| Author: | O'Reilly, Henry,1806-1886,coll | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820
| | | Dates: | 1789-1820 | | | Abstract: | This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.Film.639 | | | Extent: | 1 microfilm_reel(s) | | | Genre: | Microfilm Collection | | | Subjects: | Iroquois Indians | |
| Author: | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Extracts from letters on John James Audubon, [n.d.]
| | | Dates: | n.d. | | | Abstract: | This single volume serves as George Ord's indictment of Audubon's work. The volume contains twenty-two letters likely written by Ord between 1831 and 1838 that highlight deficiencies and mistakes in Audubon's work. There is also a manuscript copy of a review of Audubon's work that details Audubon's history in Philadelphia and the origins of the rivalry between Ord and Audubon.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.Au25o | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | Natural history | Science and technology | | | Genre: | Manuscript Essays | Scientific Correspondence | |
| Author: | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | George Ord Collection
| | | Dates: | 1831-1864 | | | Abstract: | The collection of George Ord correspondence is a relatively small but significant collection. Most of the letters are from George Ord to Charles Waterton, a British naturalist, and reflect their shared interest in natural history, especially ornithology. The letters deal with Ord's rivalry with Audubon. Many of Ord's letters question the accuracy of Audobon's work. Other letters touch on Alexander Wilson and on new techniques for capturing images of animal life, such as the use of the Daguerre process.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.Or2 | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | Topics: | Early National Politics | Exploration. | Natural history | Philadelphia History | Science and technology | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Scientific Correspondence | | | Subjects: | Abolitionists -- United States -- Attitudes | Animals -- Habits and behavior of | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America | Banks and banking -- United States. | Birds -- Study and teaching | Birds. | Cholic Acid | Church buildings -- Pennsylvania-Philadelphia | Cicada (Genus) | Columbidia | Cuckoos | Daguerreotypes | Dictionary of the English language. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 | Dove | English language -- Dictionaries | Famines -- Ireland | France -- 19th century | Frogs -- United States | Frost -- Great Britain | Geese | Gold mines and mining -- California -- 19th century | Heatstroke | Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Influenza -- United States | Irish -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Memorials -- Great Britain | Mercury | Mexican War, 1846-1848 | Monk, Maria, d. 1850 | Partridges | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 -- Art collections. | Potatoes | Railroads -- 19th century | Rattlesnake | Religion | Reptiles | Sea monsters | Secession -- Southern States | Skin -- Diseases-Treatment | Slaves -- Emancipation-America | Smoking -- Health aspects -- United States | Soap trade -- Pennsylvania | Steam-navigation -- Atlantic Ocean | Steamboat disasters | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's Cabin. | Telegraph | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. | Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 | |
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