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Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Phillips, 1849 Dec. 5.

BIB_ID
314803
Accession number
MA 3864.16
Creator
Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell, 1788-1874.
Display Date
1849 Dec. 5.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed "Benjn. Phillips Esqre / F. R. S. &c &c &c / 17. Wimpole Street / London." Marked "A Royal Mail Steamer."
Followed by a letter (1 1/2 p.) from her son Victor to Dr. Benjamin Phillips, dated 12 December 1849.
Part of a collection of letters from John James Audubon and his family to Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Phillips. Letters in the collection have been cataloged individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Written from "Minnie's Land," the Audubon's estate on Manhattan Island.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 14 July 1970, lot 554); purchased on the Fellow's Fund, 1970.