame Foxcroft; date and locations unknown
Folder 28 [Samuel Phillips 5th Letters]
Postmortem gift of Flagon to South Church in Andover
Samuel Phillips 5th to son John Phillips, July 15, 1797; Andover/Charleston
Mama (Phoebe Phillips?) to son (John Phillips?), January 30, 1798; unknown/unknown
Letter to Mr. Samuel Phillips (4th or 5th) October 3rd, 1775; Andover/unknown
Folder 29-30 [Phoebe Phillips and Samuel Phillips 5th Papers]
Phoebe Phillips to unknown (Samuel Phillips 5th?), Thursday, 10 o’clock, September 9th, 1796; unknown/unknown;
Phoebe Phillips to Samuel Phillips, January 20th, 1797; unknown/Boston
unknown “Friend” (Phoebe Phillips?) to Samuel Phillips (5th?), “Tuesday night”, January 21, 1800; unknown/Boston
Samuel Phillips 5th to uncle John Phillips of Exeter, January 8th, 1773; Andover/unknown
Madam Phillips to Samuel Phillips, February 6th; unknown/unknown
Mama (Phoebe Phillips) to son John Phillips, April 25th, 1798; unknown/Charlestown;
Folder 31-32 [Phoebe Phillips and Samuel Phillips 5th Letters]
Phoebe Phillips to Samuel Phillips, February 10, 1796; Andover/Boston
Friend to Phoebe Phillips, October 26, 1785; Boston/Andover
Samuel Phillips document, undated; unknown/unknown
William Phillips to cousin Samuel Phillips 5th, January 21, 1775; Norwich/Watertown
M Phillips to sister (unknown), November 21, 1785; Boston/unknown
Williams Phillips Jr. to unknown recipient, December 20, 1799; Boston/unknown
William Phillips to unknown recipient, July 29, 1799; Boston/unknown (includes transcription)
William Phillips to cousin Samuel Phillips, December 11, 1775; Norwich/Watertown
Folder 33-34 [ William Phillips Letters]
William Phillips (2nd generation?) to brother John Phillips; Boston/Exeter; August 22, 1741
William Phillips (2nd generation?) to brother John Phillips; Boston/Andover; May 6th, 1741
William Phillips to brother John Phillips; Boston/Exeter; July 14, 1742 (includes transcription)
William Phillips to brother John Phillips; Boston/Andover; December 11th, 1765
Editor’s Accounts: Abigail Phillips (daughter of William Phillips of the 2nd generation)
Folder 35-36 [Misc.]
Abigail Phillips to ‘Madam’ (Elizabeth Phillips?); unknown/Andover; date unknown
Abigail Phillips to Miss Phoebe (Phillips); Andover/unknown; January 3rd, 1770
Document about the Christian religion at the Seminary (Phillips Academy) (includes transcription)
Madam Foxcroft to friend Madam Alford; unknown/unknown; February-March 1764
Mr. Phillips to Ms. Smith; unknown/Andover; date unknown
Folder 37[Misc.]
John Phillips to Samuel Phillips; Boston/Andover; March 23, 1800
Foxcroft to Madam Phillips; unknown/unknown; November, 1763 (includes transcription)
Madam Phillips to Friend; unknown/unknown; Thursday Morning, August 15th; Thursday August 22nd
unknown Phillips to Madam Phoebe Phillips; Boston/Andover; March 18, 1783
Folder 38 [Misc.]
Samuel Phillips to uncle John Phillips; Andover/Exeter; March 9, 1778
unknown to sister Mrs. Primfeild; Cambridge/unknown; October 3rd, 1765
Folder 39 [Samuel Phillips 5th Letters]
Samuel Phillips to unknown friend; Charlestown/unknown; Monday evening; March 26, 1790
Samuel Phillips to son John Phillips; Andover/Cambridge at the University; September 25, 1794
Samuel Phillips to uncle John Phillips; Andover/ Exeter; December 13, 1793
Folder 40-41 [Samuel Phillips 5th Letters]
Samuel Phillips to uncle John Phillips; Boston/unknown; January 5th, 1781
Samuel Phillips to uncle John Phillips; Andover/unknown (Exeter?); July 12, 1791
Samuel Phillips to uncle John Phillips; Andover/Exeter; November 30th, 1789
Folder 42-44[Samuel Phillips 5th Letters]
Samuel Phillips to unknown friend; Boston/unknown; November 22nd, 1785
Samuel Phillips to uncle John Phillips; Andover/Exeter; April 22nd, 1790
Address portion of letter: Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; unknown/Exeter; April 20, 1792
Samuel Phillips to uncle John Phillips; Andover/Exeter; May 7, 1790
Folder 45-46 [Samuel Phillips 5th Letters]
Samuel Phillips to son John Phillips; Andover/unknown; Sabbath evening, August 19, 1792
Samuel Phillips 5th to uncle John Phillips; Andover/Exeter; January 18, 1789
Folder 47-48 [Samuel Phillips 5th Letters]
Samuel Phillips to uncle John Phillips; Andover/Exeter; October 6, 1777
Samuel Phillips to uncle John Phillips; Andover/Exeter; August 16, 1783
Samuel Phillips to uncle John Phillips; Andover/Exeter; June 25, 1787
Folder 49-50 [Indentures and Deeds]
Thomas Barnard to Samuel Osgood and Hannah Osgood; deed to land in Andover; April 28, 1741 (includes partial transcription)
Hannah Osgood to Elizabeth Barnard; deed to land; October 25, 1735
Inventory of Samuel Phillips’s (fourth or fifth generation?) estate; date unknown
Nehemiah Abbot receipt of deed from Samuel Phillips; deed for land conveyed to Phillips Academy in Phipps, Canada; May 25, 1791
Folder 51 [Misc.]
A Holbrook (Valedictory Address); no date
Friend (unknown) to Samuel Phillips (5th?); Andover (?) to Boston; February 23, ca. 1800
Folder 52-53 [Misc.]
Paper from Andover paper mill owned by Samuel Phillips Jr.
Minutes of the Trustees of Phillips Academy Meeting; July 10, 1797
List/Description of the layout of a paper mill; date unknown
Folder 54 [Misc.]
Minutes of the Trustees Select Meeting; December 21, 1802
Trustees contract with Pearson; May 26, 1780
Trustees’ rules for students; August 17, 1781
Folder 55-56 [Misc.]
