Letter from the Secretary of State transmitting a report of Theodore F. Dwight on the papers of Benjamin Franklin offered for sale by Mr. Henry Stevens, and recommending their purchase by Congress

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Dwight, Theodore F.

Stevens, Henry, Jr., 1819-1886.

U.S Bureau of Rolls and Library

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division.

Series:

Mis. doc. (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 47th Congress, 1st session, no. 21.

Mis. Doc. / 47th Congress, 1st sess., Senate ; no. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Manuscripts.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Physical Description:

99 p. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C. : s.n., 1881]

Contents:

History and description of the papers of Benjamin Franklin / by Henry Stevens (extract from auction sale catalogue)

List of Franklin manuscripts

Senate Ex. doc. no. 25, 46th Congress, 3d session: Letter from the Secretary of State transmitting a communication from Benjamin F. Stevens ... stating that he is authorized to sell to the Department of State "Henry Stevens's Franklin collection of manuscripts and books."

Notes:

Caption title.

Running title: Franklin collection of manuscripts and books.

"December 20, 1881.--Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed."

Purchased by Congress for the State Department, and now deposited in the Library of Congress.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

10873021