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Description

1. .1 linear foot (1 volume)

Summary

1. Mary Jones was the daughter of George Jones, first publisher of the New York Times. The scrapbook for her 1872 marriage to Henry Lyman Dyer contains wedding invitations, clippings, a list of invited guests, a list of gifts, a letter from William Evelyn, and notes of regret from Vice President Schuyler Colfax, Congressman Henry L. Dawes, and Cabinet Secretaries George S. Boutwell and Columbus Delano. Also enclosed in the scrapbook is a certificate for Mary Jones' confirmation at the Church of Holy Communion in 1865, a ticket to a dinner given by the Commission Merchants of New York in 1870, and miscellaneous clippings from the 1880s.

Subject

1. Jones, George, 1811-1891
2. Dyer, Henry Lyman, -1921
3. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
4. Dyer, Mary Jones, -1911
5. Scrapbooks

Genre/Form

1. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. MssCol 23192

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source (note)

1. Purchased from Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books and Paper, 2015.

Title

1. Mary Jones and Henry Lyman Dyer wedding scrapbook, 1865-1886.

Restricted access

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source

1. Purchased from Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books and Paper, 2015.

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1. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. MssCol 23192