Minto-Skelton papers 1757-1956 1770-1900 Minto-Skelton papers

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a profess...

Aitchison, Alexander, Jr.

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Broom, Jacob, 1752-1810

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Jacob Broom was a merchant, manufacturer, statesman in Wilmington, Del. He was a delegate to the convention of 1787 pursuant to a resolution of Congress to adopt a federal constitution. From the description of [Letter] 1807 Aug. 6, Wilmington, [to] James M. Broom, Baltimore / Jaco: Broom. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 174549632 ...

Boyd, William Morison, 1834-1912

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Minto, Walter, Sr.

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Detargny, Marin, b. 1776

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Drummond, Catherine, 1762-1833

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Blackhall, John

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College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

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Slop von Cadenberg, Joseph Anton, 1740-1808

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Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...

McDonald, Jo

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Minto, Walter, 1753-1796

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Walter Minto was one of Princeton's earliest teachers of mathematics, and perhaps the first deserving the designation "mathematician." He was born in the Merse district of Scotland in a family of Spanish origin. He studied philosophy and literature at the University of Edinburgh. Minto was in Pisa Italy, on March 13, 1781, when William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus, which Minto got to see in a telescope. His publications include his treatise RESEARCHES INTO SOME PARTS OF THE THEOTY OF TH...

Jamieson, John, 1759-1838

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Scottish antiquary and philologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to William S. Maclean, 1837 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269524795 Epithet: Scottish antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x000355 ...

Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796

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David Rittenhouse was a maker of clocks and astronomical instruments in Norriton (Norristown) and Philadelphia, Penn. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1770-1780. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668311544 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1765-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668311425 From the description of Brass dial wall clock, ca. 1774. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668311652 ...

Gurney, Francis, 1738-1815

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Francis Gurney was born in 1738 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. At the age of 18 he enlisted in the Provincial Army. Gurney served during the French and Indian War, participating in the Canadian campaign. After the war, Gurney returned to Philadelphia where he began his career as a merchant. During the American Revolution, he served as a captain with the Grenadier Company, 3rd Regiment, Philadelphia Militia, and was later promoted to lieutenant colonel; he also served on the Pennsylvania Board of...

Skelton, Elizabeth, ca. 1851-1826

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Skelton family

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Walter Minto: Walter Minto (1753-1796), noted mathematician and educator, was born in a village near Cowdenknows in the Merse district of Scotland (not far from Redpath in the former Berwickshire) on 6 December 1753. He was the oldest son of Walter Minto, Sr., and Agnes Waugh Minto, and brother of Thomas, Nanny, Agnes, and David, all of whom were living in Edinburgh by the early 1770's. Thomas's Uncle Robert Minto, a landowner in Jamaica, helped him secure a position the...

Skelton, Ann, 1818-1906

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Craig, John, 1838-1934

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Epithet: Prebendary of Gillingham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x000316 Epithet: of Add MS 40242 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00002d ...

Minto, Mary Skelton, d. 1824

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Minto, Thomas.

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Minto, Robert.

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Minto, Nanny.

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Johnstone, George, 1730-1787

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Famous commodore Johnston. From the description of Autograph letter signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270488823 Johnstone, a British naval officer, served as governor of West Florida from 1763 to 1767. In 1778 he was one of three commissioners sent to America to try to negotiate an end to the war. From the description of ALS, 1778, June 19, off New Castle, Del., to Richard Oswald. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122466148 ...

Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829

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Historian, artist, scholar. From the description of Autograph note with a sketch : to Lady Anne Hamilton. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614608 From the description of Autograph letter : to "Urania" (Lady Anne Hamilton), not dated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614598 From the description of Autograph memorandum to accompany Col. Erskine of Mar's letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614595 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Lad...

Buist, John.

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