Smithsonian Archives. William Jones Rhees Collection.

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Richard Delafield was born in New York City on September 1, 1798. He was one of the 14 children of John and Anne (née Hallett) Delafield. His father had emigrated to New York from England in 1788 and made a fortune as a merchant. Edward Delafield, a prominent American physician, Joseph Delafield, a lawyer and diplomant, and Rufus King Delafield, a banker and manufacturer, were among his brothers. He was the first graduate of the United States Military Academy to receive a merit class standing...

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George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829 and as the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. The son of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas, George Dallas attended elite preparatory schools before embarking on a legal career. He served as the private secretary to Albert Gallatin and worked for the Treasury Department and the Second Bank of the United Stat...

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Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887

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Claflen, H. M.

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Everett, J. D.

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American Union Academy (D.C.)

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Adam, Lucien

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Tice, Isaac P.

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Swift, Lewis

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Leeds, Lewis

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Wesley, William

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Lefroy, J. H.

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Littrow, Carl L. Van

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Welling, James C. (James Clarke), 1825-1894

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Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth, 1847-1931

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Physicist, chemist, and geologist. From the description of Frank Wigglesworth Clarke diaries, 1865-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78216515 Cornell University faculty member. From the description of Frank Wigglesworth Clarke autograph book, 1869-1878. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936042 Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847-1931) was a geological chemist. Clarke taught chemistry and physics at Howard University in Washington, D.C., ...

Schrotter, Dr. A.

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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Wright, Parvin

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Kerler, John

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Peabody, George

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Simons, M. L.

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Woodward, Joseph Janvier

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Aubin, N.

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Schoolcraft, Mary E. Howard (Mrs. Henry Rowe)

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Dudley Observatory

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Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894

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Josiah Dwight Whitney was born on November 23, 1819 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1839 (B.A.) and studied geology in Europe. He participated in the Lake Superior region survey (1847-1849) and several other expeditions through the 1860s. Whitney taught at Harvrd University and published several works on geology. He died in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire on August 19, 1896. From the guide to the William Dwight Whitney family papers, 1778-1951, 1814-1912,...

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Wilson, John

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Byington, Cyrus.

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Pick, Hermann

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Swift, Robert

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American Electrical Society

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Allegheny Observatory

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The appearance of the comet known as "Donati's Comet", discovered in Florence by Giovanni Donati on June 2, 1858, gave the initial stimulus to the founding of the observatory. Interest in the comets appearance caused a group of men (professional and business) to form the Allegheny Telescope Association. This group, among whom the most prominent were Professor Louis Bradley, Josiah King and Harvey Childs, met in Bradley's home on February 15, 1858, and resolved not only to found the A.T.A. but al...

Wetherill, Charles Mayer

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Venen, L. P.

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Huff, J. W.

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Halberg, Carl

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De Daugnon, F. F.

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Nautical Almanac Office.

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Blake & Shotwell

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Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866

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William Henry Harvey was a botanist. From the description of Papers, 1848-1865. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616217 From the guide to the William H. (William Henry) Harvey papers, 1848-1865, 1848-1865, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Columbian College

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Murray, David

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Binney, W. G.

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Maury, R. H.,& Co

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Featherman, A. (Americus), 1822-

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Americus Featherman was Professor of Romance Language and instructor of Botany at Louisiana State University, 1869-1872. From the description of Americus Featherman letter, 1880. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 156852145 ...

Tarr & White

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Mori, Arinori, 1847-1889

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Halbert, E. J.

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Bower, Frederick

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Condon, J. F.

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Tyndall, John

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Commission On Spirit Meters

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Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889

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Maria Mitchell and her father William Mitchell were astronomers. In 1869, Maria Mitchell was one of the first women elected into the American Philosophical Society. From the description of Papers, ca. 1825-1887. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122624294 From the guide to the Maria Mitchell papers, ca. 1825-1887, Circa 1825-1887, (American Philosophical Society) Astronomer and teacher. From the description of Letter to Mr. Al...

Orton, William

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Ward, Henry H.

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Winlock, Joseph

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Fague, Soloman J.

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Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864

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Epithet: Vice-president of the American Ethnological Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000a9 Author, Indian agent and ethnologist. From the description of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft papers, 1826-1841. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418398 Henry Schoolcraft was an ethnologist, geologist, Indian agent, and glass manufacturer. From th...

