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Title: | Jay, Frank Webster. Collection |
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Dates: | ca. 1659-1870 |
Size: | 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes) |
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Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
Abstract: | The Frank Webster Jay Papers contains letters written by scientists from Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. Correspondents include Nicolaas L. Burman, J. A. van Bemmelen, Hermann Boerhaave, Alexander Brongniart, Bory de St. Vincent, Edward Jenner, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Karl Peter Thunberg, and Casimir Christoph Schmidel. |
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The Frank Webster Jay Collection contains letters written by scientists from Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. Correspondents include Nicolaas L. Burman, J. A. van Bemmelen, Hermann Boerhaave, Alexander Brongniart, Bory de St. Vincent, Edward Jenner, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Karl Peter Thunberg, and Casimir Christoph Schmidel. Some letters are in Dutch, others are in Danish, English, French, German, Italian, or Latin.
The collection is divided into six series: Series I: French Scientists; Series II: Dutch and Flemish Scientists; Series III: English and American Scientists; Series IV: German Scientists; Series V: Italian Scientists; and Series VI: Danish Scientists.
Series I: French Scientists |
Box 1 Folder 1 | Alibert, Jean Louis Marie, n.p., to ?, n.p., n.d. ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 2 | Biot, Jean Baptiste, n.p., to ?, n.p., May 7 (?) ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 3 | Bory de St. Vincent, Jean Baptist Genevieve Marcellin, baron, n.p., to ?, n.p., n.d. ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 4 | Brongiart, Alexandre, Sèvres, to ?, n.p., Sep 27, 1831 ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 5 | Broussais
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Box 1 Folder 6 | Cuvier, Georges
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Box 1 Folder 7 | DeLarrey, P. J., n.p., to ?, n.p., Feb 23, 1784 ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 8 | Des Fontaines, René Louise, [Tunis?], to Monsieur Dantic, n.p., Aug 15 [1744?] ALS 2 |
Box 1 Folder 9 | DuBois, Antoine, baron, n.p., to Felix DuBois, Paris, [Aug 3, 1830] ALS 2 |
Box 1 Folder 10 | DuMortier, Barthélémy Charles Joseph, comte
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Box 1 Folder 11 | Dupuytren, Guillaume, baron,
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Box 1 Folder 12 | Férussac, André Etienne Just Paschal Joseph Francois, baron, n.p., to ?, n.p., n.d. ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 13 | Gaubius, Hieronymus David, n.p., to M. Rodrigues, Amsterdam, Sep 23, 1763 ALS 2 |
Box 1 Folder 14 | Geoffrey St.-Hilaire Isidore, Paris, to M. [Le Brun?], Directeur general de l'imprimerie royale, n.d., ALS 2 |
Box 1 Folder 15 | Guyot
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Box 1 Folder 15 | Guyot
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Box 1 Folder 16 | Jomard, Edme Francois, Paris, to Mr. Bose, n.p., May 12, 1824 ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 17 | Koreff, Alfred Lambert, n.p., to ?, n.p., Aug 1 (?) ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 18 | Larrey, Felix Hippolyte, baron, Paris, to Mr. Le Duc, Paris, Jan 6, 1846 ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 19 | Latreille, Pierre Andre, Brive, to ?, n.p., Feb 7, 1792 ALS 2 |
Box 1 Folder 20 | Marie, Pierre, n.p., to ?, n.p., Dec 27, 1828 ANS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 21 | Pasteur, Louis, Paris, to ?, n.p., Jun 26, 1893 ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 22 | Portal, Antoine, Paris, to Le Duc de Damone, n.p., Oct 28, 1826 ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 23 | Recamier, [Joseph], n.p., to Trousseau, n.p., Sep 3, 1846 ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 24 | Roux, Philibert Joseph, n.p., to ?, n.p., n.d. ALS 2Roux, certificate, Paris, Feb 5, 1815 ADS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 25 | Trousseau, Armand
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Box 1 Folder 26 | Winslow, Sullier, Paris, to Chevalier de l'ordre royal de Legions d'Honneur, Paris, Jan 26, 1826 ADS 1 |
Series II: Dutch and Belgian Scientists |
Box 1 Folder 27 | Alexander, Dr. ?
