Meserve, Frederick Hill, 1865-1962
Variant namesMeserve was a New York textile executive and has been called America's first great photograph collector.
From the description of Historical portraits, ca.1850-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80830761
Member of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion.
From the description of Appomattox, April 9, 1865 : portraits of the officers present at the surrender of Gen. Lee, 1919 / from the collection of Companion Frederick H. Meserve. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58665208
Meserve was a New York textile executive, booklover, and authority on Lincolniana. He has been called America's first great photograph collector.
From the guide to the Historical portraits, ca.1850-1915., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)
Collector of Lincolniana.
From the description of Reminiscences of Frederick Hill Meserve : oral history, 1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734801
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Birth 1865
Death 1962
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