Object Number 1968.0699 A

Object Name

Letter

Title

Letter to Henry F. du Pont from Arnold Arboretum

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
The Arnold Arboretum was established in 1872 when the trustees of the will of James Arnold (1781-1868), a whaling merchant of New Bedford, Massachusetts, transferred a portion of Arnold's estate to the President and Fellows of Harvard College. In the deed of trust between the Arnold trustees and the College, income from the legacy was to be used “for the establishment and support of an arboretum, to be known as the Arnold Arboretum, which shall contain, as far as practicable, all the trees [and] shrubs . . . either indigenous or exotic, which can be raised in the open air." (Source: www.arboretum.harvard.edu).

Place of Origin

Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

September 7 1966 (1966-1966)

Materials

Ink; Paper

Dimensions (inches)

11 (H) , 8.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

27.94 (H) , 21.59 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Measurements by sight, in frame.

Object Description

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