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Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903. Correspondence, 1834-1887, with Joseph Lesley.

Title: Correspondence, 1834-1887, with Joseph Lesley.

This collection represents a lifetime of correspondence with Peter's brother Joseph, with some letters also to his wife, Susan Inches Lesley. The subjects concern travels in Europe, geological and cartographical work, and the U.S. Civil War. There are numerous sketches scattered throughout the letters.

ArchivalResource: ca. 300 items.

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American Philosophical Society. John Peter Lesley Papers.

Title: American Philosophical Society. John Peter Lesley Papers.

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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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Wright, Chauncey, 1830-1875. Papers, 1850-1875

Title: Chauncey Wright Papers 1850-1875

A philosopher, metaphysician, and mathematician, Chauncey Wright graduated from Harvard in 1852 and taught occasionally at the College while employed as a "computer" with the . A positivist and empiricist in the British tradition, he exerted an influence on the development of American Pragmatism through his younger friends William James, Charles S. Peirce, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, but is perhaps best remembered as one of the earliest and most able defenders of Darwinism and Darwinian natural selection. The bulk of the 137 items in the Wright Papers is comprised of personal letters addressed to Wright during the adult years of his brief life. From the typical letters of a college student, the correspondence branches out to touch upon philosophy, mathematics, and Wright's meeting with Darwin in 1872. Among the more prominent correspondents are C. S. Peirce, Charles Eliot Norton, Francis Bowen, Susan and J. Peter Lesley, and James Bradley Thayer and William Sydney Thayer. American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

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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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Lesley, Joseph. Geological section from S. Fork of Shenandoah R. to Lost R. (across Shenandoah Co.) / by Prof. Jos. Lesley.

Title: Geological section from S. Fork of Shenandoah R. to Lost R. (across Shenandoah Co.) / by Prof. Jos. Lesley. [1860]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. section : col. ; 7 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61497756 View