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to Robert M. Patterson

Seeks an explanation for why his name was omitted from the list of persons on the volunteer association of field engineers organized by Philadelphia's Committee of Defence. Recounts his admirable service thus far and notes that "The corps was to be...

GLC02978.18

to Alexander M. Ross [Fragment]

Second page of a two page letter, first page missing. Thanks the recipient for sending him a copy of "The Lincoln Memorial Album." Says the recipient's contribution to the book "interested me greatly" and that "I had not before quite understood...

GLC03007.07

to Alexander M. Ross

Thanks him for the books he sent, offers to send him "curiosities" from California, such as plants. Praises him for his friendship with and appreciation of Thoreau.

GLC03007.09

[Order to pay an account for a speaking trumpet for use at Fort George]

Sent to Joseph Burrill and to be drawn by Rhode Island's General Treasurer Thomas Richardson. Written during the French and Indian War.

GLC01450.279

The Boston gazette and country journal. [No. 210 (April 9 1759)]

Articles about a comet, news from London, shipping news, and public sales.

GLC01450.452.01

Certificates admitting Dr. John Lorimer to the Icelandic Literary Society and the Abredonian Medical Society [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC01450.807.05

[Certificate issued by the Royal Icelandic Literary Society] [In Icelandic]

Countersigned signed by J. Johnson. States "Instituted for the promotion, extension, and advancement of useful knowledge in Iceland. We have chosen, and elected, and by this diploma do check and elect, the respectable, and well educated John...

GLC01450.807.05.01

[Translation of certificate issued by the Royal Icelandic Literary Society]

Accompanies GLC01450.807.05.01, a certificate written in Icelandic accepting John Lorimer to the Royal Icelandic Literary Society. States "Instituted for the promotion, extension, and advancement of useful knowledge in Iceland. We have chosen, and...

GLC01450.807.05.02

[Cyrus H. McCormick]

Cabinet photograph of Cyrus H. McCormick. Signed on mount. Image by H. Rocher of Chicago.

GLC01451

[Carte de visite portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse]

GLC01493

to William Smith

Jefferson writing to Smith of the College of Philadelphia, Jefferson describes John Wales Eppes's (his son-in-law's) knowledge of mathematics, the sciences, and natural philosophy. Tells him that when Smith's courses cover an area known to Eppes...

GLC01724

to Mama

One undated letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie. She acknowledges her mother's plan to go abroad against her wishes, and is anxious to be made aware of plans. She comments on Madame Genlis's work on education.

GLC01795.001

to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie. She requests more letters and more news from her mother. She mentions hoop and curtain makers and other updates.

GLC01795.002

to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie. She was delighted to hear of her mother's successful theatrical expedition in such poor weather. She reports the progress of her reading.

GLC01795.003

to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie. She refers to a note from Miss Olivia Young. She mentions the two instruments that the Miss Herons play. She continues to attempt to persuade her not to leave England.

GLC01795.004

to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie. She writes as her mother is at sea on her way to America. She includes a message in French from Mr. Warville. She reports the latest political news, including the latest at the...

GLC01795.005

to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated July 2, 1784. She expresses concern for her mother's health while at sea. She reports political news: taxes will be raised to make up for deficiencies. She requests an...

GLC01795.006

to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S.M. Gregorie dated July 29, 1784. She comments on her recent visit to the Greenwich Hospital as a place of British pride, and hopes that with her she will not forget England when she travels...

GLC01795.007

to William Graham

One letter addressed to William Graham from Catharine S. Gregorie dated October 17. 1796. Pertains to her grief for her husband's death and contemplating their marriage.

GLC01795.047

to Cousin

One letter addressed to Mrs. Fraser from Catharine S. Gregoire dated August 19, 1797. Advises her cousin on boarding schools for her children.

GLC01795.078

to Doctor Robert Archer

Requesting the doctor's observations on the "effects produced on the channel, the bar, and the more western wharves, by the repeated extension of the eastern, or steamboat wharf, and your opinion of the probable effects to be produced by its further...

GLC01896.009

to friend Paddon

Requesting information about the process of pressing and refining the surplus coal at the Tredegar Iron Works into a saleable product for steamers through compression into blocks that burn longer and produce more steam than unrefined bituminous coal...

GLC01896.084

[Menu]

"Banquet given by Messrs. Ludw. Loewe & Co. in honor of the American Mechanical and Civil Engineering Associations." The list of food and drinks being served at the Banquet is in French. Along with several colored engravings there is a small...

