A bibliomaniac on the Texas frontier : Swante Palm and his Swedish library at the University of Texas at Austin / by Siv Vedung. 1983.

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A bibliomaniac on the Texas frontier : Swante Palm and his Swedish library at the University of Texas at Austin / by Siv Vedung. 1983.

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112 leaves in portfolio : facsims., map ; 29 cm.

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Vedung, Siv, 1940-

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University of Texas at Austin. General Libraries. Palm Collection.

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Palm, Swante, 1815-1899

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Emigrated from Sweden to Texas in 1844. Was associated in mercantile business with his nephew S. M. Swenson in LaGrange and Austin and served as postmaster in both places and as alderman and in several state goverment positions in Austin. The Swedish government appointed him vice-consul in 1866, and the king knighted him in 1884. He married Agnes Alm, also a Swedish immigrant, in 1854. Their only child died in infancy. Palm was awarded an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree by Bethany College i...