Box 9

Scope and Contents Letters: Berlin, to "My dear Dr. Laskowitz"; Oxford, to T.R. Parsons, Cambridge; Princeton, N.J., to Cl. Wagoner, Portland, Ore.; Princeton, N.J., to George M. Priest, 1873-1947, Princeton, N.J.; Princeton, N.J., to Dr. Hamilton Holt, 1872-1951, Winter Park, Fla.; Princeton, N.J., to A.V. Miller, Beckenham, Kent, England; Princeton, N.J., to Julian M. Salomon, Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England; Princeton, N.J., to Seymour Adelman, 1906-1985, Philadelphia, Pa.; Princeton, N.J., To "Dear...

Scope and Contents Speech: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.AMsS. At dinner held in his honor were present some of the most outstanding scientists of the day: Albert A. Michelson, Robert A. Millikan, Robert C. Tolman, Edwin P. Hubble, Charles E. St. John, and others. Einstein reviews the intellectual debts he owed to other scientists, many of whom were present. Einstein's speech, together with remarks by other speakers, has been translated and published in Science, Vol. 73, April...

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Document: Certificate of Membership

ADS. "This is to certify that Seth H. Barnes has been a member of the Boston Fire Department for Seven Successive Years."

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Letter: Hill Hout, to unknown correspondent; n.y.-06-16

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Letter: Allegheny City, Pa., to Rev. Cortlandt van Rensselaer, 1808-1860, Philadelphia, Pa.

ALS. Responding to Van Rensselaer's circular regarding a new monthly to be published by the Presbyterian Church, Elliott writes that he and his faculty have been working on just such a project. "This, however, will not essentially interfere with yours, as ours would be chiefly for the West, where a western work is needed to impart a tone of greater vigour to our operations."

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Letter: to Jane Bettle, 1773-1840, Philadelphia, Pa.; n.d.

ALS. Sends her friend a recipe for a cough remedy.

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Letter: to Seymour Adelman, 1906-1985, Philadelphia, Pa.

ALS. Writing to his friend on his 79th birthday, Ellis sends him a copy of Edward Arthur Wilson's The Pirate's Treasure, and states "you can see that our Lovat Fraser was a tremendous influence in Wilson's early work." Goes on to discuss Wilson as an artist of great merit: "I always looked forward to doing a book with him."

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Letter: Royal Surrey Theatre, to C. Pelham Thompson, Theatre Royal, Haymarket

ALS. Letter offers to buy Thompson's recent play, possibly Jack Robinson and His Monkey, a 2-act melodrama which debuted at the Royal Surrey Theatre on August 20, 1829.

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Letter: to John Dougherty, Philadelphia, Pa.

ALS. Informs Dougherty that his application for a patent "for an improvement in the mode of transportation upon railroads and canals" has been found to be virtually the same as a patent granted to John Elgar in 1835.

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Medical account book: Bridgeton, N.J.

AM. Elmer's first medical account book, containing a record of prescriptions for his patients.