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Archives of American Art
Letters to William Meredith
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.merewill
- Creators:
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Meredith, William M. (William Morris), 1799-1873
- Dates:
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1804-1827
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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5 Items(on 5 fr. of microfilm)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
REEL P20: Letters to William Meredith from Gertrude Meredith, Sept. 26, 1805, Joseph Hopkinson, Feb. 24, 1827, John R. Murray, Nov. 10, 1804, all concerning the Academy of Fine Arts, and from Washington Irving, Nov. 4, 1807, introducing Thomas Sully.
Scope and Contents
REEL P24: Three pages about the meeting of Benjamin West and Napoleon, Feb. 2, 1817.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Lawyer and President of Schuylkill Bank, Philadelphia, Pa.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels P20 (706-709) & P24 (fr. 111) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Meredith family papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Microfilmed by the Historical Society Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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