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Brown, Elbert William. Nineteenth century notebooks, diaries and journals, 1833-1938 (bulk 1833-1883).

Title: Nineteenth century notebooks, diaries and journals, 1833-1938 (bulk 1833-1883).

The collection contains notebooks kept by six NYU students, Charles Ludlum, Ezekiel Deyo Van Dyck, James Morton Paton, William Frank Burroughs, John Henry MacCracken, and Elbert William Brown. They contain notes on lectures given between 1860 and 1897; subjects covered include algebra; botany; chemistry; geology; Greek language, literature, and archeology; English literature; rhetoric; religion; physiology; physics, including pneumatics, acoustics, heat, magnetism, and optics; philosophy; and church history. Instructors include Henry Martin Baird, George Washington Coakley, Henry Draper, John C. Draper, Albert H. Gallatin, Elias Loomis, Henry Mitchell MacCracken, Benjamin N. Martin, and John J. Stevenson. The collection also contains a journal by George Hendric Houghton, 1839-1850, with a collection of orations and poetry; a diary kept by John Torrey while travelling in Europe in 1833, with accompanying material dated 1938; and a journal dated 1886, containing sermons written by Howard Crosby.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (6 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476188009 View

Johnson, Ebenezer Alfred, 1813-1891. Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers, 1760-1969 (inclusive), 1830-1919 (bulk).

Title: Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers, 1760-1969 (inclusive), 1830-1919 (bulk).

Letters from Louisa Van Cleve Daveiss, living in Lewis County, Missouri, discuss slavery in that region in the 1840s. Other members wrote of frontier life from Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin. Also in the collection are financial and legal papers, some relating to property owned by E. A. Johnson in New Haven, genealogical materials and photographs. Papers of three related families: the Johnson and Gibbs families of New Haven, Connecticut, and the Van Cleve family of New Jersey. The principal figure is Ebenezer Alfred Johnson, professor of Greek and Latin Literature at the University of the City of New York (1839-1891). His papers consist of personal and professional correspondence and a small amount of printed matter and records relating to the University of the City of New York.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear ft. (19 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702206325 View

Herrick, Edward Claudius, 1811-1862. Edward Claudius Herrick papers, 1797-1862 (inclusive).

Title: Edward Claudius Herrick papers, 1797-1862 (inclusive).

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, and drawings record Herrick's work in astonomy and entomology, particularly his observations on the Aurora Borealis and the Hessian fly. Prominent scientists among his correspondents include Louis Agassiz, James D. Dana, Thaddeus William Harris, Elias Loomis, Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, William C. Redfield, Samuel H. Scudder, Benjamin Silliman, Benjamin Silliman Jr., and William Tully. His career as librarian of Yale College (1843-1858) is reflected in catalogues, invoices, and memoranda relating to book purchases for the library.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (15 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702168765 View

Elias Loomis family papers, 1727-1947

Title: Elias Loomis family papers 1727-1947

The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, genealogical and professional research material and writings, and financial records of Elias Loomis and his sons Henry Bradford and Francis Engelsby Loomis. The papers record Elias Loomis' scientific studies, particularly in astronomy and meteorology. Genealogical notes and writings document the family history through the descendants of Joseph Loomis. Correspondence concerning Elias Loomis' father, sisters, and brothers, who were pioneer settlers of Alton, Illinois, details the family's interest in developments in American politics, education, travel, and social conditions from the 1830s through the 1870s.

ArchivalResource: 14.0 linear feet; (30 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0331 View

Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889. Elias Loomis family papers, 1727-1947 (inclusive).

Title: Elias Loomis family papers, 1727-1947 (inclusive).

The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, genealogical and professional research material and writings, and financial records of Elias Loomis and his sons Henry Bradford and Francis Engelsby Loomis. The papers record Elias Loomis' scientific studies, particularly in astronomy and meteorology. Genealogical notes and writings document the family history through the descendants of Joseph Loomis. Correspondence concerning Elias Loomis' father, sisters, and brothers, who were pioneer settlers of Alton, Illinois, details the family's interest in developments in American politics, education, travel, and social conditions from the 1830s through the 1870s.

