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Bruce Engstler Collection, Accession # 7786-y, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This collection was given to the University of Virginia by Bruce Engstler, Charlottesville, Virginia on January 27, 1997.
This collection consists of several groups of correspondence, ca. 1857-1920, ca. 62 items, chiefly the business correspondence from H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company, New York City, to their agent, J. Arthur Johnston, Petersburg, Virginia, 1890 Nov-1892 May, furnishing advice on how to conduct business and make accurate and understandable reports; and letters from Merchants' and Mechanics' Bank, Wheeling, West Virginia, and Bailey Brown & Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Henry T. Kirtland of Poland, Ohio, 1857-1859, concerning his financial affairs.
Also present is miscellaneous personal correspondence, 1875-1920, and undated, including letters to Lizzie Henry from friends Annie, away at school at St. Mary's, [New Orleans ?], and Hannah Marie, describing her activities at Warm Springs, Virginia, and letters from Alice Lyell, New York City, 1899-1902, to "Josie,"concerning local and family news. The two remaining letters includes a form letter to Mr. S.E. Matthews soliciting donations for the Graham Memorial Fund, December 3, 1920, and an undated letter from someone's mother.