Richard West Habersham letter, 1869.

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Richard West Habersham letter, 1869.

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This collection consists of a letter from Samuel Finley Breese Morse to Richard West Habersham, 1869. In the letter, Morse talks about growing old and mentions his association with Habersham and Henry (?) Greenough in Paris. The letter lists an enclosure of the prices of plaster casts, but the enclosed information is not with the letter. The Georgia Historical Society also has the Certificate of Award for oil painting from the International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta in 1881, as well as several portraits painted by Habersham. The portraits are cataloged with VM 1361, Georgia Historical Society portraits.

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Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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Painter, inventor; New York, N.Y. and London, England. From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599940 From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007074 Author of account concerning deportation of 1100 workers and I.W.W. sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus, N.M., July 12, 1917. From the description of The truth about Bisbee...

Habersham, Richard West, 1812-1889.

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Richard West Habersham, son of Richard Wylly Habersham and grandson of James Habersham, Jr., was a portrait artist. He was born in 1812 near Beaufort, South Carolina and painted in both Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina. He married Martha Matthewes; together they had eight children. Habersham wrote The Honor of Jehossee in 1853, edited a monthly periodical, "The Self Instructor," and wrote many articles for Savannah newspapers under his initials "R.W.H." He owned the plantation "Walnut Hill...