ArchivalResource: 14 linear ft. (30 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86131850 View

Royal Society (Great Britain). Letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900.

Title: Letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900.

This collection includes letters to and from Americans (including South America and the West Indies) and letters about America selected from the Society's manuscripts (Classified Papers, Letter Books, Letters and Papers, Royal Society Letters, Miscellaneous Correspondence, and other official groups) and from collections of private papers (Sir Charles Blagden, William Buckland, John Canton, Sir John F. W. Herschel, Sir Edward Sabine, and others). The documents range in time and character from John Winthrop, Jr., "A Description of the Artifice & Making of Tarr & Pitch in New England" (1662), to letters from Sir Thomas Edward Thorne to his wife describing the American West, where he was on a surveying party in the 1880s.

ArchivalResource: 10 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17270716 View

Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers, 1760-1969

Title: Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers 1760-1969

Papers of three related families: the Johnson and Gibbs families of New Haven, Connecticut, and the Van Cleve family of New Jersey. The principal figure is Ebenezer Alfred Johnson, professor of Greek and Latin Literature at the University of the City of New York (1839-1891). His papers consist of personal and professional correspondence and a small amount of printed matter and records relating to the University of the City of New York.Included in his personal correspondence are letters from Josiah W. Gibbs, his nephew, a lengthy series of courtship letters with Margaret Fox Van Cleve, whom he married in 1842, and additional letters on the birth of their children (1843-1849). Two friends who figure in the personal correspondence are Thomas A. Thacher and Louis Janin. Among his notable professional correspondents are: Ethan Allen Andrews, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Isaac Ferris, Elias Loomis, Taylor Lewis, and George S. Parker. On matters concerning Yale University, he corresponded with George E. Day, Edward C. Herrick, and James Luce Kingsley. The major part of the collection is made up of correspondence among various branches of the family and contains the letters of Johnson's two wives and his children with intimate details of family life and relationships in the 19th century. Three members of the family who travelled to Europe (1866-1869) recorded their impressions in family letters. There is also a series of letters from Europe (1877-1879) by Alfred V. C. Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear feet (19 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1246 View

Royal Society (Great Britain) letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900, 1662-1900

Title: Royal Society (Great Britain) letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900 1662-1900

This collection includes letters to and from Americans (including South America and the West Indies) and letters about America selected from the Society's manuscripts (Classified Papers, Letter Books, Letters and Papers, Royal Society Letters, Miscellaneous Correspondence, and other official groups) and from collections of private papers (Sir Charles Blagden, William Buckland, John Canton, Sir John F. W. Herschel, Sir Edward Sabine, and others). The documents range in time and character from John Winthrop, Jr., "A Description of the Artifice & Making of Tarr & Pitch in New England" (1662), to letters from Sir Thomas Edward Thorne to his wife describing the American West, where he was on a surveying party in the 1880s.

ArchivalResource: 10.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.H.S.Film.1-ead.xml View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf, 1866-1886

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf 1866-1886

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IIf-ead.xml View

John Fries Frazer papers, 1834-1871, 1834-1871

Title: John Fries Frazer papers, 1834-1871 1834-1871

Principal correspondents in the lettes of John Fries Frazer include Alexander Dallas Bache, Louis Agassiz, Joseph Henry, and Titian Ramsay Peale who discuss mainly general scientific topics, although personal and family matters are discussed with Bache. Topics include the University of Pennsylvania, boiler explosions, chemistry, education, the National Academy of Sciences, the Smithsonian Institution, fossils, magnetism, solar eclipses, the American Philosophical Society, weights and measures, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, scientific instruments, the American Civil War, electricity, the United States Mint, the Franklin Institute, scientists of the period, natural history, and publications.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 Linear feet, 6 boxes, ca. 683 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F865-ead.xml View

Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (bulk 1717-1911)

Title: Silliman family papers 1717-1977 (bulk 1717-1911)

