Noah Webster Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: 2016A055
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of nearly 100 pages, in Noah Webster's hand, that are part of the introduction to his dictionary published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language. The pages have been edited heavily and blocks of text have been pasted over sections showing Webster's thought process as he wrote and rewrote the introduction.
Dates
- Creation: 1828
Creator
- Webster, Noah (Person)
Full Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Bought in a book shop in Hartford, Connecticut, donated to the Dorris Museum Collection.
Source of Acquisition
Mrs. Sue Wadsworth
Method of Acquisition
gift
Topical
- Title
- Noah Webster Manuscript
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Couture, Jackie
- Date
- 09/01/2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository