owners/3540 Anna Sabine, Württemberg-Weiltingen, Herzogin
Hunnewell, James Frothingham
Owner Id3540
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1832 - 1910
Other InformationAfter working for a time in his father's shipping business, he "retired to devote himself to historical and antiquarian studies and to acquiring a distinguished library ... and the management of trusts." [From Walsh, v. 5, p. 31]. His books were inherited by his son, James Melville Hunnewell, and placed at Harvard in 1919. He documented most of his purchases in an annotated copy of a catalogue privately printed in 1873.
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01427438
Biographical dates - Period of existence1832 - 1910
Other InformationAfter working for a time in his father's shipping business, he "retired to devote himself to historical and antiquarian studies and to acquiring a distinguished library ... and the management of trusts." [From Walsh, v. 5, p. 31]. His books were inherited by his son, James Melville Hunnewell, and placed at Harvard in 1919. He documented most of his purchases in an annotated copy of a catalogue privately printed in 1873.
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01427438