| 3 | Creator: | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Extracts from letters on John James Audubon, [n.d.]
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | This volume contains extracts, chiefly in an unknown hand (probably Charles Waterton), from Ord's letters, 1831-1835, criticizing Audubon as a man and as a naturalist. Ord wrote the last part of the volume (signed and dated June 29, 1838), and there are manuscript comments by Charles Waterton. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Au25o | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Manuscript Essays | Natural History | Naturalists. | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Ornithologists. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Darlington, William, 1782-1863 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Darlington letters, 1836-1857
| | | | Dates: | 1836-1857 | | | | Abstract: | These are to Darlington from Spencer F. Baird, Robert Carr, Edward D. Ingraham, Moses Marshall, George Ord, John Jay Smith, and John F. Watson, among others. A letter from Joseph Johnson encloses a sketch of the life of Stephen Elliott (1771-1830). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.627 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Botany. | Carr, Robert | Darlington, William, 1782-1863 | Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830 | Ingraham, Edward D., (Edward Duncan), 1793-1854 | Johnson, Joseph, 1776-1862 | Marshall, Moses | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Potatoes. | Smith, J. Jay, (John Jay), 1798-1881 | Watson, John F. | |
| 5 | Creator: | Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Say papers, 1819-1883, 1955
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1883 | | | | Abstract: | Consists of material chiefly on natural history, shells, and insects, including miscellaneous notes on conchology by Say; photostats of 6 letters from Say to Jacob Gilliams, 1819-1829, from Morristown, New Jersey; and a biographical note on Say. The drawings and impressions of shells are by Mrs. Lucy Way Sistaire Say, prepared for W. G. Binney's edition of Say's complete works on conchology, 1858; also Mrs. Say's refutation of what she considered an unfair attack in George Ord's memoir of Say. Correspondents include André Etienne Férussac, Arthur F. Gray, John Lawrence LeConte, and Charles W. Short. An additional item is a memorial volume (ca. 150 pp.), including a family genealogy and land surveys in watercolor (B Sa95f). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sa95.g | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Drawings. | Entomology. | Férussac, André-Etienne-Just-Pascal-Joseph-Francois d'Audebard, -- baron de, -- 1786-1836. | General Correspondence | Gilliams, Jacob | Land and Speculation | Maps and Surveys | Mollusks. | Natural History | Natural history. | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 | Sketchbooks | Surveying and Maps | |
| 6 | 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 | |
| 7 | Creator: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Autograph letters of naturalists, 1744-1894
| | | | Dates: | 1744-1894 | | | | Abstract: | Collection of 283 letters assembled and presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by John Torrey. Correspondents include: Louis Agassiz, Zaccheus Collins, Peter S. Du Ponceau, Elie M. Durand, Asa Gray, William Hembel, Alexander von Humboldt, William H. Keating, James Mease, Samuel G. Morton, George Ord, Charles Pickering, Constantine S. Rafinesque, Benjamin Silliman, Sr., John Torrey, Charles Waterton, Alexander Wilson. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.628 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Collins, Zaccheus, 1764-1831 -- Correspondence | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 -- Correspondence | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 -- Correspondence | Hembel, William -- Correspondence | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Correspondence | Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 -- Correspondence | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Microfilm Collection | Minutes. | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Pickering, Edward C., (Edward Charles), 1846-1919 | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Silliman, Benjamin, Sr., 1779-1864 | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813 | |
| 8 | Creator: | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John James Audubon Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1821-1845 | | | | Abstract: | John James Audubon (1785-1851), the American Woodsman, is a legendary naturalist and bird artist. His technique of painting North American birds dramatically as they appeared in their natural habitat was a major contribution to the emerging discipline of ornithology in the nineteenth century. His masterpiece,
The Birds of America (1827-1838), elephant folio, was followed by a companion text edition,
Ornithological Biography (1831-1849), a smaller octavo edition of
Birds (1840-1844) and
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, published posthumously.
