Papers, 1771-1803.

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Papers, 1771-1803.

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This collection contains manuscripts and photostats of manuscripts on theological questions, the internal development of the United States, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, Unitarianism, science, chemistry, Priestley's publications, and the American Philosophical Society. The correspondence includes 41 letters to John Vaughan, 1791-1800; 68 letters between Priestley, Joseph Priestley, Jr., and John Wilkinson, 1787-1802; and 11 letters to various persons, 1774-1803.

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American Philosophical Society Library

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American Philosophical Society Library

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American Philosophical Society

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...

Wilkinson, John, 1728-1808

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Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804

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Joseph Priestley was an English clergyman, political theorist, and physical scientist whose work contributed to advances in liberal political and religious thought and in experimental chemistry. He is best remembered for his contribution to the chemistry of gases. He relocated to Northumberland, Pa. From the description of Joseph Priestley papers, 1777-1835. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53101438 Priestley and Vaughan, amongst others, founded...

Priestley, Joseph, 1768-1833

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