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| • | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
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| • | Beyond Early America |
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| • | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 |
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| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| • | International Trade. |
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| • | International Travel |
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| • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| • | Travel Narratives and Journals |
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| • | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 |
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| • | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 |
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| • | France -- Foreign relations -- United States |
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| • | Voyages and travels. |
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| • | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 |
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| • | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 |
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| | Author: | American Philosophical Society | Requires cookie* | | Title: | American Philosophical Society Archives
| | | Dates: | 1743-1984 | | | Abstract: | Naval historians may find the following items of interest:
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| | | Call #: | APS.Archives | | | Extent: | 192.25 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Adena culture -- West Virginia | African American | American Philosophical Society | Anishinaabe | Astronomy -- 18th century | Aztecs. | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) | Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield | Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 | Cherokee Indians | Choctaw Indians | Colonial Politics | Dercum, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 | Early National Politics | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Education | Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) | Hanson, Laura E. | Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 | History of science and technology. | Indians of Mexico | Indians of North America -- Kentucky | Indians of North America -- Mississippi | Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast | Indians of North America -- West Virginia | Institutional Records | Keen, William W. (William Williams) | Lingelbach , William E. (William Ezra), 1871-1962 | Miscellaneous | Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-19 | Mound builders | Native America | Native American Materials | Natural history | Natural history -- 18th century | Natural history -- 19th century | Ojibwe people | Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Pencil works | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Plains Indians | Priestly, Joseph R. | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Shryock, Richard Harrison (1893-1972) | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Southeast Indians | United States History. | Vautravers, Jean-Rodolphe | Warden, David Baillie, 1772-18 | Wood, George Bacon, 1797-1879 | |
| Author: | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | John James Audubon Papers
| | | Dates: | 1821-1845 | | | Abstract: | The Audubon Papers contain at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Audubon, John James. Letter to Victor G. Audubon. 1842 July 17. Reports on travel in the United States. News of Washington. Saw Wilkes sketches, etc. 3 pages.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.Au25 | | | Extent: | 0.75 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Abert, John James, 1788-1863 | Art | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Audubon, John Woodhouse, 1812- | Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell (1788-1874) | Audubon, Victor Gifford (1809-1860) | Bachman, John (1790-1874) | Bakewell, William | Berthoud, Nicholas | Birds -- North America | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian Jule | Brewster, Thomas | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chetwynd, Henry John, Earl of | Children, John George, 1777-18 | Cooper, William | Family Correspondence | Gaston, William | General Correspondence | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Harris, Edward | Havell, Robert, Jr. 1793-1878 | Lehman, George | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Lizars, W. H. (William Home), | Martin, Maria, 1794-1863 | McCulloch, Thomas, Jr. | McMurtry, Henry | Natural history | Natural history -- North America | Naturalist | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Ornithologist | Ornithology -- North America | Printing and Publishing | Rathbone, William | Rothschild, Baron Nathan Mayer | Science and technology | Waller, J. Walthen | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813 | |
| Author: | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | A. D. Bache Collection
