Finding Aid to the Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Papers, 1851-1951
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Description of the Collection
Location of collection:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, George C. Gordon Library
Worcester, MA 01609
Title and dates of collection:
Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Papers, 1851-1951
Papers created by:
Mendenhall, Thomas C. (Thomas Corwin), 1841-1924
Size of collection:
15.75 linear feet
(33 manuscript boxes)
Short description of collection:
This collection documents the activities of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall in physics,
seismology, geodesy, etc. It contains voluminous amounts of correspondence relating to societies such as the
American Physical Society and the National Academy of Sciences. Also contains photographs from Mendenhall's visit to Japan, travels to Italy, Germany, Egypt and India, the Mendenhall Glacier, telescopes and instruments, and a childhood diary. The correspondence of his son, Charles E.
Mendenhall (1907-1935), is also included.
Language(s) of material:
Predominantly in English.
Selected Search Terms
These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Biography of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall
In 1873 Mendenhall, already a well known science teacher, was appointed professor of physics and mechanics at
the newly founded Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, which later became Ohio State University at Columbus. He
served in that position for five years.
He left Ohio State in 1878 to serve on the faculty of the Imperial University of Japan, Tokyo which was just being
organized along the plan of western universities. He remained in Japan three years, during which time he established a
physics laboratory and a meteorological observatory and was influential in organizing a seismological society and
inaugurating a system of popular lectures. While in Japan, Mendenhall determined the mean density of the earth by
measuring the acceleration of gravity at sea level and at the top of Mount Fuji.
In 1881, upon the request of Dr. Edward Orton, then President of Ohio State University, Mendenhall returned as
professor of physics at the university. Aside from his faculty duties, Mendenhall undertook many extramural
responsibilities such as the vice-presidency of Section B (Physics) of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, a series of lectures entitled "The Molecular Theory of Matter" at the Lowell Technological Institute, Lowell,
Massachusetts, and various popular speeches and addresses. It was during this second period at Ohio State University that
Mendenhall organized and secured financial support for the Ohio Meteorological Bureau.
In 1884, Mendenhall declined to accept the presidency of Ohio State University and resigned from the faculty. He
was then made professor emeritus of the university. For the next two years, 1884-1886, he served as professor of electrical
science in the United States Signal Corps at Washington, DC. In this connection, he organized and equipped a physics
laboratory, set up weather stations around the country, made observations on atmospheric electricity, and established
several stations to make systematic collections of data on earthquakes.
In 1886, Mendenhall was appointed president of the Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana. His three
year term of administration was distinguished by his efforts to improve engineering education by basing training upon a
solid education in the fundamental sciences as well as the liberal arts. It was during this period that he was elected to
membership in the National Academy of Science (1887), and the following year to the presidency of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1887, he published A Century of Electricity, a popularization which Henry
Crew described as being a clear elementary exposition of the history of pre-Hertzian electricity.
Between 1889 and 1894, Mendenhall served as superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and
also as superintendent of the Bureau of Weights and Measures. The dual superintendency was due to the fact that the
Bureau of Weights and Measures was at that time a subdivision of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and became a part of the
National Bureau of Standards when that agency was created in 1901. The superintendency of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey was one of the most important scientific posts in Washington, DC. While serving in the dual position, Mendenhall
developed the half-second pendulum, was chairman of the United States Board on Geographic Names (1890-1891), a
member of the first Bering Sea Commission (1891) and a member of the United States and Great Britain Boundary Line
Survey Commission (1891-1893). At the same time, he was engaged in relative gravimetric surveys using the portable
short pendulum of his own design and began, in 1892, a second series of Lowell Lectures entitled "Measuring the Earth."
Mendenhall took great interest in seeing the adoption of international standards for units and measurement. During
the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, he served as official United States delegate to the International
Electrical Congress. The Congress adopted definitions for electrical units, and its was there that the unit of inductance, the
henry, was named.
Due in part to abuses in the Federal Civil Service System, Mendenhall resigned his post with the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey (1894) to accept the presidency of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In making his resignation,
Mendenhall protested the appointment of men to technical governmental positions as a political reward rather than as a
recognition of scientific competence. During his seven years at Worcester, Mendenhall upheld the same high standards of
engineering education as he had at Rose Polytechnic Institute. In 1895, he joined the Society for the Promotion of
Engineering Education and was an influential member of its council.
In 1901, Mendenhall resigned from the Worcester presidency because of illness and went to Europe to recuperate.
He remained there for ten years and wrote his autobiographical reminiscences. When he returned to the United States, he
settled in Ravenna, Ohio. He was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Ohio State University and, as its chairman, worked
actively in its behalf until his death in 1924.
