Edward B. Pillsbury collection relating to telegraphy

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 2961", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"2961", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Edward B. Pillsbury collection relating to telegraphy"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1854-1899", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1854/1899"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1854

date_inclusive_end

1899

origination

{"value"=>"Pillsbury, Edward B", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Collector", "role_code"=>"col"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Telegrapher and telegraph official.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection of telegraph messages, forms, letters, clippings, etc., ca. 1854-1899, relating to telegraphy, chiefly in the U.S., apparently collected by Edward B. Pillsbury.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"method"=>"Gift;", "source"=>"Howard Courlander;", "date"=>"1963", "accession_number"=>"MSS 63M80", "value"=>"Gift;, Howard Courlander;, 1963"}

keydate

1854

prefercite

{"value"=>"Edward B. Pillsbury collection relating to telegraphy, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Telegrapher and telegraph official. Collection of telegraph messages, forms, letters, clippings, etc., ca. 1854-1899, relating to telegraphy, chiefly in the U.S., apparently collected by Edward B. Pillsbury.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 box

date_start

1854

date_end

1899

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