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Alexander Wilson's Double-Barreled Shotgun
Hammer lock double barreled shotgun, maybe 20 gauge. Probably walnut right-handed stock with raised cheek piece. Includes ramrod, with pineapple decor forward of the trigger guard.
ANSP Investments and Loans Papers
The miscellanea here assembled is a scattered sampling of investment documents. A record of a loan to the Academy, 1826 by five of its members; treasurer's investment report for 1853; records of interest due for 1887 and 1890; bid price of securities, 1930; and information about the G. W. Carpenter estate holdings, 1891 and the Breece Mining Co., 1902 are all included.
Archived from various sources in 1960.
ANSP Memberships, Signatures of those accepting membership
ANSP Petitions and Resolutions Papers
ANSP Reception Committees Papers
Collection of material containing records of various reception committees, especially those dealing with a founder's day anniversary dinner in 1854, and the reception and dinner for the Peary Exploring Party in 1892. There are lists of subscribers, bills, receipts, 'letters and miscellaneous data.
Signers of letters, all dated 1854:
Charles Willson Peale Painting of Charles Alexander Lesueur
Zaccheus Collins Committee Reports
The papers consist largely of memoranda and documents pertaining to Academy affairs. The reports of special committees are signed by Collins as a co-signer.
Archived partly from the editor's copy of the first series of the Academy's Journal and partly from its "Official correspondence."
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