Letter to General Mercer
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860
label: Collection Creator
content: Peale, Harriet Cany, ca. 1800-1869
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content: Rembrandt and Harriet Peale collection
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content: Rembrandt and Harriet Peale collection / Series 1: Rembrandt and Harriet Peale Papers / Letters from Rembrandt Peale
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content: (transcribed)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1824, March 31
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Peale mentions gathering testimonials on the the merits of Patriae Pater and discusses the resolution in Congress relating to his hoped for commission; appeals to Mercer to be in favor of an act extending copyright to paintings and drawings.