Manuscripts

Hall, Hubert Postcards to George Canby

Description: Research in the Public Record Office. With envelopes.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1902
Call number: mssHM 41760 (1-39)
Creator: Canby, William J(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: There is also correspondence relating to George Canby and his research, and genealogical data on Canby, Ross, and Claypoole families.
Provenance: Gift of Marion Balderston, 1974-1975.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Canby, George To Hubert Hall

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mssHM 41760 (1-39)

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Canby, William J. Letters to George Canby

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History of the American flag

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Canby, George The History of the Flag of the United States

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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.

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Canby, George To H.E. Laurence and Co. (firm)

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Getting a book from the publisher

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William J. Canby papers

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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.

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Adams, John Quincy Letters to George Canby

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John Quincy Adams: secretary of the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association (Philadlephia, Pa.). Re: the affairs of the House. Also included are letters addressed to George Canby from W.Y McAllister (1893), Elizabeth Moore Hallowell (2 A.L.S, 1897); George Bech (1900); Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1902), and two unsigned letters.

mssHM 41760 (1-39)

Hall, Hubert Postcards to George Canby

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