Manuscripts

Kirby, Edmund, 1794-1849. Letter to Eliza Brown Kirby, 1808-1864

Description: "Camp opposite Rock Island, Ill."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1832, Sep. 17
Call number: EK 21
Creator: Kirby, Edmund (1794-1849)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Included is a 1840 letter from William H. Seward soliciting Kirby's opinion on the "candidates."; Also included are Kirby's commissions and his certificate of membership in the Aztec Club.
Provenance: Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from William Reese & Company, January 19, 2014.
Associated people: Burr, Aaron, (1756-1836.); Granger, Gideon, (1767-1822.); Hunt, Henry Jackson, (1819-1889.); Kirby, Edmund, (1840-1863.); Kirby, Eliza Brown, (1808-1864,); KIrby, Jacob Brown, (1827-1860,); Kirby, Reynold Marvin, (1843-1886,); Tracy, Uriah, (1755-1807.)
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