Box 1

Scope and Contents Folder 1. Research on Egypt Research on the history of Egypt between 1800-1850, including travel methods to Egypt. Handwritten notes on index cards, scraps of paper, and legal paper. Folder 2. Research on Abyssinia Handwritten notes on index cards, scraps of paper, and legal paper. Folder 3. Research on 19th Century England Handwritten notes on index cards, scraps of paper, and legal paper.Folder 4. Research on Abbott’s Medical Education Handwritten...

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Folder 5. Research on Abbott Genealogical Tree Correspondence with Eric Uphill and drafts of handwritten family trees. Oversized map located in map drawer 22.

Folder 6. Research on Abbott Family Births and Baptisms Photocopies of birth and baptism records, census records, marriage records.

Folder 7. Research on Rebecca Blizard Photocopy of Blizard’s will, Henry Abbott’s grandmother. Correspondence regarding Blizard’s bank account.

Scope and Contents Folder 8. Research on Abbott home intruder Oversized photocopy of a letter from Artin Bey to Colonel Barnett, British Consul General in Egypt, explaining the case. Photocopy and transcription are both in French. Folder 10. Research on Prime, Wilkinson, and Thurburn Includes a letter from Abbott about sending his collection of Egyptian antiquities to America. Includes copies of outgoing reports and correspondence from George Abbott, Gardner Wilkinson, W.C. Prime, and Hugh...

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Correspondence from John D. Cooney, curator of the department of ancient art at the Brooklyn Museum, regarding portrait of Dr. Abbott. Folder also contains photograph and negative of original 1852 painting.

Scope and Contents Folder 12. Research on Abbott Farm Oversized photocopy of Cairo Consular Court document, including signature of Dr. Abbott reproduced on second page. Photocopies of public records regarding Nemzah Abbott and Abbott’s farm following the death of Dr. Abbott in 1864.Folder 13. Research on Abbott’s Death Photocopies of Abbott’s will, death certificate. Also includes correspondence regarding Abbott’s gravesite and announcement of death. Folder 14. Research on Abbott...

Scope and Contents Folder 15. Research on Abbott Collection at the New York Historical Society Photocopied articles from the New York Historical Society quarterly bulletin, including a photocopied advertisement for the Abbott collection. Article about the acquisition of the Abbott Collection at the Brooklyn Museum written by John D. Cooney. Newspaper clipping about the Brooklyn Museum’s acquisition of the Abbott Collection. Includes handwritten research notes on index cards and scraps of paper. ...

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Folder 17. Miscellaneous Notes and Clippings Loose notes, index cards, and photocopies of newspaper clippings.

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Folder 18. Abbott Biography: Final Copy Final copy of Riefstahl’s unfinished manuscript typed, and handwritten draft.

Folder 19. Abbott Biography: “Some Sidelights on Dr. Abbott” A variation of Riefstahl’s manuscript on Abbott, typed, and handwritten draft.