Subject: Autographs -- Collections / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1650">1650</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1654">1654</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Autographs -- Collections Year 1650 to 1654

Extent:: 0.6 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:: This is an autograph collection compiled by Francis Campbell Macaulay. The collection is composed of letters by scientists, politicians, and men of letters, and fragments with signatures. The collection reflects Macaulay's interest in Italian literature, and includes letters from Ludovico Ariosto, Fortunato Cavazzeni Pederzini, and Alessandro Torri. Other notable autographs in the collection are those of Alexandre Dumas, Robert Morris, and Millard Fillmore. The collection also includes several letters to Macaulay regarding the Dante Society, and five volumes of Macaulay's notes for a vocabulary of the dialect of Nice.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Americana dating, primarily, from the period of the American Revolution and the thirty years immediately following, collected by Straus.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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