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Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828. Letter.

Title: Letter. 1810.

A.L.S. (1810 March 23, Norwich) to Dr. Sims concerning a review of Smith's work in the E̲d̲i̲n̲b̲u̲r̲g̲h̲ R̲e̲v̲i̲e̲w̲ and proposed scientific names, i.e., Conchium, Linnæus, and Linræan.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10424446 View

David Hosack letters and papers, 1795-1835, 1795-1835

Title: David Hosack letters and papers, 1795-1835 1795-1835

These letters and papers include a memorandum book (1795-1827), lectures on botany and medicine, genealogical materials, committee reports from Columbia College, speeches, minutes of the New York Horticultural Society (1822-1828), letters to Sir James Edward Smith (1817-1826), a receipt book of Alexander Hosack (1781-1801), and diaries of Thomas K. Wharton (1830-1862).

ArchivalResource: 3.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.885.1-.7-ead.xml View

Bradbury, John, 1768-1823. Letter, Monticello, Va., to Sir James Edward Smith, Pres. of the Linnean Society, London [manuscript] 1809 Aug. 12.

Title: Letter, Monticello, Va., to Sir James Edward Smith, Pres. of the Linnean Society, London [manuscript] 1809 Aug. 12.

Description by this naturalist of the flora around Monticello, mentioning Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Mann Randolph and a proposed visit to St. Louis to stay with Meriwether Lewis.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647950276 View

"Original letters", 1793-1857

Title: "Original letters" 1793-1857

Autograph MSS. Collection of letters assembled by Lady Smith from her correspondence and that of her husband, Sir James Edward Smith (1759-1828); before each section of letters, she provides a brief biographical sketch of the authors represented in those letters; the third volume contains mainly letters reacting to her husband's death and to her Memoir and Correspondence of the Late Sir J.E. Smith; collection touches on many aspects of the Smiths' interests, personal and public, scientific and literary; it illustrates their many friendships, especially with the family of William Roscoe (1753-1831) and the Holkham literary circle; especially interesting are the discussions of gardening and concerning the Linnean Society of England; on the whole it provides a well-rounded picture of Norfolk society and literature from the late 18th century to the mid 19th century; the collection includes several MS and printed poems.

ArchivalResource: Total Volumes: 1

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.d148 View

The Sherard Collection: papers relating to Oxford Botanic Garden and Oxford botanists, 16th-20th century

Title: The Sherard Collection: papers relating to Oxford Botanic Garden and Oxford botanists 16th-20th century

ArchivalResource: 478 shelfmarks

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1046-mss.sherard1-478 View

Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875. Papers, 1806-1874.

Title: Papers, 1806-1874.

There is correspondence concerning geology, botany, natural history, natural selection, evolution, British science and scientists, and other scientific topics. Most of the letters are written to Lyell, but there are numerous ones from him.

ArchivalResource: ca. 450 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122578721 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

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.200-ead.xml View

Frankland, Thomas, Sir, 1750-1831. Letter.

Title: Letter. 1800.

A.L.S. (1800 April 29, London) to Smith regarding the excellence of F̲l̲o̲r̲a̲ B̲r̲i̲t̲t̲a̲n̲i̲c̲a̲, with 2 pages of later annotations by Ramsay.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10202244 View

An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society, 1799-1882

Title: An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society 1799-1882

One of the most important natural historians in nineteenth century Britain, Charles Darwin provided the first compelling mechanism to account for organismal evolutionary change. Although lacking a coherent model of heredity, Darwin's natural selection has exerted an enormous influence over the biological sciences and since the introduction of Mendelian genetics, had remained the key unifying principle in the discipline. The APS Darwin Papers are a large a valuable assemblage of Darwin's correspondence with scientific colleagues, including Charles Lyell and George J. Romanes. They are included in the print version of the (Cambridge Univ. Press). Correspondence of Charles Darwin

ArchivalResource: 2.5 Linear feet

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Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828. Letter, 1798 Jan. 13, Norwich [to] Aylmer Bourke Lambert.

Title: Letter, 1798 Jan. 13, Norwich [to] Aylmer Bourke Lambert.

Smith encourages Lambert's work ; states they will attend the Linnean Herbarium together ; Smith enclosed two specimens of leaves (library does not hold).

