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David Hamlin Beardsley letter, to John Gardner, 1815 September 24 : manuscript.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 26 Folder 59
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Format:
Manuscript
Author/Creator:
Beardsley, David Hamlin, 1789-1870, author.
Contributor:
Gardner, John, 1790-1840, addressee.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634. First part of the institutes of the laws of England.
Coke, Edward.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Legal literature.
Genre:
correspondence.
Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.
Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.
Penn Provenance:
Sold by Bluemango Books and Manuscripts (New Hope, Pennsylvania), 2025.
Physical Description:
1 item (1 bifolium) : paper ; 21 x 17 cm
Production:
Baltimore, 1815 September 24.
Contained In:
Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 26 Folder 59
Summary:
Autograph letter from D.H. Beardsley to attorney John Gardner, of York, Pennsylvania, 1815. In the letter Beardsley explains that he purchased Coke on Littleton for Merrill (James Merrill, 1790-1841) and now Merrill does not want it, so he is offering to sell it to Gardner.
Cited as:
David Hamlin Beardsley Letter, to John Gardner, 1815 September 24 (Misc Mss Box 26 Folder 59). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
OCLC:
1547943978

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