Lydia Leaming Smith autograph book

The volume includes autographs of prominent Philadelphia lawyers, judges, and businessmen collected and arranged by Lydia Leaming Smith in 1894. Almost all of the autographs are letters, and many deal with legal decisions. Men represented in the collection include: Charles Ingersoll; Jared Ingerso...

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Main Author: Smith, Lydia Leaming (Creator)
Collection:Lydia Leaming Smith Autograph Book
Collection Number:LCP.in.HSP88
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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100 1 |a Smith, Lydia Leaming  |e creator 
245 1 |a Lydia Leaming Smith autograph book  |f circa 1800-1894 
300 |a 0.16 Linear feet  |f 0.16 linear feet, 1 volume 
520 |a The volume includes autographs of prominent Philadelphia lawyers, judges, and businessmen collected and arranged by Lydia Leaming Smith in 1894. Almost all of the autographs are letters, and many deal with legal decisions. Men represented in the collection include: Charles Ingersoll; Jared Ingersoll; Thomas Wharton; William Meredith; John Meredith Read; William Rawle; Horace Binney; Eli Kirk Price; Craig Biddle; Jacob Waln; and John Sargeant. A few of the end pages contain newsclippings of obituaries of some of the men covered in the album. 
650 7 |a Autographs--19th century  |2 Local sources 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Lydia Leaming Smith Autograph Book  |c LCP.in.HSP88