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[Illustrated letterhead showing the J. Wesley Edmonds storefront, which reads: Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Railroad Steamship & Machinists Supplies and Hardware]
J. Wesley Edmonds ALS to John Waith Edmonds, August 31, 1897. New York, [New York], page 1. From a collection of papers documenting the art and business world of the early 19th century and the interrelationship between business and the arts. The correspondence reveals both the practical and aesthetic concerns of artists, and the interest of business men in art as a symbol of personal and national "culture."
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