Guide to the William T. Phipps Letters, 1871-1905

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Guide to the William T. Phipps Letters, 1871-1905



California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

  • California History Room
  • California State Library
  • Library and Courts Building II
  • 900 N. Street, Room 200
  • P.O. Box 942837
  • Sacramento, California 94237-0001
  • Phone: (916) 654-0176
  • Fax: (916) 654-8777
  • Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
  • URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/
Processed by:
The California State Library staff
Encoded by:
Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1998 California State Library. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: William T. Phipps Letters,
Date (inclusive): 1871-1905
Box Number: 1633-1634
Creator: Phipps, William T. (William Thomas), 1859-1936
Repository: California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language: English.

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Access Points

Phipps, William T., 1859-1936
Lawyers --California

Contents

Correspondence

Biography

Born March 2, 1859 in Chariton County, Missouri, William Thomas Phipps moved to California in April 1878. He lived in Yuba City where he planned to be a teacher but, in 1880, he entered Hastings College of Law, graduating in 1883. He was admitted to the California Bar the same year. The first four years he was in partnership with M.E. Sanborn and served as assistant District Attorney of Sutter County. He married Mary E. Mayhew, April 29, 1885. He moved his practice to Marysville in 1891 and in 1899 to Sacramento where he continued to practice. He died November 12, 1936, survived by his wife and a son Donald.

Correspondents

Major Correspondents

  • Mayhew, H.A..
  • Phipps, Mary.

Other Correspondents

  • Alsop, Edwin K, & Co..
  • Boyd, Robert W., Mrs..
  • Graves, Mary Lou.
  • Henderson, Lillie.
  • King, Josie.
  • Mayhew, J.H..
  • Mayhew, M.J., Mrs..
  • Phipps, Claud.
  • Spencer, Lillian.
  • White, Espie Alexander.
  • White, John C., Mrs.

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Chronological
Box Box 1633

1871-1894

Box Box 1634

1895-1905