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MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1784-1793
Abstract:  

These journals, kept at Madison's plantation, also contain notes on sowing and harvesting, and migration of birds. Some notes are in Dolley Madison's hand.
Call #:  
Mss.551.5.M26
Extent:
2 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1790-1791
Abstract:  

These are daily observations of temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation kept by Bartram in Philadelphia. He also notes such occurrences as "River [Schuylkill] froze over" (February 7, 1790).
Call #:  
Mss.B.B284.d.vol.15
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1784-1805
Abstract:  

The first volume contains notes of expenses and of observations while surveying the western boundary of Pennsylvania (1785). Mentions APS under date of Feb. 20, 1784. The second volume contains observations that were continued after Rittenhouse's death to Sept. 30, 1805.
Call #:  
Mss.B.R51d
Extent:
2 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1810-1811
Abstract:  

These are notes of lectures and experiments made at Paris as a student at the Jardin des Plantes. The volumes are entitled: Botany & Agriculture (with a large portion actually on electrical machinery); Trees and Shrubs; Chemistry, Physics, Mineralogy; and Zoology.
Call #:  
Mss.B.P275.n
Extent:
4 volume(s)