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 23 x 38 cm., folds to 13 x 15 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49380836 View

Linnean Society of London correspondence of American scientists, 1738-1865, 1738-1865

Title: Linnean Society of London correspondence of American scientists, 1738-1865 1738-1865

Letters and papers to or from American scientists or about America, selected from the Linnean Society's collections. Includes letters to William Swainson from John Abbott, John J. Audubon, Constantine S. Rafinesque, Isaac Lea, and John E. LeConte; letters to Sir James Edward Smith from Jacob Bigelow, DeWitt Clinton, J.F. Correia da Serra, David Hosack, Theodore Lyman, William Dandridge Peck, Rafinesque, and Gotthilf H.E. Muhlenberg; letters to William Darlington; letters to Asa Gray; letters of John Bartram; letters of Peter Collinson to J.F. Gronovius; letters and papers of John Ellis, including letters from Alexander Garden, Samuel Martin, and Bernard Romans; letters to Carl Linnaeus from John Bartram, John Clayton, Cadwallader Colden, Correia da Serra, Peter Kalm, Adam Kuhn, James Logan, John Mitchell, and Charles Wrangel.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 Film reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.H.S.Film.6-ead.xml View

Hosack, David, 1769-1835. Letters and papers, 1795-1835.

Title: Letters and papers, 1795-1835.

These letters and papers include a memorandum book (1795-1827), lectures on botany and medicine, genealogical materials, committee reports from Columbia College, speeches, minutes of the New York Horticultural Society (1822-1828), letters to Sir James Edward Smith (1817-1826), a receipt book of Alexander Hosack (1781-1801), and diaries of Thomas K. Wharton (1830-1862).

ArchivalResource: 3 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122364942 View

Sir Charles Lyell papers, 1806-1874, 1806-1874

Title: Sir Charles Lyell papers, 1806-1874 1806-1874

There is correspondence concerning geology, botany, natural history, natural selection, evolution, British science and scientists, and other scientific topics. Most of the letters are written to Lyell, but there are numerous ones from him.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet, Ca. 450 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.L981-ead.xml View

Antonetti, Martin G. Notes, [17--].

Title: Notes, [17--].

Two handwritten notes.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23820772 View

Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection, 1783-1817

Title: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection 1783-1817

A physician, natural historian, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815) was one of the central figures in Philadelphia's early national scientific establishment. Having received his medical training in European universities, Barton was appointed Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1789, lecturing on botany, materia medica, natural history. A prolific author, he established his reputation as one of the nation's preeminent botanists through his botanical text book (1803), but his contribtions to zoology, ethnology, and medicine were equally noteworthy. Barton's monograph on the "fascinating faculty" of the rattlesnake and his efforts in historical linguistics ( , 1798) were widely read, and his (1804-1809) was one of the nation's first medical journals and an important outlet for natural historical research. The Barton Papers offer a comprehensive view of the professional work of Benjamin Smith Barton from the time of his return to the United States in 1789 until his death. The collection is divided into five series: Correspondence, Subject Files, Bound Volumes, Graphic Materials, and Printing Plates. The collection includes a particularly valuable series of botanical, medical, and natural historical drawings collected by Barton for research, reference, and publication. Among the many artists represented are William Bartram, Frederick Pursh, Pierre Turpin, and Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The Elements of Botany New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal

ArchivalResource: 10.0 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml View

Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858. Papers, 1800-1820.

Title: Papers, 1800-1820.

ALS from naturalist James de Carl Sowerby and from the founder of the Linnean Society, Sir James Edward Smith, on botany.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35527757 View

Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823. Papers, 1772-1827

Title: José Francisco Correia da Serra papers, 1772-1827

Transcripts and photocopies of Correia de Serra correspondence, made by Richard B. Davis for "The Abbé Correa in America," APS 45, 2 (1955). Seven mss. letters are also included. The collection consists primarily of letters and essays on matters related to botany as well as Correia's role as Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. They were written between 1772 and 1827. Also included are several letters and notes by Richard Beale and other persons about Davis's research on Correia, dated 1949 to 1957.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet, 200 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.C81.1-ead.xml View

George Don [Sr.] Collection, 1799 - 1917

Title: George Don [Sr.] Collection 1799 - 1917

ArchivalResource: Two boxes (0.2m)

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Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823. Papers, 1772-1827

