Loretto Lamar Calling Card, c.1828

File — Box: 4, Folder: 9

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists primarily of the library (621 volumes) of Absalom Harris Chappell. This library reflects the varied legal and literary (classical and contemporary) interests of a scholarly antebellum attorney. Almost all of them were published before 1860, including a biography of Louis IX from 1668 and an edition of Diogenes from 1562. The collection also contains pamphlets (38, 7 written by A.H. Chappell) dealing with state and national politics, and family correspondence (14 letters). The latter includes the first item, a calling card, printed on the press of the Columbus Enquirer by Mirabeau B. Lamar, an interesting letter written by Joseph Harris Chappell as a child from Columbus on the eve of the Civil War, and the Chappell's post Civil War pardon.

Dates

Creation: c.1828

Creator

From the Collection: Chappell, Absolom H. (Absolom Harris ), 1801-1878 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Permission to publish material from the Lamar-Chappell Collection must be obtained from the Columbus State University Archives. Use of the following credit line for publication or exhibit is required

Extent

From the Collection: 3.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Processing Information

Folder includes the calling card as well as several copies of a newspaper article about the calling card which is thought to be the first thing printed on the new Columbus Enquirer printing press in 1828.