Catalog of Duke of Veragua collection of Columbus papers

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{"value"=>"3155", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Catalog of Duke of Veragua collection of Columbus papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1894-1929", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1894/1929"}

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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".3 linear foot (1 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1894

date_inclusive_end

1929

origination

{"value"=>"Veragua, duque de", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Duke of Veragua was a descendant of Christopher Columbus.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of volume of 46 citations, in Spanish, for individual and grouped letters and documents, 1488-1929, pertaining to Columbus. Also included in the volume are clippings of articles about the Duke and the documents; and the Duke's letter, 1894, in French, transmitting the catalog to the Lenox Library. The documents were on display at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and were then sold to the government of Spain.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 88M62"}

{"date"=>"1894", "source"=>"Veragua, Duke of (via Louis Windmuller)", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Veragua, Duke of (via Louis Windmuller), 1894"}

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1894

prefercite

{"value"=>"Catalog of Duke of Veragua collection of Columbus papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Duke of Veragua was a descendant of Christopher Columbus. Collection consists of volume of 46 citations, in Spanish, for individual and grouped letters and documents, 1488-1929, pertaining to Columbus. Also included in the volume are clippings of articles about the Duke and the documents; and the Duke's letter, 1894, in French, transmitting the catalog to the Lenox Library. The documents were on display at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and were then sold to the government of Spain.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.3 linear feet (1 v.)

date_start

1894

date_end

1929

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