Smithmyers, J. S.

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Berlin Observatory

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Moore, C. R.

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Morse, Samuel F. B.

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Dumeril, C.

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Taylor, William B.

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Humphreys, A. A. (General)

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Negretti and Zambra

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Carey, Samuel W.

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Horan, Henry

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Hastings, Charles

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Otis, George A. (George Alexander), 1830-1881

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Curator of the Army Medical Museum (later the National Museum of Health and Medicine). From the description of Otis collection, 1845-1924. (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library). WorldCat record id: 70947035 ...

New York Tribune

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Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia, 1876)

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Bates, James A.

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Leclanche, Georges

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Smithson, James, 1765-1829

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Taylor, Frederick W.

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Randall, S. S.

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Swett, John

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Palmer, G. T.

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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895

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Dorsey was the vice president of section H (anthropology) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1892. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226043775 ...

Beardslee, George W.

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Clark, N. B.

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Waterbury, E. P.

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Bland, Thomas

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Watson, James C. (James Craig), 1838-1880

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Professor of astronomy and director of the Observatory at University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin. From the description of James Craig Watson papers, 1857-1881. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420391 James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838-November 22, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer born in the village of Fingal, Ontario Canada. His family relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1850. In 1857, Watson graduated from the University of...

Wise & Callahan

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Gibbs, George

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Epithet: of Croydon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x0002d7 Parker Cleaveland worked as a mineralogist and geologist. From the guide to the Parker Cleaveland papers, [ca. 1806]-1844, Circa 1806-1844, (American Philosophical Society) Epithet: Clerk of the Crown in Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000005...

Nicholson, W.L.

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Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Brisbane, A.

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Rhees, William J.

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Parker, Peter

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Chase, Salmon P.

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Paris Observatory

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Boyd, D. F.

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Augusta Young Mens Library Association

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Spear, Ellis.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Yale College Obervatory

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Wallace, David A.

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Casella, L. (Luigi)

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Abria, M.

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Augenstein, Moritz

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Northrop, B. G.

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Lockyer, J. Norman

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Epithet: KCB, astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x00021d (Joseph) Norman Lockyer was born in May 1836 in Rugby. On completing his education, he became a clerk in the War Office at the age of twenty-one. Developing a keen interest in science, in particular astronomy, he presented his first scientific paper to the Royal Astronomical Society in 1863. During the 1860s, Lockyer turned hi...

Wheeler, W. P.

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Gale, Leonard D. (Leonard Dunnell), 1800-1883

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Seaton, William Winston, 1785-1866

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Journalist, editor, mayor of Washington, D.C., 1840-1850. From the description of Letter : to "My good friend", [not after 1866] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22842661 From the description of Letter : to an unidentified recipient, 1849 Feb. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22777915 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed (2) : Washington, D.C., to Redwood Fisher, 1845 June 29 and [Nov. 29]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2...

Romain, W. G.

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Little, L. A.

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Riggs & Co.

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Hall, James

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Epithet: Moderator, United Associate Presbytery of Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000207 Epithet: American palaeontologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000205 Epithet: spinner, of Hulme, county Lancashire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark...

Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872

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Painter from Detroit, Michigan, primarily of pictures of Indians. From the description of John Mix Stanley papers, 1842, 1868-1871. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418580 John Mix Stanley (1814-1872), began painting Indians in 1838, was with Gen. Kearny's California expedition in 1846, and toured the Pacific Northwest in 1847-48. In 1853 he was an artist on Gov. Stevens's expedition to survey a northern route for the Pacific railroad. From the des...

Byington, R.

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Lucas, George A., 1824-1909

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Demosthinian Library

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Trumbull, Mr.

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Ridgway, A. E.

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Simpson

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Cumming, Hugh S. (Hugh Smith), 1869-1948

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Hugh S. Cumming joined the Marine Hospital Service as a physician in 1895. After serving in various U.S. Public Health Service quarantine stations, Cumming was promoted to Surgeon General of the Public Health Service in 1920. During the same year, he was appointed director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau. Cumming retired from the Public Health Service in 1936, but remained director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau until his death in 1948. From the description of Hugh S. Cummin...

Fish, Hamilton.

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Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891

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Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterpart. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America. On July 19, 1806 Alexander Dallas Bache wa...

