Antoinette Eno Wood (1842 – 1930)

Donated by Fair Alice McCormick, delivered by Jackson F. Eno
Manuscript Number: MS 009

Series Arrangement:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Personal Papers
Series 3: Photographs
Series 4: Print Materials

A collection of photographs and documents regarding Antoinette Eno Wood (1842-1930), her husband Charles Boughton Wood (1822-1889), Antoinette’s parents, Amos R. Eno (1810-1898) and Lucy Jane Phelps Eno (1818-1882) and other Eno family members.

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					Manuscript #	Accession #	Collection Title	Location	Call #	Box #	Fldr #	Orig. Row	Series	Description	Start	End	Notes
wdt_ID	wdt_created_by	wdt_created_at	wdt_last_edited_by	wdt_last_edited_at	Manuscript #	Accession #	Collection Title	Location	Call #	Box #	Fldr #	Orig. Row	Series	Description	Start	End	Notes
1	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.5	1 of 3	1/6	1	Series 1. Correspondence	To Antoinette Eno Wood from Nelly	1894		Notecard to Dear Nettie from Nelly; probably written in 1894 by the widow of William Walter Phelps. Printed address: The Osborne, 205 West Fifty-Seventh Street.
2	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.5	1 of 3	2/6	2	Series 1. Correspondence	To Antoinette Eno Wood from Charles Collard Adams	1913	1916	Correspondence from Charles Collard Adams of Cromwell, Connecticut on letter head for the 'Society of Middletown Upper Houses Inc." to Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, 1629 Rhode Island Ave., Washington, D.C. and/or Simsbury, Connecticut. Four letters dated: 1. Jan 3, 1913 2. Jan 8, 1913 3. Feb 16, 1916 4. Nov 20, 1916 with 4 page enclosure. The letters discuss ancestors of Antoinette Eno Wood buried in the Cemetery of 1713 located in Middletown, Connecticut. Ancestors include Capt. John Smith and his wife Lucy Ranney Smith, Lucy Smith's father, Capt. Abijiah Ranney, and John and Lucy's daughter, Mrs. Elisha Phelps. Charles Collard Adams also discusses his book: Adams, Charles Collard. Middletown Upper Houses: A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, from 1650 to 1800, with Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and a Full genealogy of the Ranney Family. NY: Graphton Press,1908.
3	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.5	1 of 3	3/6	3	Series 2. Personal Papers	Marriage License: Amos Richard Eno and Lucy Jane Phelps	1836		Marriage certificate of Amos R. Eno of New York and Lucy Jane Phelps of Simsbury, dated Jan 6, 1836 signed by Allen McLean. Received by Moses Ensign, Registrar and recorded Jan 14, 1836. The file contains a separate note regarding the contents which is written to Jackson Eno, the collection donor, author unknown.
4	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.7	3 of 3	1/4	4	Series 2. Personal Papers	Military document: Charles Boughton Wood	1856		Military Document pertaining to Major Charles Boughton Wood, Quarter Master 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, presented Jul 24, 1856, N.Y.S.M.,
5	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.7	3 of 3	2/4	5	Series 2. Personal Papers	Military document: Charles Boughton Wood	1861		Military Document pertaining to Major Charles Boughton Wood, Engineer 2nd Brigade, Division 1 presented Aug 1, 1861, N.Y.S.M..
6	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.5	1 of 3	4/6	6	Series 2. Personal Papers	Military document: Charles Boughton Wood	1867		Military Documents pertaining to Major Charles Boughton Wood's resignation from the 2nd Brigade, N.Y.S.M. dated Mar 2, 1867.
7	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.7	3 of 3	3/4	7	Series 2. Personal Papers	Passport: Charles Boughton Wood	1868		Document allowing travel freely around Italy, No. 515 dated Dec 11, 1868.