The papers consist of correspondence, lectures, notebooks, diaries, journals, and other material documenting the personal lives and professional careers of the Silliman family, including Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) and Benjamin Silliman, Jr. (1816-1885). Personal material details family life, relationships, social activities, and cultural pursuits. Professional material details the academic and literary interests of the Sillimans, particularly in chemistry, physics, and geology. The evolution and development of science, the beginnings of scientific instruction at Yale, and many related topics are documented. Material relating to John Trumbull and the Trumbull Art Gallery at Yale is also included. Family letters and journals offer observations on local and national events, as exemplified by Maggie Lindsley's journal and letters with Benjamin Silliman relating to the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 36.25 Linear Feet (90 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0450 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId, 1837-1844

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId 1837-1844

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IId-ead.xml View

Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889. Letter.

Title: Letter. 1852.

A.L.S. (1852 Oct. 11, New York University) concerning his contributing to a new journal.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10335422 View

Edward Claudius Herrick papers, 1797-1862

Title: Edward Claudius Herrick papers 1797-1862

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, and drawings record Herrick's work in astonomy and entomology, particularly his observations on the Aurora Borealis and the Hessian fly. Prominent scientists among his correspondents include Louis Agassiz, James D. Dana, Thaddeus William Harris, Elias Loomis, Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, William C. Redfield, Samuel H. Scudder, Benjamin Silliman, Benjamin Silliman Jr., and William Tully. His career as librarian of Yale College (1843-1858) is reflected in catalogues, invoices, and memoranda relating to book purchases for the library. Between 1847 and 1862 he also supervised the publication of the triennial catalogues for Yale College and memoranda concerning these are also in the papers. His financial and legal files contain both personal records and account books (1835-1844) for the booksellers' firm of Herrick and Noyes, of which he was a partner. Also included are papers relating to New Haven including minutes of committee meetings, reports and correspondence on the Bicentennial (1838).

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet (15 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0691 View

Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889. Elias Loomis family papers, 1727-1947 (inclusive).

Title: Elias Loomis family papers, 1727-1947 (inclusive).

The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, genealogical and professional research material and writings, and financial records of Elias Loomis and his sons Henry Bradford and Francis Engelsby Loomis. The papers record Elias Loomis' scientific studies, particularly in astronomy and meteorology. Genealogical notes and writings document the family history through the descendants of Joseph Loomis. Correspondence concerning Elias Loomis' father, sisters, and brothers, who were pioneer settlers of Alton, Illinois, details the family's interest in developments in American politics, education, travel, and social conditions from the 1830s through the 1870s.

ArchivalResource: 14 linear ft. (30 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702194488 View

Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Selected correspondence, 1827-1871.

Title: Selected correspondence, 1827-1871.

Mentioned in these letters are personal affairs, experiments, Babbage's calculating machine, and his "Bridgewater Treatise," second edition.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17270536 View

Pillsbury, Isaac Newton. Papers, 1840-1861 / Isaac Newton Pillsbury.

Title: Papers, 1840-1861 / Isaac Newton Pillsbury.

Correspondence, notes on mathematics and surveying, notes on building estimates for bridges and arches for the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company, surveys of land in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, surveying and elevation information about Cleveland streets and the Great Lakes, surveys of routes of Cleveland railroads and of the Ohio, Miami, and Sandy & Beaver Canals, and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 1.4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19824836 View

Silliman family. Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk).

Title: Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk).

The papers consist of correspondence, lectures, notebooks, diaries, journals, and other material documenting the personal lives and professional careers of the Silliman family, including Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) and Benjamin Silliman, Jr. (1816-1885). Personal material details family life, relationships, social activities, and cultural pursuits. Professional material details the academic and literary interests of the Sillimans, particularly in chemistry, physics, and geology. The evolution and development of science, the beginnings of scientific instruction at Yale, and many related topics are documented. Material relating to John Trumbull and the Trumbull Art Gallery at Yale is also included. Family letters and journals offer observations on local and national events, as exemplified by Maggie Lindsley's journal and letters with Benjamin Silliman relating to the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 26.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79316908 View

Buist, Edward H. (Edward Henry), 1839-1882. Edward H. Buist letter to Prof. Charles Venable, [manuscript] 1865 May 7.

