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Smith, A. Thomas. A. Thomas Smith correspondence, 1843 June 12.

Title: A. Thomas Smith correspondence, 1843 June 12.

ALS written by Smith to Dr. William P. C. Barton relating to printing expenses incurred by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70980817 View

Guilloû, Charles F. (Charles Fleury), 1813-1899. Papers, 1838-1947.

Title: Papers, 1838-1947.

Autobiographical reminiscences and sketchbooks documenting naval career and voyages of surgeon, Charles F. Guilloû, with letters, family papers, and photographs, 1838-1947.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145406912 View

Taliaferro, Horace D., 1815-1891. Papers of Horace D. Taliaferro [manuscript], 1838 June 5.

Title: Papers of Horace D. Taliaferro [manuscript], 1838 June 5.

A letter from H. D. Taliaferro addressed "To the Gentlemen of the Medical Board, Doct. W. P. C. Barton, President," containing biographical information including academics at the University of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Pleadwell, F. L. (Frank Lester), 1872-1957. William Paul Crillon Barton (1786-1856), Surgeon, United States Navy [manuscript] : a pioneer in American naval medicine / by Captain Frank Lester Pleadwell, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy.

Title: William Paul Crillon Barton (1786-1856), Surgeon, United States Navy [manuscript] : a pioneer in American naval medicine / by Captain Frank Lester Pleadwell, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy. 1919.

ArchivalResource: iv, 85 leaves : facsims., port.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/252328823 View

Scientists Collection, 1563-1973

Title: Scientists Collection 1563-1973

The Scientists Collection is comprised of individual letters and small groups of correspondence from American, British, French, and German scientists during the past three centuries. Although the content is highly varied, there is significant strength in astronomy, natural history, conchology, and geology. Among the scientists better represented in the collection are the astronomers William Radcliffe Birt, J.F.W. Herschel, and Franz Xaver von Zach; the conchologists A.D. Brown, Fred L. Button, Otto Mörch, Alfred Newton, Christian M. Poulsen, Temple Prime, Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, and A. G. Wetherby; the physical scientists George Biddell Airy, Arnold Sommerfeld, Ferdinand R. Hassler, and Max Planck; the archaeologist Jean François Nadaillac; the philosopher William Whewell; and the naturalists Walter Henry Bates, Robert Chambers, Edme Dupuget, Robert Kaye Greville, Joseph Henry, John Stevens Henslow, John Lubbock, and Herbert Spencer.

ArchivalResource: 5.75 Linear feet; 13 upright boxes, 8 oversize folders.

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Collins, Zaccheus, ca. 1764-1831. Botanical correspondence, 1805-1827

Title: Zaccheus Collins botanical correspondence, 1805-1827

Zaccheus Collins' botanical correspondence, 1805-1827, from the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelpha.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

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Collins, Zaccheus, ca. 1764-1831. Botanical correspondence of Zaccheus Collins of Philadelphia, 1805-1827.

Title: Botanical correspondence of Zaccheus Collins of Philadelphia, 1805-1827.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86165422 View

Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842. Political papers, 1761-1926.

Title: Political papers, 1761-1926.

Correspondence (1873-1915) by or pertaining to Richard Wayne Parker (1848-1923), U.S. representative from New Jersey, including letters of Robert Gilchrist, Cortlandt Parker, and Henry N. Stevens; letters and other documents (1814-1841), of Samuel L. Southard, governor and U.S. representative from New Jersey, and U.S. secretary of the navy, including correspondence with William Bainbridge and Dr. William Paul Crillon Barton; letters (1860-1874) of John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), U.S. Senator from New Jersey, including two to Gideon Welles; letters (1847-1863) of John R. Thomson (1800-1862), U.S. senator from New Jersey, including two co-authored by William Wright; correspondence and legal documents of Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), U.S. senator from New Jersey (1809-1841); correspondence and other papers (1838-1882), of Thurlow Weed (1797-1882), New York journalist and Whig political leader, including letters from Henry Bergh, Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), William Fullerton, and R. H. Shreve, Clement Laird Vallandingham, and James G. Wilson; and letters (1853-1865) signed by William Wright (1790-1866), U.S. representative and senator from New Jersey and mayor of Newark, N.J., and other Democrats recommending persons for political patronage positions. Also includes account book (1762-1775) kept by Samuel Smith (1720-1776), treasurer of the province of New Jersey; scrapbook (1907-1926) including correspondence, newspaper clippings and printed matter, documenting the career of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (1869-1948) state legislator, acting governor, and U.S. senator from New Jersey; and miscellaneous papers of George Franklin Fort, governor of New Jersey (1830-1863), James A. Hammill (1877-1941), U.S. representative from Jersey City, N.J. (1865-1920), and John Hart (1713-1779), speaker of New Jersey General Assembly and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1761-1778).