| | | Dates: | 1833-1873 | | | Abstract: | The Bache Papers contain at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Bache, Alexander Dallas. Letter to Isaac Toucey. 1859 March 21. Recommends George C. Schaeffer to post at the U.S. Naval Academy. 2 pages.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.B123 | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Antebellum Politics | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Barnes, H. B. (Henry Broughton | Bond, W. C. (William Cranch), | Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868 | Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 | Cheney, T. Apoleon (Theseus Ap | Combe, George, 1788-1858 | Cooper Union | Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883 | Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861 | Early National Politics | Education | Fessenden, W. P. (William Pitt | General Correspondence | Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey | Geology | Girard College | Hale, Charles, 1831-1882 | Hilgard, Julius Erasmus, 1825- | King, Horatio, 1811-1897 | Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-189 | Lighthouses | Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 | National Academy of Sciences | Natural history | Official Government Documents and Records | Paine, [Robert Treat], 1803-18 | Potter, Alonzo, 1800-1865 | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 | Redfield, W. C. (William C.), 1789-1857 | Ruggles, Samuel B. (Samuel Bulkley), 1800-1881 | Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 | Schumacher, Heinrich Christian | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 | Sparks, Jared (1789-1866) | Spencer, Charles Achilles, 181 | Stevenson, Alan, 1807-1865 | Stevenson, David, 1815-1886 | Stevenson, Robert, 1772-1850 | Tilghman, Tench, 1810-1874 | Toucey, Isaac, 1792-1869 | United States Coast Survey | Upsher, Able Percey | Vroom, Peter Dumont, 1791-1873 | |
| Author: | Dale, Richard, 1756-1826 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Richard Dale papers, 1780-1845
| | | Dates: | 1780-1845 | | | Abstract: | Dating from the early republic and antebellum periods of American history, this collection contains materials of interest to naval historians.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.Film.334 | | | Extent: | 1 microfilm_reel(s) | | | Subjects: | Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833 | Barron, Samuel, 1809-1888 | Biddle, Charles, 1745-1821 | Biddle, James, 1783-1848 | Dale, Richard, 1756-1826 | Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853 | Eaton, William, 1764-1811 | Humphreys, David, 1752-1818 | Microfilm Collection | |
| Author: | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society
| | | Dates: | 1799-1882 | | | Abstract: | The Darwin Papers contain at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Darwin, Charles. Letter to Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. 1836 October - 1836 November. Wishes to converse concerning Wilkes' "long...voyage." 1 page. (B D25.192).
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.D25 | | | Extent: | 2.5 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Adaptation (Biology) | Beyond Early America | Biology, genetics, eugenics | Bowerbank, James Scott, 1797-1877 | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Coral reefs and islands | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Darwin, Jane -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Evolution (Biology) | Evolution -- Religious aspects | Eyton, Thomas Campbell, 1809-1880 | Flower , William Henry, 1831-1899 | Forbes, David, 1828-1876 | Foster, M., Sir (Michael), 1836-1907 | Genetics | Geology -- Great Britain -- 19th century | Golden, Sybil Rebecca | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Gulick, John Thomas, 1832-1923 | Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914 | Hancock, Albany, 1806-1873 | Herbert, John Maurice, 1808-1882 | Heredity | Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 | Human evolution | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 | Lubbock, J. W. (John William), 1803-1865 | Natural history -- Great Britain -- 19th century | Natural selection | Naturalists -- England | Ogle, William, 1827-1912 | Phillips, John, 1800-1874 | Quatrefages, A. de (Armand de), 1810-1892 | Race, race relations, racism | Ramsay, A. C. (Andrew Crombie), 1814-1891 | Religion and science -- 1860-1899 | Romanes, George John, 1848-1894 | Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick, 1811-1882 | Transmutation of animals | Variation (Biology) | Walsh, B. D. (Benjamin Dann), 1808-1869 | Wyman, Jeffries, 1864- | |
| Author: | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle | Requires cookie* | | Title: | The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s
| | | Dates: | Circa 1760s-1850s | | | Abstract: | The David Library Collection includes miscellaneous letters of high interest pertaining to all aspects of the American Revolution, including naval concerns. Among topics covered are privateers and privateering, prize cases, the British and Continental Navies, and the United States Navy and Marine Corps. There are also letters from John Barry, Francois-Joseph-Paul comte de Grasse, John Paul Jones, and Sir Richard Howe.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.F327 | | | Extent: | 27 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Adams, Samuel | American Revolution | Business and Skilled Trades | Colonial Politics | Colony and State Specific History | Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle | General Correspondence | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de, 1757-1834 | Military History | Military Records | Miscellaneous | New Jersey -- History -- 1775-1865. | New Jersey -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Political Correspondence | Presidents. | Printed Material | Statesmen. | United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. | United States -- History -- 1775-1865. | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | United States -- History, Military. | Washington, George (1732-1799) | |
