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Alexander, J. H. (John Henry), 1812-1867. Calendar, 1860.

Title: Calendar, 1860.

Calendar of provincial executive documents prepared in 1860 by J. H. Alexander and the Rev. Ethan Allen in accordance with the Laws of 1858, ch. 27. Entries include proceedings of the Council and General Assembly as well as Upper House journals. Documents cover years 1637-1703. Also contains "miscellaneous" documents from 1762-1776.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft.

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Alexander, J. H. (John Henry), 1812-1867. Geological reports. Maryland.

Title: Geological reports. Maryland. [1834-1837?]

ArchivalResource: 5 items in 1 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

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Joseph Henry letters, 1836-1878, 1836-1878

Title: Joseph Henry letters, 1836-1878 1836-1878

The letters in this small collection concern the Smithsonian Institution, the Colorado Territory, and Humboldt's observations, among many other topics.

ArchivalResource: 48.0 Item(s)

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Correspondence on Indian names, 1854-1860, 1854-1860

Title: Correspondence on Indian names, 1854-1860 1854-1860

This volume of letters Sebastian Ferris Streeter and John Henry Alexander, both of the Maryland Historical Society, relating to efforts of Henry to secure information on Indian names and to obtain travel grants from the Maryland Historical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Smithsonian Institution. There are letters from Edward Ballard of Maine Historical Society, and P. W. Leland and Usher Parsons of Rhode Island Historical Society, concerning New England Indian place names. There is also a letter (1854) to J. Francis Fisher and others of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, in response to a circular appeal, on Indian names of Northampton County, Pennsylvania (929.4 H39).

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 22 items

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Cresson, John C. (John Chapman), 1806-1876. United States Navy Department records, 1852.

Title: United States Navy Department records, 1852.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (267 p.) : ill.

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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.

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Harwood, William. William Harwood letter, 1835 Dec. 8.

Title: William Harwood letter, 1835 Dec. 8.

Letter written to friend John Henry Alexander in Baltimore, Maryland, discussing the character of the population in Winston County, Mississippi, after the Choctaw Purchase; lack of opportunity for practicing law in the area; high profits expected for real estate investments in Mississippi and Texas; and the prospect of independence for Texas as an inducement for people to move to that area.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter ; 31 x 20 cm.

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Alexander, John H., 1812-1867. John H. Alexander papers, 1824-1857 (majority 1835-1850)

Title: John H. Alexander papers

John H. Alexander (1812-1867) had a varied career as a lawyer, civil engineer, surveyor, geologist, and teacher at the universities of Pennsylvania and Maryland. As Chief Engineer of Maryland, he surveyed the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad. He also conducted a coast survey for the federal government, and, as Maryland's first geologist, he mapped coal deposits in the state. Important subjects documented in the collection include the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, slack water navigation, canal legislation, surveys, contracts, railroads, Indian tribes, real estate, and Alexander's family life. The collection consists of reports, pamphlets, essays, and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear feet

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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878. Letters, 1836-1878.

Title: Letters, 1836-1878.

The letters in this small collection concern the Smithsonian Institution, the Colorado Territory, and Humboldt's observations, among many other topics.

ArchivalResource: 45 items.

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John Henry Alexander letter to Rosewood Fisher, 1845

Title: John Henry Alexander letter to Rosewood Fisher 1845

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

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Alexander, John H., 1812-1867. John H. Alexander papers, 1824-1857 (majority 1835-1850)

Title: John H. Alexander papers

John H. Alexander (1812-1867) had a varied career as a lawyer, civil engineer, surveyor, geologist, and teacher at the universities of Pennsylvania and Maryland. As Chief Engineer of Maryland, he surveyed the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad. He also conducted a coast survey for the federal government, and, as Maryland's first geologist, he mapped coal deposits in the state. Important subjects documented in the collection include the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, slack water navigation, canal legislation, surveys, contracts, railroads, Indian tribes, real estate, and Alexander's family life. The collection consists of reports, pamphlets, essays, and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear feet

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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

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Streeter, Sebastian Ferris, 1810-1864. [Letter] 1857 July 8th, Balti[more, to] Matthew S. Henry / S.F. Streeter.

Title: [Letter] 1857 July 8th, Balti[more, to] Matthew S. Henry / S.F. Streeter.

Speaks of supporting Mr. Henry's plan, which entails raising a sum for outfitting; also offers critique of Mr. Henry's Indian names in New Jersey.

ArchivalResource: [4] p. ; 20.2 x 12.5 cm.

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Alexander, J. H. (John Henry), 1812-1867. Delaware language dictionary, 1856.

Title: Delaware language dictionary, 1856.

Manuscript glossary of Delaware/English and English/Delaware terms and pronunciation, compiled by Alexander from earlier works by David Zeisberger (1721-1808) and John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (1743-1823), and from a work translated by Peter Stephen Du Ponceau (1760-1844).

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Alexander, J. H. (John Henry), 1812-1867. Scriptorum Americanum syntaxis, 1841-[185-]

Title: Scriptorum Americanum syntaxis, 1841-[185-]

An alphabetical inventory of American authors.

ArchivalResource: 103 p.

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Alexander, J. H. (John Henry), 1812-1867. Introits for all the Sundays of the year, [ca. 1840-1849]

Title: Introits for all the Sundays of the year, [ca. 1840-1849]

Manuscript booklet of introits from the Psalms for each Sunday, inscribed to Bishop Whittingham.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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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)

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American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIc, 1826-1836

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIc 1826-1836

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

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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

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Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862. Correspondence on Indian names, 1854-1860.

Title: Correspondence on Indian names, 1854-1860.

This volume of letters Sebastian Ferris Streeter and John Henry Alexander, both of the Maryland Historical Society, relating to efforts of Henry to secure information on Indian names and to obtain travel grants from the Maryland Historical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Smithsonian Institution. There are letters from Edward Ballard of Maine Historical Society, and P. W. Leland and Usher Parsons of Rhode Island Historical Society, concerning New England Indians place names. There is also a letter (1854) to J. Francis Fisher and others of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, in response to a circular appeal, on Indian names of Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (22 items).

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Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889. Frederick A.P. Barnard papers, 1831-1889.

Title: Frederick A.P. Barnard papers, 1831-1889.

Correspondence and manuscripts of Barnard, spanning his adult life from 1831 to 1889. The majority of the correspondence covers his positions as President and Chancellor of the University of Mississippi and President of Columbia College. Addressees prominent among Barnard's outgoing letters include Edward Claudius Herrick, Eugene and Julius Hilgard, and Simon Newcomb. The letters to the Hilgards, many of which are photostatic copies, deal with the University of Mississippi. There are several letters each to Barnard from Alexander Dallas Bach, William Cullen Bryant, Howard Crosby, James D. Dana, Morgan Dix, Hugh McCulloch, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey. This collection also contains five volumes of Barnard's manuscript sermons, two volumes of miscellaneous addresses and speeches, and a manuscript volume of his autobiographical reminiscences with letters bound in, some originals, some typescript copies. There is also a photograph album of the University of Mississippi Class of 1861, including several campus views.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft. ( 9 boxes)

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Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843. Papers of c [manuscript], 1806-1847.

Title: Papers of c [manuscript], 1806-1847.

Papers of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler. They consist mostly of correspondence, with various persons, of F. R. Hassler, mathematician, geodetic surveyor, and first superintendent of the U. S. Coast and [Geodetic] Survey.

ArchivalResource: 164 items.

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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

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