Minutes from the first trustees meeting; April 28, 1778
Phillips Academy contract with principal Eliphalet Pearson; January 15, 1787
Phillips Academy contract with Eliphalet Pearson; April 29, 1778 (includes transcription)
Phillips Academy / Pearson contract; April 29, 1778 (duplicate)
List of scholars of the French language; Written in Boston; June 28, 1781
Request for Phillips Academy to hire an instructor in French; November 3, 1781 (includes transcription)
Folder 57-58 [John Phillips (2nd?) Letters]
John Phillips to mother Phoebe Phillips in Andover; July 26, 1798
John Phillips to father Samuel Phillips, May 1792
John Phillips to father Samuel Phillips; Harvard to Andover; November 11, 1791 (includes transcription)
Folder 59 [John Phillips (2nd?) Letters]
John Phillips (2nd?) to mother Phoebe Phillips; Charlestown to Andover (?); February 2, 1798
John Phillips (2nd?) to mother Phoebe Phillips; Charlestown to Andover (?); April 7, 1798
John Phillips (2nd?) to father Samuel Phillips (5th?); location unknown; July 21, 1798
John Phillips (2nd?) to father Samuel Phillips (5th?); Charlestown to Andover (?); July 15, 1798
Phoebe Phillips to Miss Gorham invitation to Andover; undated
Folder 60 [Misc.]
Deed of Bradstreet Property; Thomas Noyes; July 13, 1714
Letter from Daniel and Sarah Ingalls, Fryburg, to Samuel Phillips, Andover, March 8, 1774.
List of Phillips Academy Students at term’s end; July 11, 1798
Extract from the votes of the Trustees of Phillips Academy (regarding the estate of John Phillips), August 17, 1802. (includes transcription)
Folder 61 [Misc.]
Jonathan French to Samuel Phillips, March 10, 1785
John Phillips (2nd?) gift to Trustees of Phillips Academy; Bond; July 8, 1794 (includes transcription)
Folder 62 [Misc.]
Samuel Phillips to Phoebe Phillips; undated; incomplete; Pearson’s induction at Harvard
List of classes at Visitation of June 28, 1804
N. Abbot’s receipt of £80 to pay Pearson’s salary; April 1, 1779
Samuel Phillips (5th) to Phoebe Phillips; Boston to Andover; May 31, 1792
Rev. Abiel Abbot to John Phillips, August 28, 1804 regarding the death of John Phillips’s father
Folder 63-66 [Misc.]
List of securities receipted by Nehemiah Abbot, treasurer; April 1, 1785
Statement on student progress; November 17, 1807
Abraham Ellery transcription of poem, “The Rose,” June 29, 1787
Folder ? (unnumbered) [Letters of John Phillips (2nd?)]
Folder of copies of the Letters of John Phillips (2nd?); various letters; 1760s
Folder (?) Unnumbered [John Phillips Letter]
Folder 1.1 [Quotations from Phoebe Phillips, 1-10]
Phoebe Phillips commonplace book: diary, personal writings, undated
Samuel Farrar to trustees of Phillips Academy, undated (includes transcription)
Folder 1.2 [Quotations from Phoebe Phillips, 11-30]
Phoebe Phillips; poetry, personal writing; undated (includes partial transcription)
Folder 1.3 [Quotations from Phoebe Phillips, 31-50]
Phoebe Phillips original poems and prayers; undated. (includes transcriptions of some documents)
Folder 1.4 [Quotations from Phoebe Phillips, 51-70]
Phoebe Phillips: original poems and prayers, personal letters (unsent); undated
Folder 1.5 [Quotations from Phoebe Phillips, 71-90]
Phoebe Phillips: original poems and prayers, undated
Folder 1.6 [Quotations from Phoebe Phillips, 91-110]
Folder 1.7 [Quotations from Phoebe Phillips, 111-136]
Phoebe Phillips: original poems and prayers, some copied prayers/Bible verses; undated
Folder 2.1 [Samuel Farrar Bills, 1-20]
Samuel Farrar: bills of various family expenses, 1818; Andover
Folder 2.2 [Samuel Farrar Bills, 21-40]
Samuel Farrar; bills of various family expenses; 1818; Andover
Folder 2.3 [Samuel Farrar Bills, 41-60]
Samuel Farrar, Sarah Abbot; bills of various family expenses, includes some bills from local shops that may provide historical background; 1817-1818; Andover
Folder 2.4 [Samuel Farrar Bills, 61-80]
Samuel Farrar; bills of various family expenses; 1817-1818; Andover
Folder 2.5 [Samuel Farrar Bills, 81-100]
- Samuel Farrar; bills of various family expenses, includes donation to local choir; 1818; Andover
Folder 2.6 [Samuel Farrar Bills, 101-112]
- Samuel Farrar; bills of various family expenses, many made out to “Abbot”; 1818; Andover
Folder 3.1 [Farrar Family Bills, 1-25]
- Samuel Farrar; bills of expenses, as well as taxes; 1819; Andover
Folder 3.2 [Farrar Family Bills, 26-50]
- Samuel Farrar; bills of expenses made out to various; 1819; Andover, Boston
Folder 3.3 [Farrar Family Bills, 51-72]
- Samuel Farrar; bills of expenses made out to various, including Samuel Abbot; 1819; Andover
Folder 4.1 [Farrar Family Bills, 1-20]
- Samuel Farrar; bills of expenses made out to various (painters, tailors, church, etc.); 1825; Andover
Folder 4.2 [Farrar Family Bills, 21-40]
- Samuel Farrar; bills of expenses made out to various including Amos Abbot; 1825; Andover
Folder 4.3 [Farrar Family Bills, 41-65]
- Samuel Farrar; bills of expenses made out to various (laundry, newspapers, etc.); 1825; Andover
Folder 5 [Funeral Sermons]
- Rev. Eliphalet Pearson; Brochure of sermons delivered at the funeral of Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips and Mme. Phoebe Phillips, includes religious reflections; November 3, 1812; Boston
Folder 6 [Funeral Sermons]
- Dr. Lappan; Brochure of sermon delivered at the funeral of Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; February 15, 1802; Boston
Folder 7 [Farrar Bills, 1-23]
- Samuel Farrar; assorted bills made out to Andover, Abbot, and various persons; 1819; Andover
A Discourse Upon Justification
Folder 1.1 [Bills of Samuel Phillips, 1-15]
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- John Hancock; Boston to London; November 6, 1772 through 1774; re: bills of Abbot
Folder 1.2 [Bills of Samuel Phillips, 16-33]
- Samuel Abbot to John Hancock; Boston(?) to London; 1774-1775; re: expenses made out to Hancock
