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MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1920
Abstract:  

This paper, concerning David Hosack, and including illustrations, was presented at Princeton's Medical History Seminar in 1920.
Call #:  
Mss.Film.885.8
Extent:
1 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
[n.d.]
Abstract:  

This report provides the history of the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site from David Hosack's purchase of the estate in 1828, the improvements made to the grounds and buildings, to the sale of the estate in 1840.
Call #:  
Mss.Film.885.9
Extent:
1 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1808-1847
Abstract:  

This collection includes ca. 200 letters to and from Harvey's family, concerning Quakers, the Missouri Compromise, slavery, the depression of 1819-1820. There is also a commonplace book (1819-1820, 1821 Aug.), with observations on a balloon ascension of 2 Aug. 1819 from Vauxhall Gardens in England, slavery, Indians, and descriptions of Washington and Baltimore. There are also journals of trips to Niagara Falls and Canada in 1820 and to the American West, from Baltimore to Louisville and back, with an added description of a voyage around Long Island aboard the Robert Fulton in August 1821.
Call #:  
Mss.Film.1111
Extent:
3 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1795-1835
Abstract:  

These letters and papers include a memorandum book (1795-1827), lectures on botany and medicine, genealogical materials, committee reports from Columbia College, speeches, minutes of the New York Horticultural Society (1822-1828), letters to Sir James Edward Smith (1817-1826), a receipt book of Alexander Hosack (1781-1801), and diaries of Thomas K. Wharton (1830-1862).
Call #:  
Mss.Film.885.1-7
Extent:
3 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1788-1822
Abstract:  

Catherine Wistar Bache (1805-1886) was the point of connection between two of Philadelphia's most illustrious families of the late eighteenth century. Daughter of the physician Caspar Wistar, in November 1797 she married Dr. William Bache, who was the son of Richard Bache and the grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Primarily letters to Mrs. Bache (wife of Dr. William Bache) of Philadelphia, from Mrs. David Hosack (nee Mary Eddy), Mrs. Elizabeth Trist, and Mary Jones. The letters are personal and concern family life, activities of husbands, etc., with many references to Caspar Wistar, There are comments on diseases, education (at William and Mary College), war, and politics. References are also made to the deaths of Richard Bache and Caspar Wistar, and to Benjamin Franklin's Stockado (a musical instrument).
Call #:  
Mss.B.B124
Extent:
0.75 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1738-1865
Abstract:  

Letters and papers to or from American scientists or about America, selected from the Linnean Society's collections. Includes letters to William Swainson from John Abbott, John J. Audubon, Constantine S. Rafinesque, Isaac Lea, and John E. LeConte; letters to Sir James Edward Smith from Jacob Bigelow, DeWitt Clinton, J.F. Correia da Serra, David Hosack, Theodore Lyman, William Dandridge Peck, Rafinesque, and Gotthilf H.E. Muhlenberg; letters to William Darlington; letters to Asa Gray; letters of John Bartram; letters of Peter Collinson to J.F. Gronovius; letters and papers of John Ellis, including letters from Alexander Garden, Samuel Martin, and Bernard Romans; letters to Carl Linnaeus from John Bartram, John Clayton, Cadwallader Colden, Correia da Serra, Peter Kalm, Adam Kuhn, James Logan, John Mitchell, and Charles Wrangel.
Call #:  
Mss.H.S.Film.6
Extent:
2 film_reel(s)