Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Chas. Wood, Troy, N.Y., to C.I. Filley. Returning photographs. Apparently about all vestiges of Gen. Grant’s farm life on the Dent property have disappeared. It is evidently a level region, may have been swampy as Gov. Grant was stated to have had fever and ague there. Mention of D. Powers estate., 1912 May 4
Item — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers consist mainly of correspondence of Oliver D. and Giles F. Filley to their family in Connecticut, relating to early ventures in the tin and stove manufacturing business. Giles F. Filley's firm, the Excelsior Manufacturing Company, made the famous "Charter Oak" cooking stove. Also includes records pertaining to affairs and public service of Chauncey Ives Filley. These include Chauncey I. Filley's letterbook, 1862, containing only two letters, one of which discusses railway routes...
Dates:
1912 May 4