Letter from Edward D. Ingraham to Joshua I. Cohen, April 3, 1852
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Joshua Cohen (1801-1870) collected autographs, historical documents, and colonial and Continental currency. Cohen, who lived in Baltimore, Maryland, corresponded and traded with other well-known 19th-century collectors from around the U.S. to amass his fine collection. In this letter, Edward D. Ingraham, a lawyer and book, currency, and documents collector from Pennsylvania, writes that he is unable to help complete Cohen's collection. …
Joshua Cohen (1801-1870) collected autographs, historical documents, and colonial and Continental currency. Cohen, who lived in Baltimore, Maryland, corresponded and traded with other well-known 19th-century collectors from around the U.S. to amass his fine collection. In this letter, Edward D. Ingraham, a lawyer and book, currency, and documents collector from Pennsylvania, writes that he is unable to help complete Cohen's collection.
Transcription:
Saturday, (Phil.?)
My dear Sir,
Since I completed my book of Continental money, I have given to whoever asked me the remaining specimens of my collection. I have very few of any kind left, and none of them Continental, except a Sixty dollar bill, and some 1/3 and 2/3 of a dollar. I wish very much I could make your collection complete.
Many thanks to you for Kennedy's address -- it is a curious collection -- & I did not know to whom attention I owed it.
Very truly yours
Edwd D. Ingraham.
April 3rd 1852
Dr. Cohen
Artifact
Letter (Correspondence)
Date Made
03 April 1852
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
30.1104.2795
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 5 in (folded)
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