Manasseh Cutler letter to Benjamin Lincoln [manuscript], 1783 May 18.

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Manasseh Cutler letter to Benjamin Lincoln [manuscript], 1783 May 18.

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Cutler discusses in detail the selection of articles for the first issue of the "Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences," as well as the need to uphold the "literary character of this State abroad." He goes on to discuss agriculture, including a vegetable that cures cancer. Cutler ends his letter by reiterating the need for Lincoln's input on the first volume. Also included is a 3 pp. autographed copy of the articles defining the rules for establishing the "Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences."

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823

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Congregational clergyman; botanist; one of the founders of the Ohio Co. which colonized the Ohio River Valley; member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Manasseh Cutler letter to Benjamin Lincoln [manuscript], 1783 May 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 191118377 Cutler (Yale University, B.A. 1765 and Harvard, A.M.1770) was appointed minister of Ipswich Hamlet in 1771. He published a botanical paper in the first volume of the...

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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Continental Army officer, collector of customs for the port of Boston; from Hingham (Plymouth Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1778-1804. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903396 Benjamin Lincoln was an American general during the Revolutionary War. He accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. From the description of Benjamin Lincoln collection, 1775-1782. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 712651132 ...