GLC01896.136

Memorandum book of E.R. Archer

Front cover: "Notes on a trip to Europe in 1878--" Inside back cover: "Memorandum book of E. R. Archer Richmond, Virginia July 20, 1878." From the front [to back], the book acts as a narrative diary, and includes drawings and descriptions of...

GLC01896.161

[Copy book of E.R. Archer]

"Wedgewood's Improved Copy Book." Letterpress copy book from Europe to Archer's family and friends. The index of letters copied on the inside front cover indicates a much longer list of correspondence [and a longer journey] than is presently...

GLC01896.162

to his wife

Describes the capture of a steam gun. "... we disembarked and took possession of the renowned Steam gun and four mules which was on its way to harpers ferry to the sesesion [sic] army there ... it is quite a curious machine and if it does what its...

GLC01898.01

[Watercolor drawing showing conversion of merchant vessels to torpedo ships]

One sketch detailing the conversion of merchant vessels into torpedo ships dated circa 1810. Two paneled drawing showing conversion of merchant vessels into torpedo ships. Each sides contains notes written by Fulton about obtaining and outfitting...

GLC10019

John Scott Russell

One photograph of John Scott Russell, a Scottish civil engineer in 1878 taken by photographers Lock and Whitfield.

GLC08878.1722

Hon. Sir William R. Grove

One photograph of William R. Grove dated 1878, taken by photographers Lock and Whitfield.

GLC08878.1756

Sir William Vernon-Harcourt

One photograph of Sir William Vernon-Harcourt dated 1878, taken by photographers Lock and Whitfield.

GLC08878.1757

Right Hon. Austen Henry Layard

One photograph of Austen Henry Layard, an archaeologist, dated 1878, taken by photographers Lock and Whitfield.

GLC08878.1758

George Biddell Airy

One photograph of George Biddell Airy, a mathematician, dated 1878, taken by photographers Lock and Whitfield.

GLC08878.1759

Right Hon. Lyon Playfair

One photograph of Lyon Playfair dated 1878, taken by photographers Lock and Whitfield.

GLC08878.1773

John Tyndall

One photograph of John Tyndall dated 1878, taken by photographers Lock and Whitfield.

GLC08878.1815

Rubber from Bones

One newspaper clipping entitled, "Rubber from Bones." Pertains to a chemist, Ralph A. Stark who invented a subsitute for rubber called neoflex.

GLC09953.022

[Supplemental documents related to President Richard Nixon's impeachment][Decimalized .03.01.01-.03.04.92]

A collection of official reports and testimonies concerning the impeachment proceedings of President Richard Nixon. Contains various amendments related to congressional hearings, supplentamal materials for subpoenas and other government related...

GLC09613.03

"A G.I.'s Dream On: A Night Before Christmas"

One newspaper clipping printing of a poem entitled, "A G.I.'s Dream On: A Night Before Christmas" by Jack Condon. Reverse side of page contains an article related to a boy born from a woman with an iron lung.

GLC09951.01.084.02

American Legacy [Vol. 6, No. 2 (Summer 2000)]

One issue of American highlighting the Harlem Renaissance, Black history in New Orleans, Oklahoma, the scientific field, enslaved people seeking emancipation from families in Washington, D.C., and other topics. Contains images and opinion pieces as...

GLC09968.05

The Key to 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro

One newsletter entitled, "The Key to 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro," written by J.A. Rogers dated 1934. Lists 1-- facts about African Americans from origins in Africa, misconceptions of "illiteracy and intelligence," and advances made in science...

GLC09640.245

[Membership notification belonging to John Jordan]

One document notifying John Jordan of his membership to The Franklin Institute dated July 12, 1826. Signed by John R. Warder.

GLC09836.16

The Democratic Platform The Rights of Man

One pamphlet entitled "The Democratic Platform The Rights of Man" dated July 12, 1960. Outlines the various platforms of the Democratic Party for the 1960 elections. The platforms include; National Defense, Arms Control, The Instruments of Foreign...

GLC09899.03

Postcard of H.G. Wells

One postcard of H.G. Wells dated circa 1990. Half portrait of Wells based on the photograph by G.C. Beresford.

GLC08878.0825

Engraving of Herbert George Wells

One engraving of Herbert George Wells dated 1916. Half portrait of Wells based on the photograph by Compton Collier.

GLC08878.0826

Engraving of John Winthrop

One engraving of John Winthrop dated circa 1780. Seated portrait of Winthrop based on a painting by John Singleton Copley.

