Sir William Rowan Hamilton correspondence, 1827-1852

Mss.B.H188

Date: 1827-1852 | Size: 0.25 Linear feet, Ca. 95 items

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Abstract

Hamilton's papers reflect his interests in astronomy and mathematics, as well as in literature and philosophy.

Background note

William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish astronomer and mathematician and made remarkable theoretical contributions in physics and algebra. He was the director of the observatory at Dublin, Ireland, and Astronomer Royal of Ireland.

Collection Information

Physical description

Ca. 95 items.

Provenance

Purchased from Scientific Library Service ($800.00) and accessioned, 12/27/1974 (1974 303ms).

Early American History Note

This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

Indexing Terms

Family Name(s)

Singleton, Thomas.

Geographic Name(s)

Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.

Occupation(s)

Astronomers -- Ireland -- 19th century.
Mathematicians -- Ireland -- 19th century.

Personal Name(s)

Bailey, William
Carter, John
Edgeworth, Francis Beaufort
Everett, George
Fitzgerald, William
Graves, John Thomas
Graves, Robert Perceval
Hamilton, William Rowan,Sir,18
Singer, Joseph Henderson, 1786-1866
Thomson, James, 1823-1900
Walsh, John
Wiley, John
Wordsworth, William

Subject(s)

Astronomy -- Ireland -- 19th century.
Beyond Early America
Mathematics -- Ireland -- 19th century.