Folder 2.1 [Misc. Fuess, 1-20]
- Samuel Abbot, Farrar, others(?) unknown; various calculations and bills deemed important by Fuess (1913); Andover(?); dates unknown
Folder 2.2 [Misc. Fuess, 21-40]
- Samuel Abbot, others(?) unknown; various calculations and bills deemed important by Fuess (1913); Andover(?); dates unknown
Folder 2.3 [Misc. Fuess, 41-60]
- Samuel Abbot &co.; collection of various letters and payments made out to Samuel Abbot &co. deemed important by Fuess (1913); Andover; dates 1794 to 1802
Folder 2.4 [Misc. Fuess, 61-71]
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- persons unknown; collection of various calculations and sums deemed important by Fuess (1913), but seemingly random; Andover, Boston, others unknown; dates 1812
- Newspaper Clippings from Boston(?) newspapers
Folder 3.1 [Abbot Esq. Business Papers, 1-20]
- Samuel Abbot Esq.; collection of business papers (bills, checks, promotions, etc.); Boston; 1774
Folder 3.2 [Abbot Esq. Business Papers, 21-40]
- Samuel Abbot Esq.; collection of payment slips and letters of exchange; Boston; dates from 1767-Sept. 1774
Folder 3.3 [Abbot Esq. Business Papers, 41-63]
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- Samuel Abbot Esq.; collection of payment slips; Boston to London; dates from Sept. 1774-Feb. 1775
- Samuel Abbot Esq.; collection of calculations and bills; Boston(?); dates unknown
Folder 4 [Hancock to Abbot]
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- (On behalf of) John Hancock to Samuel Abbot; location unknown; December 31, 1774
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- (On behalf of) John Hancock to Samuel Abbot; requests meeting; location unknown; November 9, 1774
- Several more, all written on behalf of Hancock to Abbot, mostly re: the exchange of money (a Hancock to Abbot exchange); locations unknown; dates throughout 1774; includes copies
Folder 5 [Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips Political Papers]
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- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Handwritten copy of speech; May 1, 1799
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- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Handwritten copy of speech printed in Salem Gazette; March 18, 1800
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- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Notes for speech, discusses Washington; date unknown
Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Handwritten copy of speech; April 1799
Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Speech addressed to “Federalists” on patriotism; 1800
- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; collection of “Antidotes” on how to be an uninfluenced voter; 1800
Folder 6 [copy of Washington letter]
George Washington to Gen. Lincoln; letter regarding the placement of his sons at Phillips Academy; Mount Vernon; April 21, 1795 (includes transcription)
Folder 7 [Sarah Abbot Letter]
- Sarah Abbot; Certification of having read and agreed to the terms of her husband Samuel’s will; January 21, 1807
Folder 8.1 [Samuel Abbot & Co. Papers, 1-20]
- Various receipts on scraps of paper; locations unknown; 1805-1809
Folder 8.2 [Samuel Abbot & Co. Papers, 20-41]
- Various receipts on scraps of paper; locations unknown; 1805-1807
Folder 8.3 [Samuel Abbot & Co. Papers, 41-60]
- Various receipts on scraps of paper; locations unknown; 1805, 1808
Folder 8.4 [Samuel Abbot & Co. Papers, 1-20]
- Various receipts on scraps of paper; locations unknown; 1799, 1805, 1808
Folder 9.1 [Samuel Abbot & Co. Notes, 1-15]
Foster to Abbot & Co.; promise to pay; Providence; Nov. 1774
Henry Wife to Abbot & Co.; promise to pay; Ipswich; Oct. 1765
Seth White to Abbot & Co.; promise to pay; Boston; Feb. 1767
Daniel Brooks to Samuel Abbot & Co.; promises to pay money; Boston; 1771-1772
Folder 9.2 [Samuel Abbot & Co. Notes, 16-32]
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- Daniel Brooks to Samuel Abbot & Co.; promises to pay money; Boston; 1772-1773
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- Dan King to Samuel Abbot & Co.; promises to pay; Salem; 1767
- Various earlier receipts and promises to pay from 1761 to 1767
Folder 10.1 [Samuel Abbot & Co. Notes, 1-20]
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- Various sums and bills; undated
- Various letters to Abbot & Co.; all are promises to pay a certain sum; Boston; dates 1769-1774
Folder 10.2 [Samuel Abbot & Co. Notes, 21-40]
- Abbot & Co.; Various sums (ledger pages?); 1799-1808
Folder 10.3 [Samuel Abbot & Co. Notes, 41-56]
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- Note on George Abbot’s death (1768), Mary Abbot’s death (1785); note itself is undated
- Abbot & Co.; various sums and bills; Boston; 1809
Folder 11 [Samuel Abbot Almanac]
Later accessions from the PA Archives in 2017:
- Folder 12: Letter from Samuel Phillips to Jonathan French, 1793
- Folder 13: Order for payment to Samuel Abbot signed by John Phillips and Phoebe Phillips, 1810
- Folder 14: Bill issued by Samuel Phillips, 1785
- Folder 15: Letter from Samuel Phillips Jr. to John Lowell, 1778
- Folder 16: Order for payment to Samuel Phillips from John Sumner Spencer, 1785
- Folder 17: Letter from John Phillips to Samuel Phillips Jr., 1778
- Letter to Theodore Sedgwick from William Phillips, 1782.
- Almanac by Nathaniel Ames, 1742, with contemporary notes by Samuel Phillips
- Letter from Samuel Phillips to Perez Fobes, 1795.
- Receipt fro money owed to Samuel Phillips Jr. from Richard William, 1790.
- Letter from William Phillips to Christopher Leffingwell, 1776.
- Bill from Jacob E. Abbot to Oliver Peabody, 1798.
- Bill from Josiah Quincy to Samuel Abbot, 1773.
Folder 1 [Samuel Abbot Esq. Misc.]
