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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,…
[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.…
Joel Roberts Poinsett papers [Box 6 p. 7, Robert Owen to JR Poinsett, September 17 1829]
The papers of Joel Roberts Poinsett, American agent to Latin America and secretary of war in the Van Buren administration.
Joel Roberts Poinsett papers [Box 7 p. 7, Robert Owen to Editor of Free Inquirer, September 23, 1831]
The papers of Joel Roberts Poinsett, American agent to Latin America and secretary of war in the Van Buren administration.
George M. Conarroe autograph collection
This collection includes letters and documents of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and of members of Congress, 1758-18ll; of generals and prominent civilians of the Revolutionary period, 1770-1820; of signers of the Constitution,…