Description:
Book 1: Raphael Little Books on Art by A. R. DryhurstOwned by Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Paris 1912, first published 1905. A first edition copy. The book is a linen hardbound with gilt letters on the cover, the paper has gilt edges on the top of the pages. 223 pages with index. Book 2: Advanced Italian Lessons by A. Arbib-CostaOwned by Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Nov 6, 1915, copyright 1912. A first edition copy. The book is a linen hardbound with black letters on the cover, 296 pages. Book 3: Caesar’s Gallic War (Allen and Greenough’s edition)Owned by Madeleine Dahlgren, copyrighted 1886, 1896, linen hardbound with Caser embossed on the cover, there is the owners writing on the front inside cover and a pennant flag drawing of Harvard on the back inside cover 462 pages, 162 pages of vocabulary.Book 4: Arithmetic by Grades Book Number 1 by John T. PrinceOwned by Madeleine Dahlgren Jan 20, 1901 and Katherine Drexel Dahlgren, copyright 1899, a first edition copy. The book is a linen hardbound published by Ginn & Company, there is some writing on the pages, 86 pages. Book 5: Poems of American Patriotism chosen by Brander MatthewsOwned by E. Dahlgren, April 24, 1917, copyright 1899. The book is a linen hardbound, published by Scribner’s, there is some writing on the inside cover of the book from the owner. Includes works by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sidney Lanier, V.B. Wilson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Pierpont, Guy Humphrey McMaster, Francis Miles Finch, 285 pages.Book 6: Second Year in French by SymsOwned by Madeleine Dahlgren, December 8, 1904 from when she attended the Miss Kellers School, copyrighted 1896, a preface written in 1896. The book is a linen hardbound with writing on the inside cover by the owner of the book, 303pages.Book 7: How to Know the Wild Flowers by Mrs. William Starr DanaOwned by Lucy Drexel Dahlgren aka Mrs. E B Dahlgren, copyrighted 1893, 1895, 1900, this edition is from 1900 with the colored plates. The book is a linen hardbound with writing on the inside cover from the owner, the inside cover pages is torn out, but still inside the book, 346 pages. Book 8: The Great Educators Loyola and the Educational System of the Jesuits by the Reverend Thomas Hughes Owned by Eric B. Dahlgren, copyrighted 1892, a first edition copy. The book is a linen hardbound with writing on the inside cover by the owner, 302 pages.

Material:
Paper

Maker/Artist:
various

Date:
Early 20th century

Provenance:
Drexel, Dahlgren, Wharton estate

Size of Artwork:
W. 8.2 x H. 7.5 x D. 16

Weight (LBS)
8.2

Condition:
Bumped edges and corners. Some binds are loose.

History:
Dahlgren Drexel Wharton Estate Genealogy
Sarah Madeline Goddard/ Dahlgren (Vinton) (1825-1898) Second wife of John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Daughter of Samuel Finley Vinton & Romaine Vinton, Mother to John Vinton Dahlgren I, Eric Sr. Bernard Dahlgren & Ulrica Mary Madeleine Pierce.
Eric Sr. Bernard Dahlgren (1866-1922) Son of Sarah Madeline Goddard/ Dahlgren & John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, Husband to Lucy Wharton Dahlgren.
John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (1809-1870) Husband to Sarah Madeline Goddard/ Dahlgren (Vinton)
Elizabeth Dahlgren (Drexel) (1868-1944)AKA Bessie, Married John Vinton Dahlgren I, daughter to Lucy Wharton & Joseph William Drexel, Mother to Joseph Drexel Dahlgren & John Vinton Dahlgren Jr, Second Husband Henry Symes Lehr & John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies.
Camilla Anderson (Cromwell) (1828-2012)Daughter of Oliver Eaton Cromwell Jr & Kathrine Drexel Cromwell/Emmet, wife of Charles Anderson. Lucretia Bishop Stotesbury (Roberts) (1864-1946), Married Oliver Eaton Cromwell Sr., mother to Oliver Eaton Cromwell Jr.
Oliver Eaton Cromwell Jr. (1892-1987) Son of Lucretia Bishop Stotesbury (Roberts) & Oliver Eaton Cromwell Sr., second wife was Katherine Drexel Cromwell/Emmet (Dahlgren)
Katherine Drexel Cromwell/Emmet (Dahlgren) (1894-1966)Granddaughter of John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren & Sarah Madeline Goddard/ Dahlgren (Vinton), daughter of Eric Sr. Bernard Dahlgren & Lucy Wharton Dahlgren (Drexel).
Lucy Wharton Dahlgren (Drexel) (1867-1943) Daughter of Joseph William Drexel & Lucy Drexel, wife of Eric Sr. Bernard Dahlgren, mother to Katherine Drexel Cromwell/Emmet, Ulrica May Dahlgren, Lucy Dahlgren, Madeline Dahlgren, Olga Dahlgren, sister of Elizabeth Dahlgren, Joseph Wharton Drexel and Katherine Drexel.
Eric Sr. Bernard Dahlgren (1866-1922) Son of John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren & Sarah Madeline Goddard/ Dahlgren (Vinton), husband to Lucy Wharton Dahlgren (Drexel), brother of John Vinton Dahlgren I, and Ulrica Mary Madeleine Pierce.
John Vinton Dahlgren II (1892-1964) Son of Elizabeth Wharton Drexel & John Vinton Dahlgren I
Henry Symes Lehr (1869-1929) Second husband of Elizabeth Dahlgren (Drexel)
John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford (1866-1944) Third husband of Elizabeth Dahlgren (Drexel)