Description: Autograph collection

Autograph collection

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Baird, Charles H., Mrs (Donor (dnr))
Collection:	Autograph Collection
Collection Number:	4486
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Autographs Autographs > 18th century Autographs > 19th century Autographs > Collections. Autographs > Early 20th Century Autographs > Early America Autographs collections.

Physical Description:	1.0 Linear feet 3 volumes, 1 box
Summary:	Autograph collection (3 volumes), includes "Washington and his Aides" (Volume 1), a miscellaneous collection of various military and political figures (Volume 2), and "Some Famous Men and Women" of the 19th and early 20th centuries (Volume 3). Volumes 1 and 2 are unattributed. The autographs (with scattered photographs and images) in Volume 3, some of which are missing, were "collected by Benjamin F. Keller, seven years old, to be sold for the benefit of needy children of Europe." Loose items from all the volumes have been removed to Box 1, among which is an original land document, with transcription, signed by Thomas Treadwell, John Glover, and Thomas Starr, dated 20 June 1638.

Physical Description:

1.0 Linear feet 3 volumes, 1 box

Summary:

Autograph collection (3 volumes), includes "Washington and his Aides" (Volume 1), a miscellaneous collection of various military and political figures (Volume 2), and "Some Famous Men and Women" of the 19th and early 20th centuries (Volume 3). Volumes 1 and 2 are unattributed. The autographs (with scattered photographs and images) in Volume 3, some of which are missing, were "collected by Benjamin F. Keller, seven years old, to be sold for the benefit of needy children of Europe." Loose items from all the volumes have been removed to Box 1, among which is an original land document, with transcription, signed by Thomas Treadwell, John Glover, and Thomas Starr, dated 20 June 1638.

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