| Author: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Benjamin Franklin Papers, 1642-1841
| | | Dates: | 1642-1841 | | | Abstract: | The Franklin papers contain numerous letters which may be of interest to naval historians. The following are organized by subject:
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.F85 | | | Extent: | 85.5 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Account books. | American Philosophical Society | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Diaries. | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 | Family Correspondence | France -- Foreign relations -- United States | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States | Hays, I. Minis (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | Hodge, Sarah Bache, 1798-1849 | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Manuscript Essays | Marriage and Family Life | Mecom, Jane, 1712-1794 | Military History | Pen works | Pencil works | Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 18th century | Pennsylvania History | Political Correspondence | Postal service -- United States | Printed Material | Printers -- Pennsylvania | Printing and Publishing | Scientific Correspondence | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social Life and Custom | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | United States -- Foreign relations -- France | United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | Williams, Jonathan, 1719-1796 | Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 | |
| Author: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Franklin-Bache Papers
| | | Dates: | 1707-1799 | | | Abstract: | The Franklin-Bache Papers contain a few letters pertaining to John Paul Jones which may be of interest to naval historians:
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.F85.ba | | | Extent: | 4 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Business Records and Accounts | Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de (James Le Ray), 1760-1841 | Colonial Politics | Colony and State Specific History | France -- Foreign relations -- United States | Franklin, Abiah Folger, 1667-1752 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 | Miscellaneous | Pen works | Pencil works | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Postal service -- United States | Printing -- France | Printing and Publishing | United States -- Foreign relations -- France | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- French participation | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Peace | |
| Author: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections
| | | Dates: | 1710-1822 | | | Abstract: | The Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections contain a few items which may be on interest to naval historians:
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.F85.misc | | | Extent: | 5 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Education | American Philosophical Society | Bingham, William, 1752-1804 | Brillon de Jouy, Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt, 1744-1824 | Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de, 1725-1803 | Childs, Francis, 1763-1830 | Cook, James, 1728-1779 | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 | France -- Foreign relations -- United States | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803 | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States | Greene, William, 1731-1809 | Hartley, David | Helvétius, Anne-Catherine | Ingersoll, Jared, 1722-1781 | Junto | Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 | Le Roy, Jean Baptiste, 1720-1800 | Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | Postal service -- United States | Price, Richard, 1723-1791 | Printers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Stamp Act, 1765 | Stevenson, Margaret | United States -- Foreign relations -- France | United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 1719-1787 | Waring, John, 1716-1794 | Williams, Jonathan | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | |
| Author: | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | William Temple Franklin Papers
| | | Dates: | 1775-1819 | | | Abstract: | The William Temple Franklin Papers contain several letters which may be of interest to naval historians:
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.F86 | | | Extent: | 4.75 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Balloons -- Early works to 1800 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Family Correspondence | Fox, Joseph Mickle, 1757-1784 | France -- Foreign relations -- United States | France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793 | France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | General Correspondence | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Marriage and Family Life | Mesmerism | Military History | Morrelet, Abbé André, 1727-1819 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1815 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | Political Correspondence | Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785 | United States -- Foreign relations -- France | United States -- History -- 1783-1815 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Peace | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1815 | |
| Author: | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884