This collection of original letters of publication information, ornithology, and some personal notes was sent primarily to Lucy Bakewell Audubon, his wife, from 1826-1834, and to Victor Gifford Audubon, his son, from 1833-1834, 1840-1844, with some sporadic contact with both between 1836-1839. Items in the collection relate to Audubon's Florida, Great Egg Harbor, and Great Pine Forest expeditions but not to his final expedition up the Missouri River. Of particular note, letters of 1833 and 1834 contain references to his response to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia president George Ord's attacks on his credibility. A partial journal entry from New Orleans in 1821 and a few letters to other correspondents, including John Bachman, round out the material. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Au25 | | | | Extent: | 0.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abert, John James, 1788-1863 | Art | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Audubon, John Woodhouse, 1812-1862 | Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell, 1788-1874 | Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860 | Bachman, John, 1790-1874 | Bakewell, William | Berthoud, Nicholas | Birds--North America | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian Jule | Brewster, Thomas | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chetwynd, Henry John, Earl of Shrewsbury | Children, John George, 1777-1852 | Cooper, William, 1798?-1864 | Family Correspondence | Gaston, William | General Correspondence | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Harris, Edward | Havell, Robert, Jr. 1793-1878 | Lehman, George | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859 | Martin, Maria, 1794-1863 | McCulloch, Thomas, Jr. | McMurtry, Henry | Natural History | Natural History--North America | Naturalist | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Ornithologist | Ornithology--North America | Printing and Publishing | Rathbone, William | Rothschild, Baron Nathan Mayer de | Science and Technology | Waller, J. Walthen | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813 | |
| 9 | Creator: | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1781-1844 | | | | Abstract: | A pioneer in ethnographic and linguistic studies of the American Indian and one of the most active members of the American Philosophical Society, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau helped to establish the American Philosophical Society's reputation as one of the world's foremost centers for the study of American Indians and their languages. The Peter Stephen Du Ponceau collection consists of correspondence on legal matters, Indian linguistics, silk culture, maritime law, the American Philosophical Society, and various publications of the early nineteenth century. The collection also includes several essays by Du Ponceau, most of which deal with maritime law. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.D92p | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | Accounts. | Admiralty--United States | American Philosophical Society. | Bills (financial). | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Brose, William | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Coxe, Paul | Deeds | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Du Pont de Nemours family | Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817 | Du Pont family | Dutilh, Stephen | Essays. | Findley, James | Fiorelli, Henry | Follen, Charles, 1796-1840 | General Correspondence | Gibson, James | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania. | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Hunter, John Dunn, 1798?-1827. | Indians of North America--Languages | International Trade. | Jullien, Marc-Antoine, 1775-1848 | Kraitsir, Charles V., 1804-1860 | Law | Law--United States--History--19th century | Legal Records | Logan, James, 1674-1751 | Maltenberger, M.B. | Maritime law--United States | Merchant mariners--United States | Meredith, William, 1772-1844 | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Penn, William,1644-1718. | Philadelphia (Pa.). Select Council. | Pickering, John, 1777-1846 | Polk, William | Rawle, William, 1759-1836 | Receipts | Roux de Rochelle, 1762-1849 | Say, Benjamin, 1755-1813 | Silk | Tilghman, Edward, 1750-1815 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Wachsmuth, John Gottfried | Watson, Ebenezer | |
| 10 | Creator: | Peale-Sellers families. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peale-Sellers Family Collection, 1686-1963
| | | | Dates: | 1686-1963 | | | | Abstract: | The Peale family is best known as a family of artists; however, family interests and activities were much more wide-ranging. The best known Peale is Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827, APS 1786), who produced more than one thousand paintings, including hundreds of portraits of leading Americans during the colonial and early national periods. Peale was married three times, to Rachel Brewster (1744-1790), Elizabeth de Peyster (1765-1804), and Hannah More (1755-1821). He had eighteen children, eleven of whom reached adulthood. Three of Charles Willson Peale’s sons became artists: Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825), Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), and Rubens Peale (1784-1865). A fourth son, Titian Ramsay Peale (1799-1885, APS 1833), was a naturalist (who made drawings on the exploring expeditions he accompanied) and pioneer in photography, and another son, Benjamin Franklin Peale (1795-1870), became a naturalist and paleontologist. Peale’s daughter Sophonisba Angusciola was married to Coleman Sellers (1781-1834), an inventor and manufacturer of machinery, including locomotives. Two of their sons, George Escol Sellers (1808-1899) and Coleman Sellers (1827-1907, APS 1872), were inventors and engineers. The latter served as director of the construction of the hydro-electric power development at Niagara Falls. He was married to Cornelia Wells Sellers (1831-1909). One of their grandsons was Charles Coleman Sellers (1903-1980, APS 1979), a librarian and historian and the author of several studies of the Peale family, including a Charles Willson Peale biography. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P31 | | | | Extent: | 19.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Art -- United States. | Business and Skilled Trades | Cassatt, Alexander J., (Alexander Johnston), 1839-1906 | Civil engineering -- United States. | Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945 | Crèvecoeur de Perthes, Jacques Boucher de. | Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 | De Peyster, John, 1765-ca. 1849 | Drawing. | Early National Politics | Edison , Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Engineering. | Family Correspondence | Fraley, F., (Frederick), 1804-1901 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 | Genealogies. | General Correspondence | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861 | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935 | Langley, S. P., (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906 | Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 | Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903 | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Locomotives. | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Maps and Surveys | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine, Military. | Mitchell, S. Weir, (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 | Natural history. | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Patterson, , Robert M., (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Peale family. | Peale, Franklin,1795-1870. | Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825 | Peale-Sellers families. | Philadelphia History | Political Correspondence | Portraits, American. | Sketches. | Social Life and Custom | Stetson, Charles Augustus, 1810-1888 | Technology. | United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical personnel. | United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865. | United States -- Civilization -- To 1783. | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | |
