Stokes records; notes regarding the ancestry and lives of Anson Phelps Stokes and Helen Louisa (Phelps) Stokes . 1^^ \x. :5 n > 5- O DEATH OF I. N. PHELPS father-in-law, and other matters here, made it impossible for me toconsider the matter favorably. I was invited to meet a number of prominent politicians claimingto be Reformers, and was disgusted to find that some of them sup-posed me to be an office-seeker and proffered me assistance. August I my father-in-law, Mr. Isaac Newton Phelps,6 died athis summer residence at Saratoga.^ Mr, Phelps was a very successful merchant and banker.^ He h
Stokes records; notes regarding the ancestry and lives of Anson Phelps Stokes and Helen Louisa (Phelps) Stokes . 1^^ \x. :5 n > 5- O DEATH OF I. N. PHELPS father-in-law, and other matters here, made it impossible for me toconsider the matter favorably. I was invited to meet a number of prominent politicians claimingto be Reformers, and was disgusted to find that some of them sup-posed me to be an office-seeker and proffered me assistance. August I my father-in-law, Mr. Isaac Newton Phelps,6 died athis summer residence at Saratoga.^ Mr, Phelps was a very successful merchant and banker.^ He hadmany friends and was much esteemed for his high character, greatkindness, wise counsel, and remarkable business ability. His advicewas much sought in banking circles. He was a founder of the Mer-cantile and Second National banks, and vice-president of the UnionLeague Club, which he frequented. He told very interesting storiesof his early life. His father, Joseph Phelps,23 was a prominent citi-zen and landowner of Windsor, Conn., and noted for his culture andrefinement. Joseph Phelps2 late in life lost much of his
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