Sam Schaefler collection relating to the Capitol Rotunda paintings, 1837-1852.

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Sam Schaefler collection relating to the Capitol Rotunda paintings, 1837-1852.

Letters between Asbury Dickins, Henry Inman, John Y. Laub, W. H. Powell, William C. Preston, and Levi Woodbury relating to the contracts and appropriations for the paintings in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8069167

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Schaefler, Sam

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Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861

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Secretary of the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C.; secretary of the Columbian Institute. From the description of Letter : Washington, to Hyde de Neuville, 1819 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22194076 Asbury Dickins, civil servant, and other members of the Dickins (Dickens) family. From the description of Asbury Dickins family papers, 1749-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982290 Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important...

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846

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Painter, portrait painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Henry Inman letter to James McMurtrie, 1841 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355152 From the description of Henry Inman letter to James McMurtrie, 1838 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220209493 Henry Inman (1801-1846), son of William and Sarah Inman, was born in Utica, N.Y. After an apprenticeship with the portrait painter, John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840), he became a painter of portra...

Powell, W. H. (William Henry), 1823-1879

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Artist. From the description of Letter of William Henry Powell, 1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449424 American artist, born in Ohio and later residing in New York City, painter of portraits and historical subjects. From the description of Full length portrait of Washington Irving in his library at Sunnyside : Subscription list, [186-]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758585 ...

Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851

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Lawyer, governor of New Hampshire, U.S. senator, U.S. secretary of the Navy, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Letters, 1813-1851. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963939 U.S. senator from and governor of New Hampshire, U.S. secretary of the navy, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and Supreme Court justice, and lawyer. From the description of Levi Woodbury family papers, 1638-191...

Laub, John Y.

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Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860

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Lawyer and college adminstrator of South Carolina; member of S.C. House of Representatives, 1828-1834, and the U.S. Senate, 1833-1842; president of South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C., 1845-1851, and trustee, 1851-1857; an 1812 graduate of South Carolina College; studied law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; practiced law in Virginia and S.C.; formed law partnership with David J. McCord, 1832; founded the Columbia Antheneum; husband of Maria Coalter and Penelope Davis. Fro...