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Autograph album, 1863-1890: manuscript

 Collection
Collection MS-1986-165: Autograph album, 1863-1890: manuscript

Dates

  • Creation: 1863 - 1890

Content Description

Album containing a collection of autographs of New England authors, ministers, abolitionists, and others. Also contains original drawings, clippings, pressed flowers, and a peacock feather. Includes autographs of Hubbard Winslow, Mary A. Livermore, Henry Ward Beecher, and Daniel Little Furber. Inscriptions are dated 1863-1890, in Newton, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, North Conway, New Hampshire, and Saratoga, New York.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.

Biographical note

Anonymous. The collector has not been identified. Inscriptions suggest they resided in or near Newton Center, Massachusetts.

Extent

1 Volumes (approximately 120 pages) : paper ; 19 x 13 cm

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics

In a 19th-century commercially produced album, bound in full leather with gilt title on front cover: Autographs.

Title
Autograph Album, 1863-1890: manuscript
Status
Marc Only
Author
Noah Sheola
Date
2022
Description rules
Dcrmmss
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository

Contact:
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