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| | Library of Congress Acquisitions: Manuscript Division, 1992 |
 | | The most prominent figure in Part I of the collection is Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799-1877), a sea captain known for his discovery of the Antarctic archipelago and peninsula bearing his name. |
 | | Other correspondents in Part I include Frederick T. Bush, John Schuyler Crosby, Edmund Fanning, Elizabeth (“Libby”) Dixon Palmer Loper, Benjamin Pendleton, Francis Hopkinson Smith, Charles T. Stanton, Thomas P. Stanton, and the business firms of A. Low and Brothers, Baldwin and Spooner, G. Woodhull and Minturns, Lawrence Giles Co., and Russell and Co. |
 | | The collection reflects the close association between the Palmer and Loper families brought about by shared sailing and mercantile interests and the marriage of Alexander Smith Palmer's daughter, Elizabeth, to Richard Fanning Loper's son, Richard, in 1873. |
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