Manuscripts

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Description: Collection of signatures and autographs assembled ca. 1888, probably by Lewis P. Child of New York. Included are clipped signatures of presidents, vice-presidents, congressmen, jurists, generals, clergymen, artists and other celebrities. Included are four brief notes from Abraham Lincoln to the Treasury Department (1864-1865) and letters from Daniel Stevens Dickinson to George W. Scranton (1853, May 16); Alfred B. Street to L. Odell (1860, Dec. 15); A.J. H. Duganne to A. J. Odell (1867, July 16); Edwards Pierrepont to "My Dear Mr. Taylor" (1874, July 10); Whitelaw Reid to Hugh Auchinloss (1874, Oct. 8); Henry Codman Potter to Lewis P. Child (1888, July 22), William Scharfernberg to "My Dear Madam," (n.d.); Samuel P. Warren to Lewis P. Child (n.d.) Also included is a collection of bills of exchange issued between 1806 and 1808 in Virginia, New York, and Barbados, including a draft issued to John Gough from William Claus, the acting trustee of the Six Nations (1808, Nov. 2).
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Production date: 1806-1888.
Call number: mssHM 46553
Provenance: In library.
Dimensions: 21 cm :
Associated people: Claus, William, (1765-1826.); Dickinson, Daniel S. (1800-1866.); Duganne, A. J. H. (1823-1884.); Lincoln, Abraham, (1809-1865.); Pierrepont, Edwards, (1817-1892.); Potter, Henry Codman, (1834-1908.); Reid, Whitelaw, (1837-1912.); Scharfenberg, Wm. (1819-1895.); Scranton, George W. (1811-1861,); Street, Alfred Billings, (1811?-1881.); Warren, Samuel P. (1841-1915.)
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