| 1 | Creator: | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Note nécrologique sur le Docteur Wistar, 1818
| | | | Dates: | 1818 | | | | Abstract: | This volume includes several printed and manuscript items related to the death of Caspar Wistar, in January 1818. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.W76c | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853 | Clippings. | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | General Correspondence | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Manuscript Essays | Medicine | Philadelphia History | Physicians | Printed Material | Science and Technology | Tilghman, William, 1756-1827 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Wistar, Elizabeth. | |
| 2 | Creator: | Du Pont de Nemours family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Du Pont de Nemours family. Papers relating to the American Philosophical Society, 1800-1894
| | | | Dates: | 1800-1894 | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.D938f | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Du Pont, H. A., (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926 | Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827 | Harmand, Philippe Nicolas, 1759-1838 | Institutional Records | James, Thomas C., (Thomas Chalkley), 1766-1835 | Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903 | Letombe, Philippe Joseph, d. 1833 | Monroe, James, 1758-1831 | Phillips, Henry, 1775-1838 | Science -- Societies, etc. | Science and Technology | |
| 3 | Creator: | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Caspar Wistar Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1794-1817 | | | | Abstract: | This is primarily a collection of letters and manuscripts sent to Wistar by prominent men who were among his many correspondents. These documents reflect his broad interests, including botany, paleontology, medicine, the American Philosophical Society, and André Michaux's plans for exploring the Missouri. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.W76 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Ambroise M. F. J., Baron de Palisot de Beauvois | American Philosophical Society | Botany | Camper, Adrien Gilles, 1759-1820 | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | General Correspondence | International Travel | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Medicine | Medicine--19th century | Natural History | Paleontology--19th century | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Tilesius von Tilenau, Wilhelm Gottlieb | Travel | Warden, David Bailie, 1772-1845 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Yellow fever | |
| 4 | Creator: | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | José Francisco Correia da Serra papers, 1772-1827
| | | | Dates: | 1772-1827 | | | | Abstract: | Transcripts and photocopies of Correia de Serra correspondence, made by Richard B. Davis for "The Abbé Correa in America," APS
Transactions 45, 2 (1955). Seven mss. letters are also included. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C81.1 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | Beyond Early America | Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Corrêa da Serra, Edward J. | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Linnaeus , Carl | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Monroe, James, 1758-1831 | Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Henrich Ernst, 1753-1815 | Natural history. | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Rawle, William, 1759-1836 | Rush, Richard | Skipwith, Fulwar, 1765-1839 | Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | |
| 5 | Creator: | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Alexander von Humboldt papers, 1801-1859
| | | | Dates: | 1793-1859 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains miscellaneous letters and papers relating to explorations of South America, Cuba, and Mexico; scientific investigations; Latin American antiquities and linguistics; and publications. There are also copies of 26 letters from Humboldt to Pierre Hyacinth Azais and Jules Berger de Xivrey, from originals at the Duke University Medical Center Library. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H88 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Azaïs, Pierre Hyacinthe, 1766-1845 | Berger de Xivrey, Jules, 1801-1863 | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Coquerel, Athanase, 1795-1868 | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Frederick William -- IV, -- King of Prussia, -- 1795-1861. | Gaggiotti-Richards, Emma, 1825-1912 | Galunsky, Louis Charles | General Correspondence | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861 | Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Jomard, M., (Edme-François), 1777-1862 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Natural history. | Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875 | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 | Schlagintweit-Sakünlunski, Hermann Rudolph Alfred von, -- 1826-1882. | Science and Technology | Science publishing. | Scientific expeditions. | South America -- Discovery and exploration -- 19th century. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, 1794-1868 | Warden, David Bailie, 1772-1845 | Willdenow, Karl Ludwig, 1765-1812 | |
| 6 | Creator: | Linnean Society of London. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Linnean Society of London correspondence of American scientists, 1738-1865
| | | | Dates: | 1738-1865 | | | | Abstract: | Letters and papers to or from American scientists or about America, selected from the Linnean Society's collections. Includes letters to William Swainson from John Abbott, John J. Audubon, Constantine S. Rafinesque, Isaac Lea, and John E. LeConte; letters to Sir James Edward Smith from Jacob Bigelow, DeWitt Clinton, J.F. Correia da Serra, David Hosack, Theodore Lyman, William Dandridge Peck, Rafinesque, and Gotthilf H.E. Muhlenberg; letters to William Darlington; letters to Asa Gray; letters of John Bartram; letters of Peter Collinson to J.F. Gronovius; letters and papers of John Ellis, including letters from Alexander Garden, Samuel Martin, and Bernard Romans; letters to Carl Linnaeus from John Bartram, John Clayton, Cadwallader Colden, Correia da Serra, Peter Kalm, Adam Kuhn, James Logan, John Mitchell, and Charles Wrangel. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.6 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Film reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abbott, John | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Bartram, John, 1699-1777 | Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879 | Clayton, John | Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828 | Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776 | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Darlington, William, 1782-1863 | Ellis, John | Garden, Alexander, 1757-1829 | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Gronovius, Johannes Fredericus, 1686-1762 | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779 | Kuhn, Adam, 1741-1817 | LeConte, John Eatton, 1784-1860 | Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886 | Linne, Carl von, 1707-1778 | Logan, Jim, (James) | Lyman, Theodore, 1792-1849 | Martin, Samuel | Microfilm Collection | Mitchell, John | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | Natural history. | Peck, William Dandridge, 1763-1822 | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Romans, Bernard | Scientists -- United States. | Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828 | Swainson, William, 1789-1855 | Wrangel, Charles | Zoology -- North America. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825
| | | | Dates: | 1775-1825 | | | | Abstract: | The Thomas Jefferson papers contain a large number of correspondence both to and from Jefferson, as well as various other material related to American Revolutionary War and Early Republic. Includes correspondence with Patrick Henry, Charles Willson Peale, Richard Henry Lee, Horatio Gates, David Rittenhouse, Robert Patterson | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.J35 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | American Revolution | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Boundaries, State. | Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | Canals. | Chemistry | Colony and State Specific History | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823 | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Indians of North America--Languages | Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Linguistics. | Louisiana Purchase -- Enclopedias. | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Mitchill, Samuel L., (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831 | Native America | Natural History | Official Government Documents and Records | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Plants. | Political Correspondence | Presidents -- United States. | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Science -- United States -- 18th century. | Science and Technology | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Seeds. | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. | Virginia -- History. | Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Williams, Jonathan. | |
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