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Letterpress Books

Description
This collection contains 26 volumes and 10 items of correspondence. The letterpress books, which are extremely fragile, mainly comprises of correspondence relating to Henry Whitcomb Holley's professional work concerning real estate transactions, mining claims, railroad construction/development, business enterprises, and his literary career on the side. Correspondence mainly concerns letters to his wife, Eliza Christie Holley, and letters from his friend, William Windom. The volumes are arranged by type then chronologically. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1847-1896.
Call number
mssHolley
Creator
Holley, H. W (1828-1897)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Grahame Hardy, July 1953.
Associated people
Bailey, E. H., (1831-1917,)
Beebee, I. H., (1836-1913,)
Bishop, J. W. (1843-1915,)
Brown, O. D., (1849-)
Case, O. H., (1827-1891,)
Christie, J. L.,
Dobbyn, William Richard,
Easton, Jason Clark,
Haggard, A. E.,
Haugan, Hauman G.,
Holley, Cameron.
Hubbard, Lucius F.
Upham, Henry Pratt,
Van Horne, William Cornelius,
Whipple, Charles Henry,
Windom, William,
Wood, B. F.,
Associated organization
Funk & Wagnalls Company,
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