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MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
Circa 1750
Abstract:  

This volume includes prescriptions for various complaints, such as epilepsy, hemorrhoids, and ringworm.
Call #:  
Mss.615.13.F76
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1845-1852
Abstract:  

There are botanical notebooks which concern Bunbury's study of fossil plants in general, with special studies on the fossil plants in the Geological Society in Richmond, Virginia, and at Aix-la-Chapelle, Cape Breton Island, and Pennsylvania. There is also a historical sketch of eminent English naturalists.
Call #:  
Mss.B.B88
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1859
Abstract:  

This notebook contains short essays on various topics, such as public singers ("the Mountebanks of the Voice"), the embarrassments of public men (Daniel E. Sickles and Philip Barton Key), songs, wit, wealth, suicide, Benjamin Rush, "that little sneak Kossuth," and modern authors ("the present wretches of the pen").
Call #:  
Mss.B.R895
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
Circa 19th c.
Abstract:  

This small volume records excerpts from British natural philosophy and scientific journals, written sometime after 1799. It covers a wide range of subjects, from astronomy to zoology.
Call #:  
Mss.500.Cop79
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1812-1814
Abstract:  

The first volume contains mathematical problems, which appear to be college exercises (1814); the second volume is an essay on the projection of the sphere and spherical trigonometry, including an appendix on astronomy (1812); and the third volume is a lecture on natural philosophy, apparently prepared for delivery [n.d.].
Call #:  
Mss.510.R54
Extent:
3 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
Circa 1800
Abstract:  

This treatise includes experiments on eletricity (with mentions of B. Franklin), ballooning (mentions of J. P. Blanchard), pharmacology, chemistr, and hydraulics. Included is a sketch of Woulfe's bottle for passing gases through liquids (Peter Woulfe, 1767).
Call #:  
Mss.537.G18
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1817-1865
Abstract:  

John Neagle was among the better known portrait painters in Philadelphia during the first half of the nineteenth century and was the husband of Thomas Sully's niece, Mary C. Sully. The Neagle Papers is a small assemblage of personal correspondence, documents, and notes assembled by Neagle during his career. The letters are primarily of a personal nature, but along with the five bound volumes, offer insight into Neagle's study of painting and the techniques he employed. Included among the bound volumes are recipes for varnish, megellup, and drying oils and notes on watercolor painting.
Call #:  
Mss.B.N125.p
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1808-1840
Abstract:  

The correspondence is principally to Zaccheus Collins (1810-1840), with bills, receipts, and notes on Rafinesque vs. Parker; letters from Collins, L.A. Tarascon, Lewis C. Beck, John Torrey, and Charles W. Short (1817-1835); and miscellaneous correspondence and documents relating to Rafinesque vs. Parker, with an account of the Felician Society of Feliciana County, Illinois (1820). The writings are chiefly on botanical topics, and include notes and essays on Indians, Blacks, grapes and wine-making, banking, and speculation. Rafinesque's growing interest in Indian antiquities, linguistics, and history is apparent in letters after 1820. There is an account of Rafinesque's scientific travels in North America and southern Europe (1800-1832), and a bibliography. The botanical notes include descriptions of specimens collected by Lewis and Clark, Patrick Gass, and Henry Muhlenberg.
Call #:  
Mss.B.R124
Extent:
1.75 Linear feet