Letters of recommendation for Timothy Clowes, [manuscript] 1827 Apr 24. May 11.

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Letters of recommendation for Timothy Clowes, [manuscript] 1827 Apr 24. May 11.

Henry J. Anderson writes a letter of recommendation for Clowes as a mathematics professor. He closes with mention of Dr. Adrain and Dr. Bowditch and Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo da Ponte. There is an additional recommendation written by James Ryan of New York. With these is a sheet in Clowe's hand of copies of additional testimonials given in 1823 and 1825 by Samuel L. Mitchell, DeWitt Clinton, W.E. Wyatt, Edmund D. Barry, Eliphalet Nott, Wm. Harris, T.R. Beck, George E. Ironside, Joseph Shaw and Jackson Kemper.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828

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DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist who served as a United States Senator, Mayor of New York City and sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election of 1812, challenging incumbent James Madison. A nephew of long-time New York Governor George Clinton, DeWitt Clinton served as his uncle's secreta...

Barry, Edmund D. (Edmund Drinan), 1777-1852

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Ironside, George E. (George Edmund), -approximately 1827

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Adrain, Robert, 1775-1843

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Wyatt, William Edward, 1789-1864

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Harris, William, 1765-1829

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Shaw, Joseph, fl. 1827.

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Anderson, Henry J. (Henry James), 1799-1875

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Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Columbia College, 1825-1843, Trustee of Columbia, 1851-1875, and Professor Emeritus, 1866-1875. He received a Columbia A.B. in 1818, A.M. in 1821, M.D. in 1824, and LL.D. in 1850; and was the son-in-law of Lorenzo Da Ponte. From the description of Henry J. Anderson letters, 1823-1900, bulk 1823-1846. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 460880686 BIOGHIST REQUIRED He...

University of Virginia. Dept. of Mathematics

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Nott, Eliphalet, 1773-1866

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Ryan, James, fl. 1827.

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Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870

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Bishop of the Missionary District of Missouri and Indiana and of the territory later forming Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnensota, Nebraska and Kansas, with visitations to other parts of the west and southwest and Bishop of Wisconsin. From the description of Jackson Kemper papers, 1811-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 658860832 Episcopal bishop. From the description of Letter of Jackson Kemper, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423776 ...

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Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838

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Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838

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Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831

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Beck, Theodric Romeyn, 1791-1855

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Clowes, Timothy, 1787-1847

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