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.