Title: Edward H. Buist letter to Prof. Charles Venable, [manuscript] 1865 May 7.

ArchivalResource: 1 item

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180935024 View

New York University. Collection of printed materials on the founding of the University, 1830-1982 (bulk: 1830-1860)

Title: New York University Collection of Printed Materials on the Founding of the University, 1830-1982 (inclusive), 1830-1860 (bulk)

This collection contains documentation surrounding the University's 1831 founding as well as material from subsequent decades that pertains to events of note in NYU's early history.

ArchivalResource: 2.9 linear feet

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/founding/founding.html View

J. N. Nicollet papers, 1797-1843.

Title: J. N. Nicollet papers, 1797-1843.

Correspondence, astronomical observations, geographical and meteorological data, expedition diaries, reports, research material, notes, maps, and other papers relating to Nicollet's explorations of the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Documents his exploration of Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Includes Francis A. Chardon's journals from Fort Clark, N.D.; Regis Loisel's account of the upper Missouri River; and excerpts from the diaries of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Correspondents include Jacob Whitman Bailey, Edmund M. Blunt, Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur, Jean-Louis-Anne-Madeleine Lefebvre de Cheverus, Pierce Connelly, Louis Régis Deluol, John England, David W. Gobel, J.D. Graham, F.R. Hassler, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Charles T. Jackson, Elias Loomis, Alfred Mordecai, Rush Nutt, Joseph Plympton, Michael Portier, Joseph Rosati, H.H. Sherwood, Gerard Troost, and Sears Cook Walker.

ArchivalResource: 1,500 items.8 containers.1 microfilm reel.3.2 linear feet.

https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009278 View

Royal Society (Great Britain). Letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900.

Title: Letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900.

This collection includes letters to and from Americans (including South America and the West Indies) and letters about America selected from the Society's manuscripts (Classified Papers, Letter Books, Letters and Papers, Royal Society Letters, Miscellaneous Correspondence, and other official groups) and from collections of private papers (Sir Charles Blagden, William Buckland, John Canton, Sir John F. W. Herschel, Sir Edward Sabine, and others). The documents range in time and character from John Winthrop, Jr., "A Description of the Artifice & Making of Tarr & Pitch in New England" (1662), to letters from Sir Thomas Edward Thorne to his wife describing the American West, where he was on a surveying party in the 1880s.

ArchivalResource: 10 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154582461 View

Burroughs, William Frank, d. 1899. Student notebook, 1858.

Title: Student notebook, 1858.

This student notebook contains course notes from lectures on Natural Philosophy taught by Professor Elias A. Loomis. It covers such topics as pneumatics, acoustics, heat, magnetism, and optics.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/478161112 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIe. 1845-1865.

Title: Record Group IIe.

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the Collection Description.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IIe-ead.xml View

Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871, 1827-1871

Title: Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871 1827-1871

Mentioned in these letters are personal affairs, experiments, Babbage's calculating machine, and his "Bridgewater Treatise," second edition.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.H.S.Film.15-ead.xml View

Walker, Charles Swan, 1846-1933. Charles Swan Walker papers, 1866-1924 (inclusive).

Title: Charles Swan Walker papers, 1866-1924 (inclusive).

Notebooks, lectures and autobiography of Swan relating to his student years at Yale Divinity School and Andover Theological Seminary. Includes notes on lectures of Noah Porter, Timothy Dwight, Elias Loomis, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702166842 View

Nineteenth Century Notebooks, Diaries, and Journals, Bulk, 1833-1883, 1833-1938

Title: Nineteenth Century Notebooks, Diaries, and Journals Bulk, 1833-1883 1833-1938

The collection contains notebooks, diaries, and journals kept by NYU students and professors from the late nineteenth century. The student notebooks contain the lecture notes taken by five New York University students between 1858-1897. Also included in the collection is Professor John Torrey's diary while traveling in Europe and a sermon journal kept by Professor Howard Crosby.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 linear feet; (6 boxes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/notebooks/notebooks.html View

J. N. Nicollet papers, 1797-1843.

Title: J. N. Nicollet papers, 1797-1843.

