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Contains 16 Results:
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1. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia:
a. Act of Incorporation. No. 93 Senate File. Read, Jan. 22, 1817.
b. Letters of Reuben Haines, as Corr. Secy. (letterpress copies and rough drafts) 1814-1824. 33 items.
c. Letter from William H. Keating, Recording Secy., to Reuben Haines, telling him of his election as Corr. Secy. for 1823. [Phila.] Dec. 31, 1822.
2. American Philosophical Society. Phila., Sept. 24, 1822.[Acknowledges receipt of bound volumes of Proceedings of Academy of...
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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....
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1. Cist, Jacob, 1782-1825. Wilkesbarre, Feb. 7 Mar. 2, 1820. 2 items.[Sends a buck and pair of horns; offers to try for other specimens]
2. Cleaveland, Parker, naturalist, 1780-1858. Brunswick, Me., 1813 1818. [Acknowledges election to Academy; requests Journals] 2 items.
3. Cleaver, J [n.p., n.d.] received 12mo. 3, 1816. [Offers proofs of his own scientific achievements]
4. Clinton, De Witt, 1769-1828. New York Albany, 1815-1824. 5 items. [Acknowledges election as corresponding...
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1. Dana, Samuel Luther, 1795-1868. Cambridge and Gloucester, Mass., 1815-1818. 2 items. [Acknowledges election as corresponding member of Academy]
2. Darlington, Williams 1782-1863. West Chester, Pa., July 22, 1819. [Acknowledges election as correspondent of Academy]
3. Deabbate, T , consul general for Sardinia, in Phila. Phila., 1821-1823. 2 items. [Thanks Academy for gift of Journals to Royal Academy of
Sciences of Turin; sends Annals of Turin observatory, in exchange; requests U.S....
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1. Earl, John. 3 items. Newport, R.I., 6mo. 27 9mo. 8, 1818. [Business letters] 2. Ettin, Maria. [n.p.] Jan. 1, 1820. [New Year's wishes] 3. Eyries Freres et Cie., agents at le Havre. Havre, Aug. 8, 1823. [Enclose bill of lading for a package of scientific bulletins, sent by Baron de Ferussac]
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1. Ferussac, Andre Etienne Just Paschal Joseph Francois d'Aubedard, baron de, 1786-1836. Paris, 1817-1824. 2 items. [Sends prospectus of
his new work on a neglected branch of natural history; says he needs the cooperation of the scientists of all countries; asks the Secretary
to present prospectus to Acad. and enlist their interest in exchanging ideas for specimens; acknowledges election as corresponding member
of Acad; sends issues of Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles and asks for Journals...
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1. Gibbon, James. New Castle, March 10, 1809.
2. Gilmore, Robert, Jr. Baltimore, Dec. 4, 1819.
3. Gilpin, Thomas, 1776-1853. 2 items, Phila., Sept. 29, 1810, and Chester, Jan. 17, 1818.
4. Green, Jacob, M.D., 1793-1850. Princeton, April 3, 1818. [Acknowledges election, 2 years before, as correspondent of Academy; sends three salamanders]
5. Greville, Robert Kaye, L.L.D., 1794-1866. Edinburgh, June 21 July 1, 1824. 2 items. [Acknowledges election as correspondent of Academy]
6. Griscom,...
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1. Hare, Robert, 1781-1858. New York, Williamsburg, and [n.p.] ca.l816-1824. 6 items. [New York letters, 1816, tell of his undertaking to
light the City with gas, for the first time. Williamsburg letter, 1818, from wife, Harriet, describes drawbacks to life in Williamsburg,
conditions under slavery there, etc.]
2. Harlan. John. Letter to Isaiah Lukens, Phila. Mill Town, Feb. 5, 1814. [Sends specimen of resistant coating for roofs, etc.]
3. Hartshorne, Richard, 1749?-1836. 3 items, Portland...
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1. Jackson, William, Jr. Londongrove, Feb. 12 April 10, 1815. 3 items. [Sends elaboration of his paper on frictional heat; also, some mineral specimens] 2. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Monticello, May 18, 1818. [Acknowledges election as corresponding member of Academy] Page two (approximately 78K each) 3. Jones, William. Calcutta, Jan. 7, 1821. [Acknowledges election as correspondent; sends specimens; says he intends to send specimens of all the snakes of India]
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1. Lacepede, Bernard Germain Etienne de la Ville, Comte de, 1756-1825. Paris, Nov. 15, 1817. [Acknowledges receipt of first three numbers of the Academy's Journal; mentions his own corresponding membership; says the Academy will set an example in encouraging the study of the natural sciences that will be followed in both No. and So. America.] (In French)
2. Lawton, E L Phila., July 7, 1817. [Thanks for pamphlets; sends shell specimens]
3. Leach, Dr. William Elford, 1790-1836. British...
