David Ames Wells papers

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unitdate

{"value"=>"1847-1895", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1847/1895"}

date_inclusive_start

1847

date_inclusive_end

1895

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1847

unittitle

{"value"=>"David Ames Wells papers"}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"David Ames Wells was an engineer, economist, textbook author, and advocate for lower tariff rates. This collection contains correspondence with Gordon L. Ford, Worthington C. Ford, and others; clippings; a manuscript draft of Protection: The Poor Man's Friend; and a lecture Wells delivered on free trade in 1882"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>David Ames Wells papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Wells, David Ames, 1828-1898", "type"=>"persname"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>The David Ames Wells papers are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>I. Correspondence</li> <li>II. Writings</li> <li>III. Clippings</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>Copyright retained by any document's creator</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The David Ames Wells papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3283#c107625'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3283#c107640'>II. Writings</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3283#c107643'>III. Clippings</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Kit Messick.</p>"}

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.5 linear feet (2 boxes)

date_start

1847

date_end

1895

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1. I. Correspondence [4/2]
2. II. Writings [2/1]
3. III. Clippings