Papers dealing with collector Joseph P. Loeb's efforts to procure editions of the works of American author Horatio Alger, Jr.

Horatio Alger (1832-1899) was one of the 19th century's most popular authors, and many of his books, including Ragged Dick, Luck and Pluck, and the Tattered Tom series, narrated the story of a poor boy who manages to rise to wealth. After a period of declining health, Alger moved from New York to Natick, Massachusetts, his birthplace, where he died in July 1899.

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