Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Elizur Wright papers, 1793-1935 |
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Inclusive Dates | 1793-1935 |
Bulk Dates | 1830-1885 |
ID No. | MSS46607 |
Creator | Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885 |
Extent | 5,300 items |
Extent | 29 containers |
Extent | 8 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011130 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79046607 |
Summary | Abolitionist, publisher, and actuary. Correspondence, manuscript and typewritten transcripts of writings, legal and financial papers, scrapbooks, clippings, printed material, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Wright's involvement in the antislavery movement and to his work as an actuary and as an author and translator. |