Letters concerning the proposed publication of by George Catlin, 1869-1870 The North American Indians in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century, fast passing to extinction and leaving no monuments of their own behind them 1869-1870

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Letters concerning the proposed publication of by George Catlin, 1869-1870 The North American Indians in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century, fast passing to extinction and leaving no monuments of their own behind them 1869-1870

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1399317415

The bulk of the collection (items 2-6) is letters from Henry Steele of Jersey City to Ezra Cornell (1807-1874), the founder of Cornell University (1868), soliciting his support for the publication.

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections

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Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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George Catlin, artist and author, was known especially for his paintings of Indians. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he practiced law until his talent for painting led him to join a group of artists in Philadelphia in 1823. Catlin concentrated on portrait painting in Washington, D.C., until 1829, when he saw a delegation of visiting American Indians in Philadelphia. He then resolved to devote his life to preserving the appearance and character of the vanishing Indians and for forty-two yea...