Treasures of American history featured in Princeton exhibition — Opening Friday, Feb. 22, 2013

From a first-hand account of Colo­nial life in Jamestown to a wanted poster for John Wilkes Booth fol­low­ing Pres­i­dent Abra­ham Lincoln’s assas­si­na­tion, a Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity Libraryexhi­bi­tion open­ing Fri­day, Feb. 22, will trace the Amer­i­can expe­ri­ence from 1607 to 1865. Sev­eral items from Princeton’s col­lec­tions will be on dis­play for the first time.

A Repub­lic in the Wilder­ness: Trea­sures of Amer­i­can His­tory From Jamestown to Appo­mat­tox” will fea­ture nearly 100 of the library’s finest hold­ings of Amer­i­can his­tor­i­cal man­u­scripts, auto­graph let­ters, rare books, maps, pho­tographs and other mate­ri­als from the Depart­ment of Rare Books and Spe­cial Col­lec­tions (RBSC) and Scheide Library.  Read more.

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14. February 2013 by Rare Books and Special Collections
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