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Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891
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Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Maine. In a public service career that spanned over 50 years, he served as the 15th vice president of the United States. The first Republican to hold the office, Hamlin served from 1861 to 1865. He is considered among the most influential politicians to have come from Maine. A native of Paris, Maine (part of Massachusetts until 1820), Hamlin managed his father's farm before becoming a ne...
American Philosophical Society
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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...
Stevens, Edwin A. (Edwin Augustus), 1795-1868
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Anthony, H. B.
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Newberry, John Strong
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Lynch, John A.
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Williams, Roger, 1961-
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Epithet: of Tangier British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x000022 Epithet: of Stowe MS 132 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x00009b During the early decades of the nineteenth century, Roger Williams ran a ferry in West Springfield, Mass., carrying passengers and freight across the Connecticut River. From t...
Fay, Theodore S.
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Wilson, H.
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Carson, Joseph (Dr.)
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Sabine, Edward
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Stevens, G
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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 ...
Humphreys, A. A. (General)
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Browne, D. J. (Daniel Jay), 1804-
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Lacerda, Antonio De
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Rhymer, R.
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Stimpson, William
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Upham, C. W.
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Billingsgate
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Kohl, George
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Ring, John L.
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Poore, Ben Perley
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Jarvis, Edward
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Rhees, William J.
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Rumnick, I., Dr.
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Schaeffer, George C.
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Dekay, J. E.
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Crittenden, J. J. (Hon.)
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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1850-1908
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Hare, Robert
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Blodget, Lorin
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Holley, Alexander L.
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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...
Brewer, Thomas M., Dr.
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Loubat, J. F.
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Alexander, John H.
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Hare, Robert Harford
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Alter, Joseph Henry
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Earle, Pliny
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De Bow, Mr.
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Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881
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Arctic explorer; physician. From the description of Autograph of Isaac Israel Hayes, no date. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420487305 American explorer. From the description of Papers : of I.I. Hayes, 1857-1860. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812904 Explorer and physician. From the description of Autograph of I.I. Hayes, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450829 Isaac Israel Hayes (1832-1881) ...
Agassiz, S. C.
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Crossman, A. I.
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Silliman, Benjamin, Sr.
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Twining, Alexander C. (Alexander Catlin), 1801-1884
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Scientist, inventor, educator, civil engineer, and astronomer; of New Haven, Conn.; professor of astronomy, mathematics, and natural philosophy at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.; worked as railroad surveyor; after spending 10 years at Middlebury, returned to New Haven as a civil engineer and was engaged in the construction of several railways and canals for a number of years; involved during his later life in the pursuit of scientific research and also with the invention of a machine which ...
Kelland, Philip, 1808-1879
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Epithet: Secretary of the Senatus Academicus, Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x00028e English mathematician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : North Berwick, to "My dear Sir", [no year] Sept. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489142 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to "My dear Matheson", [no year, watermark 1857] Aug. 8. (Unkn...
Smith, George
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Epithet: Assyriologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x00008c Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000367 Epithet: of Add MS 34686 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x00036c Epithet: of Smith, Eld...
Schoolcraft, Mary E. Howard (Mrs. Henry Rowe)
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Mayer, Brantz, American author
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Bristow, Benjamin Helm, 1832-1896
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Lawyer, railroad entrepreneur, Secretary of the Treasury, and Republican politician. From the description of Benjamin Helm Bristow [microform] : papers, selections from Library of Congress. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 62534698 From the description of Benjamin Helm Bristow : miscellaneous papers, 1832-1896. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46737472 Army officer, lawyer, and U.S. secretary of the treasury and soli...
Lane, Mr.
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Newmarch, William, 1820-1882
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Epithet: economist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x00022b ...
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
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Benjamin Smith Lyman was a geologist and mining engineer. From the description of Papers, 1850-1918. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316358 Benjamin Smith Lyman studied geology and mining engineering in France and in Germany. He worked with J. Peter Lesley in the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, and later worked on the Iowa Geological Survey. Lyman was surveyor of the coal fields of Cape Breton Island and Nova Scotia and of the gold ...
Capitol Building
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Buchanan, George, scholar
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Clark, Alvan, 1804-1887
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Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
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Inventor and educator. From the description of Check, 1918 Feb. 11. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70954428 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and educator, and members of the related Bell, Fairchild, Grosvenor, and Hubbard families. From the description of Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979893 Inventor Alexander Graham Bell became a member of the American Philsophical Society in...
Agassiz, Alexander
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Edwards, Joseph
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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) ...
Wade, B. F
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Saussure, Henri de 1829-1905
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Epithet: Swiss naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000395 ...
Dawson, G. N.
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Beasley, F. W. (Rev.)
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Pennock, C. W. (Mrs.)
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Espy, James P...
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Henry, Harriet Alexander (Henry's Wife)
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Morton, S. G.
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Henry, Caroline (Henry's Daughter)
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Allen, Zachariah, 1795-1882
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Faraday, Sarah Barnard
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Tyndall, John
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Bancker, Charles Nicoll, 1778-1869
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Charles Nicoll Bancker was a merchant and financier. From the description of Family papers, ca.1733-1894. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380101 From the guide to the Charles Nicoll Bancker family papers, 1733-1894, 1733-1894, (American Philosophical Society) Merchant of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Charles Nicoll Bancker correspondence, 1803-1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123540290 ...
Girard College
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King, Charles (Charles Eulle)
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Maclean, John, 1800-1886
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Arrow, Frederick (Sir)
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Mitchell, William
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Wilson, Daniel J.
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Suckley, George, 1830-1869
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George Suckley, United States Army surgeon and naturalist, participated in the Northern Pacific Railroad Route Survey led by Isaac I. Stevens. The party made explorations and scientific investigations from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Puget Sound in Washington during the years 1853-57. Suckley collaborated with James G. Cooper on The natural history of Washington territory, which was published in 1859. From the description of Papers of George Suckley, 1846-1886. (Huntington Library, Art C...
