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Box 2

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Letter signed Chauncey I. Filley, St. Louis, to Miss Stella M. Drumm. Will do what he can to aid her in regard to Mayors’ Messages. Has a reprint of Mrs. Filley’s Sunday School lessons delivered in St. George’s Church and copyrighted in 1885. Now the Forward Series publishers have recently issued it in better form, paper and binding for the present generation. Speaks of Mrs. Filley’s work in the Sanitary Fair. Individuals mentioned: Tom Knapp, Cranston & Stow Pub. Co., Rev. Dr. Holland, Mr. Sampson, Dr. Hodgen, Mrs. George Collier, Miss Catharine Biddle, and Rev. Dr. Montgomery Schuyler. Places mentioned: Eden Publishing House, Fifth St. Hospital, Lucas Place, Philadelphia, Arkansas, Christ Church, Washington, Hudson [River], Hoosick [River], Mohawk [River], Middlebury, Vt.; and Berkshire Hills, New York., 1915 July 30

 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: 1915 July 30