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Original Carte De Visite Portrait Photograph
Published by Broadbent and Phillips, 1206 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 1206
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No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Fine. 3 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches. Shows Keim in business suit, with moustache and hair parted in middle. Inscribed on the back by Keim: " Henry May Keim. Reading. 6 November 1877. To my dear Cousin Laura." Henry May Kein (b. 1841--d. 1899) was from an old and prominent Reading, PA family. He graduted from Union College in New York in 1862 and served twice in the Civil War, first with Company * of the 11th Pennsylvania Militia and next as a Lieutenant in Company A of the 53rd Pennsylvania. He was later successful in law, business and government. In 1885 he was appointed U.S. Consul at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Keim also wrote on local history and his family genealogy.
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![Seller image for The Episcopal Church in Reading [Pennsylvania]. for sale by Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md1087929882.jpg)
The Episcopal Church in Reading [Pennsylvania].
Published by Reprinted from "The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography," Vol. IV., 1880, 1880
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Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 6 5/8 inches x 9 7/8 in., title-page; unpaginated [16]pp. The front printed, gray paper cover has been re-pasted to the spine edges, and shows chipping to the edges, the back paper cover is lacking; chipping to some page edges, margins, central cease present. From the collection of Cleveland, Ohio based book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951). This copy was inscribed to him by the author, regarding the death of Joseph Mather. W. G. Mather, who was a descendant of the New England Mathers, collected material by or about the Mathers, and was also associated with Trinity [Episcopal] Cathedral, in Cleveland, Ohio. The inscription reads: Mr. W.G. Mather from the author, Joseph Mather, Page 4, [of this item] died at my Great-Grandfather-John Keim's house, at Reading, in 1779, from a wound received at the Battle of the Brandywine. K. [H. M. Keim]. Scarce item. Inscribed by Author(s).
