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Personal Collection to Rare Book Room: The Travels of Rufus King’s Library
Rufus King, 1755-1827 I think it’s very important that we understand the provenance of the collections we use in libraries and archives. Robert Darnton has said that when we consider the difficulties...
View ArticleJohn Alsop King – 1860 Presidential Elector certification
When studying a period in American history, I like to have a figure or two that I can use as a center of gravity. I’m currently trying to wrap my head around the antebellum period in a better way and...
View ArticleRufus King’s Granddaughter Survives the Sinking of the “Pulaski” in 1838
While I was working on a post about a printed subscription proposal for Benjamin F. Thompson’s planned 2 volume octavo edition of the History of Long Island (link to second volume here), which I found...
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