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ANALYTIC

Title:  
John Bartram in the cedar swamps
Parent:
American magazine of history and biography, v.81, no.1
Creator:
Prince, Winifred Nottman.
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1957.
Call #:  
974.8 P41 V.81, NO.1
Extent:
p.86-88 ; octavo.



BOOK

Title:  
A complete collection of the medical and philosophical works of John Fothergill: with an account of his life; and occasional notes
Creators:
Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | Elliot, JohnSir, 1736-1786
Publication:
Printed for J. Walker, London, 1781.
Notes:  
Paging irregular. "An essay on the character of the late Alexander Russell, M. D., F. R. S., read before the society of physicians, the 2d of October, 1769" : p. [633]-661. "Some account of the late Peter Collinson ... in a letter to a friend": p. [607]-632. "The life of the author": p. i-xx.
Call #:  
610.8 F82C
Extent:
[4] ., xx, [4], 661 [i.e. 637] p. : front., fold. plate, fold. port. ; 22 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
Garden of a king's botanist
Creator:
Povey, Dorothy T.
Publication:
London, 1956.
Notes:  
Clipped from Country Life, v.119, no.3308. Presented by the author, 1958.
Call #:  
920 PAM. NO.477
Extent:
p.549-550 : illus., port.



BOOK

Title:  
A catalogue of the valuable library, engravings, books of prints, drawings, and paintings, of the late Charles S. Collinson, Esq: consisting of the works of the best authors, in general literature, and including the rare books in natural history, collected by the late Peter Collinson, Esq
Creator:
Garrod, Robert.
Publication:
E. Shalders, Printer, Ipswich, 1834.
Call #:  
017.2 C69G
Extent:
68 p. ; 26 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
Catalogue of printed books, including books from the libraries of Peter Collinson ... and John Cator
Creator:
Bloomsbury Book Auctions (Firm)
Publication:
London, 1987.
Call #:  
920 PAM. NO. 1064
Extent:
57 p. : facsims ; 21 cm.



ANALYTIC

Title:  
Peter Collinson's letter concerning Franklin's "Vindication."
Parent:
Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, v.66, no.1
Creator:
Wykoff, George S.
Publication:
1942.
Call #:  
974.8 P41 v.66, no.1
Extent:
p.99-105 ; octavo.



ANALYTIC

Title:  
Peter Collinson and the eighteenth-century natural history exchange
Parent:
American Philosophical Society. Memoirs, v.264
Creators:
O'Neill, Jean, 1915-2008 | McLean, Elizabeth P., 1930- | American Philosophical Society
Publication:
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 2008.
Notes:  
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-195) and indexes.
Call #:  
506.73 Am4me v.264
Extent:
xxii, 216 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.



ANALYTIC

Title:  
Peter Collinson F.R.S., F.A.S., 1694-1768
Parent:
Morris Arboretum. Bulletin, v.21, no.2
Creator:
Edwards, George W.
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1970.
Notes:  
References to Benjamin Franklin.
Call #:  
580.7 P38B V.21, NO.2
Extent:
p.41-44 : port. ; quarto.



BOOK

Title:  
Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America
Creator:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Publication:
Printed and sold by E. Cave, London, 1751.
Notes:  
This is Part one only. See copy 2 for complete work. For contemporary reviews of the various editions see: Monthly review, August, 1753, p.103; December, 1754, p.416; v.42, p.199 (805:M76)
Call #:  
537 F85E C.1
Extent:
[4], 86, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates ; ill. ; 23 cm.



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1721-1768
Abstract:  

Circa 160 transcripts prepared for publication in Alan Armstrong, ed. Selected correspondence.
Call #:  
Mss.B.C692a
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet



BOOK

Title:  
Early electrical machines: the experiments and apparatus of two enquiring centuries (1600 to 1800) that led to the triumphs of the electrical age
Creator:
Dibner, Bern.
Publication:
Burndy Library, Norwalk, Conn, 1957.
Notes:  
Franklin and electricity, p.30-43. Bibliography: p. 56.
Call #:  
509 B93P NO.14
Extent:
57 p. : illus. ; quarto.



PAMPHLET

Title:  
A tribute to the memory of Peter Collinson: with some notice of Dr. Darlington's memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall
Creator:
Dillingham, William H., 1791-1854
Publication:
Henry Longstreth, Philadelphia, 1852.
Notes:  
Includes bibliographical references.
Call #:  
920 Pam. v.11, no.4
Extent:
48 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 22 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
Early electrical machines: the experiments and apparatus of two enquiring centuries (1600 to 1800) that led to the triumphs of the electrical age
Creator:
Dibner, Bern.
Publication:
Burndy Library, Norwalk, Conn, 1957.
Notes:  
Franklin and electricity, p.30-43. E. Newton Harvey Luminescence Collection no.59. Bibliography: p. 56.
Call #:  
535.35 H26 NO.59
Extent:
57 p. : illus. ; quarto.



