An Essay on the Autographic Collections of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Lyman Copeland Draper

9780331408362: An Essay on the Autographic Collections of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331408368 ISBN 13: 9780331408362

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Excerpt from An Essay on the Autographic Collections of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution

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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