Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1887-1912.

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Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1887-1912.

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Henry Charles Lea was elected a director of the Library Company in 1870 and resigned in 1902. Much of this correspondence concerns Lea's proposal to build a $50,000 extension to the Library Company. Correspondents include George Maurice Abbot, James G. Barnwell, James S. Biddle, Edward S. Buckley, George H. Fisher, William Henry Rawle, and James Duval Rodney.

29 items (37 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Library company of Philadelphia

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This collection includes unmarked ballots found in books that are part of the Library Company's collections. The books in which they were found are not identified. Since the mid 1980s, the Library Company no longer separates such materials without tracking the connection through accession numbers. This collection gathers items from several sources, and is open to new additions. From the description of Things left in books collection. Ballots, 1851-1864. (Library Company of Philadelph...

Lea, Arthur Henry, 1859-1938.

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Arthur Henry Lea was the fourth child and youngest son of Henry Charles Lea. Arthur served as H. C. Lea's literary executor. From the description of Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1884-1907. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63556174 ...

Cheyney, Edward Potts, 1861-1947

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Historian, educator and author; B.A., B.F.(finance) and M.A., U. of Pennsylvania, (1883, 1884 and 1886), LL.D., U. of Pennsylvania, (1911-hon.); faculty, Dept. of History, U. of Pennsylvania (1884-1934); curator, Henry Charles Lea Library of Medieval History (1933-1940); recognized as a leading American historian of sixteenth-century England of his generation; notable for his contributions to the development of professional organizations such as the American Historical Association. F...

Rawle, William Henry, 1823-1889

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Biddle, James Stokes, .1818.

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Rodney, James Duval.

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Fisher, George Henry

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Lawyer who served on the Brooklyn Board of Education and the Board of Aldermen. From the description of Biographical sketch, 1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155450170 ...

Abbot, George Maurice.

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Barnwell, James G.

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Buckley, Edward J., 1920-

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