Peter Henri Van Der Weyde papers ca. 1800-1894 1844-1894

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Peter Henri Van Der Weyde papers ca. 1800-1894 1844-1894

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3132

Peter Henri Van Der Weyde (1813-1895) was a Dutch-American industrial scientist and inventor. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, materials related to inventions, and miscellaneous family papers. Correspondence includes letters Van Der Weyde received when he was a researcher and teacher of industrial science; family correspondence including letters from his son, an officer in the Union Army, 1861-1864; and correspondence concerning a colony founded in 1880 by the Brooklyn Co-operative Colonization Association in Washington Territory. Other materials are contracts, patent petitions, and specifications for inventions; manuscripts and notebooks on applied science and theological and religious topics; and autobiography. Also, family records, financial papers, notes, photograph, and pamphlets describing Van Der Weyde's inventions.

2 linear feet (6 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313062

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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