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[Zion besieg’d and attack’d] [graphic].
Allegorical cartoon concerning the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 ("Zion"). Satirizes current events, fads, and opponents of the controversial constitution, which established a unicameral legislation overseen by an unchecked Council of Censors.…
Ferdinand J. Dreer autograph collection [Box 217, letter to Robert Dale Owen from Frances Wright, Oct 2, 1827]
![[0175] Dreer Box 217_Wright to Owen_1827.pdf](/application/views/scripts/images/fallback-file.png "[0175] Dreer Box 217_Wright to Owen_1827.pdf")
Ferdinand Julian Dreer’s chief hobby was collecting autographs. He started with two documents and over time he was able to amass more than 15,000 items from some of the world’s most prominent and intriguing public figures. Owing to this interest,…
Ferdinand J. Dreer autograph collection [Box 216, letter to Robert Dale Owen from Mary Shelley, Dec 30, 1830 & Nov 9 1828]
Ferdinand Julian Dreer’s chief hobby was collecting autographs. He started with two documents and over time he was able to amass more than 15,000 items from some of the world’s most prominent and intriguing public figures. Owing to this interest,…
Historical Society of Pennsylvania schoolbook collection [Am. 8240 Susannah Barton]
This collection is comprised of 34 volumes of miscellaneous school notebooks and texts, mainly mathematics, bookkeeping, surveying, French lessons...