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Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795. Letter in autograph of Alexander Chisholm, signed : Etruria, to Thomas Wedgwood, 1787 Dec. 3.

Title: Letter in autograph of Alexander Chisholm, signed : Etruria, to Thomas Wedgwood, 1787 Dec. 3.

Concerning his studies in Edinburgh, his health, business affairs, and containing a copy of a letter from Marc Pictet to Wedgwood concerning the facilities for study in Geneva.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (fol.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270589238 View

Pictet, Marc-Auguste, 1752-1825. Letters.

Title: Letters. 1801-1825.

Six A.L.S., three (all 1801, Paris) to Dr. Marcet, including one about officially replicating Volta's experiment ; in French.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10377659 View

Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817. Letter, [1815?], to Count Rumfort [sic].

Title: Letter, [1815?], to Count Rumfort [sic].

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 19 x 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237320625 View

Pictet, Marc-Auguste, 1752-1825. Letter, 1801 May 20, Geneva, [Switzerland] to [Thomas Jefferson], n.p.

Title: Letter, 1801 May 20, Geneva, [Switzerland] to [Thomas Jefferson], n.p.

Thanks Jefferson for advice regarding his [Pictet's] intention to live in America; due to Jefferson's advice he has decided to stay in Geneva until the storms calm; writes to recommend a friend, Henri Esch, going to America for business; wished to send Jefferson a copy of the Bibliotheque Britannique, but found no one willing to transport 35 volumes; is sending some articles from the volumes to which he contributed with M. Esch.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. on 1 leaf ; 26 cm. x 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62276504 View

Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814. Letters, 1793-1804, to Lady Palmerston.

Title: Letters, 1793-1804, to Lady Palmerston.

Describes travels in Italy, France, Germany; life in the Bavarian court; references to his experiments with heat, his work in poor-relief, Anglo-French politics; details of his marriage settlement with Mme. Lavoisier. Numerous notables of the period mentioned.

ArchivalResource: 66 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6461630 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Correspondence, 1775-1826

Title: Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, 1775-1826.

Papers include bills prepared for the revision of the laws of Virginia, 1776-1779; a memorandum on the Constitution, 1801-1808?; a Poplar Forest tax bill from the Bedford County sheriff, 1818; a contract with the Raggi brothers, 1819; a memorandum on taxation in Virginia with a comparison of representation and taxation in various areas, 1821; a reply to a toast in honor of Lafayette, 1824; an apothecary's scale; and notes on a Fauquier County survey. Correspondence touches on a variety of topics that engaged Jefferson's interest, especially education in Virginia, including plans for the University, its construction, finances, faculty, equipment purchases and library; the constitution of the U.S. and the rights of states; national government and finances, including the Bank of the U.S. Other subjects are the study of languages, British strategy in the Revolutionary war, decorations at the White House, news of family and friends, a legal case, purchases including scuppernong wine, and taxes.

ArchivalResource: 37 items.

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/archival/items/u2742043 View