BOOK

Title:  
Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America
Creators:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Colden, David, 1733-1784 | Hopkinson, Thomas, 1709-1751 | Syng, Philip, 1703-1789 | Canton, John, 1718-1772 | Kinnersley, Ebenezer, 1711-1778
Publication:
Printed and sold by E. Cave, London, 1751-1754.
Notes:  
Title page of part 2 reads: Supplemental experiments and observations on electricity [sic]. Part II. Made at Philadelphia in America, by Benjamin Franklin, Esq; and communicated in several letters to P. Collinson, Esq; of London, F.R.S. London: Printed and sold by E. Cave, at St. John's Gate. 1753. Title page of part 3 reads: New experiments and observations on electricity. Made at Philadelphia in America. By Benjamin Franklin, Esq; communicated to P. Collinson, Esq; of London, F.R.S. And read at the Royal Society June 27, and July 4, 1754. To which are added a paper on the same subject by J. Canton, M.A. F.R.S. and read at the Royal Society Dec. 6, 1753; and another in defence of Mr. Franklin against the Abbe Nollet, by Mr. D. Colden, of New York. Part III. London: Printed and sold by D. Henry, and R. Cave, at St John's-Gate. 1754. A collection of 103 letters, 12 of them written by the author and sent to Peter Collinson (9) or to Ebenezer Kinnersley (3), one a letter sent by Kinnersley to Franklin, as well as of one group of additional papers and an appendix, written by Franklin, and of two papers on the same subject by David Colden and John Canton. "These experiments and discoveries, which have given Franklin such fame, were the work of four men: Benjamin Franklin, Philip Syng, Thomas Hopkinson and Ebenezer Kinnersley; but owing to Franklin writing of them to England, they were published in his name, and have redounded to his credit solely." (Ford, no.77, p.41).
Call #:  
537 F85E C.2
Extent:
3 parts ([4], 86, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; [2] [89]-107 [i.e. 109], [1] p.; [4], [111]-154 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
A complete collection of the medical and philosophical works of John Fothergill: with an account of his life and occasional notes
Creators:
Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | Elliot, JohnSir, 1736-1786
Publication:
Printed for John Walker, London, 1781.
Notes:  
"Some account of the late Peter Collinson ... in a letter to a friend": p. [608]-632. " An essay on the character of late Alexander Russell ... read before the Society of Physicians the 2nd of October, 1769": p.637-661. Paging irregular. An account of his life; and occasional notes by Elliott, Sir John, bart., 1736-1786, ed. Readex Microprint edition. Includes bibliographical references.
Call #:  
LMK
Extent:
Front., [8] p, xx p, [4] p, 661 p, [2] p. : front. (port.), fold. pls.



ANALYTIC

Title:  
Flora and fauna versus mice and mold
Parent:
The William and Mary Quarterly, Ser. 3, v.28, no.4
Creator:
Stadelman, Bonnie S.
Publication:
Williamsburg, 1971.
Call #:  
975.5 W67 Ser.3 v.28, n
Extent:
p.[595]-606 ; octavo.



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1753-1771
Abstract:  

These are copies in an unknown hand [the name "Meriel Nevill Watt" appears in the front of the volume] of letters, primarily from Ellis, that were published in the "Philosophical Transactions" of the Royal Society in London. Most relate to botanical topics, and many are written to Peter Collinson. A few are written by Peter Woulfe. Included are contemporary engravings from the "Transactions," as well as original wash drawings copied from the engravings.
Call #:  
Mss.580.EL5
Extent:
1 volume(s)



PAMPHLET

Title:  
Peter Collinson's copies of Philip Miller's Dictionary in the National Library of Wales
Creator:
O'Neill, Jean, 1915-2008
Publication:
London, Eng, 1993.
Notes:  
From Archives of Natural History, v.20, no.3, 1993. Includes bibliographical references.
Call #:  
580 Pam. no.147
Extent:
p. [373]-80. : ill., facsims., port. ; 25 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus, and other naturalists: from the original manuscripts
Creator:
Smith, James EdwardSir, 1759-1828
Publication:
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1821.
Call #:  
920 Sm6
Extent:
2 v. : fac-sim. ; octavo.



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