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- Miscellaneous Correspondence; Andover, Boston; 1762-1810
- Accounting of Samuel Abbot’s expenses while he was an apprentice to William White; 1747-1754
Folder 2 [Samuel Abbot Land Papers]
- Various to Samuel Abbot Esq.; Papers relating to land in Monadnock, New Hampshire, and Ackworth, New Hampshire; 1767-1778
Folder 3.1 [Samuel Abbot Esq. Invoices, 1-10]
- Invoices of Samuel Abbot Esq.; London; 1767-1770
Folder 3.2 [Samuel Abbot Esq. Invoices, 11-20]
- Invoices of Samuel Abbot Esq.; London; 1768, 1770
Folder 3.3 [Samuel Abbot Esq. Invoices, 21-35]
- Invoices of Samuel Abbot Esq.; London; 1767-1779
Folder 4.1 [Phoebe Phillips thoughts and prayers, 1-10]
- Phoebe Phillips; Misc. thoughts, original prayers, hymns, etc; philosophical and religious reflections; location unknown (Andover?); c.1755, most undated, however
Folder 4.2 [Phoebe Phillips thoughts and prayers, 11-20]
- Phoebe Phillips; Misc. thoughts, original poems, prayers, hymns, etc; philosophical and religious reflections; includes poem “On a shock of an earth-quake”; location unknown (Andover?); undated
Folder 4.3 [Phoebe Phillips thoughts and prayers, 21-30]
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- Phoebe Phillips; Misc. thoughts, original prayers/poems, some prayers copied down from others’ speeches/sermons; philosophical and religious reflections; includes
“My Duty Towards God” by Phoebe Phillips
- ; location unknown (Andover?); undated
Folder 4.4 [Phoebe Phillips thoughts and prayers, 31-40]
- Phoebe Phillips; Misc. thoughts, original prayers/poems, some longer sermons; philosophical and religious reflections; location unknown (Andover?); c.1761, most undated, however
Folder 4.5 [Phoebe Phillips thoughts and prayers, 41-50]
- Phoebe Phillips; Misc. thoughts, prayers, poems, etc., some poems/hymns copied from sermons, bible verses; philosophical and religious reflections; location unknown (Andover?); undated
Folder 4.6 [Phoebe Phillips thoughts and prayers, 51-60]
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- Phoebe Phillips; Misc. thoughts, prayers, poems, etc., both original work and also some copies of bible verses, poems; philosophical and religious reflections; includes an original hymn written by Phoebe Phillips; location unknown (Andover?); undated
- Phoebe Phillips(?); small paper cut-outs of various shapes, one a cross, a bird(?), some others
Folder 5
- Rev. Joshua Moody to Rev. Samuel Phillips; letter concerning church consultation and sermon notes; location unknown; letter dates before 1697 (when Moody died), after 1633 (when he was born)
Folder 6.1 [Wills of Samuel Abbot]
- (Cancelled) Will of Samuel Abbot; concerns division of estate and finances, etc.; Andover(?); August 4, 1804
Folder 6.2 [Wills of Samuel Abbot]
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- Last Will and Testament of Samuel Abbot; division of estate and finances, leaves home to wife Sarah Abbot; signed December 31, 1806
- Additional Will of Samuel Abbot; concerns various other bequeaths; signed December 31, 1806
Folder 6.3 [Wills of Samuel Abbot]
- (Copy of) Last Will and Testament of Samuel Abbot; division of estate and finances, leaves house to Sarah Abbot, same as 1806 Will; signed April 30, 1808
Folder 6.4 [Wills of Samuel Abbot]
- (Cancelled) Last Will and Testament of Samuel Abbot; signed May 10, 1803; Will addressed in pencil to “Wife of Samuel Abbot”
Copybook of Amelia Phillips (1813-1865), granddaughter of Samuel Phillips (note: very fragile condition, needs conservation)
Folder 1.1 [Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips Papers, 1-10]
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- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips to Miss Sarah Abbot; location unknown; undated
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- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips to (Uncle) John Phillips; Boston/Exeter; February 7, 1785
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- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips to (Uncle) John Phillips; Boston/Exeter; February 26, 1781
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- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips to John Foxcroft; new meeting house; Andover/Cambridge; December 4, 1788
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- Rev. John French to Samuel Phillips; Andover/?; May 1, 1797
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- John French to Samuel Phillips; Cambridge/Andover; June 6, 1772
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- Foxcroft to Samuel Phillips; Brooks/Andover; August 18, 1782
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- Samuel Phillips(?) to mother Elizabeth Phillips; incomplete letter; unknown/Andover; undated
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- Elizabeth Phillips to Samuel Phillips; moving out of Newbury; Newbury/School; undated
- Theodore B(?) to Samuel Phillips; calls him “dear friend”; Newbury Port/Andover; November 1776
Folder 1.2 [Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips Papers, 11-23]
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- Theodore B(?) to Samuel Phillips; Newbury Port/Andover; September 2, 1777
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- John Phillips to nephew Samuel Phillips(?); “Uncle Johns”; Exeter/Andover(?); October 5, 1781
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- John Phillips to nephew Samuel Phillips(?); Exeter/Andover(?); December 27, 1791
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- John Phillips to nephew Samuel Phillips(?); John’s health; Exeter/Andover(?); March 15, 1789
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- John Phillips to nephew Samuel Phillips; Exeter/Andover; September 8, 1783
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- John Phillips to Samuel Phillips; Exeter/Andover; October 6, 1783
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- Samuel Phillips (3rd) to mother Elizabeth Phillips; Newbury Falls/Andover; March 21, 1765
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- Samuel Phillips (3rd) to mother Elizabeth Phillips; Cambridge/Andover; May 1, 1770
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- O. Holden to Samuel Phillips; Charlestown/Andover(?); March 16, 1800
- O. Holden to Samuel Phillips; Charlestown/Andover; December 20, 1800
Folder 2.1 [Francis (Mehitable) Foxcroft Papers, 1-18]
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- Mary Coney to daughter Mehitable Foxcroft(?); location unknown; November 5, 1724
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- Dan Foxcroft to sister Mehitable Foxcroft; February 17, 1731
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- Mary Lloyd to sister Mehitable Foxcroft; Boston; undated
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- M. Foxcroft to sister Mary; Cambridge to Boston(?); December 20, 1731
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- Mary Lloyd to M. Foxcroft; talks about pleasures of life; location unknown; April 13, 1732
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- Dan Foxcroft to M. Foxcroft; Plaistow to Cambridge; May 4, 1737
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- Mary Coney to M. Foxcroft; unknown to Cambridge; undated
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- Mary Llyod to Foxcrofts; location unknown; November 30 (?)
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- Francis Foxcroft to parents; unknown to Cambridge; March 11, 1767
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- Mehitable Foxcroft to “Cuz” Mary Vance; location unknown, undated
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- Elizabeth Brandon to grandmother Mehitable Foxcroft; Boston to Cambridge(?); December 20 (?)
