Abigail Adams collection of Victorian autographs, 1837-1864.

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Abigail Adams collection of Victorian autographs, 1837-1864.

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The 128 autographs were assembled by Abigail Adams in 1864 for sale at the New York Metropolitan Fair in that year. Some of the autographs are marked "written for this collection." The autographs are of British (and a few French) nobility, and ecclesiastical, literary, scientific and artistic figures. The earliest dated item is 1837.

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Adams, Abigail Brooks, 1808-1889

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Widener, Eleanor Elkins.

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Eleanor Elkins Widener (after 1915, Mrs. Rice) was the donor of Widener Library. From the description of Letters to Eleanor Elkins Widener and A. Hamilton Rice : manuscript, 1915-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80523411 ...

New York Metropolitan Fair, 1864.

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Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1875-1956

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