Evan Pugh papers, 1822-1864.

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Evan Pugh papers, 1822-1864.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31020132

The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, journals, a handwritten copy of Pugh's family line, articles written by Evan Pugh for newspapers, and notebooks relating to his youth, scholarly research on nitrogen and fertilizers, and travels in Europe. There is a handwritten copy of his doctoral dissertation from Georgia Augusta University in Gottingen, Germany. Also, includes lecture notes, addresses, student exams and papers, and a great deal of correspondence relating to his tenure as first president of the Farmers' High School, 1860-1864. The bulk of the correspondence deals with the day-to-day business of the school's operations. Significant correspondents include Samuel Johnson, George C. Caldwell, Hugh N. McAllister, Isaac Newton, A.O. Hiester, and William G. Waring. Also, includes papers representing his membership in the American Philosophical Society, London Chemical Society, and Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. In addition, several correspondents discuss the Civil War.

9 cubic feet.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7295941

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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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...

Hiester, A. O.,

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McAllister, Hugh N.

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Waring, William G.,

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Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture

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Pugh, Evan, 1828-1864

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Evan Pugh was Professor of Chemistry, Scientific and Practical Agriculture, Mineralogy, and Analytical Mechanics, and first president (1860-1864) at the forerunner to Pennsylvania State University. From the description of Evan Pugh papers, 1822-1864. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 31020132 ...

Chemical Society (Great Britain)

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Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William), 1830-1909

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Agricultural chemist, Yale professor, and author. Organized and directed American Agricultural Experiment Station. From the description of Receipt of S. William Johnson to the New York Tribune, 1875 January 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 71842404 ...

Newton, Isaac, 1800-1867

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First United States commissioner of agriculture, appointed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to Millard Fillmore, 1851 Mar. 4. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33484442 ...

Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania

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The Farm School Post Office was established 28 August 1858. From the description of Stamped envelopes, 1859. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 36348973 ...

Caldwell, G. C. (George Chapman), 1834-1907

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U.S. Sanitary Commission was a volunteer civilian organization that had responsibility for the health of the volunteer soldiers in the Union Army. From the description of Notebook, 1862-1863. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 40153352 Professor of chemistry, Cornell University. From the description of George Chapman Caldwell papers, 1853-1903. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63534625 G.C. Caldwell was chairman of the chemis...