Mary philipse biography
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Mary Philipse Morris
Mary Eliza Philipse (LVF1-PYY), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 8 Jul. 2022). Mary Philipse Morris, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/mary-philipse-morris, accessed 8 Jul. 2022). Edwin R. Purple, “Contributions to the History of the Ancient Families of New York,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 9, no. 3 (Jul. 1878), p. 113; database with images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/, accessed 16 Nov. 2022). "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 16 Nov. 2022); Roger Morris and Mary Phillipse, marriage, 19 Jan. 1758, New York, Kings Co., New York, British Colonial America, p. 671; citing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Genealogical Department, “Trinity Church Parish, New York, New York, New York computer printout; marriages, 1746-1861,” image 675/1198; DGS 7765064. John Bernard Burke, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (London: Burkes Peerage, 1939), p. 1634; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/, accessed 16 Nov. 2022).
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While researching the Philipse family in the Library of Congress collections, I ran into a curious watercolor sketch of Mary Philipse in a brown cloak over a pink dress and black slippers. It turns out that Mary Philipse Morris was a character in a 1930s Broadway production called Valley Forge: A Play in Three Acts. My interest was piqued, and I ordered a careworn copy of the script from a nearby library. It was written by Maxwell Anderson.
Anderson, a native Pennsylvanian who started his career as a journalist with the New York Globe and New York World, wrote several plays that were adapted into successful films.1 Among his hits were Anne of a Thousand Days (the story of Anne of Boleyn and Henry VIII), Knickerbocker Holiday (loosely based on Washington Irving’s New Amsterdam tales), and The Bad Seed (a very nice story about a very terrible child).
Valley Forge was not one of his hits. Written in 1934 after the success of his other historical plays, Valley Forge imagines a meeting between George Washington and British General William Howe in the winter of 1776-77. One of the main characters is Mary Philipse Morris, who acts as a go-between, relaying messages from Howe to Mary’s former love interest, Washington.
On Broadway, Mary was played by Ma
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Mary Philipse
American heir and socialite
Not to substance confused be introduced to Mary Phillips.
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