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954968 View

Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

Title: Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 18.5 linear feet (37 boxes)

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Sturgis, Samuel Booth, 1891-. [Death certificates signed by early Philadelphia physicians., 1806-1815.

Title: [Death certificates signed by early Philadelphia physicians., 1806-1815.

Contents. Alberti, Geo. F., VII-21-1807, for Louisa Fout. -Atlee, Edwin Augustus, III-9-1813, for Mary Beuley. -Barton [? illeg.] XII-24-1812, for John Jameson. -Barton, John Rhea, X-8-1814, for Curtis Phillips. Barton, Wm. Paul Crillon, for Wm. Brobert. -Church, J. [illeg.] for child. Colhoun, Samuel, V-8-1813, for Ann Chapman. -Coxe, John Redman, for Miss Redman. -Dewees, Wm. Potts, for Eliz. Wartnaby; also for child, VII-20-1807. -Dorsey, John Syng, VIII-10-1807, for John Hollin. -Duffield, Wm. Bryant, IV-17-1813, for Grover Bodin. -Hewson, Thos. Tickell, VII-17-1807, for Ann Hughes; also, VIII-8-1807, for Anthony Reminton. -Heylin, Isaac, for James Barns. -LaRoche, René, V-22-1806, for John Peter Maers; same, VI-5-1806, for Thos. Milly. -Monges, John Armentaire, VIII-18-1807, for child of free Black. (Contents cont.)-Nancrede [sic; both Joseph Guerard and Nicolas Cussins were practicing in Philadelphia after 1813] I-20-1815, for Huey McCafferty. -Neill, Henry, III-11-1813, for Lewis Young. -Otto, John Conrad, VIII-13-1806, for Wilson [sic] Parrish, Jos., VII-27-1807, for Thos. Smith; also, III-29-1813, for Ann Atmore; also, V-22-1813, for Susanna Anderson. -Proudfit, J. [presumably James], X-6-1810, for Wm. W. Wands. Reynolds, Jas., VI-18-1806, for Thos. Kuin. -Sargent, Thos., IV-27-1813, for Daniel Laning; also, III-23-?, for Margaretta Bacon. -Shippen, Jos. G., IV-8-1813, for Patrick McCallister. Woglom, B., IX-27- 1807, for Peter Woglom.

ArchivalResource: 29 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20155842 View

American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.

Title: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

Though the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection is composed of items that do not fall readily into any other existing collection, the two dominant intellectual areas represented in the collection are Early American History and History of Science.

ArchivalResource: 25.0 Linear feet

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Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845. Papers, 1824-1839.

Title: Papers, 1824-1839.

Papers relating to Elliott's service as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy Mediterranean Squadron. Attested copies of general orders, circulars, and other letters from Navy Dept. officials to previous commanders of the Squadron (William Montgomery Crane, James Biddle, and Daniel T. Patterson) chiefly concerning discipline, pay, supplies, and reporting; correspondence among Elliott and officers of the squadron concerning ships' stores; records of a court-martial ordered by Elliott and documents of a complaint arising from it that resulted in his own court-martial; a list of marines on the U.S.S. Constitution, with the expiration dates of their enlistment; and miscellaneous letters to Elliott on naval matters. Persons represented include Charles Crillon Barton, William P.C. Barton, James Biddle, William Boerum, Thomas J. Boyd, John Branch, Thomas W. Brent, Oscar Bullus, John Colhoun, William Montgomery Crane, Aaron Ogden Dayton, Mahlon Dickerson, John N. Hambleton, Andrew Allen Harwood, John C. Holland, C.G. Hunter, Edward Livingston, James T. McDonough, Fred. A. Neville, David Offley, Daniel T. Patterson, George F. Pearson, David Porter, William D. Porter, William S. Ringgold, William J.H. Robertson, John Rodgers, Samuel L. Southard, Henry A. Steele, Andrew Stevenson, Sir John Stoddart, James M. Watson, Harry P.T. Wood, and Levi Woodbury.

