
Samuel Lyman scrapbook, 1827-1869 (majority within 1828-1839)
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Summary
- Creator:
- Lyman, S. P. (Samuel P.), 1804-1869
- Abstract:
- This scrapbook contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material related to Samuel P. Lyman, a lawyer from Utica, New York. Most items are incoming letters to Lyman about his involvement with the Anti-Masonic Party and Whig Party in the 1820s and 1830s.
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Collection processed and finding aid created by Clements Staff and Meg Hixon, November 2012
Background
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This scrapbook (10" x 14") contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material related to Samuel P. Lyman, a lawyer from Utica, New York. The volume's primary contents consist of around 230 letters, newspaper clippings, and documents about Samuel P. Lyman's political interests and professional career. Lyman frequently received letters from New York residents such as Robert H. Backus, Thomas Beekman, and William N. Maynard, and his nationally prominent correspondents included Thurlow Weed, Edward Everett, Daniel Webster, Millard Fillmore, William H. Seward, Henry Clay, and Rufus Choate. Most of the correspondence pertains to the Anti-Masonic Party, the Whig Party, and New York state politics. Some letters from the mid-1830s concern national elections and the careers of John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster.
Other manuscript items include speech notes and occasional diary entries. Newspaper clippings often reprint accounts of Anti-Masonic Party conventions, in which Lyman frequently participated. Other clippings, circular letters, and reports relate to temperance societies, the Utica Female Academy, and the New York and Erie Railroad. Also included are invitations, menus, certificates, a political cartoon, a ribbon, and numerous calling cards.
- Biographical / Historical:
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Samuel Phelps Lyman was born in 1804 and practiced law in Utica, New York, in the early 19th century. He joined the Anti-Masonic Party and corresponded with state and national political figures about political and party issues. Around 1836, Lyman became involved with the New York and Erie Railroad. He married Lydia Ann Thomas on August 30, 1830. Samuel P. Lyman died in 1869.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donated, 1972. M-1613 .
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Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.
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- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
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The following items in the scrapbook have been cataloged by the Book Division:- Cooper, Apollos. Great Meeting of the Whigs of Oneida: The Largest Political Meeting Ever Assembled in the County of Oneida, Convened Yesterday at Whitesborough... Oneida, 1834.
- Dauby, A. G. To the Friends of the Oneida Bank: It Was with Unfeigned Reluctance That I Recently Publicly Repelled the Aspersions Attempted to Be Cast upon Me by an Anonymous Writer... Utica, 1833.
- The Exhibition of the Junior Class of Hamilton College Will Take Place at the Congregational Church...on Wednesday, April 16, 1834, at 2 O'clock, P.M. Clinton, N.Y., 1834.
- Hicks, John F. Good News from Cazenovia!! Who Says Old Cazenovia Will Not Give 300 Whig Majority?..: October 23, 1834. A Large and Respectable Meeting was Held Last Evening... Cazenovia, N.Y., 1834.
- List of Delegates Attending the National Anti-masonic Convention, September 26th, 1831. 1831.
- Phelps, Abner. Dear Sir--In Offering for Your Acceptance the Printed "Proceedings of the First and Second United States Anti-masonic Convention," I Should Do Injustice to Myself Not to Mention Some of the Unfortunate Circumstances, Which Have Delayed This Publication... Boston, 1832.
- Platt, Jonathan. Oswego Advertiser Extra. April, 6th, 1840: Rail Road Meeting. At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Tioga County, Held Pursuant to Publick Notice, on Saturday the 4th Day of April Inst., Jonathan Platt Esq. Was Called to the Chair... 1840.
- Semi-centennial Anniversary Festival of the Inauguration of George Washington, as President of the United States, April 30, 1789.: City Hotel, New York, Tuesday, April 30, 1839... [New York]: Narine & Co.'s print, 1839.
- Semi-centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of Washington: Ode... April 30, 1839. 1839.
- Stow, A. W. Circular. Rochester, May 25, 1830: Sir, the Undersigned, "The Young Men's Corresponding Committee of Monroe County," Beg Leave to Call Your Attention to the Subject of a Young Men's Anti-masonic State Convention... Rochester, 1830.
- Utica Female Academy . Report of the Committee upon Its Location: The Committee to Whom Was Referred the Subject of Obtaining Proposals for a Suitable Site on Which to Erect the Edifice for the Utica Female Academy, Beg Leave to Submit the Following... Utica, 1830.
- Walworth, Reuben H. Circular of the New-York State Temperance Society, to the Citizens of the State: Fellow Citizens, We Want Your Aid in a Great Work. Not Your Money Nor Your Time, Nor the Sacrifice of Any Real Interest. We Want Your Names with the Pledge and the Influence Which Is Attached to Them... 1830.
- Whale, W. Mr. W. Whale's Grand Fancy Ball, Stanwix Hall, Broadway: Mr. W. Whale Respectfully Announces to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Albany, Troy and Schenectady, That His Tenth Annual Grand Fancy Ball Will Take Place...in Wednesday, 27th Inst. 1833.
The Clements Library has additional material related to Samuel P. Lyman, including a letter in the Single Items collection (April 11, 1840) and a published volume:Lyman, Samuel P. The Speech of Samuel P. Lyman: of Utica, at the Convention of Delegates, Held at Ithaca, July 11th, 1839, on the Subject of the New York and Erie Rail Road. New York: Narine & Co., 1839.
Subjects
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Anti-Masonic movements.
Elections--United States.
Temperance--Societies, etc. - Formats:
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Certificates.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Invitations.
Letters (correspondence)
Menus.
Notes.
Political cartoons.
Ribbon (material)
Speeches.
Visiting cards. - Names:
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Antimasonic Party (N.Y.)
New York and Erie Railroad Company.
Whig Party (U.S.)
Backus, Robert H.
Beekman, Thomas.
Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859.
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865.
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874.
Maynard, William N.
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872.
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882. - Places:
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New York (State)--Politics and government--1775-1865.
United States--Politics and government--1829-1837.
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Samuel Lyman Scrapbook, William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan