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Collection Education-Related Letters, Documents

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Historical Memorabilia Start Price:87.50 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 450.00 USD
Collection Education-Related Letters, Documents
<B>Collection of Education-Related Letters and Documents</B></I> consisting of approximately 30 items, the majority from the 19th century. Included are: <B>Horace Mann</B></I>- education reformer and abolitionist, 1848 two-page ALS, 1857 free-franked, hand-addressed envelope; <B>Henry Van Dyke</B></I>- author, educator, and clergyman, 1903 ALS; <B>Jeremiah Day</B></I>- fifth president of Yale, 1830 ADS in Latin; <B>Josiah Quincy III</B></I>- Harvard president, U.S. congressman, Boston Mayor, four ALsS to his granddaughter; <B>Thomas Hill</B></I>- Harvard president, 1864 four-page ALS; <B>Herbert Spencer</B></I>- father of Social Darwinism, 1895 ANS on postal card; <B>William Augustus Stearns</B></I>- president of Amherst College 1854-1876, 3 ALsS 1859 AQS; and <B>Morrill Wyman</B></I>- physician and social reformer, 1887 ALS. Overall fine condition. <I>From the Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I>
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