The Rosetta Stone CensusPhilomathean Society · 1858
Individual census record · C056

Hale–Popp Copy · University Park, Pennsylvania

Authorial presentation inscription: "Dr. E.W. Hale, from his nephew, Chas. R. Hale (one of the authors), Christmas 1858." A second transcription of the same inscription, in a different and later hand, is kept…

RepositoryEberly Family Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University
LocationUniversity Park, Pennsylvania
Shelfmark / Call Number493.1 R72Br ↗
BindingOriginal brown publisher-issued decorated boards (embossed sphinx medallion) survive beneath a later full rebind in brown cloth, stamped "PENNSYLVANIA" and with the full title on the spine. A "The Pennsylvania State College Library" bookplate dates the rebind to before the university's 1953 renaming.
Edition EvidenceThe surviving decorated boards identify the first edition. The shelfmark note ‘1859’ conflicts with the physical evidence.

Presentation / Association

Authorial presentation inscription: "Dr. E.W. Hale, from his nephew, Chas. R. Hale (one of the authors), Christmas 1858." A second transcription of the same inscription, in a different and later hand, is kept loose in the volume.

Provenance Chain

Charles R. Hale → Dr. Elias White Hale, Christmas 1858 → unresolved gap → Henry W. Popp → Mary Jean (Popp) Smeal, gift to Pennsylvania State University, 1991

Provenance Narrative

The presentation is to the author’s uncle, Dr. Elias White Hale. A later gutter mark reads ‘H.W. Popp,’ identified as Henry W. Popp. Popp’s papers at Penn State contain Elias White Hale’s diary, medical-school notes, and daybooks in ‘Hale, Elias & Mary, bulk: 1795–1898.’ The route from the Hale family to Popp is unrecorded.

Sources and Documentation

Penn State catalogue, correspondence, copy photographs, and Henry W. Popp finding aid; Penn Archives, Elias White Hale papers (UPT 50 H161); Hale family records.

People in This Copy

  • Charles Reuben Hale
  • Elias White Hale
  • Henry W. Popp
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