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- Mehitable Foxcroft to granddaughter Elizabeth Brandon(?); location unknown, undated
- Phillipses to Foxcrofts; invitation for ladies to dine; location unknown; undated
Folder 2.2 [Francis (Mehitable) Foxcroft Papers, 19-36]
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- John Foxcroft to mother Mehitable Foxcroft; location unknown; undated
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- John Foxcroft to mother M. Foxcroft; dinner with Brigadier; Cambridge to Andover; undated
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- John Foxcroft to mother M. Foxcroft; Brookfield to Cambridge; June 13, 1774
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- Mehitable Foxcroft to friend (Alford?); location unknown; August 5, 1759
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- Mehitable Foxcroft to friend Mrs. Alford; location unknown; December 24, 1763
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- Mehitable Foxcroft to son John Foxcroft; religious principles; location unknown; April 16, 1764
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- Margaret Alford to Mehitable Foxcroft; smallpox and religion; Boston to Cambridge; January 17, 1764
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- Mm. Phillips to Mehitable Foxcroft; Boston to Cambridge; November 5, 1764
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- M. Foxcroft to Abigail Bromfield; Cambridge to unknown; October 28, 1765
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- Mehitable Foxcroft to Abigail Bromfield; discusses religious principles; location unknown; December 16, 1765
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- M. Foxcroft to Mrs. Mathers; discusses friendship; Cambridge to unknown; April 2, 1766
- Polly Mathers to M. Foxcroft; unknown to Cambridge; November 19, 1766
Folder 3.1 [Phoebe Phillips Corresp., 1-15]
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- Houghton to Phoebe Phillips; unknown to Andover; July 27, 1809
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- Mary Houghton to Phoebe Phillips; Boston to Andover; May 1, 1799
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- Mary Hoghton to Phoebe Phillips; discusses their friendship; Dedham to Andover; June 4, 1811
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- Mary Houghton to Phoebe Phillips; Dedham to Andover; August 2, 1810
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- John Foxcroft to Phoebe Phillips; unknown to Andover; September 27, 1775
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- Thomas Whiting to Phoebe Phillips (as Ms. Foxcroft); love letter(?); Boston to Cambridge; February 1, 1773
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- Priscilla Holyoke to Phoebe Phillips; discusses the “tedious season”; Andover to unknown; January 25, 1780
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- John French to Phoebe Phillips; North Hampton to Andover; February 25, 1805
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- B. Brandon to Phoebe Phillips; location unknown; undated
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- Ms. Phillips to mother Phoebe Phillips; Andover to Cambridge; November 16, 1773
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- J. Bromfield to Phoebe Phillips; location unknown; June 7, 1783
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- John S. Abbot to Phoebe Phillips; Salem to Andover; December 7, 1803
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- Fred Beck to Phoebe Phillips; Boston to Andover; July 20, 1810
- from sister to Phoebe Phillips; location unknown, undated
Folder 3.2 [Phoebe Phillips Corresp., 16-30]
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- son to mother Phoebe Phillips; concerns her health; location unknown; December 25
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- Hastings to Aunt Phoebe Phillips; Boston to Andover; October 9, 1812
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- Foxcroft to Aunt Phoebe Phillips; Boston to Andover; December 23
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- Pemberton(?) to Phoebe Phillips; Billerica to Andover; January 1, 1805
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- J. Foxcroft to Phoebe Phillips; Brooks; May 24, 1802
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- F. Foxcroft to Phoebe Phillips; location unknown; undated, “Tuesday six o’clock”
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- Sarah Foxcroft to Phoebe Phillips; Brookfield to Andover; May 20, 1794
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- F. Foxcroft to Aunt Phoebe Phillips; Boston to Andover; October 19, 1803
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- F. Foxcroft to Aunt Phoebe Phillips; Boston to Andover; July 9, 1805
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- A. Holmes to Phoebe Phillips; Cambridge to Andover; March 27, 1802
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- Phillips(?) to Phoebe Phillips; location unknown; February 7, 1785
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- Frances Griffin to Phoebe Phillips; Boston to Andover; May 15
- Unknown to Phoebe Phillips; location unknown; undated, “Friday Morning”
Folder 3.3 [Phoebe Phillips Corresp., 31-44]
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- friend to Phoebe Phillips, Andover to unknown; 1774
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- friend to Phoebe Phillips; location unknown; undated
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- Phoebe Phillips to Margaret Phillips; contains some poetry; location unknown, undated
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- H to Phoebe Phillips; unknown to Andover; April 1, 1793
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- Phillips to sister Margaret Phillips; Boston(?) to Andover; undated
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- Phillips to sister Margaret Phillips; Boston(?) to Andover; July 2, 1790
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- Ph. Phillips to sister Margaret Phillips; Boston to Andover; July 24, 1801
- Phoebe Phillips to Margaret Phillips; location unknown; May 26, 1796
Folder 3.4 [Phoebe Phillips Corresp., 45-55]
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- Phoebe Phillips to Margaret Phillips; Chesterfield to Boston; undated
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- Phoebe Phillips to Margaret Phillips; location unknown; August 1, 1801
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- Phoebe Phillips to Margaret Phillips; location unknown; undated
- Phoebe Phillips to Margaret Phillips; location unknown; December 20, 1803
Folder 4 [Samuel Phillips Diary]
- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Excerpt from Diary; 1770s
Folder 5
- Austin to Rev. Samuel Phillips; Newport to Andover; June 13, 1769
Folder 6 [Samuel Phillips Papers]
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- Samuel Phillips; snippets of letter from son; undated
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- Samuel Phillips; snippets of letter; undated
- unknown to Samuel Phillips; Andover to unknown; June 12, 1769
Folder 7 [Francis Foxcroft Corresp.]
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- Dan Foxcroft to Francis Foxcroft; Plaisboro to Cambridge; February 17, 1731
- Greaves to Foxcroft; unknown to Cambridge; undated
Folder 8 [John Foxcroft Corresp.]
