Robert Brown papers 1853-1908

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Robert Brown papers 1853-1908

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0934

Correspondence and legal and financial papers relating to a controversy with Yale University over a house to be constructed for Robert Brown's use as secretary of the Observatory. Included are letters from Hubert Anson Newton, William Whitman Farnam and William Kneeland Townsend. Also in the papers is correspondence concerning the Yale secret society, Scroll and Key.

0.25 linear foot

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350919

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Brown, Robert, 1836-1911.

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Robert Brown: officer of Cincinnati Gas Light and Coke Company, 1866-1882; from 1883-1907 served as secretary of the Astronomical Observatory of Yale University; member of various learned and charitable associations. From the description of Robert Brown papers, 1853-1908 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168458 Robert Brown: officer of Cincinnati Gas Light and Coke Company, 1866-1882; from 1883-1907 served as secretary of the Astronomical Observator...