Is Richard Owens Letter to Eli Tappan Lost?
Hackensmith identifies the letter as follows: “Letter of Richard Owen addressed to Professor Eli F. Tappan, [President of] Kenyon College, July 19, 1884. The letter also contained a note to Benjamin Tappan [a distinguished Ohio judge who had strong ties to New Harmony and was father of Eli Tappan] stating ‘a copy of Mr. Owen’s letter revised by himself is herewith sent for your paper.’ The letter was written with fine steep point pen in beautiful script interspersed with scratch-outs and corrections in his hand. Reproduced by permission of the Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indianapolis, Indiana.” However, the library named searched for the letter in 1998 and could not find it. Another extensive search was then conducted in the Tappan family papers and other collections in Ohio. Experts were consulted, but the whereabouts of the Owen/Tappan letter remains a mystery.
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