Manuscripts: The First Twenty YearsPriscilla S. Taylor A generous selection of diverse thought on the search for and collection of manuscripts and autograph letters, and their role in the history of ideas, has been culled from the first twenty years of Manuscripts, the Manuscript Society's quarterly publication. Priscilla S. Taylor has arranged, condensed, and, where possible, updated fifty-six memorable articles on the rich variety of the manuscript experience. The articles are grouped into five sections: Pointers for the Collector; Areas in Which to Collect; Historical Documents; Penmanship and Writing Systems; and Manuscripts as a Key to Biography and History. The subject range is broad. Readers will learn what to buy, how to buy, how to avoid forgeries, and how to handle a collection. |
Contents
The Proper | 3 |
ix | 11 |
The Morgans as Autograph Collectors | 20 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
American appeared Arthur Middleton auction autograph collectors autograph material Benjamin British Button Gwinnett catalogue century Charles Town cipher collection colonies commission Continental Congress copy correspondence dealer Declaration of Independence delegates documents signed early edition England English example Forest H Franklin George Gilbert and Sullivan Gwinnett hand handwriting Harpers Ferry Henry Historical Society holograph Illus illustration initials A.M. inscribed institutions interest James Jefferson John Morton Joseph E king Kipling known later Lee's Library of Congress Lincoln London lottery Louis manuscript Manuscript Society Mark Twain Massachusetts Napoleon Nathaniel E notes oaths officers Originally published paper Pennsylvania period person Philadelphia portion of monogram president printed purchase rare rarity Roosevelt secretary signature signed with initials South Carolina Thomas Lynch tickets Twain Virginia volume Washington William William Henry Drayton words writing written wrote York