Item 93: Letter from Mr. James Wilson to Charles W[illson]. Peale, 1806 December 18
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 93
Dates
- Created: 1806 December 18
Creator
- Wilson, James, 1742-1798 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
9 ⅞ in. x 7 ⅞ in.
Description:
This is a letter from James Wilson to Charles Peale on December 18, 1806. This is about giving some of an author’s works to a museum for safekeeping. The creator of this letter, James Wilson, was born in Scotland in 1742 and immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1766. Wilson signed the Declaration of Independence, helped draft the Constitution, served on the Supreme Court, and was a professor of law at the College of Philadelphia.
Location:
Philadelphia
Transcription:
Philad[elphia] Dec 18th 1806.
Dear Sir,
Along with this you will receive the curious literary relict of which we spoke yesterday, and which was presented to me, a few weeks ago, by Mr. Samuel F. Bradford, bookseller of this city.
From every internal evidence it appears to be “The first seven. Proof sheets of Mr. Pope’s Works, containing the author’s written corrections.”
Mr. Bradford cannot, at this time, recal[sic, recall] to recollection when or from whom he received it, or by what circumstances it came into his provision; it is therefore, with his approbation, deposited in your Museum, as a place of safety; where it will afford more general gratification than if confined to the cabinet of any private individual, and from whence should circumstances hereafter under it necessary, it may be reclaimed.
Happy in being the means of contributing anything to your already magnificent collection, I offer you the assurances of my affectionate esteem.
Mr. Charles W. Peale Mr. Wilson
Creator
- Wilson, James, 1742-1798 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu