Correspondence, 1820-1868.

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Correspondence, 1820-1868.

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These are letters from Titian Ramsay Peale's brother, Benjamin Franklin Peale, mainly on family affairs, but also on the United States Mint, agriculture, the Civil War, photography, current events and B. F. Peale's collection of artifacts of the Stone Age. There are some letters from Titian Peale and his wife Lucinda.

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Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870

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