Mendenhall's principal scientific achievements were in the fields of gravity, meteorology, seismology, geodetic
survey and standards for weights and measures. His published monographs and papers cover a wide variety of other
subjects including articles on the history of science, biographies of scientists and educators, the history of the state of Ohio
and its university, and various literary topics.
Biography of Charles Elwood Mendenhall
Charles Elwood Mendenhall (1872-1935), son of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, was born in Columbus, Ohio. He
received his B.S. degree from Rose Polytechnic Institute in 1894 and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1898. He
taught at the University of Pennsylvania (1894-1895) and Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts (1898-1901),
and was assistant at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1898-1901). He joined the
faculty of the Department of Physics of the University of Wisconsin in 1901 where he became chairman of the department
in 1926. In 1919, he served as scientific attaché with the U.S. Embassy in London and was chairman of the Division of
Physical Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences from 1919-1920.
Charles Elwood Mendenhall is most known for his work on the infrared spectrum of black bodies, sensitive
galvanometers for bolometric work, the absolute value of gravity, high temperature measurements and the radiating
constants and the photoelectric characteristics of metals.
Scope and Contents of Collection
The Mendenhall Papers consist of thirty-three manuscript boxes: correspondence (1871-1924), yearly diaries
(1891-1924), autobiographical reminiscences (to 1894), experimental and lecture notes (ca. 1883-1901), manuscripts of
articles and speeches, minutes of meetings, magazines, reprints (1870-1923), newspapers clippings (ca. 1878-1924),
souvenirs, some pictorial material, and research notes and manuscripts of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall II (Thomas Corwin
Mendenhall's grandson).
The correspondence, which is the major part of the collection, is divided into three main divisions: the general
correspondence of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, the correspondence of Charles Elwood Mendenhall, and personal
correspondence between members of the Mendenhall family.
The correspondence of Thomas C. Mendenhall covers the years 1871-1924 and comprises fourteen manuscript
boxes. It consists mostly of letters sent to Mendenhall but replies are sometimes written on the back of the inquiring letter
and carbons are sometimes included. There is a greater volume of correspondence for the years 1892-1896 and 1919-1924,
although there is considerable volume for the remaining years. The main bulk of material is concerned with Mendenhall's
service with the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Ohio State University, detailing especially
his work on the adoption of electrical and metrical standards and the history and growth of Ohio State University.
The Charles E. Mendenhall correspondence 1907-1935, consists mostly of letters written to him by friends and
colleagues upon the death of his father as well as some material relating to T.C. Mendenhall's estate. The remainder of the
correspondence deals largely with C.E. Mendenhall's scientific interests.
The unpublished, handwritten autobiographical reminiscences of Thomas C. Mendenhall were begun during his
convalescence in Europe (1901-1912). The reminiscences are a detailed autobiography beginning with the Mendenhall
family history and ending with his reasons for resigning from the Coast and Geodetic Survey. They are deposited in Xerox
form, the original remaining with the family.
An addition to the collection received in June 2004 spans the dates 1851-1936. It consists of a small amount of correspondence of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall and Charles Elwood Mendenhall; photographs and an album from his travels to Japan, Italy, Germany, Egypt and India, with some scenery and instruments; a few reprints, postcards, drawings, and a childhood diary.
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Gift of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall's grandson, Thomas Corwin Mendenhall II, in June 1964.
An addition to the collection of 1.0 linear feet (3 manuscript boxes) was received in June 2004 from the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Container List
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Correspondence, 1871-1921 |
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(Recipient is Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (TCM) unless otherwise noted) |
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1871-1884 |
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July 16, 1871 Correspondence from John Hancock |
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Nov. 17, 1872 TCM correspondence to E.S. Morse |
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Feb. 12, 1877 Correspondence from Joseph Henry |
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Oct. 6, 1877 Correspondence from TCM |
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July 22-Aug 1, 1878 Susan A. Mendenhall correspondence to Mrs. Tuttle |
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Aug. 5, 1878 TCM, last will & testament |
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Jan. 7, 1879 Susan A. Mendenhall correspondence to Mrs. Tuttle |
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May 15, 1879 Susan A. Mendenhall correspondence to Mrs. Tuttle |
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June 9, 1879 Susan A. Mendenhall correspondence to Mrs. Tuttle |
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Folder 1 |
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July 8, 1879 Tokio Committee of Reception, invitation correspondence to Mr. & Mrs. TCM |
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July 16, 1879 Susan A. Mendenhall correspondence to Mrs. Tuttle |
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July 16, 1879 TCM correspondence to Ohio State Journal |
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Aug. 25, 1879 Correspondence from People of Tokyo Invitation to feast program of above |
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Dec. 10, 1879 Susan A. Mendenhall correspondence to Mrs. Tuttle |
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1881-1884 Letter Book - letters sent; lecture engagements; memoirs sent & addresses |
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May 28, 1881 Correspondence from Prince Yoshihisa invitation |
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Nov. 20, 1884 Correspondence from W.B. Hazen |
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1885-1889 |