8	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.7	3 of 3	4/4	8	Series 2. Personal Papers	Letters of Commendation: John E. Phelps	1877		Hand written copies of letters of commendation for John E. Phelps for his Civil War service. John E. Phelps is the son of John S. Phelps, Lucy Jane (Phelps) Eno's brother. The title of the document is "Military History of John E. Phelps of the United States Army as shown in the files of this office: War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, 25 April 1877.
9	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.6	2 of 3	5/6	9	Series 3. Photographs	Elisha Phelps House	c.1840		Elisha Phelps House, now know as the Simsbury 1820 House, c.1840's [3" x 3.5"] The identification of the people and places in these daguerreotypes were made by Mary Pinchot Eno Steffanson (1879-1953) with additional comments by Fair Alice McCormick.
10	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.6	2 of 3	6/6	10	Series 3. Photographs	Lucy Jane Phelps Eno	1840	1845	1) Lucy Jane Phelps Eno early 1840s [3.5" x 4.5"] 2) Lucy Jane Phelps Eno holding an infant early 1840's [3" x 3.5"]. The identification of the people in these daguerreotypes were made by Mary Pinchot Eno Steffanson (1879-1953) with additional comments by Fair Alice McCormick.
11	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.6	2 of 3	1/4	11	Series 3. Photographs	Amos Richards Eno	1851		1) Amos Richards Eno with John Chester Eno as a child circa 1851 [5" x 6"] 2) Amos Richards Eno circa 1851 [3 1/2" x 4 1/2 "] The identification of the people in these daguerreotypes were made by Mary Pinchot Eno Steffanson (1879-1953) with additional comments by Fair Alice McCormick.
12	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.6	2 of 3	2/4	12	Series 3. Photographs	Mary Jane Eno Pinchot	1851	1862	1) Mary Jane Eno Pinchot circa 1851-1855 [2.5" x 3"] The identification of the people in these daguerreotypes were made by Mary Pinchot Eno Steffanson (1879-1953) with additional comments by Fair Alice McCormick.
13	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.6	2 of 3	3/4	13	Series 3. Photographs	Antoinette Eno Wood	1855		Antoinette Eno Wood circa 1855-1860 [2.5" x 3" ] The identification of the people in these daguerreotypes were made by Mary Pinchot Eno Steffanson (1879-1953) with additional comments by Fair Alice McCormick
14	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.5	2 of 3	4/5	14	Series 3. Photographs	William Walter Phelps Plaque in honor of John Phelps	c.1880		Circa 1880 Photo card [carte de visited] taken by Fischer Freeres, Photographs, Vevey: Picture of a Plaque inscribed: IN MEMORIUM OF HIM, WHO BEING WITH ANDREW BROUGHTON, JOINT CLERK OF THE COURT WHICH TRIED AND CONDEMNED CHARLES THE FIRST OF ENGLAND HAD SUCH ZEAL TO ACCEPT THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF HIS ACT THAT HE SIGNED EACH RECORD WITH HIS FULL NAME JOHN PHELPS HE CAME TO VEVEY AND DIED LIKE THE ASSOCIATES WHOSE MEMORIALS ARE ABOUT US AN EXILE IN THE CAUSE OF HUMAN FREEDOM THIS STONE IS PLACED AT THE REQUEST OF WM WALTER PHELPS OF NEW JERSEY AND CHARLES A. PHELPS OF MASSACHUSETTS DESCENDANTS FROM ACROSS THE SEAS.
15	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	awmsflweb	10/31/2025 02:21 PM	MS 009	2013.001	Antoinette Eno Wood	ARC	1.2.2.5	2 of 3	5/5	15	Series 4. Print Material	Newspaper Clippings: William Walter Phelps	1893	1894	1) Englewood Times, Jul 15, 1893: The Dinner to Mr. Phelps 2) New York Herald, Dec 2, 1893: Judge Phelps' Capture, Single Handed He Disarmed Tow Hunters Who Trespassed on His Domain 3) Unidentified Newspaper: William Walter Phelps [obituary with a portrait; b. Aug 24, 1839, d. Jun 17, 1894, age 54] 4) Unidentified Newspaper: Judge Phelps' Bequests. With the Exception of a Provision for Yale College the Property Mainly Goes to His Family 5) Unidentified Newspaper: A Monument to William Walter Phelps

Language: English
The collection is open for research.
The collection is in good condition.

Simsbury Free Library Quarterly Newsletter Cross-Reference:
Simsbury Free Library Updates Vol. 21, Issue 3, Fall 2014 p.7

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