Detailed Inventory

___to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1827 July 17		Box 1: folder 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1827 October 6		Box 1: folder 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1827 October 9		Box 1: folder 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton. Astronomiae Caput Primum.	1827 October 17		Box 1: folder 4	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 January 5		Box 1: folder 5	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to SirJ William Rowan Hamilton	1828 February 19		Box 1: folder 6	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Arabella Lawrence to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 March 19		Box 1: folder 7	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Eliza Hamilton	1828 April 2		Box 1: folder 8	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Grace Hamilton	1828 April 3		Box 1: folder 9	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 April 7		Box 1: folder 10	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton? Concerning the proper manner of....	1828 April 15		Box 1: folder 11	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Sir William Rowan Hamilton? Concerning the proper manner of mounting a horse.
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 May 28		Box 1: folder 12	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Sir John Frederick William Herschel?	1828 May 28		Box 1: folder 13	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
S. Kyle to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 pre May 28		Box 1: folder 14	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 May 28		Box 1: folder 15	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sydney M. Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 May 30		Box 1: folder 16	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
William Wallace to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 June 14		Box 1: folder 17	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to William Wallace	1828 June 18		Box 1: folder 18	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Edward Hutton?	1828 June 28		Box 1: folder 19	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sydney M. Hamilton to Grace Hamilton	1828 June?		Box 1: folder 20	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 July 1		Box 1: folder 21	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 August 28		Box 1: folder 22	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Arabella Lawrence to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 September 27		Box 1: folder 23	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to John Thomas Graves	1828 October 20		Box 1: folder 24	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Robert Perceval Graves to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828? October 29		Box 1: folder 25	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
John Willey to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 November 10		Box 1: folder 26	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton? to ?		Fragment	Box 1: folder 27	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1828 December 5		Box 1: folder 28	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Lord Forbes to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 January 15		Box 1: folder 29	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Arthur Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 March 28		Box 1: folder 30	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
John Walsh to Joseph Henderson Singer	1829 April 28		Box 1: folder 31	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Mary Hutton	1829 May 2		Box 1: folder 32	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Thomas Singleton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 May 31		Box 1: folder 33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
L. C. Beaufort to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 June 4		Box 1: folder 34	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir Francis Beaufort to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 July 4		Box 1: folder 35	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
William Bailey to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 July 18		Box 1: folder 36	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to William Bailey	1829 July 20		Box 1: folder 37	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Edwin Richard Windham Quin Dunraven to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 August 9		Box 1: folder 38	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Edwin Richard Windham Quin Dunraven, 3rd Earl
Arthur Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 August 9		Box 1: folder 39	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 August 14		Box 1: folder 40	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Edwin Richard Windham Wÿmdham-Quin Dunraven	1829 August 17		Box 1: folder 41	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Edwin Richard Windham Wÿmdham-Quin Dunraven, 3rd Earl
Francis Beaufort Edgeworth to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 August 18		Box 1: folder 42	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
S. Lawrence to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 September 26		Box 1: folder 44	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Francis Beaufort Edgeworth to Sir WilliamJRowan Hamilton	1829 October 21		Box 1: folder 45	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 November 4		Box 1: folder 46	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Francis Beaufort Edgeworth? Record of a conversation with his Sir W. R. ...	1829 November 9		Box 1: folder 47	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Francis Beaufort Edgeworth? Record of a conversation with his Sir W. R. Hamilton*s sisters on Coleridge's Ancient Mariner.
John Carter to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 November 14		Box 1: folder 48	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Francis Beaufort Edgeworth to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 November 20		Box 1: folder 49	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to ?	1829 November 20		Box 1: folder 50	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Arabella Lawrence to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 November 22		Box 2: folder 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Society of Arts, Edinburgh, to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 November 26		Box 2: folder 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Edwin Richard Wyndham-Quin Dunraven 3rd earl of	1829 November 27		Box 2: folder 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Edwin Richard Wyndham-Quin Dunraven 3rd Earl
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 December 11		Box 2: folder 4	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
John Carter to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 December 14		Box 2: folder 5	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to James Hamilton	1829 December 17		Box 2: folder 6	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1829 December 21		Box 2: folder 7	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton.Extract from the Foreign Review, No. VII	1829 July		Box 2: folder 8	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
John Carter to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1930 January 5		Box 2: folder 9	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 January 9		Box 2: folder 10	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to ?	1830 January 15		Box 2: folder 11	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
John Wiley Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 January 18		Box 2: folder 12	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 January 22		Box 2: folder 13	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 February 17		Box 2: folder 14	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 February 23		Box 2: folder 15	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir George Everest to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 February 25		Box 2: folder 16	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to S.? Kyle.	1830 March 17		Box 2: folder 17	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Arabella Lawrence to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 March 29		Box 2: folder 18	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
S. Kyle to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 March 18		Box 2: folder 19	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir George Everett to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 June 4		Box 2: folder 20	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 June 24		Box 2: folder 21	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 July 1		Box 2: folder 22	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Hamilton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 July 9		Box 2: folder 23	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Richard MacDonnell to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 July 14		Box 2: folder 24	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Richard MacDonnell	1830 July 15		Box 2: folder 25	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
? to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 July 30		Box 2: folder 26	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
George Alexander Hamilton? to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 August 3		Box 2: folder 27	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir Francis Beaufort to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 August 5		Box 2: folder 28	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
John Willey to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 August 16		Box 2: folder 29	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
John Leslie Foster? to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 August 31		Box 2: folder 30	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to John Leslie Foster?	1830 September 2		Box 2: folder 31	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Grace Hamilton	1830 September 17, 18		Box 2: folder 32	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
? to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 September 21		Box 2: folder 33	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
James Thomson to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1830 December 4		Box 2: folder 34	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
H. Beaufort to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1831 January 3		Box 2: folder 35	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Mrs. Rathbourne	1831 January 3		Box 2: folder 36	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Edwin Richard...	1831 January 4		Box 2: folder 37	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Other Descriptive Information: Edwin Richard Wyndham-Quin Dunraven, 3rd Earl
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to John Thomas Graves	1833 April 4		Box 2: folder 38	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Robert Perceval Graves	1834? February 5		Box 2: folder 39	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir Aubrey de Vere to Sir William Rowan Hamilton				Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Robert Perceval Graves	1836 November 29		Box 2: folder 40	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir Aubrey de Vere to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1837 December 30		Box 2: folder 41	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
? Bolton to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1838 January 4		Box 2: folder 42	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
? to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	1838 March 9		Box 2: folder 43	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Charles Graves [	1846 March 7		Box 2: folder 44	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton. Testimonial for Robert Perceval Graves	1847 January 14		Box 2: folder 45	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Charles Graves	1852 November 30		Box 2: folder 46	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
William Fitzgerald Wordsworth to ?	February 25		Box 2: folder 47	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
William Fitzgerald Wordsworth to Robert Perceval Graves	November 5		Box 2: folder 48	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Arabella Lawrence to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	December 18		Box 2: folder 49	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Francis Beaufort Edgeworth. "Dear Speechless Cousin.."	undated		Box 2: folder 50	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Robert Perceval Graves to Charles? Graves	undated		Box 2: folder 51	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton to John Thomas Graves?	undated		Box 2: folder 52	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Sir William Rowan Hamilton? Two songs by Francis Beaufort Edgeworth	undated		Box 2: folder 53	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
? to Sir William Rowan Hamilton	undated		Box 2: folder 54	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item