John Jeffries air-mail letter collection, 1784-1961.

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John Jeffries air-mail letter collection, 1784-1961.

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The collection consists of the original airmail letter written by Jeffries plus the following: several photographic reproductions, various clippings relating to the letter, correspondence about its preservation, and a scrapbook compiled by S.R. Williams, director of the Snell Museum of Physics at Amherst College, presented to the College in 1947.

1 half archive box, 1 flat box, 1 folder (.5 linear ft.)

Amherst College. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7645879

Amherst College. Library

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Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809

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Amherst College. Class of 1831. Thayer.

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Thayer, Thatcher, 1811-1894

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Jeffries, John, 1745-1819

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Jeffries was a Boston physician, surgeon, scientist, and the first man (with Jean-Pierre Blanchard) to fly a balloon across the English Channel between England and France. From the description of John Jeffries papers, 1768-1819. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612364982 From the guide to the John Jeffries papers, 1768-1819., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Physician and meteorologist of Boston. From the descripti...

Williams, Samuel Robinson, 1879-

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Physicist (magnetism, optics). On the physics faculty at Columbia University (1906-1907); Oberlin College (1908-1924); and Amherst College from 1924-1947. From the description of Papers, 1904-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362528 From the description of Williams papers, 1877-1956 (bulk 1904-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306677 Williams was born Mar. 2, 1879 to John Dockray and Alam (Davis) Williams in Marengo, Iowa. He graduated from Grinnell Coll...

Thayer, Arodie.

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