Title: José Francisco Correia da Serra papers, 1772-1827

The collection consists primarily of letters and essays on matters related to botany as well as Correia's role as Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. They were written between 1772 and 1827. Also included are several letters and notes by Richard Beale and other persons about Davis's research on Correia, dated 1949 to 1957. The collection includes a typed table of contents (1958). The largest single group of letters (25) was written by Correa to John Quincy Adams between 1817 and 1820, when Correia served as Minister Plenipotentiary. They concern official business, including the appointment of various officials and, most prominently, the persistent troubles with American privateers and Correia's efforts to get the American government to do something about it. Other noteworthy items dealing with official business include a letter by Correia to James Monroe in which he protests a number of assaults by American privateers on Portuguese vessels (1816), and several letters to Secretary of State Richard Rush in which Correia expresses his displeasure about the support given by American citizens to "rebels" in the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco (1817). A letter by Rush to Madison testifies to Correia's persistence; Rush writes that among the foreign ministers, "the Abbe Correa was the one with whom my official relations were the least smooth" (1817). Correa, in turn, complained to John Quincy Adams in 1819 that "during more than two years, I have been obliged by my duty to oppose the systematic and organized depredations daily committed on the property of Portuguese subjects." Of interest is also a letter to the Count of Palmela in which Correia assesses the policies of various colonial governments in the West Indies (1820). Another significant body of letters is addressed to James Edward Smith, a botanist and founder of the Linnean Society in London. The letters, which are dated between 1795 and 1821, deal primarily with botanical matters, including news about fellow botanists, such as Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1800). The letters are friendly and frequently also include personal news. The letter of September 1801 deals with Correia's troubles in Portugal. The collection includes several letters by Correia to Thomas Jefferson. They are friendly letters that reflect their shared interests in the natural sciences. In one letter, for example, Correia writes about his pleasure of sending notes on Captain Lewis's papers to Jefferson (1816), and another one describes Correia's intention of visiting Monticello (1818). There is also an undated list of books forwarded to Jefferson. Items that reflect Correia's interest in the natural sciences generally, and botany specifically, include three letters by Correia to Carl Linnaeus when Correia was still a student in Rome (1772, 1773, 1774). Written in Latin, the letters deal with botanical topics. A letter to Joseph Banks, written while Correia resided in Philadelphia, refers to seeds and papers that Correia had sent to London (1803), and an undated note in French confirms Correia's dinner appointment with Alexander von Humboldt. Several letters shed light on Correia's interest in and affection for the United States. A letter to Fulwar Skipwith refers to Correia's idea of living in America as "the utmost of my wishes" and his belief that only an official invitation by the government would make this possible (1808). There is also a letter of introduction for Correia by J. Dauxion Lavaysse, addressed to Benjamin Rush (1811), and a letter of introduction for Robert M. Patterson by Correia, addressed to Smith (1811). A letter written in 1814 refers to Correia's difficulty of sending money to Paris during Jefferson's embargo. Also of note is a letter to President Madison in which Correia offers suggestions on how the United States could take advantage of its mineral resources as well as lands as sources of revenue (1814). Correia comments extensively on the "new faculty" of the University of Pennsylvania in a letter to William Rawle (1816). A letter of condolence to Elizabeth Mifflin Wistar speaks to his friendship with the Philadelphia physician Caspar Wistar (1818). The collection also includes an obituary of C. Wistar written by Correia (1818). Letters written by individuals other then Correia include one by Joseph Banks (1810, in French), and a letter by Joseph Rademaker, Consul general of Portugal, to Secretary of State James Monroe (1816?). There is a group of letters exchanged between Thomas Cooper and Thomas Jefferson which deal with the University of Virginia, including matters relating to the faculty and Cooper's efforts to secure minerals and works of art (1817-1819). One letter from John Vaughan to Jefferson suggests Landeren Vanapan, who had been recommended by Correia, for a position at the university (1821), and another one by Jefferson to Robert Walsh declines Walsh's request for material on Jefferson's life, due primarily to Jefferson's advanced age and poor health (1823). A friendly letter by Jefferson to Walsh mentions Correia as well as a book on skepticism that Jefferson had recently read (1818). There are also five letters by Henry Muhlenberg to Stephen Elliott, dealing with botanical matters (1812, 1813, 1814). Finally, a particularly heartfelt letter by Francis W. Gilmer informs Dabney Carr of Correia's departure from the United States in 1820. Also included in the collection are essays by Correia on several topics, including the "Natural Family of the Aurantia" (1799), the Doryantes (1800), botany (in Latin, undated), "The case of the Brazilian Indian," and "A description of great English houses and gardens." There are also reports that Correia prepared for the APS, and there is a dedication to several individuals, including Correia, that was included in Thomas Nuttall's Journal of the Travels (1821).

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear Feet, 200 items

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Linnean Society of London. Correspondence of American scientists, 1738-1865.

Title: Correspondence of American scientists, 1738-1865.

Letters and papers to or from American scientists or about America, selected from the Linnean Society's collections. Includes letters to William Swainson from John Abbott, John J. Audubon, Constantine S. Rafinesque, Isaac Lea, and John E. LeConte; letters to Sir James Edward Smith from Jacob Bigelow, DeWitt Clinton, J.F. Correia da Serra, David Hosack, Theodore Lyman, William Dandridge Peck, Rafinesque, and Gotthilf H.E. Muhlenberg; letters to William Darlington; letters to Asa Gray; letters of John Bartram; letters of Peter Collinson to J.F. Gronovius; letters and papers of John Ellis, including letters from Alexander Garden, Samuel Martin, and Bernard Romans; letters to Carl Linnaeus from John Bartram, John Clayton, Cadwallader Colden, Correia da Serra, Peter Kalm, Adam Kuhn, James Logan, John Mitchell, and Charles Wrangel.

ArchivalResource: 2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488801 View