John S. Hart letters to R. W. Griswold [manuscript], 1850 Jun 27 and Dec 3.

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John S. Hart letters to R. W. Griswold [manuscript], 1850 Jun 27 and Dec 3.

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1850 Jun 27. Hart writes that the publishers desire to know if he will prepare a series of articles of moderate length on "Self-Made Men," with portraits of the men, and how soon he can have the articles ready. He offers Griswold $5 per page. 1850 Dec 3. Hart has sent 2 [irises?] for the Misses Carey, and asks that Griswold to inform him of their safe arrival. He also writes that he will send a copy of his Annual Report soon, in which he might find some facts suited to his magazine, particularly a resume of the history of the Philadelphia school system that has been translated and reprinted in Germany.

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