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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

Scope and Content:

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:

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 .
Processing information:

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.

Rules or Conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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Samuel Lyman scrapbook, 1827-1869 (majority within 1828-1839)
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