Peter Kean to Susan Niemcewicz, May 11, 1805

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Description

Peter Kean wrote from Nassau Hall at Princeton University, New Jersey to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. As a consequence of reading Dr. Franklin’s account of the manner in which he pursued the improvement of his style, Peter decided to pursue it whenever he had time. Peter included an excerpt of an imitation of Franklin’s first paper on the imagination and asked that Susan compare it to the original.

People mentioned: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

Author/Creator

Peter Philip James Kean (1788-1828)

Recipient

Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, formerly Susan Livingston and Susan Kean (1759-1833)

Creation Date

1805-05-11

Creation Date

5-11-1805

Document Type

Manuscript

Location

Princeton University, New Jersey

Collection

Liberty Hall Collection, 1711-1847 (bulk 1790-1830)

Inventory Location

103 C

Recommended Citation

Kean, Peter P.. Peter Kean to Susan Niemcewicz, May 11, 1805. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1800s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1800s/415

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Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University