Newberry Library - Letter Albury, Surrey, Eng., to Daniel Webster, Washington, D.C., 1851 Dec. 19

Letter Albury, Surrey, Eng., to Daniel Webster, Washington, D.C., 1851 Dec. 19

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Open book Martin Farquhar Tupper letter Albury to Daniel Webster, Washington, D.C., December 19, 1851

Title Letter Albury, Surrey, Eng., to Daniel Webster, Washington, D.C., 1851 Dec. 19

Creator Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

Date 1851

Place England--Albury

Language English

Subjects Art, Indian art, United States

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Text on p. [1] and [3]

Summary December 19, 1851, letter to Daniel Webster, U.S. secretary of state, urging him to once again push the Congress to acquire George Catlin's "American Museum." Due to Catlin's indebtedness, his Indian paintings and artifacts, then in England, were in danger of "being sold piecemeal," and Tupper hoped the U.S. government would rescue the intact collection and preserve it for the American people. Though Webster's efforts again proved fruitless, the collection was obtained and shipped to Philadelphia by American locomotive manufacturer Joseph Harrison, whose widow later gave it to the United States National Museum (Smithsonian)

Biographical/Historical Note English poet.

Extent 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 23 cm

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Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 903

BibID 147686

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2313px × 2776px 18.40 MB

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Unique Identifier NL122IYQ

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