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Sept. 7, 1885 Correspondence from Kelvin, William Thomson |
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Dec. 23, 1885 TCM correspondence to E.S. Morse |
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Feb. 27, 1886 Correspondence from Wm. Egleston, diagram of metric gauge attached |
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Mar. 7, 1886 TCM correspondence to E.S. Morse |
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Sept. 30, 1886 Correspondence from W.T. Sampson |
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Jan. 27, 1887 TCM correspondence to E.S. Morse |
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Feb. 11, 1887 TCM correspondence to E.S. Morse |
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Dec. 15, 1887 Correspondence from Kelvin, William Thomson |
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Mar. 16, 1888 Correspondence from Rutherford B. Hayes |
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Feb. 9, 1889 TCM correspondence to E.S. Morse |
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July 25, 1889 Correspondence from Benjamin Harrison from Executive Mansion |
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Aug. 6, 1889 Correspondence from I.A. Ewing |
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Sept. 4, 1889 Correspondence from I.A. Ewing |
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Sept. 13, 1889 Correspondence from Benjamin F. Butler |
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Nov. 26, 1889 Correspondence from George S. Batcheller, Acting Secretary of the Treasury |
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Dec. 3, 1889 Correspondence from Benjamin F. Butler |
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1890 |
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Mar. 30, 1890 TCM correspondence to E.S. Morse |
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Apr. 14, 1890 Correspondence from George W. Dean |
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Oct. 30, 1890 Correspondence from World's Congress Auxiliary of the World's Columbian
Exposition |
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Nov. 3, 1890 Correspondence from Mr. Gould |
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Nov. 7, 1890 Correspondence from R.H. Thursten |
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Nov. 5, 1890 Correspondence from C.A. Young |
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Nov. 17, 1890 Correspondence from Charles Perry, invitation to see Batcheller off |
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Nov. 17, 1890 Correspondence from Edward Atkinson |
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Nov. 19, 1890 Correspondence from D.B. Hamson, Rear-Adm., U.S.N. |
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Nov. 19, 1890 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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Nov. 20, 1890 Correspondence from R. Meade Barker |
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Nov. 22, 1890 Correspondence from H.E. Scudder, draft of reply attached |
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Nov. 25, 1890 Correspondence from A. Hall |
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Nov. 25, 1890 Correspondence from A.G. Donnelly, draft of reply on back of letter |
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Nov. 28, 1890 Correspondence from R.H. Thursten |
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Nov. 30, 1890 Correspondence from W.M. Davis |
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Dec. 1, 1890 Correspondence from H.E. Scudder |
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Dec. 8, 1890 Correspondence from S.P. Langley |
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Dec. 9, 1890 Correspondence from C.H. Schaap, Secretary, Alaska Historical Society |
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Dec. 12, 1890 Correspondence from Parker Pillsbury |
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Dec. 14, 1890 Correspondence from W.M. Davis |
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Dec. 21, 1890 Correspondence from R.M. Barker |
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Dec. 23, 1890 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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January - July 1891 |
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Jan. 1, 1891 Correspondence from George Baden-Powell |
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Jan. 6, 1891 Correspondence from Edward Orton, reply from TCM (Jan. 9) attached |
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Jan. 15, 1891 Correspondence from Edward Orton |
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Jan. 17, 1891 Correspondence from E.O. Luck, Director of the Mint |
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Feb. 17, 1891 Correspondence from Byron M. Cutcheon, President, Washington Association of the
Univ. of Michigan, invitation |
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Feb. 17, 1891 Correspondence from Parker Pillsbury |
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Feb. 26, 1891 Correspondence from Seating plan for dinner, The Arlington |
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Feb. 27, 1891 Correspondence from Josiah T. Cook |
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Mar. 3, 1891 Correspondence from James E. Campbell |
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Mar. 6, 1891 Correspondence from Catholic University of America, invitation |
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Mar. 9, 1891 Correspondence from Henry B.F. Macfarland |
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Mar. 10, 1891 Correspondence from Henry B.F. Macfarland |
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Mar. 12, 1891 Correspondence from Theodore Roosevelt |
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Mar. 16, 1891 Correspondence from M. Romero |
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Mar. 17, 1891 Correspondence from Bellamy Storm |
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Mar. 19, 1891 Correspondence from A.W. Greely |
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Mar. 19, 1891 Correspondence from Charles M. Thomas |
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Mar. 23, 1891 Correspondence from B.A. Gould |
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Mar. 24, 1891 Correspondence from David S. Jordan |
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Mar. 25, 1891 Correspondence from Alvey A. Adee |
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Mar. 27, 1891 Correspondence from John S. Billings |
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Mar. 28, 1891 Correspondence from Henry B.F. