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This collection contains an 1846 letter from Robert Pike Jr. of Utopia, a neighborhood in Queens, New York, to W.E. Woodward of Waltham, Massachusetts. The letter discusses printing a book by Dickinson.
W.E. (William Elliot) Woodward (1825-1892) was a prominent real estate owner, antiquarian, and historian from Oxford, and later Boston, Massachusetts. He was well-known for his work collecting rare coins and wrote many coin catalogues. He also published works on American history.
This collection contains a letter written by Robert Pike Jr. of Utopia, New York on April 15-17, 1846. Pike wrote to W.E. (William Elliot) Woodward in Waltham, Massachusetts. Pike told Woodward about the price of renting a place to stay in Utopia and discussed business with Woodward, who was printing books with "Dickinson."
Dickinson probably referred to Samuel Nelson Dickinson of the Dickinson Type Foundry in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Library purchased this letter in 1952.
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