A. J. Osborne papers, 1879-1901 [manuscript].

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A. J. Osborne papers, 1879-1901 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24342196

The collection includes papers of Osborne relating to his service as agent for the Valentines. The correspondence with the Valentines and with Osborne's sub-agents and their diggers concerns the collecting process in Haywood and Cherokee counties and doubts about the authenticity of the Indian artifacts.

About 275 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7128531

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Valentine, Mann S., 1824-1892

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb1qf7 (person)

Mann S. Valentine, Jr., of Richmond, Virginia, gained his fortune from Valentines Meat Juice, a health tonic made from beef. He was the son of Elizabeth Mosby and Mann S. Valentine, a merchant. The younger Mann was interested in history and collected artifacts of all sorts. When he died in 1892, he left his home, his collections, and the Wickham House to the city of Richmond for a museum, which opened in 1898. Manns brother Edward, a sculptor as well as a collector, served as president of the mu...

Osborne, A. J. (Andrew Jackson)

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A. J. Osborne of Garden Creek, Haywood County, N.C., was an agent for Benjamin B. Valentine and Mann Satterwhite Valentine of Richmond, Va., philanthropists and collectors of Indian relics of the Appalachian region. From the description of A. J. Osborne papers, 1879-1901 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24342196 ...

Valentine, Benjamin Batchelder

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