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Morris, Margaretta Hare, 1797-1867. Margaretta Hare Morris letter to Dr. B. Coates, 1841 July 14.

Title: Margaretta Hare Morris letter to Dr. B. Coates, 1841 July 14.

Margaretta Hare Morris writes to Dear sir, Dr. B. Coates, 14 July 1841, apologizing for troubling him, with an account of her observations of a species of "Tipulous fly" (probably a variety of Crane fly) depositing eggs on a grain of wheat, which she considers important evidence for proof of a theory. Partial editing is evident, apparently in preparation of part of the text for publication. Includes integral envelope, wax seal, and notation of receipt.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Papers, 1840-1859

Title: Asa Gray Papers 1840-1859

Botanist and professor of natural history at Harvard University. Invitation and correspondence of Asa Gray, his wife, Jane Loring Gray, and others to Elizabeth Carrington Morris and Margaretta Hare Morris and undated drafts of articles possibly by the entomologist Thomas Say intended for publication in the . Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

ArchivalResource: 75 items; 1 container; .2 linear feet

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Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858, 1764-1858

Title: Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858 1764-1858

Personal and professional correspondence of the chemist Robert Hare, including drafts of letters to editors of journals on such varied topics as fish guano, slaughterhouses, paper money, and the meaning of the term "Yankee annexations." The collection originally contained over 300 scrolls, since disbound, which contained drafts of letters, essays, and lectures, composed by Hare on ordinary sheets of paper, then pasted end to end, and rolled up. The essay and lecture topics include: chemistry, storms, slavery, currency, fire-fighting, capital punishment, railroads, the Smithsonian Institution, Michael Faraday, religion and Spiritualism, riots in Philadelphia, epidemics, underwater blasting, and Ralph W. Emerson; there is some verse. The collection also contains an account book of Hare and his wife, 1806-1829 (180 pp.; B/H22#3); a volume by Hare on Cyclones (tornadoes), n.d. (ca. 60 pp.; B/H22#4); and Samuel Powel, Jr.'s "Short notes on a course of antiquities at Rome... under M. Byre Antiquarian," 1764. (60 pp.).

ArchivalResource: 3.0 Linear feet

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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. Papers, 1840-1859

Title: Asa Gray Papers 1840-1859

Botanist and professor of natural history at Harvard University. Invitation and correspondence of Asa Gray, his wife, Jane Loring Gray, and others to Elizabeth Carrington Morris and Margaretta Hare Morris and undated drafts of articles possibly by the entomologist Thomas Say intended for publication in the . Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

ArchivalResource: 75 items; 1 container; .2 linear feet

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