Correspondence, astronomical observations, geographical and meteorological data, expedition diaries, reports, research material, notes, maps, and other papers relating to Nicollet's explorations of the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Documents his exploration of Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Includes Francis A. Chardon's journals from Fort Clark, N.D.; Regis Loisel's account of the upper Missouri River; and excerpts from the diaries of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Correspondents include Jacob Whitman Bailey, Edmund M. Blunt, Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur, Jean-Louis-Anne-Madeleine Lefebvre de Cheverus, Pierce Connelly, Louis Régis Deluol, John England, David W. Gobel, J.D. Graham, F.R. Hassler, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Charles T. Jackson, Elias Loomis, Alfred Mordecai, Rush Nutt, Joseph Plympton, Michael Portier, Joseph Rosati, H.H. Sherwood, Gerard Troost, and Sears Cook Walker.

ArchivalResource: 1,500 items.8 containers.1 microfilm reel.3.2 linear feet.

https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009278 View

Silliman family. Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk).

Title: Silliman family papers, 1717-1977 (inclusive), 1717-1911 (bulk).

The papers consist of correspondence, lectures, notebooks, diaries, journals, and other material documenting the personal lives and professional careers of the Silliman family, including Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) and Benjamin Silliman, Jr. (1816-1885). Personal material details family life, relationships, social activities, and cultural pursuits. Professional material details the academic and literary interests of the Sillimans, particularly in chemistry, physics, and geology. The evolution and development of science, the beginnings of scientific instruction at Yale, and many related topics are documented. Material relating to John Trumbull and the Trumbull Art Gallery at Yale is also included. Family letters and journals offer observations on local and national events, as exemplified by Maggie Lindsley's journal and letters with Benjamin Silliman relating to the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 35 linear feet (69 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702154274 View

Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Papers, 1793-1894 (bulk 1838-1894)

Title: Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894

Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution.

ArchivalResource: 5,700 items; 16 containers; 3 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004009 View

Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889. Notes of lectures delivered on natural philosophy, to the senior class of 1848 & '49, 1848-1849 / by Professor Elias Loomis ; written by Geo. E. Clymer.

Title: Notes of lectures delivered on natural philosophy, to the senior class of 1848 & '49, 1848-1849 / by Professor Elias Loomis ; written by Geo. E. Clymer.

Lecture notes for an introductory course on natural philosophy, taught by Professor Elias Loomis at Princeton University.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (128 leaves) : ill. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32886890 View

Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889. Notes of lectures delivered on natural philosophy, to the senior class of 1848 & '49, 1848-1849 / by Professor Elias Loomis ; written by Geo. E. Clymer.

Title: Notes of lectures delivered on natural philosophy, to the senior class of 1848 & '49, 1848-1849 / by Professor Elias Loomis ; written by Geo. E. Clymer.

Lecture notes for an introductory course on natural philosophy, taught by Professor Elias Loomis at Princeton University.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (128 leaves) : ill. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154324947 View

Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Papers, 1793-1894 (bulk 1838-1894)

Title: Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894

Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution.

ArchivalResource: 5,700 items; 16 containers; 3 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004009 View

Clark, Alvan, 1804-1887. Correspondence, 1857-1893.

Title: Correspondence, 1857-1893.

Correspondence addressed to Alvan Clark & Sons, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, well-known manufacturers of astronomical lenses; including letters from many notable astronomers concerning their orders for telescopes.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145791273 View

Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879,. Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866.

Title: Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866.

"That the Revenue laws so far as they relate to the manufacture and importation of books, may be so revised and modified that American publications may be relieved from the heavy burdens now resting upon them and from the disadvantages under which they suffer in competition with imported books". Includes the signatures of Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta, Asa Gray, James Russell Lowell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Bayard Taylor, William Cullen Bryant, Horace Greeley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, George Ticknor, et al.

ArchivalResource: [6] p.

https://search.library.brown.edu/catalog/b2498652 View