Wisconsin Historical Society. Increase A. Lapham Papers.

Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Often called the “Father of American Botany,” Asa Gray was instrumental in establishing systematic botany as a field of study at Harvard University and, to some extent, in the United States. His relationships with European and North American botanists and collectors enabled him to serve as a central clearing house for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America. He also served as a link between American and European botanical sciences. Gray regularly reviewed new Euro...

Pomeroy, J. M.

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Halloway, D. P.

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Lapham, Increase Allen

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Maury, Matthew F.

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Barber, A.D.

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Frear, George A.

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Mitchel, Ormsby Mcknight

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Peak, Henry

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Graham, Col.

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Mitchell, Alexander

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Pidgeon, William

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Capron, Horace (General)

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Tweedy, John H

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Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884

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Arnold Henry Guyot was a geographer and the first to formulate laws of structure and movement of glaciers. He published geography textbooks, 1866-1875, and was professor of physical geography and geology at Princeton University, 1854-1884. From the description of Correspondence, 1857-1882. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316399 Geographer and geologist. From the description of Letter of A. Guyot, circa 1857. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Cincinnati observatory (Ohio)

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The Cincinnati Observatory began operation in April of 1845 under the directorship of Ormsby McKnight Mitchel. Mitchel was a professor of engineering and mathematics at Cincinnati College, a predecessor of the University of Cincinnati, and held a great interest in astronomy, which he shared with the people of Cincinnati through a series of public lectures. In 1841, Mitchel founded the Cincinnati Astronomical Society and sold shares in the society to raise money for the observatory. ...

Espy, James P...

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Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888

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Ephraim George Squier (1821-1888) and Dr. Edwin Hamilton Davis (1811-1888) of Chillicothe, Ohio were antiquarian authors who became authorities in the field of Indian antiquities. Mr. Squier was editor of the Scioto Gazette in Ohio when he began investigating the moundbuilders of the Scioto Valley under the tutelage of Dr. Davis, an Ohio physician who wrote for several historical and medical journals. Squier was later appointed Charge d'affaires to Guatemala and other Central American states and...

Potter, John Fox, 1817-1899

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Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia, 1876)

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American Antiquarian Society

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The American Antiquarian Society was founded in Worcester, Mass., in 1812, largely through the efforts of Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831). The Society's original stated purpose was to "encourage the collection and preservation of the Antiquities of our country, and of curious and valuable productions in Art and Nature [that] have a tendency to enlarge the sphere of human knowledge." AAS from its inception attempted to be national in its collecting and its membership, which is by election....

Chapman, C.

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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...

Henry, D Farrand

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Russell, Charles P.

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Coffin, James Henry.

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Burnell, Levi

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Butler, C. M.

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Baxter, Mrs.

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Bailey, B., Mrs.

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Holt, J. (Joan)

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Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable

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Hoy, P. R.

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Locke, E.

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Dillon, John B., M.D.

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Lacroix

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Haven, Samuel F. (Samuel Foster), 1806-1881

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Haven, an archaeologist, was librarian for the American Antiquarian society and chairman of its publishing committee. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1870-1871. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226048748 ...

Marsh, E. L., Dr.

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Redfield, William C.

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Spencer, Edward

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Wells, Charles K.

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Blodget, Lorin

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Atwater, Elizabeth E.

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Holland, Charles

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Wells, F.

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Halloway, Mr.

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Disturnell

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Loomis, Elias

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Bridge, S I

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Wells, Daniel, 1808-1902

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Walker, Sears C.

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Mcmullen, J. F.

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Bidwell, E. C.

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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...

Sevenston, Thomas

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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...

Smith, J. Lawrence (John Lawrence)

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Newton, Isaac (Comm. Of Agriculture)

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Mason, Charles

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Lapham, Ann

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Green, James

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Epithet: fl 1880s British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x0001c2 James Green was a contemporary of Henry Grinnell (1799-1874) co-founder of Fish, Grinnell and Co. (later renamed Grinnell, Minturn and Co) From the guide to the James Green collection, 1851, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) Epithet: Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms British Library Archives an...