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Hamilton Fish

fl. 1868–1873 · United States

Active 1868–1873.

Life and work

  1. 1868
    Cesnola told him that the British Museum, alerted by Sandwith, was sending an agent to buy the local finds.

    Merrillees 2001

  2. 1868–1869
    Cesnola, via Mr Church, offered the New-York Historical Society his Cypriot 'museum' (valued $15,000, payable over ten years) with preference to America; Cesnola heard nothing from Fish.

    Marangou 2000

  3. 12 June 1869
    Cesnola congratulated Fish on his State Department appointment and repeated the offer; no answer.

    Marangou 2000

Connections

2 people

Scholarship

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  2. 2.R. S. Merrillees (2001). “T. B. Sandwith and the beginnings of Cypriote archaeology”. Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction, 222-239. Oxford, Oxbow.