Welcome to the Hale Scrapbook

The Hale scrapbook was acquired from editorial cartoonist and historian Draper Hill in 2001. Hill purchased the scrapbook at a Massachusetts auction 1965. The auctioneer stated that the scrapbook was connected to Hale family of Hale & Dorr in Boston.

Materials within the scrapbook include engravings, letters, clippings, wood cuts, broadsides, sketches, paintings and other miscellaneous items. Materials date from approximately 1746 to 1830.

Hale Scrapbook open view

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*From the Draper Hill Collection