| 11 | Creator: | Hays, Isaac,1796-1879. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Isaac and I. Minis Hays papers
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1820-1925 | | | | Abstract: | These papers reflect Isaac Hays' interests and activities in the medical profession and as an editor. His interest in paleontology, especially in the controversy with G. W. Featherstonhaugh, is also represented. There is one separate volume (77 letters) containing correspondence about natural history and naturalists, written to Hays by C. L. Bonaparte, George Ord, Thomas Say, and Charles A. Lesueur. The correspondence in the larger collection, however, contains much material on the
American Journal of the Medical Sciences, particularly illuminated in the correspondence with John D. Godman. The I. Minis Hays material consists of letters from doctors, relating to medicine and medical publications and editing, as well as medical organizations. Most significant of the correspondence is that with John Shaw Billings (ca. 60 letters). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H334 | | | | Extent: | 1.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869 | Beck, John B., (John Brodhead), 1794-1851 | Bertin, G. | Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879 | Billings, John S., (John Shaw), 1838-1913 | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Bowditch, Henry I., (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892 | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Brigham, Amariah, 1798-1849 | Brongniart, Alexandre, 1770-1847 | Cabell, J. L., (James Lawrence), 1813-1889 | Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853 | Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 | Crittenden, John J., (John Jordan), 1787-1863 | Dewees, William, 1768-1841 | Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852 | Draper, John William, 1811-1882 | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Fisher, John D., (John Dix), 1797-1850 | Flint, Austin | Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 | General Correspondence | Godman, John D., (John Davidson), 1794-1830 | Gross, Samuel D., (Samuel David), 1805-1884 | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | Hays, Isaac,1796-1879. | Hayward, George, 1791-1863 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 | Jackson, James, 1796-1870 | Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919 | Jusserand, J. J., (Jean Jules), 1855-1932 | Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 | Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 | Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846 | Lewell, Thomas | Longmore, Robert | Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882 | Meddlemore, Richard | Medical publishing -- United States -- 19th century. | Medical publishing -- United States. | Medicine -- Societies, etc. | Medicine -- United States -- 19th century. | Medicine -- United States. | Natural History | Natural history. | Naturalists. | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Paleontology. | Physicians -- United States. | Reed, William B. , (William Bradford), 1806-1876 | Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Sewall, Thomas, 1786 or 7-1845 | Smith, N. R., (Nathan Ryno), 1797-1877 | Social Life and Custom | Stillé, Alfred, 1813-1900 | Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856 | Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934 | |
| 12 | Creator: | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Ord Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1831-1864 | | | | Abstract: | George Ord made important contributions as an ornithologist and writer but is also famous for his contempt of fellow ornithologist John James Audubon. Throughout his life he published numerous scientific articles and assisted in completing Alexander Wilson's life's work,
American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Ord also left his mark as a member of the American Philosophical Society and as the president of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia. The George Ord collection consists primarily of outgoing personal correspondence to Charles Waterton ranging from 1831 to 1866 that highlights Ord's professional as well as personal affairs, most notably his hostility toward Audubon. The collection is supplemented by correspondence of Ord's to and from various individuals regarding personal and business matters. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Or2 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abolitionists--United States--Attitudes | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | American Philosophical Society. | Animals--Habits and behavior of | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America | Banks and banking -- United States. | Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899 | Birds--Study and teaching | Birds. | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. | Brown, John, 1800-1859 | Cholic Acid | Church buildings--Pennsylvania-Philadelphia | Cicada (Genus) | Columbidia | Cuba--Insurrection, 1849-1851 | Cuckoos | Daguerreotypes | Darlington, William, 1781-1863 | Dictionary of the English language. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 | Dove | Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 | Early National Politics | English language--Dictionaries | Exploration. | Famines--Ireland | France--19th Century | Frogs--United States | Frost--Great Britain | Garibaldi, Guiseppe, 1807-1882 | Geese | General Correspondence | Gold mines and mining--California--19th Century | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Great Britain--Foreign relations--Russia | Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859 | Heatstroke | Hunter, John Dunn, 1798?-1827. | Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Influenza--United States | Irish--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Italy--Revolution of 1848 | Italy--War of 1859 | Jardine, William, Sir, 1800-1874 | Kagoshima-shi (Japan) | Kane, Paul, 1810-1871 | Memorials--Great Britain | Mercury | Mexican War, 1846-1848 | Monk, Maria, d. 1850 | National Gallery of Art (U.S.) | National Institute for the Promotion of Science | Natural History | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Partridges | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827--Art collections. | Philadelphia History | Philological Society (Great Britain) | Potatoes | Railroads--19th Century | Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. | Rattlesnake | Religion | Reptiles | Roux de Rochelle, 1762-1849 | Royal Society (Great Britain). | Russia--Foreign relations--Germany-Prussia | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Sea monsters | Secession--Southern States | Skin--Diseases-Treatment | Slaves--Emancipation-America | Smithsonian Institution. | Smoking--Health aspects--United States | Soap trade--Pennsylvania | St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Steam-navigation--Atlantic Ocean | Steamboat disasters | Stout Family | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's Cabin. | Telegraph | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). | United States--Civil War 1861 1865--Participation Foreign | United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 | United States--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects | United States--Politics and government--1861-1865 | United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). | Vaughan, William | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867 | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872 | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. | Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 | |
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