Archives of American Art

Letters to William Meredith

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.merewill
Creators:
Meredith, William M. (William Morris), 1799-1873
Dates:
1804-1827
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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