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98:, London, a Mrs Brown from Lexington, Kentucky, daughter of his manager, sued Hoe's estate for $ 250,000, claiming that he had promised her a large sum of money before he died. She had been living in London, at the same address as Hoe, and two maids confirmed in court that they had a close relationship. A former husband of Mrs Brown also claimed that Hoe had paid him $ 20,000 as a settlement for a threatened "alienation-of-affection" suit. The matter was eventually settled out of court. 410: 25: 17: 226: 83:, and other art objects, his collections at the time of his death being valued at several million dollars. The catalogues of his library were unique and valuable from both a typographical and bibliographical standpoint. His collection was sold at auction during 1911 and 1912 with almost half going to 491: 447: 393: 303: 481: 486: 466: 440: 311: 433: 55:, which continued its preeminence among printing-press makers. He was one of the organizers and first president of the 80: 164: 355: 329: 297: 273: 377: 364: 111: 168: 292: 323: 67:
as an art. He was also one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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near Liverpool, he married Olivia Phelps James (1837-1935), who was the daughter of
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Consult a brief and fragmentary biographical sketch by Gilliss in the
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This article about an American businessperson born in the 1830s is a
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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American business biography, 19th-century birth stubs
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The Very Valuable Art Property of the late Robert Hoe
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New York City
London
printing press
Richard March Hoe
R. Hoe & Company
Grolier Club
New York
bookmaking
manuscripts
miniatures
Henry E. Huntington
Gutenberg Bible
Brunswick Square
Wavertree
Daniel and Elizabeth Woodbridge (Phelps) James
Daniel Willis James
Volume 2
Volume 3.
"Endearing Names - Story of Maids"
"Hoe, Robert (manufacturer)" 
Encyclopedia Americana
Wilson, J. G.
Fiske, J.
"Hoe, Robert" 
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Obituary
Gilman, D. C.
"Hoe (family)" 

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