Prosper Wetmore letters
name: label: Creator
content: Wetmore, Prosper Montgomery, 1798-1876
label: Names
content: Sketch Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Cummings, Thomas Seir, 1804-1894
label: Names
content: Greatorex, Henry Wellington
label: Names
content: Inman, Henry, 1801-1846
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1987 by Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisc.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wetmore, Prosper Montgomery, 1798-1876
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Merchant, military official, legislator and educational administrator.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items ((on 1 partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1834-1847
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wetmpros
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4283 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A March 21, 1834 letter from painter Henry Inman thanking Prosper Wetmore for influence on his behalf, reporting the election of town officers and offering to forward Wetmore's letters to the Capitol; and a December 20, 1847 letter from painter Thomas Seir Cummings to Wetmore describing the selection of new members into the New York Sketch Club at the home of H. W. Greatorex and congratulating Wetmore on achieving honorary membership.