Fales, De Coursey, 1888-1966
Businessperson, Collector
Size: 9 items (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: Four letters and a note from Samuel Cousins to various people, one of which is to Thomas Sully enclosing proofs of engravings; a 5-page holograph poem by Palmer Cox; a poem by Christopher P. Cranch and a letter requesting that his poems be printed because he is "much in need of money"; and a letter from Felix O. C. Darley about the cast of "McClellan."
Banker, art collector; New York City.
Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.
Microfilm reel N5 (frames 1316-1330) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Selected items from the autograph collection of De Coursey Fales, 1838-1865. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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