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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | April 25, 18xx |
| From City | Boston |
| From State | MA |
| To City | Washington |
| To State | DC |
| Addressee | Prof. Jewett, Smithsonian |
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| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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Lot 211A 10c black, margins all around, showing frame of adjoining stamp at top, very fine, tied by red Boston 25 Apr 10 cts and matching grid on neat buff envelope to Washington DC.
H R Harmer sale 1980-83
Alexander listed as 4/25/xx to Professor Jewett at the Smithsonian.
Letter addressed to Charles Coffin Jewett (1816-1868). He became Librarian and Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1848, and began the task of building the Smithsonian's library by soliciting catalogs from prominent libraries and publishing a survey of U.S. libraries. He also started mechanical duplication of individual catalog entries for the re-publication of book catalogs using the technique of stereotyping. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1851.
H R Harmer sale 1980-83
Alexander listed as 4/25/xx to Professor Jewett at the Smithsonian.
Letter addressed to Charles Coffin Jewett (1816-1868). He became Librarian and Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1848, and began the task of building the Smithsonian's library by soliciting catalogs from prominent libraries and publishing a survey of U.S. libraries. He also started mechanical duplication of individual catalog entries for the re-publication of book catalogs using the technique of stereotyping. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1851.
