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1	Author:	Bancker, James A.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	James A. Bancker papers, 1842-1849
	Dates:	1842-1849
	Abstract:	As a merchant in the China trade, Bancker was witness to the early efforts of the United States Navy to project its power into east Asia, especially in Macao, Canton, and Hong Kong. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B22
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Subjects:	Americans -- China -- Social life and customs. \| Americans Abroad \| Bancker, James A. \| Beyond Early America \| British -- China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912. \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| China -- Foreign relations -- 1644-1912. \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia. \| Hong Kong (China) -- Colonization. \| International Trade. \| International Travel \| Marriage and Family Life \| Merchants - United States \| Philippines -- Description and travel. \| Trade \| Travel \| Voyages and travels.

2	Author:	Various	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Scientists Collection
	Dates:	1563-1973
	Abstract:	The Scientists Collection contains at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Gray, Asa. Letter to Charles Wilkes. 1848 September 27. Concerns payment for work on plants which will begin in November. Offers condolences on Wilkes bereavement. 2 pages. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.509.L56
	Extent:	5.75 Linear Feet
	Subjects:	Abeille, Louis Paul, 1719-1807 \| Akademiia Nauk S.S.S.R. \| Animal magnetism. \| Astronomy \| Astronomy -- Early works to 1800 \| Azores -- Description and travel \| Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-1983 \| Beadle, Elias R. \| Bertrand, J. (Joseph), 1822-1900 \| Beyond Early America \| Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 \| Clarke, Frieda \| Conchology \| Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 \| Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853 \| Evolution (Biology) \| Geology \| Gray, Joseph Alexander, 1884-1966 \| Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 \| Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 \| Kuiper, Gerard Peter \| Lynge, Herman Henrik Julius, 1822-1897 \| Natural history \| Paleontology \| Perisco, Enrico \| Photographs \| Physicists. \| Physics \| Physics -- Early works to 1800 \| Science \| Segrè, Emilio Gino, 1905-1989 \| Shells. \| Silkworms \| Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854 \| Various \| Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis, 1780 \| Wien, W. (Wilhelm), 1864-1928 \| Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818

3	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. View finding aid for a full description
	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

4	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). View finding aid for a full description
	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-

5	Author:	Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865	Requires cookie*
	Title:	W. H. (William Henry) Smyth correspondence, 1820-1864
	Dates:	1820-1864
	Abstract:	Naval historians may be interested in correspondence relating to nautical almanacs and submarine expeditions, and in Thomas Graves' account of the voyage of HMS Beagle. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.Sm98
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Subjects:	Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892 \| Almanacs. \| Arnold, Thomas (1795-1842) \| Astronomical instruments. \| Astronomy. \| Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857 \| Beyond Early America \| Buckland, William, 1784-1856 \| Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 \| Dawes, William, 1762-1836 \| Dollond, George, 1774-1852 \| Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 \| Graves, Thomas. \| Grove, W. R. (William Robert), 1811-1896 \| Hartwell Observatory. \| Henderson, Thomas, 1798-1844 \| Henslow, J. S. (John Stevens), 1796-1861 \| Herschel, John F. W., Sir (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 \| Hopkins, William, 1793-1866 \| Kater, Henry, 1777-1835 \| Lassell, William, 1799-1880 \| Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 \| Maclear, Thomas, 1794-1879 \| Microscopy. \| Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871 \| Nautical almanacs. \| Petermann, A. (August Heinrich), 1822-1878 \| Royal Astronomical Society. \| Royal Observatory, Greenwich. \| Royal Society (Great Britain) \| Sheepshanks, R. (Richard), 1794-1855 \| Smyth, Annarella Warington \| Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865 \| Smyth, Warington Wilkinson, Sir, 1817-1890 \| Somerville, Mary (1780-1872) \| Submarines (Ships) \| Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham, Sir, 1776-1846 \| Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis, 1780 \| Zach, Franz Xaver, Freiherr von (1754-1832 )

6	Author:	Various authors	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1668-1983
	Dates:	1668-1983
	Abstract:	There are numerous items in this collection which may be of interest to students of naval history: View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.200
	Extent:	25 Linear Feet
	Subjects:	Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 \| Anishinaabe \| Appointments, Military \| Arctic Indians \| Autopsy. \| Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 \| Beyond Early America \| Brasseur \| Cayuga Indians \| Charles J., Rosenberg \| Colonial Politics \| Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 \| Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 \| Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 \| Cytology. \| Darlington, William, 1782-1863 \| Early National Politics \| Edison , Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 \| Egyptians \| Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 \| Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Gelatin silver prints \| General Correspondence \| Genetics. \| Genth, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893 \| Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 \| Greeley , Horace, 1811-1872 \| Harding, Warren G. \| Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 \| History of science and technology. \| History, Ancient. \| Inuit -- Canada \| Iroquois Indians \| Isleta Indians \| Micmac language \| Miscellaneous \| Mohawk Indians \| Morgan, Thomas Hunt \| Mythology, Egyptian. \| Natural history \| Negatives \| Newcomb, Simon \| Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 \| Ojibwa Indians \| Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore \| Ojibwa language \| Ojibwe people \| Oneida Indians \| Onondaga Indians \| Ottawa language \| Penobscot Indians \| Photomechanical prints \| Physics -- History. \| Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 \| Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 \| Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 \| Sacco-Vanzetti case \| Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 \| Scientific Correspondence \| Scientific apparatus and instruments. \| Seneca Indians \| Seybert, Adam,1773-1825. \| Slides. \| Southwest Indians \| Sparks, Jared (1789-1866) \| Stevens, Henry \| Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 \| Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 \| Tuscarora Indians \| Tyrrhenians \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States -- History -- Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 \| United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) \| Various authors \| Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 \| Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 \| Women -- Education \| World War, 1939-1945 \| Wyoming Valley (Pa.)