Daguerreotypes. The Arrival of the Daguerreotype in New York by R. Derek Wood.

American Photographic Historical Society, 1995. Wraps, 14 pages. [A detailed analysis of when and by whom news of the daguerreotype reached New York, including roles of D.W. Seager and Francois Gouroud. Wood discusses mistake in Beaumont Newhall's The Daguerreotype in America but was apparently was unaware of camera maker George Prosch's claim in Anthony’s Photographic Bulletin, April 24, 1886, that he made a test daguerreotype before providing the first daguerreotype camera to Seager, who is usually credited with making the first daguerreotype in the U.S. Includes biography of Wood and two-page bibliography of his publications.] Like new.