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Box 1 Folder 28 | Beets, J. T., ?, to A. Willigen, n.p., Feb 2, 1832, ALS 1 |
Box 1 Folder 29 | Bemmelen
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Box 1 Folder 30 | Berkehy
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Box 1 Folder 31 | Bleuland, Jan
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Box 1 Folder 32 | Blume, C.L., Leyden, to [Ashleyneubergh?], Haarlem, Jan 5, 1848 ALS 2 |
Box 1 Folder 33 | Boerhaave
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Box 1 Folder 34 | Boon-Mensch
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Box 1 Folder 35 | Breggen
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Box 1 Folder 36 | Broers, J.C., Batavia, to J.M.T. Junius, [Mastenaar?] Jun 20, 1839 ALS 2 |
Box 1 Folder 37 | Brünings
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Box 1 Folder 38 | Camper
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Box 2 Folder 1 | Camper
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Box 2 Folder 2 | Deen, J. van, Zwolle, to C.G.C. Reinwardt, Leyden, Aug 6, 1838 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 3 | Dylius, D., Amsterdam, appointment form for Heer [Slagregen?], Feb 5, 1814 DS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 4 | Eidinger, E., prescription for Klaus Johannes, n.d. ADS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 5 | Eyk
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Box 2 Folder 6 | Fremery, Jacques de, Leiden, to J. van Westenhoüs, Te Hague, Aug 24, 1807 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 7 | Fremery
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Box 2 Folder 8 | Gelder, Jacob de, Leyden, Feb 20, 1823 ANS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 9 | Genns, Matt van, Utrecht, to J.P. Kemper, Gouda, Aug 10, 1811 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 10 | Goetghebeur
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Box 2 Folder 11 | Gronov, Lorenz Theodor, Leiden, to ?, n.p., Dec 25, 1772 with notation: "Reproduction (copy)" ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 12 | Haan
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Box 2 Folder 13 | Hasselt, Willem Jan Cornelius, n.p., to C.H. Kulm, n.p., n.d. ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 14 | Heer, Widow of, Edam, to ?, n.p., Apr 29, 1845 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 15 | Hendricks, P., Lindenburg, to J.J. van den Pholl, Haarlem, Apr 13, 1860 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 16 | Hingst, Albert, Groningen, Jun 7, 1798, certificate of commendation, signed E.T. Thom. a Thuesink DS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 17 | Hoogstraten, Franz van, Haarlem, to A. Wynants, Rotterdam, Aug 18, 1794 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 18 | Hoogstraten, Samuel van, Heysop, to A. Wynants, Rotterdam, Aug 6, 1791 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 19 | Hulthem, Charles Joseph Emmanuel van, Bruxelles, to Monsieur le Bibliotheaire de la ville de Gans, [Gans], May 9, 186[9?] ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 20 | Kaiser, Frederick, Leiden, to V. Loosjes, Haarlem, Mar 1, 1839 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 21 | Kops
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Box 2 Folder 22 | Kraijenhoff
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Box 2 Folder 23 | Le Duly, T.P., Batavia, to Nieuhoff, n.p., Apr 21, 1795 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 24 | Leeuwen, D.H. van, Rotterdam, to Dr. Kaathoven, Leyden, Feb 10, [18]52 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 25 | [Leeuwenhoek, Antony van] n.p., to [H. van Bleyswyk] n.p., to [Sep 17, 1696] AL 1 |
Box 2 Folder 26 | Lobatto, Rehuel, Gravenhage, to ?, n.p., Aug 20, 1841 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 27 | Lombecke, Vandolden de, Brussels, to ?, n.p., Feb 5, 1825 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 28 | Lonca, G. J., Rotterdam, to M.T. Heidenrühe, Hoorn, Aug 25, 1862 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 29 | Ludemann, Johann Christoph, [Amsterdam], to ?, [Nov 6, 1749] AN 1 |
