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Title
39. Letters to the commissioners of public parks
Description
Two pages of letters directed towards the Commissioners of Public Parks requesting that they restore Hawkins's work that was destroyed at Central Park. The first four are general letters signed by multiple people, the fifth letter is a typed version of John Strong Newberry's letter to Frank Law Olmsted on the same topic, and all 5 handwritten versions are photocopied and also included in this collection (see items 40, 43-45, & 47).
Location Covered
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Contributors
Newberry, J. S. (John Strong), 1822-1892
Source
ANSP-Coll-0803, Box 1, Folder 2
Identifier
ansp-coll-0803no39_001
Notes
Cataloging and digitizing made possible by The Getty Grant Program.
Relation
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Album
Contributing Institution
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
