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1. Edmund Roberts papers, 1803-1905

   1,000 items. 5 containers. 2 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Merchant and diplomat. Official and family correspondence, journals, manuscript drafts of Roberts' s book Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat . . . During the Years 1832-34, diplomatic documents, legal and financial papers, and miscellaneous material chiefly documenting his service as a special agent of the U.S. to negotiate treaties with Siam, Muscat, and Cochin China.

2. Jay I. Kislak Collection, 2000 BCE-2007 CE

   1,350 items. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Jay I. Kislak Collection encompasses almost fourteen hundred rare books, maps, manuscripts, historical documents, graphic works, and archaeological objects related to the history of the early Americas, including the pre-Columbian cultures of the Caribbean and Mesoamerica.