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Title: Correspondence 1850, Letter from John C. Fremont regarding Audubon Folio
Creator: Fremont, John C., 1813-1890 (author)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1850
1850-08-29
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Ephemera Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: Letter from John C. Fremont to Dr. John Townsend responding to an inquiry from Dr. Townsend concerning the purchase of Audubon's works. Fremont offers to purchase an available copy for $750.00. The purchase was never completed, perhaps because Dr. Townsend perished from cholera four months later.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scaled to 3000 pixels width. Grayscale strip cropped from image. Scanning outsourced to Northern Micrographics as part of the Local History Digital Resources Project, 2005-2006. Technical metadata is limited
Extent: 25 x 20 cm.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplephemer/id/349
Language: English
Subject: Correspondence
Books
Ephemera
Fremont, John C., 1813-1890
Townsend, John, d. 1850
Audobon, John James, 1785-1851
Place: San Jose
California
Source: SJPL California Room Ephemera Collection

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