Letter : London, to Thomas Sully, Philadelphia, Pa., 1815 Mar. 21.

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Letter : London, to Thomas Sully, Philadelphia, Pa., 1815 Mar. 21.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24851265

ALS. Together with a fragment, in a contemporary hand, of an extract dated Jan. 26 1816 from the diary of John Cook, which describes a meeting between Cook, John Oxley, and Benjamin West, in which the three discuss a picture West had given to Cook's mother-in-law 60 years before.

1 item (4 p. on double sheet) ; 23 x 37 cm. folded to 23 x 19 cm.

Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library

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Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library

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