ArchivalResource: ca. 80 items ; 35 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616996 View

Barton, William P. C. (William Paul Crillon), 1786-1856. [Manuscript relating the early history of Jefferson Medical College, ca. 1830].

Title: [Manuscript relating the early history of Jefferson Medical College, ca. 1830].

One volume (47 leaves) of an allegorical essay on the spirit of competition that existed between the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania and the newly founded Jefferson Medical College. A 15 page typewritten transcript is included with the manuscript.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489608 View

Harris, Thomas, 1784-1861. Papers, 1834-1848 and undated.

Title: Papers, 1834-1848 and undated.

ALS. Writes to Commodore Jacob Jones regarding the naval asylum property and to W. P. C. Barton, from the Navy Department, regarding travel expenses.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35090853 View

Barton-Delafield Collection, 1789-1815 (bulk).

Title: Barton-Delafield Collection, 1789-1815 (bulk).

This is a superb collection of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century natural history illustrations (pencil sketches, watercolors, engravings) of botanical and zoological specimens. In addition to drawings and sketches by Barton (ca. 80 items), there are also works by the following individuals: William Barton, William Bartram (ca. 75 items), John H. Hopkins, Benjamin Henry Latrobe (superb rattlesnake watercolors), John Melish, A.I. Nunes, Ambroise Marie François Palisot de Beauvois, Frederick Pursh (ca. 27 items), Pierre Redouté, John Elias Ridinger, Jacobus van der Schley, and Pierre Turpin (ca. 50 items).

ArchivalResource: ca. 280 items; 35 copper plates.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122578521 View

Rodgers, John, 1773-1838. Letter, 1812, Jan. 6 : Newport, Rhode Island, to William P.C. Barton.

Title: Letter, 1812, Jan. 6 : Newport, Rhode Island, to William P.C. Barton.

ALS. An enthusiastic response to Barton's efforts to introduce citrus fruits and fruit juices into the diet of Navy servicemen as a preventive against scurvy.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34992827 View

Edgar, Samuel Miller, b. 1819. Letter and essay, 1842.

Title: Letter and essay, 1842.

Consists of a letter from Samuel Miller Edgar to Dr. W.P.C. Barton, President, Navy Medical Board, in which Edgar gives an autobiographical sketch, including an account of his medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Also included is an essay entitled "The Geology of Tennessee and Kentucky," written by Edgar at the University in 1842.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28680623 View

Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Papers of James Kirke Paulding [manuscript], 1804-1849.

Title: Papers of James Kirke Paulding [manuscript], 1804-1849.

The collection contains manuscripts of the poems "The backwoodsman," and "Where are women angels?"; transcripts of two poems by John Quincy Adams and one of an untitled poem to Adams by Paulding; and a fragment of "The rights of war and peace." Much of the correspondence discusses Department of Navy business. Letters also lobby support for the commissioning of American artists to execute paintings for the Capitol particularly John G. Chapman; discuss the publishing of poetry, plays, and stories by himself as well as David Porter's pamphlet justifying his conduct at Fajardo; and accept election as honorary member of the Washington Literary Society at the University of Virginia. The collection also contains a document appointing Paulding as Navy Agent in 1824 signed by James Monroe, and four engravings of Paulding.

ArchivalResource: 38 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647833923 View

Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815. Correspondence, 1786-1815.

Title: Correspondence, 1786-1815.

These letters are to and from many of the scientists and naturalists of the period and concern all of Barton's interests.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380112 View