John Melmoth Dow papers, 1798-1918.

Colombus (ship)

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Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Hoadley, David, 1806-1873

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Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890

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John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. He was a US Senator from California, and in 1856 was the first Republican nominee for President of the United States. A native of Georgia, Frémont acquired male protectors after his father's death, and became proficient in mathematics, science, and surveying. During the 1840s, he led five expeditions into the Western United States and became known as "The Pathfinder". During the...

Pacific Mail Steamship Co.

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Orton, James, 1830-1877

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Epithet: of Add MS 37967 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0002ed ...

Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Houston, J.B.

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J. B. Houston was president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. From the description of Papers of J. B. Houston, 1881-1899. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 79458001 ...

Newbold, George

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Dow, John Melmoth, 1827-1892.

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John Melmoth Dow was a shipmaster, shipping agent and naturalist. Born in New York City in 1827, he joined the Panama Railroad Company. He made his first voyage to the Central American coast in 1851, and remained involved with Central and South American coastal trade as a ship captain until 1876. He was appointed commander of the steamer Constitution in 1853, and opened the Central American service of the Panama Railroad Company as commander of the steamer Colombus. He later became a shipping ag...

London Zoo (London, England)

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Palacio, Enrico.

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Barrios, Gerardo, 1813-1865

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Dorat, Charles

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Slaven, Henry Bartholomew.

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Salvin, Osbert, 1835-1898

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British naturalist who made several trips to Central America including one in 1860-1861. From the description of Views of Maya ruins at Copán in Honduras. 1862-1863. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 406997321 ...

Lane, W. H.

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Dow family.

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American Contract and Dredging Company.

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Sanford, H. S., 1823-1891

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Diplomat. Secretary of Legation in Paris, 1849 to 1854; Minister Resident to Belgium 1861 to 1867. Authored books on international systems of penal codes. Known as "General" because of his enrollment as a major-general in the Minnesota militia during the Civil War, in recognization of his gift of a pair of field pieces to the 1st Minnesota Volunteers. Founder of Shelton, Florida. From the description of Letters : Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium, to Samuel Sullivan Cox, 1861-1885....

Constitution (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Obed R. Bunker; owner-agent: Charles G. & Henry Coffin; first ship to use camel out of Nantucket harbor (not on this voyage). From the description of Log/journal, 1842 Sept. 23-1843 Oct. 20. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013209 Logbook belonging to a whaler from Nantucket, Mass. From the description of Logbook of the whaling ship Constitution, 1840-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...

Cassin, John

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Aspinwall, William Henry, 1807-1875

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Aspinwall was a railroad tycoon who had a near monopoly of trade between New York City and San Francisco before the completion of the transcontinental line. Pierrepont was a friend of President Lincoln and later Grant's Attorney General. From the description of Letter, 1864 April 30 : New York, N.Y., to [Judge Edwards Pierrepont]. (Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Library). WorldCat record id: 19852718 ...

Wyman, Jeffries, b.1864.

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Jacquier, J.

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Prestán, Pedro.

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Center, Alexander.

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Skinner, George Ure, 1804-1867

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Epithet: archaeologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001fd ...

Panama Railroad Co.

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Henry, Joseph I., 1797-1878.

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Dow, Elizabeth Allen.

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Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913

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John Melmoth, Dow 1827-1892.

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John Melmoth Dow was a shipmaster, shipping agent and naturalist. Born in New York City in 1827, he joined the Panama Railroad Company. He made his first voyage to the Central American coast in 1851, and remained involved with Central and South American coastal trade as a ship captain until 1876. He was appointed commander of the steamer Constitution in 1853, and opened the Central American service of the Panama Railroad Company as commander of the steamer Colombus. He later became a shipping ag...

Compagnie universelle du canal interocéanique de Panama.

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Zalvídar, Rafael, 1834-1896.

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Clyde, William Pancoast.

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Joy, Joseph F.

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Allen, Elizabeth, 1971-

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Epithet: of Add MS 36061 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000813.0x0003ca Epithet: of Add MS 36029 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000813.0x0003c9 ...