GLC08878.0928

Engraving of William Hyde Wollaston

One engraving of William Hyde Wollaston dated circa 1820. Half portrait of Wollaston based on a painting by John Jackson.

GLC08878.0948

Thomas Young

One print of Thomas Young, British polymath, engraved by George Henry Adcock dated 1830. Printed by Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A. Includes his signature.

GLC08878.1066

to Marcia and Cous

One v-mail addressed to Marcia and Warren Abrams from Warren Schwartz dated September 17, 1943. Pertains to receiving letters. Mentions that a friend of Naomi's had become pregnant through artificial insemination.

GLC09662.470

to Marcia and Cous

One v-mail addressed to Marcia and Warren Abrams from Warren Schwartz dated October 10, 1943. Pertains to fishing off the coast of Sicily, a prank pulled on one of the men, and family updates. Mentions his opinion on Marcia and Warren attempting to...

GLC09662.479

Patent, Camp Cooking Apparatus

Patent, Camp Cooking Apparatus. An early "portable and convenient device" for Union soliders cooking in the field.

GLC08303

Southern cultivator [Vol. 19, no. 6 (June 1861)]

Co-edited with C.W. Howard. Consists of 30 pages for the magazine with 32 pages of advertisements -- 16 pages before getting to the magazine and 16 pages after the magazine. This issue is paginated 170-200. Tagline below masthead says "Devoted...

GLC08496.02

The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. [Vol. 51 (1781)]

Accounts of historical news and occurrences throughout the empire, the world and the American colonies. 12 issues plus supplement for 1781 containing reports on the war and news from America, plus a report with fold-out copper plate of "American...

GLC08687

The American Museum, or Universal magazine, for February, 1791.

Disbound. Consists of pages 62-116. Printed by Carey. Contains essays on happiness, Lord Chesterfield's letters, astronomy, the microscope, and English literature, among various other topics. One essay, appearing on pages 99-107, is titled "The...

GLC08741

Original printing of patent for Bell's telephone patent no.174,465]

The original printing of the patent for Bell's telephone, with two pages of lithographed diagrams. Lithography by N. Peters, Photo-Lithographer, Washington, D. C. The pages have been stenciled (per Christies) 110-117.

GLC05257

to Burgess Ball

President Washington discusses the construction of a tilt hammer. Relates that the United States Government may be interested in purchasing a tract of land from Ball, upon which to establish an arsenal. Discusses the character of Hyland Crow, who...

GLC05287

to "Our Heroes Class," First Methodist Church

Writing to a Sunday school class, Abbot, an Astrophysicist and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, recounts an anecdote from his childhood in which a cobbler told him "the Kingdom of Heaven is within you." Abbot explains that Heaven is within...

GLC05508.014

to Mr. Hardwick

Discusses at great length Hardwick's emerging spirituality. Carver mentions that he created a medicine from peanuts to alleviate respiratory problems after hearing a sermon about an African girl who converted to Christianity and then died, probably...

GLC05508.063

to Charles White

Carver answers five questions posed by White. He writes that he is comforted by reading the Bible; that God supplies strength for living (quoting Philippians 4:19); that he always asks for God's direction whenever he begins a task or journey; and...

GLC05508.064

Negro Scientist Shows "Way Out" for Southern Farmers[:] A Story of George Washington Carver of Tuskegee

Reprinted from the "Montgomery Advertiser." With Carver's signature beneath his photo portrait inside the front cover.

GLC05508.065

Article upon the determination of altitudes from observations taken with the barometer...

Title continues "being Chapter VI and Appendix E of the Report of Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers, upon Explorations for a Railroad Route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River made by Lieut. L.S. Williamson, Corps...

GLC05761

to Ebenezer Meriam re: earthquakes & unusual weather changes (Smithsonian)

Written on stationery of the Smithsonian Institution.

GLC05856

to James Wilson Grimes

Written in secretarial hand and signed by Secretary of the Navy Welles to Grimes, U.S. Senator from Iowa who chaired the Committee on Naval Affairs. Wants to "invite your attention" to the estimate submitted last November to provide for the...

GLC05997

[Patent for George Chandler's improvement in making nails]

Signed by Washington as President. Countersigned by Timothy Pickering as Secretary of State and Charles Lee as Attorney General. Chandler's written description of his improvement is signed by J. Churchman and Peter Barker as witnesses. Includes a...

