Ephraim Dyer IV Collection, ca. 1842, of the sketches of Sherman Day Circa 1842

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Ephraim Dyer IV Collection, ca. 1842, of the sketches of Sherman Day Circa 1842

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These are the original sketches used for the engravings in Day's 1843 publication, "Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania" (Philadelphia). They are finely detailed renderings of public and private structures and landscape throughout Pennsylvania. Accompanying these sketches are 150 pages of photocopied letters of Day, from originals at Yale University. These were used by Smith in his book.

0.5 Linear feet, 150 sketches, 100 engravings

American Philosophical Society

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Penn, William, 1644-1718

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