Papers, 1806-1875.

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Papers, 1806-1875.

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Consists of reel number 63 (i.e., container 82) of the Library of Congress's Schoolcraft papers, the "Speech, Article & Book File." It contains the manuscript "Vitreology, or the Art of Smelting," 1817, said to be the earliest technical treatise on glassmaking written in America. Other manuscripts and printed items appear on this reel, including some on glass, Native American Indians, and minerals.

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Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864

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Epithet: Vice-president of the American Ethnological Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000a9 Author, Indian agent and ethnologist. From the description of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft papers, 1826-1841. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418398 Henry Schoolcraft was an ethnologist, geologist, Indian agent, and glass manufacturer. From th...