ALS. Fothergill comments upon a volume sent him by Emanual Mendez da Costa, foreign secretary of the Royal Society of London. Da Costa writes in reply. His letter bears no signature.
ALS. Fothergill comments upon a volume sent him by Emanual Mendez da Costa, foreign secretary of the Royal Society of London. Da Costa writes in reply. His letter bears no signature.
Holograph document, signed. Deed for a grant of land. On verso, a receipt for quit rent due on the granted, dated 1739, and a certificate of entry in the Office for Recording of Deeds, dated 1755.
Holograph document, signed. Deed for a grant of land. On verso, a receipt for quit rent due on the granted, dated 1739, and a certificate of entry in the Office for Recording of Deeds, dated 1755.
ALS to Harley. S.W. Moore writes on the physiological chemistry of the brain. Sir Thomas Smith (1833-1909) of King's College, Edinburgh, writes on pharmacology.
ALS to Harley. S.W. Moore writes on the physiological chemistry of the brain. Sir Thomas Smith (1833-1909) of King's College, Edinburgh, writes on pharmacology.
ALS. Latane responds to Jacobs' inquiries regarding a 1797 letter by Benjamin Rush on slavery. In his opinion, "the framers of the Constitution seem to have regarded slavery as a dying institution, but the invention of the cotton-gin in 1793 gave it a new lease on life."
ALS. Latane responds to Jacobs' inquiries regarding a 1797 letter by Benjamin Rush on slavery. In his opinion, "the framers of the Constitution seem to have regarded slavery as a dying institution, but the invention of the cotton-gin in 1793 gave it a new lease on life."
Mitchell corresponds with Oliver Wendell Holmes and Jacob Whitman Bailey regarding his book, On the cryptogamous origin of malarious and epidemic fevers. Papers also include a line drawing, removed from Mitchell's son's copy of Gower's lectures on the diagnosis of diseases of the brain, pub. 1885; a letter of recommendation for Andrew Ellicott Kennedy; and printed sheet music, Oh! Fly to the prairie, with lyrics by Mitchell.
Mitchell corresponds with Oliver Wendell Holmes and Jacob Whitman Bailey regarding his book, On the cryptogamous origin of malarious and epidemic fevers. Papers also include a line drawing, removed from Mitchell's son's copy of Gower's lectures on the diagnosis of diseases of the brain, pub. 1885; a letter of recommendation for Andrew Ellicott Kennedy; and printed sheet music, Oh! Fly to the prairie, with lyrics by Mitchell.
Papers consist of three types of material: correspondence, loose manuscript leaves, and ms. notebooks. Correspondence consists of letters written by Sayer, his wife, Sarah A. Sayer, and the Superintendent at the Asylum, John Gray, during Sayer's stay at the Asylum. Loose manuscripts consist of miscellaneous notes, a poem, Sayer's teacher certification, and the school lists of both Sayer and his wife, then Sarah Ann Bennet. Notebooks: "Sketches of life" (a journal, tp., 23 pp., 1842-1859); "A book intended for writings" (notebook of essays and poems, tp., 23 pp., 1837); and an algebra notebook (tp., 85 pp., 1833) with notes on town bonds at the end (3 pp., 1872).
Papers consist of three types of material: correspondence, loose manuscript leaves, and ms. notebooks. Correspondence consists of letters written by Sayer, his wife, Sarah A. Sayer, and the Superintendent at the Asylum, John Gray, during Sayer's stay at the Asylum. Loose manuscripts consist of miscellaneous notes, a poem, Sayer's teacher certification, and the school lists of both Sayer and his wife, then Sarah Ann Bennet. Notebooks: "Sketches of life" (a journal, tp., 23 pp., 1842-1859); "A book intended for writings" (notebook of essays and poems, tp., 23 pp., 1837); and an algebra notebook (tp., 85 pp., 1833) with notes on town bonds at the end (3 pp., 1872).
ALS to S.B. Buckley. Riddell writes of his herbarium of Louisiana and Texas plants. Also an autographed title page of Riddell's Introductory lecture on our knowledge of nature, the natural sciences etc.
ALS to S.B. Buckley. Riddell writes of his herbarium of Louisiana and Texas plants. Also an autographed title page of Riddell's Introductory lecture on our knowledge of nature, the natural sciences etc.
ALS. Petitions for the institution of Welsh language instruction in schools and the use of the Welsh language in courts and churchs in those areas where the majority of the populace speaks only Welsh.
ALS. Petitions for the institution of Welsh language instruction in schools and the use of the Welsh language in courts and churchs in those areas where the majority of the populace speaks only Welsh.
2 ALS and a newspaper clipping. Ordronaux, then State Commissioner in Lunacy, writes to William Fairfield Warren, president of Boston University, that he must postpone his lectures in law at Boston University. He attaches a newspaper clipping which relates that a report critical of the management of the State Lunatic Asylum had been presented, but that the signatures of the doctors presenting the report had apparently been forged.
2 ALS and a newspaper clipping. Ordronaux, then State Commissioner in Lunacy, writes to William Fairfield Warren, president of Boston University, that he must postpone his lectures in law at Boston University. He attaches a newspaper clipping which relates that a report critical of the management of the State Lunatic Asylum had been presented, but that the signatures of the doctors presenting the report had apparently been forged.
Holograph letter, unsigned. Relates how the yellow fever epidemic has affected neighbors and acquaintances. Reports that many conceal their illness for fear of being carried to and dying in Bellevue Hospital.
Holograph letter, unsigned. Relates how the yellow fever epidemic has affected neighbors and acquaintances. Reports that many conceal their illness for fear of being carried to and dying in Bellevue Hospital.
3 ALS. Inquires after mutual friends, among them George Pearson. Offers an account of his travels in eastern Europe, of his efforts to promote vaccination, of his research and experiments, and of the progress of the Napoleonic Wars.
3 ALS. Inquires after mutual friends, among them George Pearson. Offers an account of his travels in eastern Europe, of his efforts to promote vaccination, of his research and experiments, and of the progress of the Napoleonic Wars.
This typed transcript copy of a letter from Bumgarner to Davison, made for Mrs. Trent, was removed from the "Bataan" copy of Davison's "Compleat Pediatrician", a volume in the Historical Collection, call number "II Davison". The letter relates that Bumgarner made much use of the book during the WWII campaign in the Pacific.
This typed transcript copy of a letter from Bumgarner to Davison, made for Mrs. Trent, was removed from the "Bataan" copy of Davison's "Compleat Pediatrician", a volume in the Historical Collection, call number "II Davison". The letter relates that Bumgarner made much use of the book during the WWII campaign in the Pacific.