Letters from William Brewster to Silas Herbert Holden, 1894-1898.

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Letters from William Brewster to Silas Herbert Holden, 1894-1898.

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Includes: ALS, William Brewster, Cambridge [Mass.], to Dear Mr. [Silas Herbert] Holden, 1894 Dec. 22 (former Letter File 9, B5); ALS, William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass., to My dear Mr. [Silas Herbert] Holden, 1898 Jan. 2 (former Letter File 9, B5); ALS, William Brewster, Jaffrey, N.H., to Dear Mr. [Silas Herbert] Holden, 1900 Aug. 9 (former Letter File 9, B6); ALS, William Brewster, Lancaster [Mass.], to Dear Mr. [Silas Herbert] Holden, 1901 May 29 (former Letter File 9, B6).

4 items ; 20-23 cm.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Brewster, William, 1851-1919

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William Brewster (1851-1919) was a renowned American amateur ornithologist, first president of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and a president of the American Ornithologists' Union. He was an avid collector of birds and their nests and eggs, and collected over forty thousand specimens from 1861 until his death in 1919. His collection, bequeathed to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, is considered one of the finest private collections of North American birds ever assemble...

Holden, Silas Herbert, 1858-1906

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Grocer of Concord, Mass. Son of Silas Merriam Holden (b. Acton, Mass.) and Sarah Watson Prentiss Holden (b. Lexington, Mass.); brother of Franklin Waldo Holden. Silas Herbert Holden's pastimes included bird watching and hunting. From the description of Silas Herbert Holden papers, 1873-1905. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 36409673 ...