GLC06040

Report upon the Colorado River of the west, explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, coprs of totgraphical engineers, under the direction of the office of explorations and surveys, A. A. Humphreys, captain of topogrpahical engineers, in charge.

Published by the Government Printing Office. Contains a printed note from John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, transmitting Ives' report John Cabell Breckinridge, Vice President and President of the Senate 1857-1861. Includes a printed resolve of...

GLC06051

[Patent for Simeon Brown's invention for moving brick, stone, or wooden buildings with the chimneys, furniture, and families therein]

Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Contains a seal and faded red ribbon.

GLC06237

[Patent for Edward West's improvement, being a machine for cutting and heading nails]

Signed by Thomas Jefferson as President. Countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State and Levi Lincoln as Attorney General. West's written description of his invention is signed by Andrew Holmes and Lewis Sanders as witnesses. Contains a...

GLC06238

[Patent for John Babcock's improvement in printer's ball stocks]

Signed by Monroe as President. Countersigned by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Babcock's description (page two) countersigned by R. J. Ingersoll and William Scott as witnesses. Contains a covered seal...

GLC06239

[Patent for James Morgan's improvement in warping, dressing, and weaving cotton goods by water or other power]

Signed by Monroe as President. Countersigned by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Contains a seal and red ribbon.

GLC06240

Organization of the bridge equipage of the United States Army, with directions for the construction of military bridges.

Signed by George W. Goethals, the engineer of the Panama Canal and dated December 1881. Printed by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Contains six folding illustrations. With bookplate of Goethals on inside cover.

GLC06254

[Patent for Enoch Honeywell's improvement, entitled the Water Elevator]

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by Martin Van Buren as Secretary of State and John MacPherson Berrien as Attorney General. Honeywell's description of his invention is signed by F. R. Mudge and Marcellus Weston as witnesses. Contains...

GLC06279

to Aaron Hobart

Circular letter from Anthony Dey sending a flax sample (not included) processed by "his new Machine," which would be on exhibit in Washington, D.C.

GLC06313.04.158

[Patent for Stephen H. Long's improvement in the construction of boilers or steam generators, and of wheels for locomotive steam engines]

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by Edward Livingston as Secretary of State and Roger Brooke Taney as Attorney General. Contains a seal and yellow ribbon.

GLC06367

[Patent for Charles Richardson's improvement in blacksmith's cast iron hollow forge backs]

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State and Benjamin Franklin Butler as Attorney General. Richardson's written description of his improvement is signed by Albert and Cyrus Richardson as witnesses....

GLC06418.01

[Patent for George M. Selden's improvement in the tide pump basin or reservoir]

Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Selden's written description of his improvement is signed by Thomas Addis Emmet and Dudley Selden as witnesses. Contains a...

GLC06467

[Patent for George Smith's improvement in medicine, entitled anti-dyspeptic pills]

Signed by Monroe as President. Countersigned by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Contains a seal and blue ribbon.

GLC06470

[Patent for Lewis Tees' improvement in iron-clad vessels]

Signed by Otto as Acting Secretary of the Interior. Countersigned by David P. Holloway as Commissioner of Patents. Tees' written description of his improvement is signed by John Clouds and J. R. Deacon as witnesses. Includes a one-page diagram of...

GLC06476

to James Mease

Returns a pamphlet on weights and measures (not present) and thanks him for loaning it. Mentions that he is looking forward to sending his own pamphlet on the same subject to Mease.

GLC06550

[Patent for Hercules Thomas' invention of the Herculean Hub, an improvement in hubs for carriage wheels]

Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Thomas' description of the Herculean Hub is signed by [Charles?] Dwight and [Angus?] Peabody as witnesses. Sealed and bound with...

GLC06595

to Nathaniel Cutting re: appointing arbitrator to settle disputes

Appointing an arbitrator to settle a dispute between Daniel Pettibone of Philadelphia, and Peter Townshend and Van Tassel of Newburg, N.Y., who both claim to have invented a drill for boring cannon.

GLC06694

Patent for improvement of building fireplace and chimneys, to Cyrus Blood

Issued to Cyrus Blood. Ribbon is dirty and rather unattractive

GLC06782

Patent issued to Robert Dennis for improvement to steam engine (c/s Clay)

Countersigned by Henry Clay. Joined with a yellow ribbon.

GLC07020

Certifying copy of patent issued to Nathaniel and Philip W. Miller

For improvements in weaving (attached patent clerically signed for James Madison).