| | | Dates: | 1783-1884 | | | Abstract: | The Gray Papers contain at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Maury, Matthew Fontaine. Letter to John Gray. 1853 September 29. Sends chart of the North Atlantic. 2 pages.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.G784 | | | Extent: | 5 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900 | Andrews, William (1802-1880) | Assyria -- Antiquities. | Autographs. | Balard, Antoine-Jérôme (1802-1876 ) | Bate, C. Spence (Charles Spence), 1818-1889 | Berkeley, M. J. (Miles Joseph), 1803-1889 | Beyond Early America | Blainville, H.-M. Ducrotay de (Henri-Marie Ducrotay) | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Bonomi, Joseph | British Museum (Natural History) -- Natural history collections. | Brookes, Joshua, -- 1754-1821. | Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 | Duméril, C. (Constant), 1774-1860 | Florida -- Discovery and exploration. | Flower , William Henry, 1831-1899 | Geological Society of London | Geology. | Gray, John Edward | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Hoeven, Jan van der | Lefèvre, Jean-Jacques, 1779-1858 | Mollusks. | Müller, Joh., 1801-1858 | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- England. | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- United States. | Nineveh (Extinct city) -- Antiquities. | Pfeiffer, Ludwig Georg Karl | Schomburgk, Robert H., Sir (Robert Hermann), 1804-1865 | Shells. | Société des sciences naturelle de France. | Steenstrup, J. Japetus Sm. -- (Joha | Valenciennes, M., 1794-1865 | |
| Author: | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858
| | | Dates: | 1764-1858 | | | Abstract: | The Hare Papers contain a few items which may be of interest to naval historians:
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.H22 | | | Extent: | 3 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African American | American Philosophical Society | Antebellum Politics | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania | Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) | Banks and banking -- United States. | Blasting, Submarine | Blowpipe. | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Capital punishment. | Chemical apparatus | Chemistry | Chemists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Cyclones. | Early National Politics | Education | Educational Material | Electricity -- 19th century | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 | Epidemics -- United States | Essays. | Federalist Party -- Pennsylvania | Fire extinction | Fisher, John, 1806-1882 | Fisher, Richard | General Correspondence | Guano | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Kane , John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 | Lectures | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Manuscript Essays | Mesmerism | Money | Paper money -- United States -- 19th century | Partridge, Charles | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century | Poems | Powel, Samuel, Jr. | Race, race relations, racism | Railroads | Religion | Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities | Science and technology | Scientific Data | Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 | Sketchbooks | Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- United States -- 19th century | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Smithsonian Institution | Spiritualism -- Pennsylvania | Storms | Tornadoes | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century | |
| Author: | Hayes, Patrick. | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Patrick Hayes letters, 1796-1840
| | | Dates: | 1796-1840 | | | Abstract: | Naval historians may find the following correspondence of interest: Bainbridge, William. Letter to Patrick Hayes. October 23, 1811. Concerning their accounts. 1 page. Barron, James. Letter to Patrick Barry Hayes. October 31, 1823. He knows nothing of the command in question. 1 page. Bainbridge, William. Letter to Patrick Hayes. May 26, 1824. Inquires of Thomas Hayes. 1 page. Bainbridge, William. Letter to Barry Hayes. July 27, 1830. Friendly letter. 3 pages.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.Film.505 | | | Extent: | 1 microfilm_reel(s) | | | Subjects: | Caribbean Area -- Commerce -- 19th century. | Cuba -- Commerce -- 19th century. | Hayes, Patrick. | Microfilm Collection | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce. | |
| Author: | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Alexander von Humboldt papers, 1801-1859
| | | Dates: | 1793-1859 | | | Abstract: | The Alexander von Humboldt Papers contain at least one letter which may be of interest to naval historians: Humboldt, Alexander von. Letter to Matthew Fontaine Maury. n.d. Concerning his work on hydrography, refers to Gay-Lussac. 2 pages. (B H88.39).
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.H88 | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Azaïs, Pierre Hyacinthe, 1766-1845 | Berger de Xivrey, Jules, 1801-1863 | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Coquerel, Athanase, 1795-1868 | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Frederick William -- IV, -- King of Prussia, -- 1795-1861. | Gaggiotti-Richards, Emma, 1825-1912 | Galunsky, Louis Charles | General Correspondence | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861 | Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Jomard, M., (Edme-François), 1777-1862 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Natural history. | Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875 | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 | Schlagintweit-Sakünlunski, Hermann Rudolph Alfred von, -- 1826-1882. | Science and technology | Science publishing. | Scientific expeditions. | South America -- Discovery and exploration -- 19th century. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, 1794-1868 | Warden, David Bailie, 1772-1845 | Willdenow, Karl Ludwig, 1765-1812 | |
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