Paul B. Du Chaillu letters [manuscript]

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Paul B. Du Chaillu letters [manuscript]

1894-1899

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u5183840

The collection contains a letter to "friend Sweet,"1894 March 3, discussing his dejection over the death of George W. Childs, his new book and the effect of hard times on the sale of "Ivar the Viking." In a letter, 1894 September 23, Du Chaillu is willing to comply with a request made by Walter Maxwell Newman. A friendly note to a child, 1895 January 17 was possibly sent to a ten year old Alfred Vincent Kidder. In a letter to Mrs [Susan Amelia Luther?] Flint, Du Chaillu wants to send her a copy of his new book "The land of the long night," enquires after her and her husband Alonzo, and mentions th edeath of his friend Judge Charles Patrick Daly.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7943738

University of Virginia. Library

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Childs, George W. (George William), 1829-1894

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George W. Childs (1829-1894) was the founder and editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger and a noted philanthropist. Born in Baltimore, he moved to Philadelphia to work for a bookseller at age fourteen and soon went into business for himself at the age of eighteen. In 1849, he became a partner in the publishing firm of R. E. Petersen & Company, and in 1860 he formed a partnership with the influential publisher J. P. Lippincott. In 1864, he purchased the Philadelphia Public Ledger, in which Anth...

Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963

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Kidder was an archaeologist who excavated sites in the Southwest. He became a member of the Advisory Board for the Laboratory of Anthropology in 1927. From the description of Alfred Vincent Kidder Pecos papers, 1915-1935. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992640 Kidder was an archaeologist who excavated sites in the southwest. He became a member of the Advisory Board for the Laboratory of Anthropology in 1927. From the description of Alfred Vi...

Flint, Susan Amelia Luther, 1838-1922,

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Daly, Charles P. (Charles Patrick), 1816-1899

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Charles Patrick Daly (1816-1899) was an American jurist, lecturer and writer who served as a judge of the New York City Court of Common Pleas for over forty years, the last twenty-seven as chief justice. Maria Lydig Daly, his wife, was active in the Democratic Party and various welfare organizations of the Civil War period. Her diaries of this period were published in 1962 under the title: Diary of a Union Lady, 1861-1865. From the description of Charles P. Daly papers, 1829-1897. (N...

Jones, Guernsey

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Newman, Walter Maxwell,

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Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903

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Explorer and anthropologist. From the description of Letter : to dear friend Philipps, 1868 Mar. 17. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57054222 Explorer and author. From the description of Papers of Paul Belloni du Chaillu [manuscript], 1890. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811989 African explorer. From the description of Paul B. Du Chaillu letters [manuscript], 1894-1899. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record...