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Giacomo Costantino Beltrami Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf009

Autograph letter, signed.  Beltrami thanks the members of the New York athenaeum for the honor of being admitted to the academy and presents in return a section of his book Le Mixique; he hopes he is worthy of the honor given by the body. In French. 2 pages.

Originally laid in La découverte des sources du Mississippi. F597 B46

Dates

  • Creation: 1830 February 18

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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Extent

1.00 items

1 folders

Biographical or Historical Information

Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1779 – January 6, 1855) was an Italian jurist, author, and explorer, best known for claiming to have discovered the headwaters of the Mississippi River in 1823 while on a trip through much of the United States (later expeditions determined a different source, however).

Source of Acquisition

Gift of Philip Mills Arnold, December 18, 1969

Processing Information

Processed January 1970.

Title
Giacomo Costantino Beltrami Letter
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
eng

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Manuscripts Collecting Area

Contact:
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