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Manuscript Group 44
WILLIAM H. EGLE COLLECTION
1814-1899
.1 cu. ft.


William H. Egle (b. 1830, d. 1901), a native of Harrisburg, served through the Civil War as a surgeon, engaged in historical research in the years following 1870, was state librarian from 1887-99, and edited the Second and the Third series of the Pennsylvania Archives. The collection contains printed and manuscript items relating to education, history, and personal matters. Items include a letter, 1814, from John Goulding, Harrisburg, to Walter Lowrie, U. S. senator from Pennsylvania, on the subject of education and school construction; letters, 1821-22, addressed to the commissioners of Cumberland County, relevant to school matters; and letters, 1873-99, to Egle from Grenville Dodge, Rutherford B. Hayes, Harriet Beecher Stowe, etc.




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