Frank M. Etting collection [American Authors, Box 17, p. 21 Cobbett to Carey & Son, March 19, 1818]

Frank M. Etting collection [American Authors, Box 17, p. 21 Cobbett to Carey & Son, March 19, 1818]

Autographs > 18th century

Autographs > 19th century

Autographs > Collections.

Autographs collections.

Frank M. Etting's connection with the Historical Society began in 1855 when he was elected recording secretary at age 22. After a decade in the army, 1861-1870, he returned to Philadelphia to begin a career of public service. He became director of the city's public schools, chairman of the committee to restore Independence Hall, and director of the Historical Department of the Centennial, 1876. The collection represents both Etting's personal interests and his professional concerns. It consists of three distinct groups of papers: an autograph collection containing materials of distinguished Americans and Europeans, 1558-1887; family papers, 1739-1847, which document the efforts of the Gratz, Frank, Etting, and Hart families and their associates in the settlement and development of trade in early Pennsylvania and contain some information on the domestic affairs of these families; and, finally, a group of papers on the public and professional career of Frank M. Etting.

Etting, Frank M. (Collector (col))

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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