Occasional glimpses at the world, 1824.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m82zx (person)

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

American Philosophical Society

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gn8xhn (corporateBody)

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...

Currie, William, 1754-1828

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sx6bcm (person)

Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. From the guide to the Joseph Carson letters, 1789-1858, 1789-1858, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Rush, James, 1786-1869

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km13j3 (person)

James Rush was a physician, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1827. From the description of Cards of admission, 1807-1816, to medical lectures. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380155 Physician, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Will, 1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975894 The Rush Family papers includes material from Benjamin Rush, physician, social activist, educator,...

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp54tm (person)

Du Ponceau was a Philadelphia lawyer who arrived in Portsmouth, N.H., from France in 1777, achieved early prominence as an aide to von Steuben, and as secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Congress in 1781. Du Ponceau was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1785 where his familiarity with both American and European law brought him an important practice. His intellectual interests included both history and linguistics and he published extensively in both fields. He ...

Walsh, R. (Robert), 1772-1852

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rz1427 (person)

Epithet: junior, LLD, US Consul in Paris British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000312 ...

Rush, Samuel, 1795-1859

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6br8tqw (person)

Samuel Rush was a lawyer, recorder of Philadelphia, and the son of Benjamin Rush. From the description of Occasional glimpses at the world, 1824. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122489481 From the description of Notebook, 1859. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298217 From the guide to the Samuel Rush notebook, 1859, 1859, (American Philosophical Society) From the guide to the Occasional glimpses ...

Franklin Institute Philadelphia, Pa

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vf0smn (corporateBody)