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1. Barnes, John. 3 items 1814-­1817. a. Letter to Reuben Haines. Phila., 8mo. 27, 1814. [Encloses list of resident members of the Academy.] b. Letter (copy) to B. R. Morgan. Phila., Jan. 24, 1817. [Encloses list of correspondents and copy of Constitution of the Academy. (Enclosures not filed here) Dr. Barnes was Corr. Secy. of the Academy in 1817] 2. Barnet, I. Cox. 4 items: Letter to the Academy. Paris, Feb. 22, 1819. [Encloses letter from Dr. J. H. Hassenfratz, presenting his 4­vol. work, Traite de Siderotechnie, to the Academy. Translation of Dr. H.'s letter, also filed here, plus letter from R.G. Beasley, Le Havre, telling of shipment of Dr. H.'s work] 3. Beck, Theodric Romeyn, 1791-­1855. Albany, May 30, 1818. [Requests that the full set of the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences be sent to the Albany society of the Arts] 4. Beelen [ ] Pittsburgh, Oct. 11, 1814. [Acknowledges his election as a corresponding member of the Academy] 5. Betton, Dr. Samuel. Germantown, Jan. 26, 1816. [Sends specimens to the Academy] 6. Bigelow, Jacob, 1787-­1879. Boston, Feb. 8, 1818. [Introduces Mr. Sullivan, a scientist] 7. Bishop, Thomas. Germantown, 12mo. 9, 1816. [Asks R. Haines to buy and send to him some mercury and a balloon] 8. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, 1803­-1857. Letter to Reuben Haines, Florence, Oct. 5, 1829. Bonaparte, Joseph, 1768-­1844. Letters to Reuben Haines. 3 items. Point Breeze, 1826-­1828. [Invites him to visit; thanks him for a flower; declines a cow] (In French) (approx. 39K). 10. Bonelli, A , prof. of Natural History at the University of Turin. July 31, 1822. [Acknowledges his election as a Corresponding member of the Academy] (In French) 11. Bonfils [ ], entomologist. Letters to William Maclure, President of the Academy. 5 items, Bordeaux, 1821-­1822. [Sends specimens of butterflies and coleopterae to the Academy and wants to exchange specimens; also wants to hear from Thomas Say; last letter says he has not received any answer. (Also filed here: translation of first letter, written on 2 sheets of paper with Hannah Haines's address on the backs, plus a copy of a Minute, Oct. 2, 1821, directing the Corr. Secy. to write M. Bonfils and thank him)] (In French) 12. Borson [ ] mineralogist. Turin, July 29, 1822. [Thanks the Academy for gift of minerals and is sending some in exchange. (In French) 13. Bouche, Charles Paul. Berlin, Dec. 25, 1823. 14. Bowne, R[obert] W. and J.L., brothers-­in-­law of Reuben Haines. New York, 1818­-1819. 3 items. [Inquire about the standing of Robert Adams of Phila.; describe difficulties of getting books for the Academy through the New York Customs] 15. Brantz, Lewis. Baltimore, Oct. 30, 1823. [Sends meteorological tables] 16. British Museum. [London] 1918­-1819. 2 items. [Acknowledge receipt of Journals from the Academy] (Signed, Henry Ellis, secy.) 17. Brongniart, Alexandre, mineralogist, 1770-­1847. Paris, June 27, 1818. (In French) [Thanks Academy for its Journals and sends four works of his own, in appreciation] 18. Buckley,[William?] Phila., July 11, 1816. [Concerns settling estate of Sarah Wistar] 19. Burling, William S. Union Springs, 2mo. 23, 1818. [Business letter]