William Bowdoin Robins Philomathean Association Copy · George S. Pepper Fund · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
‘William Bowdoin Robins,’ dated 1860. No authorial presentation is established. The printed acknowledgement leaf is dated August 3, 1858.
Presentation / Association
‘William Bowdoin Robins,’ dated 1860. No authorial presentation is established. The printed acknowledgement leaf is dated August 3, 1858.
Ownership Evidence
A George S. Pepper Fund bookplate records library acquisition and shelfmark ‘Class P417, Book R72.’ ‘Mr. B’s office’ appears to be a location note. The fund plate does not establish Pepper’s private ownership; the transfer from Robins is unrecorded.
Provenance Chain
William Bowdoin Robins, documented by inscription in 1860 → subsequent ownership or transfer presently undocumented → Free Library of Philadelphia, acquired through the George S. Pepper Fund
Sources and Documentation
Free Library catalogue, correspondence, and copy photographs; Bowdoin Robins family archive; Colonial Families of Philadelphia, vol. 2 (1911); Philadelphia biographical directory (1902); Pepper family records.
People in This Copy
- William Bowdoin Robins
- William Platt Pepper
- George S. Pepper