- John Foxcroft to WB Phillips; unknown to Cambridge; July 6, 1801
Folder 9 [Misc. Receipts from Foxcroft Family]
- Foxcroft Family; various receipts; 18th Century
Folder 10 [Phoebe Phillips Corresp. With Mother]
- Phoebe Phillips to mother Madame Foxcroft; Collection of letters; Andover(?) to Cambridge; 1759-1770s
Folder 11.1 [Misc. From Phillips Desk]
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- Rev. Samuel Phillips; collection of various notes and speeches; 18th Century
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- Jackson to Andover; payment to town; 1730
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- Various to constable of Andover; 1760
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- Ballot(?) for town of Andover; undated
- Town of Andover; List of fines and punishments for offences; undated
Folder 11.2 [Misc. From Phillips Desk]
Petition from various to town of Andover; concerns new traffic into town; undated
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- John Osmond; advertisement for silk-dying, newspaper clipping; undated
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- Newspaper clippings concerning Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; left on his desk; undated
- Poems and speeches, various; “Rosy Bacchus!” written in Paris; January 1797
Folder 12.1 [Phoebe Phillips to Lt. Gov. Phillips]
- Phoebe Phillips to husband Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; calls him her “dear friend”; mostly concerns general affairs in Andover/household; 1770s
Folder 12.2 [Phoebe Phillips to Lt. Gov. Phillips]
- Phoebe Phillips to husband Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; mostly concerns general affairs in Andover/household; 1770s
Folder 12.3 [Phoebe Phillips to Lt. Gov. Phillips]
- Phoebe Phillips to husband Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; mostly concerns general affairs in Andover/household; 1780s-1790s
Folder 12.4 [Phoebe Phillips to Lt. Gov. Phillips]
- Phoebe Phillips to husband Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; mostly concerns general affairs in Andover/household; 1790s
Folder 12.5 [Phoebe Phillips to Lt. Gov. Phillips]
- Phoebe Phillips to husband Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; mostly concerns general affairs in Andover/household; 1790s
Folder 12.6 [Phoebe Phillips to Lt. Gov. Phillips]
- Phoebe Phillips to husband Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; mostly concerns general affairs in Andover/household; 1790s-1800s
Folder 12.7 [Phoebe Phillips to Lt. Gov. Phillips]
- Phoebe Phillips to husband Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; mostly concerns general affairs in Andover/household; 1790s-1800s
Folder 13 [John Phillips Corresp.]
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- Joseph Gilman to John Phillips; Exeter to Andover; December 11, 1765
- John Phillips to niece Hannah Phillips; unknown to Andover; undated (date removed)
Folder 14 [Judge Phillips to Phoebe Phillips]
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- Hon. Samuel Phillips to Phoebe Phillips; various letters and correspondence; concerns his desires to be with her, stuck at work, etc.; unknown to Andover; 19th century
“In Celebration of the Nuptials of Mr. Phillips and Miss Foxcroft”; poem/song for the marriage of Phoebe PhillipsFolder 15 [Lt. Gov. Phillips to wife Phoebe Phillips]
- Hon. Samuel Phillips to Phoebe Phillips; various letters and correspondence; concerns general affairs, descriptions of recent events and work; Charleston/Boston to Andover; 1790s
Folder 15 [Lt. Gov. Phillips to wife Phoebe Phillips]
- Hon. Samuel Phillips to Phoebe Phillips; various letters and correspondence; concerns general affairs, descriptions of recent events and work; Boston to Andover; 1790s
Folder 16.1 [Phoebe Phillips Corresp.]
- Phoebe Phillips to friends (various); concerns religion, meetings, general affairs; undated; Andover(?) to unknown
Folder 16.2 [Phoebe Phillips Corresp.]
- Phoebe Phillips to friends (various); concerns religion, meetings, general affairs; undated; Andover(?) to unknown
Folder 16.3 [Phoebe Phillips Correspondence]
- Phoebe Phillips to friends (various); concerns religion, meetings, general affairs; undated; Andover(?) to unknown
Folder 17 [Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips Schoolwork]
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- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips:
- , 1760s; verses, lines, essays, etc.; undated
Folder 1 [Phillips, Edward]
- Edward Phillips to unknown (“dear Sir”); Boston to unknown; May 27, 1878
Folder 2.1 [Phillips, Phoebe]
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; location unknown; undated
- Oliver Brown to Phoebe Phillips; Cambridge to Andover; June 17, 1802
Folder 2.2 [Phillips, Samuel of Rowley]
- Letter of reception of gifts; from Samuel Phillips of Rowley, gift includes original sermons from Phillips dating 1647; Trustees of Phillips Academy
Folder 2.3 [Phillips, Rev. Samuel]
- Rev. Samuel Phillips (?); notes from sermons, handwritten; 1746
Folder 2.4 [Phillips, Samuel]
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- Two telegrams addressed to Samuel Phillips, 1757
- John Phillips to son Samuel Phillips; unknown to Andover; undated
Folder 2.5 [Phillips, John]
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- John Phillips to mother; Boston(?) to Andover; September 7, 1796
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- John Phillips to father Samuel Phillips; Boston to Andover; March 31, 1792
- John Phillips to mother Phoebe Phillips; Boston(?) to Andover(?); December 11, 1811
Folder 3.1 [John Phillips]
- John Phillips to Samuel Farrar Esq.; Boston to Andover; October 15, 1814
Folder 3.2 [John Phillips]
- John Phillips to sister Marg. Phillips; Boston to Andover(?); 1791
Folder 3.3 [Misc.]
- Samuel Phillips to various, copies of letters; location unknown; 1797
Folder 3.4 [John Phillips Misc.]
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- John Phillips to Samuel Phillips; Exeter to Andover; October 22, 1781
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- John Phillips to sister Elizabeth Phillips; Exeter to Andover; November 15, 17??
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- John Phillips to niece; Exeter to Andover(?); 1758, 1764
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- John Phillips to Sister; Exeter to Andover; August 28, 1767
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- John Phillips; various notes, memos, telegrams; 1789
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- John Phillips; (general) note of recognition from England/King for good services, land titles; undated
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- John Phillips to Foxcroft(?); Exeter to unknown; July 28, 1779
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- John Phillips to “kinsman” (Samuel Phillips); Exeter to Andover; May 18, 1785
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- John Phillips to Samuel Phillips; Exeter to Andover; November 28, 1794
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- John Phillips to Samuel Phillips; Exeter to Andover; August 19, 1777
- John Phillips to Samuel Phillips; Exeter to Andover; January 1, 1778
Folder 4 [John Charles Phillips]
- John C. Phillips to brother Thomas W. Phillips; discusses and makes fun of Addison; Andover(?) to Washington City; February 5, 1818
Folder 5 [Samuel Phillips Bookplate]
- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; bookplate marked as donation from his collections, A921-P546y
Folder 6 [Phillips, Samuel]
- New York Mirror page with biography of Samuel Phillips; undated
Folder 7 [Lucy Kemper on Samuel Phillips]
- Samuel Phillips by Lucy Kemper; homemade book for grade school chronicling the life of Samuel Phillips and the founding of Phillips Academy; 1955
Folder 8 [Samuel Phillips Obituaries]
Two newspaper copies of Samuel Phillips’s obituary; 1802
(inlcudes transcription)
Folder 9 [Notes concerning the Distribution of Samuel Phillips’s Religious Texts]
- Large folder, compilation of notes, trustee agreements, meeting minutes, etc. all concerning the distribution of Samuel Phillips’s donation of religious texts and literature
Folder 10 [Samuel Phillips Misc.]
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- Various Letter clippings to Samuel Phillips, some telegrams, memos, etc.
