Ex Libris, Confido in Deo, Manson Franklin Backus

Ex Libris, Confido in Deo, Manson Franklin Backus

Heraldic Bookplates | Backus, Manson Franklin, 1853-1935 | Bookplates, American--Washington (State)--Seattle

Armorial Bookplates

States: "Ex Libris / Confido in Deo [Trust in God]/Manson Franklin Backus"; depicts coat of arms with 3 doves and a chevron. Personal bookplate of Manson Franklin Backus (1853-1935). He was a Seattle banker and philanthropist. He co-organized the Washington National Bank of Seattle in 1899, becoming its president in 1900. He supported the Fine Arts Society, a predecessor to the Seattle Art Museum. Upon his death in 1935, his estate bequeathed more than 300 prints to the Seattle Art Museum, and a library of more than 160 volumes on prints and printmaking to the Seattle Art Museum's Library. Link:
http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view?docId=BackusMansonFranklin0221.xml.

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[before 1935]

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