| 1 | Creator: | Alexander, William, 1726-1783 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Variation of the compass, 1773
| | | | Dates: | 1773 | | | | Abstract: | Written by William Alexander at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, March 27, 1773, this essay appeals to the American Philosophical Society to collect and publish astronomical observations. It was sent to the American Philosophical Society, where it was duly read in May 1773. | | | | Call #: | Mss.522.76.Al2 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Alexander, William, 1726-1783 | American Philosophical Society. | Astronomy -- 18th century | Compass. | Learned institutions and societies. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Scientific Data | Surveying and Maps | Trade | |
| 2 | Creator: | Muhlenberg family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Muhlenberg family papers, 1769-1866
| | | | Dates: | 1769-1866 | | | | Abstract: | The papers include miscellaneous letters, letterbooks, books, certificates, and diplomas of various members of the Muhlenberg family. Among them are photostats of letters and papers of General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and officers of the Continental Army on military affairs in the Southern Department during the American Revolution (1772-1804); photostats of letters to Albert Gallatin, Nathanael Greene, Edward Hand, Winthrop Sargent, Baron von Steuben, William Alexander, and George Washington; photostat of General Muhlenberg's journal of trips to the Ohio (1784, 1797); photostats of letters and notes of Gotthilf H. E. Muhlenberg, including a diary kept at Halle (1771) and extracts of thirty letters to Stephen Elliott of Beaufort and Charleston, South Carolina (1808-1815); photostats of letters of Henry A. Muhlenberg about his biography of General Muhlenberg (1848-1849); and photostats of letters of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787). Also included is an original letterbook of Peter Muhlenberg, paymaster of the United States Army, kept at Augusta and Savannah, Georgia (1836-1842). Henry Muhlenberg's notebooks (1784-1813), written in Latin or German script, in a small hand, includes a wealth of botanical observations, with a focus on Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Henry Muhlenberg journals are a record of daily occurrences, with many features of a commonplace book, containing prescriptions, notes of questions asked candidates for the Lutheran ministry, and the plan of a barn. There is also a biographical account of Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M891 | | | | Extent: | 4.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- United States. | Alexander, William, 1726-1783 | American Revolution | Barns. | Botany | Certificates. | Delaware Indians | Diaries. | Diplomas. | Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830 | Family Correspondence | Foreign Language | Fungi. | Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 | General Correspondence | Grasses. | Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 | Hand, Edward, 1744-1802 | Herbaria. | Journals (notebooks). | Lancaster (Pa.) -- Description and travel. | Letterbooks. | Lichens. | Lutheran Church -- Clergy. | Meteorology - Observations | Military History | Military Records | Muhlenberg family. | Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807 | Native America | Natural History | Natural history. | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania History | Plants. | Religion | Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820 | Shrubs. | Sketches. | Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 | Travel Narratives and Journals | Trees. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal histories. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Zoology -- Vermont. | |
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