Biddle Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: LAC-224
Scope and Contents
The Biddle Manuscript Collection includes correspondence of various prominent individuals, including President James Madison, educator and politician Josiah Quincy, French diplomat Jules Cambon, renowned classicist and educator Edith Hamilton, and the John and Louise Boit. The collection also includes three reproductions of caricatures of Thomas Jefferson.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1770-1944
Extent
TBD Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Biddle in 1973
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Lydia Hessel-Robinson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Athenaeum of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
219 S. 6th St.
Philadelphia PA 19106 United States
215-925-2688
research@philaathenaeum.org
219 S. 6th St.
Philadelphia PA 19106 United States
215-925-2688
research@philaathenaeum.org