| 1 | Creator: | British Museum. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | American manuscripts, 1703-1806, from the British Museum
| | | | Dates: | 1703-1806 | | | | Abstract: | This is a miscellaneous collection of manuscripts (ca. 35 items) from the British Museum, selected for filming by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. Included are letters, botanical lists, illustrations, and other types of documents. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.503 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | Ames, Nathaniel, 1708-1764 | Bartram, John, 1699-1777 | Botany. | Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776 | Dudley, Paul, 1675-1751 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Garden, Alexander, 1686-1756 | Illustrations. | Lists. | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Microfilm Collection | Mitchell, John, 1711-1768 | Natural history. | Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peter Collinson papers, 1560-1811 (inclusive), 1713-1811 (bulk)
| | | | Dates: | Bulk, 1713-1811 | | | | Abstract: | This microfilm contains letters and drafts of replies, memoranda, lists of plants and shrubs, observations on natural history, diary notes, extracts from reading, and recipes. There is a "Catalogue of Books given to [Friends] Publick School of Philadelphia" by Collinson dated 1749. There is a copy by Collinson of a May 16, 1560 note by Elizabeth I of a gift of old clothes to her maids of honor. A 1811 letter is from C. S. Collinson to Aylmer Bourke Lambert. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.629 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany. | Breintnall, Joseph, d. 1746 | Bull, William, 1710-1791 | Collinson, C. S. | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Dobbs, Arthur, 1689-1765 | Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | Garden, Alexander, 1686-1756 | Gmelin, Johann Georg, 1709-1755 | Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761 | Hollyday, Henry, 1870- | Kearsley, John | Lambert, Aylmer Bourke, 1761-1842 | Linne, Carl von, 1707-1778 | Microfilm Collection | Morris, Robert Hunter, 1713-1764 | Natural history. | Pemberton, Israel | Plants -- Collection and preservation. | Rainsford, Giles | Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Wager, Charles, Sir, 1666-1743 | Wright, Edward | |
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