Lewis, James

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Epithet: of Clifton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x0001b2 ...

Observatories

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Moith, Aug. T.

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Newton, Isaac (1642 1727)

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Benson, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Sluter), 1833-1903

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Boylston Insurance Co.

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Downing, W. B., Bros.

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Young, Casey

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Duyckinck

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Field, Cyrus W.

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Epithet: projector of the Atlantic cable British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001ae ...

Japanese Embassy

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Leverrier, U. J. J.

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Sherman, C., & Son

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Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901

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Engineer and geologist. From the description of Papers of Charles A. Schott, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071032 ...

Mitchell, S. W.

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Bessels, Emil

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Babcock, O. E.

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Army Medical Museum

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Abbott, Francis

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Astor, William B. (William Backhouse), 1792-1875

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Capitalist, son of John Jacob Astor, and nominal head of the American Fur Company prior to his father's exit from the business in 1834. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], to James Abbott, Detroit, [Mich.], 1832 July 13. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36145298 William B. Astor went into business with his father, John Jacob Astor, and successfully invested in real estate and railroad, coal, and insurance companies. Samuel Jones...

Patterson, Joseph.

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Drexler, C.

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International Congress of Americanists

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The International Congress of Americanists Records contain materials related to the XXIX Congress of 1949, held in New York City. Originally part of the Sol Tax Papers, this collection consists largely of materials regarding Tax's efforts to publish the proceedings of the congress. The Congress explored such themes as: the art of the Americas, early man in America, physical Anthropology, language and culture, population in Native America, etc. From the description of International Co...

Allen, J. G.

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Hart, John Seely

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Paine, Halbert E.

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Halbert Eleazer Paine was born in Chardon, Ohio, on 4 February 1826. On 10 September 1850 he married Eliza Leaworthy Brigham of Windham, Ohio. During the Civil War he rose to the rank of Brevet Major General in recognition for gallantry on several occasions, particularly for the attack on Port Hudson, Louisiana. Halbert was a U.S. Representative from Milwaukee between 1865 and 1871, serving as Chairman of the Committee on the Militia and Chairman of the Committee on Elections. He later took up t...

Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909

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American astronomist and political economist. From the description of Typed letter : [Washington, D.C., to the editors of The Critic, Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder, 1884 Aug. 19]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645229686 American astronomer. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (3) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1886 Mar. 16-1883 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612661 Astronomer, mathematician, and economist. ...

Horton & Milligan

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Clingman, A.

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Blunt, George William

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Hutchinson, E. S.

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Young, C. A.

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Lea, Isaac

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Epithet: American naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000219.0x0000ff ...

Hyde, A.

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Thomson, James, engraver

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Epithet: Writer in Kirkcaldy, and prisoner in the Tolbooth there British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0001b4 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000013 Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00023e ...

Tuttle, Horace

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Digges, Isaac

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Roosevelt, Clinton, 1804-1898

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Bruhns, C. C.

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Hooper, Samuel

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Gray, Asa

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Epithet: botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000310 Epithet: M D British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0003dd ...

Mansfield, Mr.

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Billings, John S.

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Medical College Of Georgia Library

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Fleishman, Moritz

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Hamilton, O.

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Mackellar, Smiths ? Jordan

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Page, Charles Grafton, 1812-1868

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Rogers, Fairman, 1833-1900

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Fairman Rogers (1833-1900) graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an A.B. in 1853 and an A.M. in 1856. He served as Professor of Civil Engineering until 1864 and as a Trustee from 1871 to 1886 at the University of Pennsylvania. He was engaged in surveys of the Potomac River for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. He was well published on engineering topics, but was equally well known for riding and driving matters as he was the founder of the Philadelphia Coaching Club and t...

Henry, Caroline (Henry's Daughter)

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Vienna Academy

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Peters, Christian H. F. (Prof.)

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King, C. B.

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Bennett, J. F.

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Carpenter, Philip Pearsall

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Foerster, Wilhelm Julius

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Sherman, W. T. (Gen.)

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Tuttle, L. B.

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Casey, Silas, 1841-1913

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Union soldier from Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38386268 Naval officer. From the description of Silas Casey papers, 1771-1941 (bulk 1862-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81260338 Biographical Note 1841, Sept. 11 Born, East Greenwich, Rhode Island ...

Philbrick, John D.

