Joel Roberts Poinsett letters from artists
name: label: Creator
content: Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851
label: Names
content: Catlin, George, 1796-1872
label: Names
content: Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889
label: Names
content: Cogdell, John S. (John Stevens), 1778-1847
label: Names
content: Herring, James, 1794-1867
label: Names
content: Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869
label: Names
content: Pettrich, Ferdinand, 1798-1872
label: Names
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
label: Names
content: White, John Blake, 1781-1859
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Selected for microfilming from the Joel Roberts Poinsett papers, 1785-1851 by Frances Lichten.
creator: label: Creator
content: Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: American agent to Latin America and Secretary of War in the Van Buren administration.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1824-1844
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.poinjoel
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel P29 (fr. 187-205) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Joel Roberts Poinsett papers.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters to Poinsett from: John S. Cogdell (Dec. 20, 1824 and Aug. 29, 1834); Thomas Sully (5- Dec. 27, 1825 - Apr. 20, 1828); James Herring (Sept. 21, 1837); James B. Longacre (July 10, 1838); John B. White (Mar. 10, 1839 and Apr. 1844); George Catlin (c. 1839 and Nov. 24, 1839); Ferdinand Pettrich (Jan. 6, 1840); and John G. Chapman (Feb. 4, 1841). Also included are a letter to Pettrich from P. O'Neill (Jan. 1, 1840), and from Herring to James Lawrenson (Jan. 27, 1839).