[Letter] : 1921 July 5, [Philadelphia to] Clarence Pickett.

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[Letter] : 1921 July 5, [Philadelphia to] Clarence Pickett.

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Concerns the history of Benjamin West's painting of "William Penn's Treaty with the Indians."

[1] p. ; 28 cm.

Haverford College Library

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West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

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American-born artist who was a charter member of the Royal Academy. From the description of ADS, 1819 November 12 : Kings Warehouse Customs, London. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16853753 American historical painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "Sir", a gentleman with whose family his "friend and Relation Joshua Gilpin" is forming a connection in marriage, 1800 Jun. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

Leeds, Arthur Newlin, 1870-1939.

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Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965

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Clarence Pickett (1884-1965) was a prominent Friend. The executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1929 to 1950, he was influential in governmental and international circles as well. He served as an advisor to Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy. Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she would "always try to do the things Clarence asks because I have great trust in his judgment." From the guide to the Clarence Pickett journals, 1933-1965, (Haverford C...