Beschreibung:

Nathaniel Jones (1778-1866) was a member of the 25th and 26th congresses and a member of the New York state senate in 1852 and 1853. Lot includes large 13 x 8.5 in. portfolio titled Brief Memoirs of Nathaniel Jones (Written out in Feb. + March 1848 by himself) (the same continued subsequent to the above date. Plus 5 cased images possibly from the family of Jones. They were purchased together with the memoirs. Includes ninth plate ambrotype of a baby in a chair; a sixth plate ambrotype of a mother and baby, housed in a leather embossed case; a sixth plate daguerreotype of a husband and wife with arms crossed, housed in an embossed leather case; a sixth plate daguerreotype of a man, housed in an embossed leather case; and a sixth plate ambrotype of a woman holding a baby, housed in an embossed leather case. Condition: With some minor tears to cover of memoirs and minor creases to page corners. Ambrotypes have several chips and daguerreotypes have some tarnish.