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Volume 07
- Title
- Volume 07
- Description
- This volume differs from all the others in the federal collection in two respects: first, it consists only of correspondence; second, this was originally a gummed file. The left hand side of each page has a gummed strip affixed to it. These gummed strips were then bound with string. If the original ever had a cover, it has been lost. Also, the gummed strips were longer than the pages which were affixed to them. On the advice, and under the direction of paper conservators, the string binding was removed so that pages could be separated and the unused sections of gummed stripping were trimmed. In some instances the gummed stripping had dried out and could be removed in whole or in part from the page without damaging the original. By and large, however, the gummed strip was firmly affixed to the pages and could not be removed without utilizing other delicate, time-consuming conservation methods. On some letters text has been obliterated. When this has occurred transcriptions have been done from the original as the writing can often be read through the stripping
- Creator
- Peter O'Reilly | Israel Powell
- Date
- May 1881 to February 1884
- pages
- 468 pgs
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