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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
John Lloyd Balderston (1889-1954), author, son of Lloyd Balderston (b. 1863) George E. Hastings: University of Arkansas. Re: evidence for Betsy Ross story. Item is a typescript letter, with a carbon copy.
mssHM 41760 (1-39)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, and documents relating to William J. Canby's speech in the Pennsylvania Historical Society, including a copy of the presentation and sworn affidavits from Margaret Boggs, Rachel Fletcher, Sophia B. Hildebrandt; Susan Satterthwaite Newport, Susanna McCord Turner and Margared McCord Smith; William J. Canby's "My own recollections of Grandmother Elizabeth Claypoole," and the pencil notes to his mother and aunts. George Canby and his research are represented by his correspondence with his brother, John Quincy Adams, secretary of the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association, London firm B.F. Stevens and Brown, and other persons. There are also a manuscript of his "Evolution of the American Flag" and correspondence of Lloyd Balderston, John L. Balderston, and Marion Balderston regarding the Betsy Ross story and the debates over its authenticity.The collection also includes genealogical and historical data relating to Ross, Canby, and Claypoole families, including the daybook of Isaiah Canby covering 1797-1802.The ephemera include pamphlets, newspaper clippings, postcards and photographs.
mssHM 41760 (1-39)
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The work was never completed. In 1909 Lloyd Balderston published "The evolution of the American flag / from materials collected by the late George Canby ; by Lloyd Balderston (Pnhiladelphia : Ferris & Leach, 1909.
mssHM 41760 (1-39)
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Manuscripts
Correspondence, manuscripts, and documents relating to William J. Canby's speech in the Pennsylvania Historical Society, including a copy of the presentation and sworn affidavits from Margaret Boggs, Rachel Fletcher, Sophia B. Hildebrandt, Susan Satterthwaite Newport, Susanna McCord Turner and Margared McCord Smith; William J. Canby's "My own recollections of Grandmother Elizabeth Claypoole," and the pencil notes to his mother and aunts.
mssHM 41760 (1-39)
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Manuscripts
Re: George Canby and his research
mssHM 41760 (1-39)
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Manuscripts
Also included: notarized affidavits of Margaret Boggs, Rachel Fletcher, Sophia B. Hildebrandt; Susan Satterthwaite Newport, Susanna Mc. Cord Turner and Margared Mc Gord Smith; William J. Canby's "My own recollections of Grandmother Elizabeth Claypoole." Copies, apparently prepared by Lloyd Balderston for publication.
mssHM 41760 (1-39)