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Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907. William Jones Rhees Papers, 1744-1907

Title: William Jones Rhees Papers 1744-1907

This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 4,700 pieces in 64 boxes.

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Smithsonian Archives. William Jones Rhees Collection.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. William Jones Rhees Collection.

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Stuyvesant, Peter Gerard, 1778-1847. Letter book, 1843-1850.

Title: Letter book, 1843-1850.

Letter book, 1843-1850, kept by Thomas Macfarlan, who was agent for Peter Gerard Stuyvesant and the executors of his estate, Gerard Stuyvesant, Hamilton Fish, and Lewis Morris Rutherfurd. The correspondence deals with real estate and other business matters; it includes references to the financial interests of other members of the Stuyvesant and Rutherfurd families. Some letters include detailed descriptions of improvements to the properties, such as connections to Croton water and city sewers. Most of the real estate was in New York City, but there are also references to properties in Newark, Jersey City, Richfield Springs (N.Y.), and Brooklyn. The volume is accompanied by a few miscellaneous related papers, as well as two letters from Jane H. Street dated 1905.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (136 p.)

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National Academy Of Sciences, Archives. Rg 192: Commissary General Of Subsistence.

Title: National Academy Of Sciences, Archives. Rg 192: Commissary General Of Subsistence.

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Historical Society Of Pennsylvania. Gratz Collection.

Title: Historical Society Of Pennsylvania. Gratz Collection.

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Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

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American Philosophical Society. John Fries Frazer Papers.

Title: American Philosophical Society. John Fries Frazer Papers.

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Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

Title: James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

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Stuyvesant family. Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd papers, 1775-1917 (bulk 1840-1917).

Title: Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd papers, 1775-1917 (bulk 1840-1917).

Correspondence, account books, deeds, commissions, bills & receipts, misc. papers, photographs, and printed material, 1647-1909, of various members of the related Stuyvesant, Rutherfurd, and allied families, particularly Gerardus Stuyvesant (d.1777), Nicholas William Stuyvesant (d.1780), Peter Stuyvesant (d.1805), Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1769-1833), Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847), Walter Rutherfurd (1723-1804), John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), Robert Walter Rutherfurd (1788-1852), Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816-1892), and Rutherfurd Stuyvesant (18431̲909). --The following is included: correspondence & papers, 50 items 1647-1700, and almost entirely in Dutch, concerning Govert Loockermans (d.1671), a N.Y. official; business papers, 1740's, and fabric samples of Mary Alexander; 78 p. log book of several voyages between Perth Amboy, N.J. and the West Indies, 1750-52; 14 letters, 1781-85, to Peter Stuyvesant from Loyalist Myles Cooper (1737-1785) in London and Edinburgh; 2 family account books, 1789-99, of Walter and Catherine Rutherfurd; 2 account books, 1797-1829, concerning Peter Stuyvesant and his estate; 5 letters, 1812-13, from John Jay to his son, Peter Augustus Jay; much correspondence, 1840's-60's, between Lewis Morris Rutherfurd and his son, Rutherfurd Stuyvesant; 18 pocket diaries of Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, 1869-89; and in the later period, correspondence & papers of Rutherfurd Stuyvesant relating to the operation of his Tranquillity Farm in Warren Co., N.J., his interest in arms and armor, and yacht "Arcturus".

ArchivalResource: ca.2,000 items.

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Lewis M. Rutherfurd Collection

Title: Lewis M. Rutherfurd Collection

The collection documents Lewis M. Rutherfurd's work related to astronomy.

ArchivalResource: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 oversized folder)

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Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris, 1816-1892. [Observations made / by L.M. Rutherfurd].

Title: [Observations made / by L.M. Rutherfurd]. [1855-1876].

ArchivalResource: 2 v. : ill. ; 17 cm.

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