Box 2 Folder 30 | Maanen, J. Cor. Jac. Van, Gravenhage, to A. vander Willigen, Haarlem, Feb 22, 1823 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 31 | Macquelijn
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Box 2 Folder 32 | Marum
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Box 2 Folder 33 | Metzgher, Johannes, Corf, to ?, n.p., n.d. ANS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 34 | Meyers [?], Rotterdam, to ?, n.p., Aug 25, 1810 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 35 | Moleschoot, Jacobus Albertus Willebrodus, Utrecht, to ?, n.p., May 26, 1865 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 36 | Mons, Jean Baptiste van, [Bruselles], to ?, n.p., n.d. ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 37 | Mulder, [Gerardus Johannes], Rotterdam, to Redacteur van den Konst en Letter Bode, Haarlem, [Jan 12?, 1838] ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 38 | Munnicks, Johannes, [Ultrajeck?], to ?, n.p., Feb [21?, 1697] ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 39 | Musschenbroek, Peter van, n.p., to ?, n.p., n.d. ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 40 | Pui, M.S. de, n.p., to Hazenbergh, n.p., Feb [16?], 1832 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 41 | Raei, Johannes de, [Leiden], to Johannes [Clanberg?], [Inisburg?], May 3, 1661 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 42 | Raet, D.D., Leyden, to ?, n.p., Apr 3, 1795 ALS 2 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 43 | Rees
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Box 2 Folder 44 | Reinwardt
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Box 2 Folder 45 | Rijswick
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Box 2 Folder 46 | Schroder, [Johann Friedrich Ludwig], Utrecht, to Redacteur van den Konst en Letter Bode, Haarlem, Aug 10, 1839 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 47 | Schroder, J.C.L., Utrecht, to V. H. Hueerkamp, Haarlem, Nov 29, 1896 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 48 | Stierling
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Box 2 Folder 49 | Suerman, [Alexander Karel Willem?], Utrecht, to M.T. Heidenryk, Hoorn, Aug 23 [1862?] ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 50 | Suerman, Jr. [Alexander Karl Willem?], Utrecht, to V. Loosjes, Haarlem, Feb 29, 1836 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 51 | Suringar, Gerard Coneraad Bernard, Amsterdam, to [van der Ark?], Leiden, Feb 8, 1832 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 52 | [Suringart?], P. H., Amsterdam, to ?, n.p., Jan 10, 1856 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 53 | Swart, W. S., Amsterdam, to ?, n.p., Jul 27, [1837?] ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 54 | Swinderen, Theodor van, Groningen, to C. T. Temminck, [Lisje?], Oct 28, 1819 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 55 | Swinden, Jan Hendrick van, Amsterdam, to Speyert van der Eyk, Leyden, [?]29, 1818 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 56 | Themmen, Phoebus Hitzerus, n.p., to ?, n.p., 1810 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 57 | Tilany, Christian Bernhard, n.p., to A. v.d. Willigen, Haarlem, [?], ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 58 | Vosmaer, Jacob, Utrecht, to Th. van Swinderen, Groningen, Apr 2, 1808 ALS 2 |
Box 2 Folder 59 | Vrolick
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Box 2 Folder 60 | Wilkens, G. A., [Lennum?], to Joh. van der Hey, Amsterdam, Apr 27, [1802?] ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 61 | Wind, L. de, n.p., to ?, n.p., Jan 28, 1855 ALS 1 |
Box 2 Folder 62 | Wolik, W., Amsterdam, to C.H. Reinnardt, Koninklyk Nederlandische Institut, Jan 27, 1849 ALS 2 |
Series III: English and American Scientists |
Box 3 Folder 1 | Bache, Franklin, invitation to Milton Jay to attend lectures on chemistry at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Nov. 1857 D card |
Box 3 Folder 2 | Brodie
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Box 3 Folder 3 | Buckland, William, [?], to [Miss ?], n.p., n.d. ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 4 | Clark