GLC07021

to Amos Binny

Discusses the questionable abilities of Joshua Humphreys, designer of the frigates Constitution and United States, and the shortcomings of these ships. It was on the USS Constitution that Bainbridge defeated the HMS Java and returned victorious to...

GLC00496.008

to James Ronaldson

Docketed by Ronaldson. Jefferson compares the specimens (probably Ronaldson and Binney no. 1) to those used in a book in the mid-eighteenth century, and is cheered by the prospect of human progress. Ronaldson-Binney's first typeface was the first...

GLC00496.042

to James Madison

Mentions David Bailie Warden, American consul general in Paris. Also mentions Mr. de Lafayette (possibly the Marquis de Lafayette), and Berthollet (possibly Claude de Berthollet, a French chemist). Contains a cardboard strip attached to the end of...

GLC00496.173

to Thomas Pringle

Discusses the election and the reviews of Mackenzie's "Travels in the Island of Iceland."

GLC00496.192

Letter and book concerning the Wilkes expedition [decimalized]

[decimalized 00507.01-507.02]

GLC00507

to Raphael Semmes

Jubal Anderson Early, a former lieutenant general in the Confederate Army, writes to former Confederate admiral and brigadier general Raphael Semmes regarding correspondence with a German who has created a flying machine that could be used to bombard...

GLC00610

to Henry Remsen, Jr.

Jefferson writes after a Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia had scattered the functions of the federal government through the countryside, and questions whether Congress could gather after voting to re-convene in Philadelphia. Question of seat of...

GLC00639.16

to B. Tappin

William Henry Harrison asks Tappin to send more lime for use in the construction of an aqueduct for Harrison's distillery.

GLC00655.08

[The laying and completion of the Pacific cable]

Two volume scrapbook covering the completion of the Pacific cable linking North America to Hawaii, Australia, and the South Pacific. Includes cablegrams charting progress of the cable and sending congratulations from officials in places along the...

GLC01020

Notes on the establishment of a money unit....

Printed by Pierres in Paris. Copies of this work were bound into the private edition of Notes on the State of Virginia (GLC 5096). A rare work by Jefferson, one with important consequences for the United States. Jefferson Papers 8: 295 and 7: 150...

GLC01034

An elementary course in civil engineering for the use of the cadets of the United States Military Academy

Signed by Sherman on the first fly leaf, "Sherman/West Point N.Y./Sept 1st/39." Class book for cadets written by D.H. Mahan, a professor of military and civil engineering at the Academy. Printed by Wiley and Putnam, New York. With doodles and a...

GLC01243

to Alexander Catlin Twining

A letter written by James Pollard Espy to Alexander Catlin Twining. Espy speaks about past and future experiments and the character of huricanes. This letter is written on blue paper. While the date written on the top of the first page of the letter...

GLC07242.02

[Patent for Silas Hyde's improvements in the bedstead]

Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Docketed and signed by Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents. Sealed and bound with bright red ribbon.

GLC07324

[Patent for Jordan L. Mott's improvement in the process of chilling castings]

Signed by Buchanan as Secretary of State. Countersigned by Edmund Burke, Commissioner of Patents. Mott's written description of his improvement is signed by Edward Lewis and M. D. Van Doren as witnesses. Contains a one-page diagram of Mott's...

GLC07325

[Patent for Nathan Currier's improvements in a machine designed to excavate and remove earth]

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by [Adam?] Birkins as Acting Secretary of State, and Benjamin Franklin Butler as Attorney General. Sealed and bound with mauve ribbon.

GLC07327

[Patent for John Templeman's improvement in the chain bridge]

Signed by Jefferson as President. Countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State and Caesar Augustus Rodney as Attorney General. Templeman's written description of his improvement is signed by Thomas Corcoran and John Oto as witnesses. The...

GLC07328

[Patent for Schuyler Fisher's improvement in the Hatter's Plank Kettle]

Signed by Madison as President. Countersigned by James Monroe as Secretary of State and Richard Rush as Attorney General. Fisher's written description of his invention is signed by Samuel Fisher and Aston Peren as witnesses.

GLC07330

Patent for Simeon Heath for improvements in the process of tanning

Countersigned by John Forsyth and B. F. Butler.

GLC07426

Patent to Oliver Teal for excavating earth underwater (c/s Van Buren)

"New and useful...machine for excavating earth under water, called Teal's invented metallic scraper." Countersigned by Martin Van Buren as Attorney General. With green ribbon and seal.

GLC07506