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- Checkbooks and ledgers of Samuel Phillips
- Many letters between John Phillips and Samuel Phillips, mostly general meeting times and pleasantries
Folder 11 [Samuel Phillips Misc.]
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- Samuel Phillips to Edward Taylor; Brighton to unknown; March 7, 1876
- Samuel Phillips to Elizabeth Phillips; Byfield to Andover; June 25, 1765
Folder 12 [Thomas Phillips]
- Thomas Phillips to mother (wife of John Phillips); unknown to Boston; September 19, 1806
Folder 13 [Hon. William Phillips]
- William Phillips to brother John Phillips; Exeter to Andover(?); 1762
Folder 14 [John C. Phillips]
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- Note of recognition from Trustees of Phillips Academy to John C. Phillips for donation to the school; 1885
- Various notes from Library of Phillips Academy, trustees, etc. in recognition of gifts from John C. Phillips
Folder 15 [Misc.]
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- John Phillips of Exeter to sister; copies of original letter(?), all handwritten onto one page; Exeter to Andover(?); December 10, 1766
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- John Phillips to friends and brethren; locations unknown; 1766-1767
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- Phoebe Foxcroft to John(?) Phillips (“Mr. Phillips”); copy of letter, original in Andover Historical Society; Cambridge to Boston(?); undated
- Phoebe Foxcroft to John(?) Phillips; Cambridge to Boston(?); September 19, 1768
Folder 16 [Foxcroft]
- Francis Foxcroft to sister-in-law Abigail Phillips; Cambridge to Andover; September 25, 1721
Box 7 [Misc. Phillips Papers & Books]
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- George Lane; handmade poster/obituary commemorating Samuel Phillips (d. 1802); August 14, 1802
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- Red notebook with religious notes; property of Samuel Phillips(?); notes are undated
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- Boston Gazette; copy includes short note on the death of Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; February 11, 1802
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- Book of handwritten notes for sermons by Thomas Shepard; 1647-1648
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- Massachusetts Magazine, February 1794
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- Medical remedies; includes recipes for “Bone Oyntment [Ointment]”, “For Weak Limbs”, etc.; c.18th century
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- Samuel Phillips to William Balch; discusses Arminianism; undated
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- Samuel Phillips(?) notes for sermons; 1700s
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- Samuel Phillips(?); “The Vanity of the World” complete handwritten sermon
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- Sermon; 18th Century
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- Rev. Samuel Phillips(?); Sermon notes; 1720s
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- Extracts from “The Christian’s Pattern”; 18th century
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- Book of notes; concerns compassing, Greek literature, Christianity; c. 1700
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- Extracts from the Book of Psalms; original prayers and sermons; c. 1700s
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- Rev. Samuel Phillips(?); Prayer; 18th century
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- Rev. Samuel Phillips(?); Prayer/religious notes
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- Rev. Samuel Phillips(?); Notes on John Flavel’s Spiritual Husbandry (17th Century)
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- Rev. Samuel Phillips (?); Sermon notes, quotes from Old Testament
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- Commonplace book/journal; concerns religion, Latin, prayer, etc.; 1700s
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- Sermons notes; late 1680s
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- Samuel Phillips; Epitome of Alexander Richardson’s Logic (early 17th century Puritan); Sermons; c. 1650-1654
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- Samuel Phillips; Sermons; c. 1670
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- Book by Samuel Phillips; A Word in Season or, The Duty of the People to Take and Keep the Oath of Allegiance to the Glorious God: Exhibited in Plain Discourse; published 1726; Gift of Alfred L. Ripley PA 1873
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- Dan Foxcroft; his copy of the Bible (Old and New Testaments)
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- Book by Samuel Phillips; Advice to a Child Or, Young People Solemnly Warn’d both against Enticing and Consenting when enticed to Sin; published 1729; passed down through Phillips family
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- Translation of Abbe de Mabley’s Observations on the Government and Laws of the United States of America; copy belonging to Samuel Phillips; 1783(?)
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- Madame Phoebe Phillips; locket of hair
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- Bay Psalter (1640); 18th Century Edition
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- Moses his Self Denial by Jeremy Burroughs; published 1657
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- Book by Samuel Phillips; Children Well Imployed, and Jesus much Delighted: Or, The Hosannahs of Zion’s Children, Highly Pleasing to Zion’s King: A Plain Discourse lately preach’d to the children of the South-Parish in Andover; donated by Elizabeth H. Hendrick(?)
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- Book by Samuel Phillips; Seasonable Advice to a Neighbour, Given by way of a Familiar Dialogue; Or, In Answer to various Questions, relative to Five Important Points in Divinity; published 1761; gift of Davis Library
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- Small nook/pamphlet of prayers, includes Q&A about Christianity; 18th century(?)
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- Samuel Phillips; sermons notes; undated
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- Samuel Phillips; sermon notes; undated
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- Samuel Phillips; sermon notes; February 14, 1802
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- “The Constitution of the Essex Musical Association”; Printed 1798; signed by Joseph Phelps
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- Part of book by John Tillotson; Sermons Preach’d Upon Several Occasions (2ed); published 1673
- “Samuel Abbot & Comp. Memo Book No. 3”; ledger of Samuel Abbot & Comp.; 1773
Phillips Property: Letters, Papers & Bills 1856
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- William Brooks to Phillips correspondence; 1856
- Bills and receipts, mostly between Brooks/Phillips; 1856
Phillips Property: Letters, Papers & Bills 1857-1862
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- Phillips family/Brooks family correspondence; concerns payments, meetings, etc.; 1857
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- Various bills and sums; assorted goods; undated
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- “Inventory of Stock and Goods at Andover”; 1858
- William Brooks; Receipt from Abbot and Clement Builders and Lumber Dealers; July 1858
Letter Written by Phillips Brooks
- Phillips Brooks; letter; undated
Folder A.1 [Private Papers of William G. Brooks]
- Samuel Phillips Esq. to Lewis Esq.; Letter concerning land grant for Phillips Academy and Gov. Dummer’s Academy; February 26, 1799
Various bills and receipts of John Davenport, William G. Brooks
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- John Davenport; Insurance Against Fire papers from Firemen’s Insurance Company of Boston; 1833
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- William G. Brooks to Peter Brooks; land exchange contract; 1833
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- William G. Brooks; Various wills and contracts; concern inheritances of land, etc.; mostly to other Brookses (John Brooks)
- John C. Brooks to William G. Brooks; letter concerning shares, health, etc.; unknown to Boston; January 3, 1848(?)
