- unitid
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{"value"=>"18116", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b21272667", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 18116", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1887", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1887"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"The Life of Robert Fulton / by Cadwallader D. Colden ; illustrated by Thos. Addis Emmet M.D"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".31 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 volume, 1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet (1828-1919) was a renowned surgeon and early collector of American manuscripts of the Revolutionary Era. Cadwallader D. Colden (1769-1834), a lawyer and politician, was Mayor of New York City from 1818 to 1821. The collection comprises an extra-illustrated copy (disbound) of Cadwallader D. Colden’s <span class=\"title\">The Life of Robert Fulton</span> (New York: Kirk & Mercein, 1817) compiled by Thomas Addis Emmet in 1887. Inserted material depicting Fulton’s life and work consists of original manuscript letters and documents, 1767-1829, and numerous 18th and 19th-century engraved and lithograph portraits and views. A watercolor drawing by Fulton of ship boilers appears on the verso of his letter of 1808 October 12 (1 leaf only). The imprint also contains small engraved Fulton portraits and steamboat pictures added as inlaid vignettes."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>The Life of Robert Fulton / by Cadwallader D. Colden ; illustrated by Thos. Addis Emmet M.D., Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet (1828-1919) was a renowned surgeon and early collector of American manuscripts of the Revolutionary Era. Cadwallader D. Colden (1769-1834), a lawyer and politician, was Mayor of New York City from 1818 to 1821. He also served in the U.S. Congress and New York State Legislature.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection comprises an extra-illustrated copy (disbound) of Cadwallader D. Colden’s <span class=\"title\">The Life of Robert Fulton</span> (New York: Kirk & Mercein, 1817) compiled by Thomas Addis Emmet in 1887. Inserted material illustrating Fulton’s life and work consists of original manuscript letters and documents, 1767-1829, and numerous 18th and 19th-century engraved and lithograph portraits and views. A watercolor drawing by Fulton of ship boilers appears on the verso of his letter of 1808 October 12 (1 leaf only). The imprint also contains small engraved Fulton portraits and steamboat pictures added as inlaid vignettes. Only manuscript letters and documents, with the exception of one printed table, are listed in the collection guide.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by John S. Kennedy, 1896, as part of the Emmet collection.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2017</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Twenty-eight prints were transferred to the Library's Print Collection in 1909.</p>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- date_start
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1887
- keydate
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1887
- date_end
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1887
- date_inclusive_start
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1887
- date_inclusive_end
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1887
- extent_statement
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.31 linear feet (1 volume, 1 folder)