mc00307 Guide to Elliot C. Cowdin's Report to the Department of State on Silk and Silk Manufacture, [1868?] MC 00307 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Lois Fischer Black; machine-readable finding aid created by: Lois Fischer Black Special Collections Research Center 2001 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2009-05-22T14:44-0400 Finding aid written in English Report to the Department of State on Silk and Silk Manufacture MC 00307 Special Collections Research Center 1.0 volume [1868?] Handwritten report by Elliot Christopher Cowdin of New York, United States Commissioner to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867, on the basic history of the international silk industry as well as the results of his work as Commissioner to the Paris exposition. Elliot Christopher Cowdin (1819-1880) was a silk merchant in New York in the mid-nineteenth century. He was United States Commissioner to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867. on-site For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 134 leaves Cowdin, Elliot C. (Elliot Christopher), 1819-1880 Restrictions to Access

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Elliot Christopher Cowdin, Report to the Department of State on Silk and Silk Manufacture, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Biographical Note

Elliot Christopher Cowdin (1819-1880) was a silk merchant in New York in the mid-nineteenth century. He was United States Commissioner to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten report by Elliot Christopher Cowdin of New York, United States Commissioner to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867, on the basic history of the international silk industry as well as the results of his work as Commissioner to the Paris Exposition.

Exposition universelle de 1867 a Paris. Silk industry--France--Exhibitions. Silk industry--History--19th century. Report to the Department of State on Silk and Silk manufacture 1 [1868?]