Autobiography of John Russell Bartlett (1805-1886)

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by  Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886

Autobiography of
N RUSSELL BARTLETT

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
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Edited by
JERRY E. MUELLER
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
i JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY
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THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY
ISBN 0-916617-66-1 (cloth)
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Frontispiece:
Adapted from an engraving of Bartlett
based on the R. A. Lewis photograph of
ca. 1877. The engraving appeared first as
a plate following page 128 of the Russell
Family Genealo^ (1879)
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
by Norman Fiering ix
PREFACE
by Jerry E. Mueller xv
INTRODUCTION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXlll
Autobiography
1806—1824, Kingston, Ontario 4
1824—1836, Rhode Island 13
1836—1849, New York City 21
1849—18^3, Boundary Commissioner 35”
i85'3—1867, Rhode Island 42
1867, First European Trip 68
1872, Second European Trip 90
APPENDICES
A Legacy of Art 109
A.
John Carter Brown and the
B.
Bibliotheca Americana 114
c. Awards and Recognition 123
Closure 127
D.
Additional Sources on the Life of
E.
John Russell Bartlett 126
NOTES ^^9
INDEX ^^7
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