- unitid
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{"value"=>"4809", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 4809", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1766-1935", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1766/1935"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1766
- date_inclusive_end
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1935
- keydate
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1766
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".63 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet Collection contains letters and documents signed by prominent political figures, military leaders, authors and scientists. The date span of the collection is from 1766-1935. Notable individuals include Susan B. Anthony, RobertBrowning, Henry Clay, Charles Darwin, George Gissing, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, James Monroe, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, Daniel Webster and Woodrow Wilson."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Levy, Richard John -- collector", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>According to Sally Waldman Sweet, the items in this collection were acquired primarilyby her first husband, Richard John Levy, and mostly by purchase from various manuscriptdealers and auction houses. The donors reported that they added no items to the collectionfor several decades prior to its acquisition by The New York Public Library in 2000.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet Collection contains letters and documents signed by prominent political figures, military leaders, authors and scientists. The date span of the collection is from 1766-1935, with the bulk of the items being from the 19th century. Notable individuals include Susan B. Anthony, Robert Browning, Henry Clay, Charles Darwin, George Gissing, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, James Monroe, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, Daniel Webster and Woodrow Wilson. There are many items of exceptional content, such as a letter by Thomas Jefferson regarding financial support for a female slave freed by Jefferson's lifelong friend George Wythe, a letter by Robert Browning on the subject of Darwinism, a letter by Charles Darwin concerning his book On The Origin of Species and a letter by Susan B. Anthony on women's suffrage.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Items are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the author or signer. Box 2 Folder27 contains letters and envelopes regarding Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War period,but does not include any items written or signed by Lincoln himself.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Mr. And Mrs. Morris Sweet, December 13, 2000.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Jim Moske</span>, <span class=\"date\">2001</span></p>"}
- extent_statement
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.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
- date_start
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1766
- date_end
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1935