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Creator
Callicot, Theophilus C. (Theophilus Carey), 1826-
Call number
MssCol 4129
Physical description
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation
Theophilus C. Callicot papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
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Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Theophilus Carey Callicot (1826-1920) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor and politician. The papers relate mainly to Callicot's stint as Customs Collector in Brooklyn, 1865-1868, and his subsequent arrest for traffic in illegal liquor. Material includes canceled checks drawn on the Nassau National Bank (Brooklyn) to various parties signed by Callicot; an IRS "Collector's Certificate to Tobbaconist" issued by Callicot in 1867, marked as having been surrendered in 1868; a report of cigars assessed; and an 1869 letter to Gordon Lester Ford congratulating him on his appointment Collector of Internal Revenue for the third collection district, and thanking him for a visit during his "injust imprisonment." also included are several letters written by Callicot as editor of the Albany Times, including one to Paul Leicester Ford

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Material was originally received as part of the Ford Collection.

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