Folder A.2 [Private Papers of William G. Brooks]
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- Various receipts and bills of William G. Brooks, mostly undated, 1840s
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- William G. Brooks and Benjamin Willis; mortgage deed; 1850
- William G. Brooks to Lewis Jones Esq. (Coffin Warehouse and Undertaker’s Office); for the burial of George Brooks, includes list of all specific funeral charges; March 2, 1863
Folder b.1 [Letters of Lt. Gov. Phillips]
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- Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips to son John Phillips; Woburn to Harvard; July 3, 1792
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Boston to Harvard; June 8, 1792
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Boston to Harvard; April 18, 1792
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Harvard(?); November 14, 1791
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; concerns graduation gown; Boston to Harvard; September 23, 1793
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Harvard; July 4, 1793
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Harvard; May 16, 1794
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Harvard; July 4, 1794
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Harvard; October 31, 1794
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Harvard; February 14, 1795
- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; concerns religion; Boston to Harvard; January 26, 1794
Folder b.2 [Letters of Lt. Gov. Phillips]
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Andover(?) to unknown; December 10, 1800
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to unknown; March 18, 1800
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- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; January 8, 1798
- Samuel Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; various correspondence 1797-1801
Folder c.1 [Letters of John Phillips]
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- John Phillips to father Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Harvard to Andover(?); 1788
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- John Phillips to father Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Harvard to Andover(?); undated
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- John Phillips to father Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Harvard to Andover; November 29, 1794
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- John Phillips to father Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Harvard to Andover; May 18, 1793
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- John Phillips to father Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Charlestown to Andover; March 22, 1797
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- John Phillips to father Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; concerns note from George Bartlet, exchange of money; Charlestown to Andover; March 24, 1798
- John Phillips to father Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Charlestown to Andover; various correspondence 1788-1800
Folder c.2 [Letters of John Phillips]
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- John Phillips to father Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Charlestown to Andover; November 17, 1797
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- John Phillips to father Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; concerns “fever” epidemic in Boston; Charlestown to Andover; August 5, 1798
- John Phillips to father Lt. Gov. Samuel Phillips; Charlestown to Andover; various correspondence, 1797-1800
Folder d.1 [Samuel Phillips Correspondence with Parents (1782-1796)]
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- Samuel Phillips to father Hon. Samuel Phillips; last correspondence with father(?); Andover to Boston; January, 1796
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- Samuel Phillips to Son “Sammy Phillips” (aged 5); birthday of Samuel Phillips(?); Boston; May 3, 1787
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- Madam Phillips to son Samuel “Sammy” Phillips; undated
- note concerning the death of Samuel Phillips (youngest son of Hon. Samuel Phillips); February 8, 1796
Folder e.1 [John Phillips Correspondence with Phoebe Phillips]
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- John Phillips to mother Phoebe Phillips; unknown to Andover(?); October 18, 1788
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- John Phillips to mother Phoebe Phillips; arrival at Cambridge, sends love to Sammy; Cambridge to Andover; November 26, 1791
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- John Phillips to mother Phoebe Phillips; Harvard to Andover; March 25, 1792
- John Phillips to mother Phoebe Phillips; Harvard to Andover; various correspondence, 1788-1793
Folder e.2 [John Phillips Correspondence with Phoebe Phillips]
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- John Phillips to mother Phoebe Phillips; various correspondence; Charestown(?) to Andover; 1797
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- John Phillips to mother Phoebe Phillips; various correspondence; Charlestown to Andover; 1798
- John Phillips to mother Phoebe Phillips; correspondence concerning “Mr. Adams”; Charestown to Andover; May 18, 1797
Folder f.1 [Phoebe Phillips Correspondence with John Phillips]
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- Phoebe Phillips to son John Phillips; concerns Jacob Abbot; Andover to Cambridge; October 18, 1791
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; in response to inquiry of health (somewhat of a sassy reply); Andover to Cambridge; December 25, 1791
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- Phoebe Phillips to son John Phillips; Andover to Cambridge; various correspondence 1791-1795
- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; various correspondence concerning John’s poor health; 1792-1794
Folder f.2 [Phoebe Phillips Correspondence with John Phillips]
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- Phoebe Phillips to son John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; August 19, 1797
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- Phoebe Phillips to son John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; various correspondence 1797-1798
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; February 25, 1797
- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; concerns John’s skills (and lack thereof) in writing letters; Andover to Charlestown; undated
Folder f.3 [Phoebe Phillips Correspondence with John Phillips]
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; various correspondence 1798-1801
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; discusses her happiness at receiving letters from John; Andover to Charlestown; June 6, 1798
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; April 10, 1798
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; April 23, 1790
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; May 6, 1798
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; April 5, 1798
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; concerns his coming performance(?); Andover to Charlestown; July 14, 1798
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; September 19, 1798
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; concerns the duties of a parent, raising a child, etc.; Andover to Charlestown(?); August 19, 1802
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- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; concerns the Book of Job, divinity and religion; Andover to Charlestown; December 18, 1803
- Phoebe Phillips to John Phillips; Andover to Boston; February 21, 1810
Folder g.1 [Letters from John Phillips, Business and Friendship]
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- Oliver Holden to John Phillips; friendly; Charlestown; October 10, 1804
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- Oliver Holden to John Phillips; Charlestown; March 3, 1802
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- Oliver Holden to John Phillips; Charlestown; February 10, 1802
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- Oliver Holden to John Phillips; Charlestown; February 5, 1802
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- Oliver Holden to John Phillips; Charlestown; May 2, 1801
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- Oliver Holden to John Phillips; Charlestown; May 8, 1800
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- Oliver Holden to John Phillips; Charlestown; March 13, 1798-October 10, 1804
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- James Kendall to John Phillips; Andover to Charlestown; 1796
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- Mark Newman to John Phillips; concerns friendship, life in Andover; November 10, 1793
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- Mark Newman to John Phillips; concerns friendship, life in Andover; December 17, 1793
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- Mark Newman to John Phillips; concerns friendship, life in Andover; December 31, 1793
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- John Phillips to unknown; May 20, 1800
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- John Abbot to John Phillips; humorous, friendly letter concerning Miss C., whose heart is not broken; July 29, 1798
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- T. Houghton to John Phillips; concerns Lt. Gov. Phillips sacrificing himself for the public good; March 14, 1792
- William Wood to John Phillips; grateful for friendship, women doing men’s work; June 1, 1797
Folder h.1 [Papers of Lydia Phillips to papers of her grandsons, W.G. Brooks and Phillips Brooks]
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- Lydia Phillips to her daughter; Northampton; August 22, 1801
- Lydia Phillips to her daughter; location unknown; June 19, 1804
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- Dr. Lappan’s Sermon for Samuel Phillips Funeral, February 15, 1902