Charlton Thomas Lewis papers, 1612-1904 (inclusive).
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CMV32838
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MS 981
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Charlton Thomas Lewis papers, 1612-1904 (inclusive).
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Brief Summary:
The major part of the papers consist of a collection of autographs of literary, intellectual, and political figures, largely English and American, compiled by Charlton T. Lewis.
Detailed Summary:
Included are the autographs of Robert Browning, Washington Irving, William James, John Stuart Mill, Louis Orléans, comte de Paris, Richelieu, Talleyrand, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Voltaire, John Wesley, and Walt Whitman. There is also personal correspondence addressed to Lewis and his wife, Margaret P. Sherrand Lewis, as well as essays, addresses, and an unpublished novel by Lewis, and a speech on Italian immigrants by Margaret P. Lewis.
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2 boxes
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History
Date:
c.18th
Ownership:
Owned by Charlton T. Lewis
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Provenance:
Gifted to the Yale University Library by James McKeen Lewis and Mrs. Lincoln MacVeagh in 1947.
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