Individual census record · C050

Brooklyn Museum Copy · Brooklyn, New York

Deirdre E. Lawrence donated the copy to the Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives in 2024 in loving memory of her friend and fellow scholar Mary McKercher. McKercher is the person honored by the donation, not…

RepositoryBrooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives

LocationBrooklyn, New York

Shelfmark / Call NumberPE201 R72 R20 1858

BindingOriginal cream publisher-issued boards with black decoration; later plain black cloth rebacking. The original publisher spine is no longer visible.

Ownership EvidenceA preliminary leaf bears the clearly legible mark “B-1405.” Its function has not been established; it may represent an earlier inventory or shelf mark, but it is not treated as ownership evidence. Erased pencil writing in the upper corner of the facing leaf remains illegible.

Provenance Chain

Unidentified early ownership → Deirdre E. Lawrence → Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives, 2024

Provenance Narrative

Sources and Documentation

Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives catalogue, correspondence, copy photographs, and 2024 memorial-donation record. Images reproduced by permission of the Brooklyn Museum.

Image Credit

Morton, H., & University of Pennsylvania. Philomathean Society. (1858). Report of the committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone. SCR PE201 R72 R20 1858, Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives. Donated by Deirdre E. Lawrence in loving memory of Mary McKercher, a friend and scholar, 2024. Used with permission of the Brooklyn Museum.

People in This Copy

Deirdre E. Lawrence
Mary McKercher

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