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William Wright Correspondence Collection

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Description

William H. Wright Correspondence Collection (1893)

Overview

This digital collection comprises two handwritten letters written by William H. Wright to Alice Austen, dated March 24 and March 29, 1893. The originals are preserved as high‑resolution JPEG scans, each accompanied by OCR‑derived transcriptions and detailed metadata. The collection is held by the Alice Austen House Museum in Staten Island, New York, and is accessible through the museum’s online portal.

Background

William H. Wright was a contemporary of Alice Austen, the pioneering Staten‑Island photographer. The letters reflect their social and intellectual exchanges during the late Victorian period. Wright wrote from New York and references contemporary cultural touchstones, notably the newspaper The Evening Post and the medical principle Similia similibus curantur (“like cures like”). The correspondence illustrates the interplay between scientific ideas, media, and personal networks in the 1890s.

Contents

  • March 24, 1893 letter – addressed to “Miss Custer,” discussing the principle of Similia similibus curantur and mentioning The Evening Post.
  • March 29, 1893 letter – a brief closing salutation from Wright to Austen.
  • OCR transcriptions summarizing each letter’s content.
  • Metadata: creator (William H. Wright), date, language (English), subjects (correspondence, Victorian‑era social life, newspaper, The Evening Post), provenance (Alice Austen House Museum), and geographic tags (New York).

Scope

The collection is narrowly focused on two letters from March 1893, providing a snapshot of Victorian‑era social life and the intellectual milieu of New York. It does not include photographs, business records, or other archival materials; its primary value lies in the textual content of the correspondence and the contextual information it offers about Alice Austen’s social circle and the cultural references of the period.

Raw Cheimarros Data

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@the_evening_post:publication {type: "newspaper", location: @new_york}

@similia_similibus_curantur:concept {translation: "like cures like"}

@miss_custer:person {title: "Miss"}

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Metadata

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1893_3-29-March 5002-Wright copy.jpgJPEG
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OCR Text

The Evening Post. NEW YORK. EDITORIAL ROOMS. 24th March 93 My dear Miss Custer: Remembering your chief view as believing in the efficacy of Similia similibus curantur I venture to send you the accompanying cecilagne that came to me today with a note explaining that all great collectors must have. I concluded there fare that it must be yours.

1893_3-29-March 5003-Wright copy.jpgJPEG
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OCR Text

I hope you are feeling as if here. Yours very sincerely, Wm. H. Wright

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