Manuscripts

Grant, Robert, 1852-1940. 1 letter to Frank H. Polk, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1897, May 17), Boston (Mass.)

Description: Also enclosed: 4 autographs & 1 printed item.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1571-1951.
Call number: KAL 601
Creator: Kane, Gerald John (1901-1957)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William P. Wreden, Jan. 5, 1961.
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Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Kane, Gerald John, (1901-1957,); Abbott, Lyman, (1835-1922.); Akins, Zoë, (1886-1958.); Alden, Henry Mills, (1836-1919.); Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, (1836-1912.); Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, (1845-1947.); Babbage, Charles, (1791-1871.); Baillie, Joanna, (1762-1851.); Blackwell, Alice Stone, (1857-1950.); Bright, John, (1811-1889.); Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, (1776-1839.); Correia da Serra, José Francisco, (1750-1823.); Davis, Rebecca Harding, (1831-1910.); Emerson, Ralph Waldo, (1803-1882.); Fields, Annie, (1834-1915.); Fields, James Thomas, (1817-1881.); Gilder, Richard Watson, (1844-1909.); Gladstone, W. E. (1809-1898.); Greenwood, Grace, (1823-1904.); Hall, S. C., (1800-1881.); Hall, S. C. (1800-1889.); Holmes, Oliver Wendell, (1809-1894.); Irving, Henry, (1838-1905.); Marlowe, Julia, (1865-1950.); O'Connor, T. P. (1848-1929.); Peel, Arthur Wellesley, (1829-1912.); Rideing, William H. (1853-1918,); Sanborn, Kate, (1839-1917.); Scott, Walter, (1771-1832.); Sinclair, Upton, (1878-1968.); Stedman, Edmund Clarence, (1833-1908,); Steele, Frederick Morgan, (1843-1909,); Stoddard, Charles Warren, (1857-1934,); Thomas, Augustus, (1852-1917.); Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, (1819-1901.); Victoria, (1835-1916,); Ward, William Hayes, (1769-1852.); Wellington, Arthur Wellesley,
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