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Box 3 Folder 5 | Cooper, Sir Astley Paston, n.p., to ?, n.p., n.d. ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 6 | Davy, Sir Humphrey, bart. "Ode, To St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall" Ms poem 1 |
Box 3 Folder 7 | Faraday, Michael, Royal Institution, to ?, n.p., Jul 11, 1836 ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 8 | Harper, Joseph M., [?], to Hon H. Chase, Hopkinton, N.H., Aug 25, 1843 ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 9 | Henry, Joseph, [Smithsonian Institution?], to J.S. Hart, n.p., May 24, 1856 ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 10 | Herschel, Sir John Frederick, bart. |
Box 3 Folder 11 | Holmes
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Box 3 Folder 12 | Hooker, Sir William Jackson, [Thew?], to ?, n.p., Aug 28, [?] ALS 1. |
Box 3 Folder 13 | Jenner, Edward, Berkeley, to ?, n.p., Jan 6 [180-?] ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 14 | Kerlin, Isaac Newton, Germantown, to Dr. Blackie, n.p., Sep 23, 1858 ALS 2 |
Box 3 Folder 15 | Mackenzie, Mark, Cavendish Square, W., to ?, n.p., Mar 1, 1877 ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 16 | Paget
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Box 3 Folder 17 | Radcliffe, John, n.p., Nov 7, 1702 DS 2 |
Box 3 Folder 18 | Read, William, Charleston, to his Brother, Philadelphia, Aug 13, 1799 ALS 2 |
Box 3 Folder 19 | Simpson
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Box 3 Folder 20 | Simpson, Sir James Young, n.p., to Wells, n.p., Jul 25, ? ALS 2 |
Box 3 Folder 21 | Warren, John Collins, Boston, to Prof. Mussey, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sep 26, 1847 ALS 2 |
Box 3 Folder 22 | Wells, Horace, Hartford, Ct., agreement with Henry N. Peck, Hartford, Ct., n.d. AD 1 |
Series IV: German Scientists |
Box 3 Folder 23 | Carus, Karl Custav, n.p., to ?, n.p., Aug 5, 1844 ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 24 | Choulant, Ludwig, n.p., to [Dr. Putzfold?], May 23, 1841 ALS 2 |
Box 3 Folder 25 | Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von, Bonn, Note for Mr. Blume, Leyde, Jun 3 [18]36 ADS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 26 | Heim, Ernst Ludwig, Berlin, to Frau Gramalin, [?], Sep 24, 1811 ALS 2 |
Box 3 Folder 27 | Kilian
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Box 3 Folder 28 | Liebig, Justus von, Ciessen, to Mr. Crochard. Paris Feb 3, 1827 ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 29 | Haegele, Franz Carl, Gridalburg, to [Ellny?], n.p., Jul 27, [18]24 ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 30 | Outrepont, Joseph Servaz d', n.p., 1845 ADS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 31 | Rudolphi, Karl Asmund, [Bucharest?], to [Wohlyh?], Bucharest, [Aug 11, 1836?] ALS 2 |
Box 3 Folder 32 | Schönlein
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Box 3 Folder 33 | Virchow, Rudolph, Berlin, to ?, n.p., Nov 8, 1893 ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 34 | Zimmerman
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Series V: Italian Scientists |
Box 3 Folder 35 | Cotugno, Domenico, Naples, to Antonio Durazzini, Firenze, Feb 10, 1767, ALS 2 |
Box 3 Folder 36 | Malpighi, Marcello, Rome, to ?, n.p., Dec 26, 1693, ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 37 | Minadoni, Giovanni Tommaso, n.p., to ?, n.p., n.d. ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 38 | Scarpa
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Box 3 Folder 39 | Schotenus, Anthonius, n.p., to Arnoldus Geesteranaus, Haage, Jan 22, 1659, ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 40 | Settala, Ludovico, "De Apoplexia, et subsequens Paralysis," n.d. Manuscript treatise 4 |
Box 3 Folder 41 | Spedalieri, Arcangelo, [Bologna], to Carlo Savini, Bologna, Feb 25, 1813, ALS 2 |
Series VI: Danish Scientists |
Box 3 Folder 42 | Jacobson, Ludvig L., Copenhagen, to ?, n.p., May 27, 1832, ALS 1 |
Box 3 Folder 43 | Schmeidel, Casimir Christoph, Erlangen, letters to Joannes and N. L. Burman, Amsterdam
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Box 3 Folder 44 | Thunberg, Peter, to Nicholas Laurentius Burman, Amsterdam
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