The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
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).
Citation:
Joel Roberts Poinsett letters from artists, 1824-1844. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel P29 (fr. 187-205) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Joel Roberts Poinsett papers.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
American agent to Latin America and Secretary of War in the Van Buren administration.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
