Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856

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Percival was a poet and geologist. In 1835-1840, with Charles U. Shepard, he made a geological survey of Connecticut.

From the description of Journal : manuscript, 1839 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612802779

American poet and geologist.

From the description of Papers of James Gates Percival [manuscript], 1827-1855 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833961

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referencedIn North American Review papers, 1831-1843 Houghton Library
referencedIn National and local historic figures, 1638-1980. New Haven Colony Historical Society Library
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Letter to Dr. George Hayward. New Haven, CT. 1827 July 10. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Papers of James Gates Percival [manuscript], 1827-1855 [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. [Pamphlets by and about James G. Percival]. Yale University Library
referencedIn Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) Houghton Library
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Clio. No. 3 : preface, [182-?]. University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library
creatorOf Sheet music - American composers, 1790-1940. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Lawson, James, 1799-1880. Papers of James Lawson, 1821-1878. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. Letters of Samuel Griswold Goodrich [manuscript], 1822-1856. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Poems : New Haven : autograph copy as sent to the printer, 1841 Apr. 21. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Townsend family. Papers, 1850-1856. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Letter to G[eorge] Ticknor. [s.l.]. [18--] University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf MacDougall, R. Bruce. The dead at Paoli : an American Revolutionary elegy : for S.A.T.B. chorus with English horn (or clarinet) solo obbligato / musical setting by R. Bruce MacDougall ; text, James G. Percival. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942. Houghton Library
creatorOf Stone, William L. (William Leete), 1792-1844. Letters : New York, [N.Y.], 1819-1841. Newberry Library
referencedIn Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. Letters of Samuel Griswold Goodrich, 1822-1856. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Papers concerning James Gates Percival, 1847-1968. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Titus, William A., 1868-1951. Papers, 1835-1951. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Cranston, W. H. Letter, 1841, November 21, Newport, R.I., to James G. Percival. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873. Letter to James G. Percival. New York, NY. 1834 Sept. 8. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Letters, 1831 May 9-1843 December 9, New Haven, to George Ticknor, Boston. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Samuel Griswold Goodrich Collection, 1822-1852 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. James G. Percival outline of explorations in relation to mines, 1795-1856. Connecticut Historical Society
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Letter to E[dward] C[laudius] Herrick. Galena, IL. 1853 May 22. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856. Journal : manuscript, 1839 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Delaney, Alfred. Dirge sung at the consecration of the Soldiers' Cemetery at Gettysburg, Nov. 19th, 1863 / words by Jas. G. Percival ; composed & arranged for four voices by Alfred Delaney. Library of Congress
creatorOf Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. Papers relating to Noah Webster, 1785-1856 [microform]. The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828. Autograph letter signed Dugald Stewart to Dr. Percival January 20, [s.d.]. Wellesley College
referencedIn Fowler family. Fowler family papers, 1707-1870 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873. Letter to James Gates Percival. New York, NY. 1834 Nov. 5. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Autograph File, P, 1554-2005. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Chandler, Sylvia, person
associatedWith Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873. person
associatedWith Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. person
associatedWith Cranston, W. H. person
associatedWith Delaney, Alfred. person
associatedWith Edwards, Henry W. (Henry Waggaman), 1779-1847. person
associatedWith Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881, person
associatedWith Fowler family. family
associatedWith Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966 person
associatedWith Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. person
associatedWith Haverlin, Carl, 1899-1985, person
associatedWith Hayward, George, 1791-1863, person
associatedWith Herrick, Edward Claudius, 1811-1862, person
associatedWith Houghton Library. person
associatedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Lawson, James, 1799-1880. person
associatedWith MacDougall, R. Bruce. person
associatedWith Malte-Brun, Conrad, 1775-1826. person
associatedWith Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857. person
associatedWith North American Review. corporateBody
associatedWith Pumpelly, George T., person
associatedWith Simison, Donald E. person
associatedWith Smith, Truman, 1791-1884, person
associatedWith Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828. person
associatedWith Stone, William L. (William Leete), 1792-1844 person
associatedWith Thomas, L. A., person
associatedWith Ticknor, George, 1791-1871, person
associatedWith Titus, William A., 1868-1951. person
associatedWith Townsend family. family
associatedWith Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. person
associatedWith Willis, Nathaniel Parker, Mrs., person
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United States
Wisconsin
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Estates, (Law)
Geologists
Mineral industries
Proverbs, Dutch
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Birth 1795-09-15

Death 1856-05-02

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