Perkins family papers 1784-1891 1784-1861 Perkins family papers

Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875

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Sir Charles Lyell, first baronet, (1797-1875, APS, 1842) was a geologist and lawyer, whose Principles of Geology explained “former changes of the earth’s surface” by means of “modern causes.” Critical of the “catastrophist” views of many contemporary geologists, Lyell considered the earth “a system of balanced antagonistic processes,” a theory later described as uniformitarian. Although he rejected Jean Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of species mutability early in his career, later he favorabl...

Perkins, Jane Lawrence, 1799-1890.

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Childs, Thomas S. (Thomas Spencer), 1825-1914

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Thomas Childs of Bakersfield, Vermont was engaged in agriculture. From the description of Diary, 1826-1834. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 776972232 Minister and educator. Member of a commission appointed 1888 by the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate removal of Ute Indians from Colorado to Utah. From the description of Papers, 1850-1895. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13912623 ...

Lawrence, Abigail P.

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Childs, Thomas S. (Thomas Spencer), 1825-1914

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Thomas Childs of Bakersfield, Vermont was engaged in agriculture. From the description of Diary, 1826-1834. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 776972232 Minister and educator. Member of a commission appointed 1888 by the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate removal of Ute Indians from Colorado to Utah. From the description of Papers, 1850-1895. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13912623 ...

Perkins, Benjamin, 1797-1870.

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Perkins family

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Benjamin Perkins was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on June 8, 1797, the son of David Perkins (1770-1859), a merchant, and Hannah Fabens (1771-1851). In 1823, he married Jane Lawrence (1799-1890), daughter of Abel Lawrence and Abigail Page, and they moved to Hanover, New Hampshire, and then to Boston, where Benjamin established the publishing firm of Perkins & Marvin. They had several children: Charles (1824-1887), who became a clerk in Plymouth, New Hampshire; Mary (1826-1891); ...

Kirk, Edward Norris, 1802-1874

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Edward Norris Kirk, clergyman, was born in New York City. He was educated at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), where he graduated in 1820. After studying law for eighteen months in New York City, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary and remained there four years, after which he was appointed agent of the Board of foreign missions, and traveled through the south in its behalf. In 1827 he was ordained assistant pastor of the second Presbyterian Church in Albany, and in 182...

Childs, Susan

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Lawrence, Charles

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Epithet: agriculturist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x0001a0 Epithet: Mayor of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x0001a2 ...