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Lick Observatory

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Baker, Smith, & Co.

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Norton, Charles B.

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Walker, R. J.

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Cather, George R.

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Lick, James, 1796-1876

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Brooks, Andrew M.

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Mason, J. G.

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Lathrop, George A.

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Murray, J. Alex (John Alex)

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Harkness, William.

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Huntington, William S.

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Franklin Insurance Co.

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Barnes, J. K.

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Henry, Mary Anna (Henry's Daughter)

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Palmer, Edward (Dr.)

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Richard, J. H.

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Coffin, James Henry.

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Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894

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Stuart, Joseph H.

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Omensetter & Shuster

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De Beust, William

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Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886

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Army officer, lawyer, and geologist, of Cleveland, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1827-1897. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18446173 Soldier, lawyer, geologist, and historian who resided in Cleveland, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1806-1909 / Charles Whittlesey. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19898834 From the description of Charles Whittlesey papers, 1806-1909 [microform]. (Rhinelander District Li...

Hungerford, Henry James

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Dunlevy, John C.

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Van Bokkelen, S.

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Schenk, Robert C.

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Lapham, Increase Allen

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Harvey, Joseph E.

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Rochow, F.

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Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris, 1816-1892

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Lovering, Joseph

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Biddle, E. J.

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Delano, Columbus, Hon.

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Selkirk, Alex

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

Savage, J. L.

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Rogers, Henry J.

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Henry J. Rogers (1811-1879) was an inventor and a pioneer in the development of the telegraph. From the description of Henry J. Rogers Papers, 1844-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80093607 ...

United States Treasurer

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Elliott, Henry

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Keyser, B. U.

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Hubby, H., Prof.

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Elliott, Sarah Barnwell, 1848-1928

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Sarah Barnwell Elliott, daughter of Charlotte Bull Barnwell and Stephen Elliott, was a novelist, playwright, and suffragist of Sewanee, Tenn. From the description of Sarah Barnwell Elliott letters, 1886-1896 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23662096 From the guide to the Sarah Barnwell Elliott Letters, ., 1886-1896, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Steinberg & Co.

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Weaver, Henry

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Shippen, Edward.

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Japan

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Brinton, Daniel Garrison

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Hanford, Melancthon

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St. George, George

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Epithet: Vice-Admiral of Connaught British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000169.0x00023d ...

United States. Congress

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Bills of the 96th Congress to provide for temporary increases in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. From the description of Public debt legislation, 96th Congress : legislative history of public debt legislation, 1979-1980. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243776779 Bill of the 96th Congress to impose a windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, and for other purposes. From the description of Crude oil windfall profit tax act of 1980 ...

Peale, Charles Willson

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Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898

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Justin Smith Morrill (1810-1898), merchant, U.S. Representative and Senator from Vermont, authored the Morrill Tariff Act (1861) and the Land Grant College Act (1862). He chaired the Senate Finance Committee for many years (1877-79, 1881-93, 1895-98). From the description of Justin Smith Morrill Papers, 1825-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387635 Justin S. Morrill was a congressman and financier. From the guide to the Justin S. Morrill papers, 1814-1937, ...

Stone, Ormand

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Jenkins, Edward O.

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Atlanta Medical College Library

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Coast Survey Office

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Lowry, J.W.

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Girard Life Insurance Company

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Robinson, John

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Epithet: carrier British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x0001ab John Robinson served as Secretary for Royal Society of Edinburgh. He wrote to John Brown regarding the Antarctic explorer James Weddell whom they both knew. From the guide to the John Robinson collection, 1839, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manusc...

Whitney, Leonard

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Little, W. C.

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Hamilton, James, Earl of Abercorn

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Epithet: in the service of the Old Pretender British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x00019c Epithet: 1st Duke of Hamilton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0001be Title: 1st Earl of Arran British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x0000c4 ...

Corcoran And Riggs

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Boston society of natural history

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Pickard, J. L. (Josiah Little), 1824-1914

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Josiah L. Pickard served as the sixth president of the State University of Iowa, from 1878 to 1887. A leading educator and administrator, Pickard assumed the presidency after heading the public school system in Chicago. He also was a devoted student of history, serving as president of the State Historical Society of Iowa for nearly 20 years. Pickard, a native of Maine, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1844 and served as principal of Platteville (Wisconsin) Academy until 1860. That year, he was ...