| 1 | Creator: | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C. S., (Constantine Samuel ) Rafinesque correspondence, 1819-1840, to John Torrey
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1840 | | | | Abstract: | Included with these letters are botanical remarks addressed to John Torrey (1835), and a list of plants wanted by Rafinesque (ca. 1837). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.898 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany. | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | |
| 7 | Creator: | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C. S. (Constantine Samuel ) Rafinesque correspondence, 1809-1840, with William Swainson
| | | | Dates: | 1809-1840 | | | | Abstract: | This correspondence, concerning botanical topics, includes lists of plants. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.898.1 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany. | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Swainson, William, 1789-1855 | |
| 9 | Creator: | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Henry Muhlenberg journals, 1777-1815
| | | | Dates: | 1777-1815 | | | | Abstract: | A record of daily occurrence, with many features of a commonplace book, for this contains prescriptions, notes of questions asked candidates for the Lutheran ministry, the plan of a barn, etc. There is also a biographical account of Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M892 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Barns. | Botany. | Journals (notebooks). | Lutheran Church -- Clergy. | Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, 1711-1787 | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | |
| 10 | Creator: | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Henry Muhlenberg correspondence, 1779-1815
| | | | Dates: | 1779-1815 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondents include C. D. Ebeling, Alexander von Humboldt, and Henry Melchior Muhlenberg. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1097 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany. | Ebeling, Christophe Daniel, 1741-1817 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Microfilm Collection | Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, 1711-1787 | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | Natural history. | |
| 11 | Creator: | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C. S. (Constantine Samuel ) Rafinesque miscellaneous manuscripts, 1817-1834
| | | | Dates: | 1817-1834 | | | | Abstract: | These manuscripts include a few letters to John Torrey, Amos Eaton, and Reuben Haines, and journals of travels to the Appalachian mountains (1833), and to the source of the Schuylkill River (1834). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.898.2 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Appalachian Mountains. | Botany. | Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 | Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 | Journals (notebooks). | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Schuylkill River (Pa.) | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | |
| 12 | Creator: | Delaware County Institute of Science (Delaware County, Pa.) | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Delaware County Institute of Science (Delaware County, Pa.) minutes and papers, [ca. 1833]-1873
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1833-1873 | | | | Abstract: | This includes communications or correspondence from such figures as A.D. Bache, Amos Bonsall, John F. Frazer, and M. F. Maury. There are reports by committees, such as those on agriculture, botany, horticulture, and meteorology. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.28 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Bonsall, Amos, 1830-1915 | Botany. | Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872 | Horticulture. | Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 | Meteorology. | Microfilm Collection | Science -- Societies, etc. | |
| 13 | Creator: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Correspondence of American botanists, [19th century]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 19th century | | | | Abstract: | These are letters and papers relating to North America chiefly from the official correspondence of the Gardens and the correspondence of its two directors, Sir William Jackson Hooker and Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. There are 2 reels of letters from Asa Gray to the Hookers, in addition to other Gray letters elsewhere in the collection. A few letters (1787) from Americans to William Forsyth, superintendent of the Royal Gardens of St. James' and Kensington. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.7 | | | | Extent: | 9.0 Film reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botanists -- England. | Botanists -- United States. | Botany. | Forsyth, William, 1737-1804 | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Sir, 1817-1911 | Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 | |
| 16 | Creator: | Walker, John,1731-1803. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Natural History, May 3, 1790 - December 2, 1790
| | | | Dates: | 1790 | | | | Abstract: | This volume, written between May 3 and December 2, includes essays on mineralogy, the vegetable kingdom (such as botany and fruitification), and the animal kingdom (such as zoology, ornithology, and generation of animals). | | | | Call #: | Mss.504.W15 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Botany. | Education | Educational Material | Essays. | Mineralogy. | Natural History | Natural history. | Ornithology. | University of Edinburgh. | Walker, John,1731-1803. | Zoology. | |
| 17 | Creator: | Ellis, John,1710?-1776. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Ellis letters, 1753-1771
| | | | Dates: | 1753-1771 | | | | Abstract: | These are copies in an unknown hand [the name "Meriel Nevill Watt" appears in the front of the volume] of letters, primarily from Ellis, that were published in the "Philosophical Transactions" of the Royal Society in London. Most relate to botanical topics, and many are written to Peter Collinson. A few are written by Peter Woulfe. Included are contemporary engravings from the "Transactions," as well as original wash drawings copied from the engravings. | | | | Call #: | Mss.580.EL5 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Botany. | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Drawings. | Ellis, John,1710?-1776. | Engravings. | Natural history. | Watt, Meriel Nevill | Woulfe, Peter, -- ca. 1727-1803. | |
| 18 | Creator: | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Fothergill letters, 1737-1778
| | | | Dates: | 1737-1750 | | | | Abstract: | All but one of these letters are to Charles Alston, the professor of botany at Edinburgh University, and concern medicine, botany, and science in general. They are dated between 1737 and 1750. One letter is to George Whately, dated 1778. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F82 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 | Botany. | Education | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | General Correspondence | Medicine | Medicine. | Science. | Scientific Correspondence | University of Edinburgh. | |
| 19 | Creator: | Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Manasseh Cutler papers, 1777-1790
| | | | Dates: | 1777-1790 | | | | Abstract: | These are letters from Jeremy Belknap, Aaron Dexter, Ezra Stile, Samuel Vaughan, Jr., and others. There are also drafts of some of Cutler's letters. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1102 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 | Botany. | Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823 | Dexter, Aaron | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795 | Vaughan, Samuel, 1762-1827 | |
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