An Essay on the Autographic Collections of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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In making a report Of these collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, it seemed most appropriate to introduce the subject with some account of the slow but steady growth in this country, of this beautiful and inspiring employment; and to note, moreover, other collections extant, complete and incomplete, exhibiting the great labor of bring ing them together, and instituting, to some extent, a just comparison Of their relative strength, historic importance, and intrinsic value.
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Draper was the first secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
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