This collection contains 194 documents, correspondence, and manuscripts of various individuals collected for their autograph value by New York rare book dealer Walter R. Benjamin (1854-1943). Represented figures include activists, literary, political, religious, and social people in American history.

Walter Romeyn Benjamin, 1854-1943, was a New York dealer in rare books and manuscripts. He was the editor of The Collector, a monthly magazine for autograph and historical collectors.

194 items in 3 boxes

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