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Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 12/9/2025, 9:49:23 PM | Created: 12/9/2025, 7:36:21 PM
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Each letter is accompanied by a high‑resolution JPEG scan and a typed transcription, enabling both visual and textual research.
@austen_family_papers_ms1:collection {title: "Austen Family Papers (MS1) - Miscellaneous Business Letters Collection", creator: [@frederick_c_lewis], institution: @alice_austen_house, created: @date_1894, language: "en", subjects: ["Correspondence","Business Letters","Victorian Social Life","Photography","Law"], description: "A collection of business-related letters and correspondence from the Austen Family Papers, spanning 1894. Includes letters discussing business matters, photography, and personal communications.", place: [@new_york, @staten_island, @halew_island]}
@alice_austen_house:organization {type: "Museum", location: @staten_island}
@halew_island:place {location: @staten_island, country: @united_states}
@frederick_c_lewis:person {full_name: "Frederick C. Lewis"}
@alice_austen:person {full_name: "Elizabeth Alice Austen", birth: @date_1866, death: @date_1952, occupation: "photographer", residence: @staten_island}
@miss_foster:person {title: "Miss"}
@letter_1894_03_28:document {author: @frederick_c_lewis, recipient: @miss_foster, date: @date_1894_03_28, location: @new_york}
@date_1894_03_28 {month: 3, day: 28, year: 1894}
@frederick_c_lewis -> wrote -> @letter_1894_03_28
@miss_foster -> received -> @letter_1894_03_28
@mrs_e_a_chesten:person {full_name: "Mrs. E.A. Chesten"}
@letter_1894_04_02:document {sender: @mrs_e_a_chesten, date: @date_1894_04_02, location: @new_york, address: "33, EAST 17 ST., NEW YORK."}
@date_1894_04_02 {approximate: true, month: 4, year: 1894}
@mrs_e_a_chesten -> sent -> @letter_1894_04_02
@letter_1894_04_30:document {recipient: @alice_austen, date: @date_1894_04_30, location: @halew_island, address: "Miss Alice Austen, Rosebank P.O., Halew Island, N.Y."}
@date_1894_04_30 {month: 4, day: 30, year: 1894}
@alice_austen -> received -> @letter_1894_04_30
@julia_t_martin:person {full_name: "Julia T. Martin", relationship: "close friend", location: @albany}
@julie_bredt:person {full_name: "Julie Bredt"}
@violet_m_e_ward:person {full_name: "Violet M.E. Ward"}
@isabella_king:person {full_name: "Isabella King", role: "photograph buyer"}
@bessie_strong:person {full_name: "Bessie Strong"}
@julia_t_martin -> corresponded with -> @alice_austen
@julie_bredt -> corresponded with -> @alice_austen
@violet_m_e_ward -> corresponded with -> @alice_austen
@isabella_king -> corresponded with -> @alice_austen
@bessie_strong -> corresponded with -> @alice_austen
@photography_business:concept {description: "Alice Austen sold photographs, including images from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition"}
@alice_austen -> participated in -> @photography_business
@worlds_columbian_exposition_1893:event {name: "World's Columbian Exposition", year: @date_1893, location: @chicago}
@date_1893 {year: 1893}
@alice_austen -> sold photographs from -> @worlds_columbian_exposition_1893
@steinway_piano:object {type: "musical instrument", brand: "Steinway"}
@alice_austen -> purchased -> @steinway_piano
@victorian_social_life:concept {description: "Social activities such as skating parties, sleigh rides, church events, and whist parties among upper-middle-class Staten Island families"}
@alice_austen -> engaged in -> @victorian_social_lifeNew York, March 28, 1894 Dear Miss Foster, I called at home last evening and looked in the stockroom but could find nothing to appeal to our selection just now. So far removed it would appear from the entire department and never from items more beautiful! I send you an interesting piece of literature received by us from whom you may have received and can only hope you will be speeded right. Remember your season has to be for all practical purposes, or we enter so near as good residence is the idea. I am sure you know as I am a lawyer and believe me. Sincerely yours, Frederick C. Lewis
33, EAST 17 ST. NEW YORK. Mrs. E.A. Chesten Rheban Po Staten Island N.Y.
Miss Alice Austen Rosebank P.O. Halew Island N.Y.
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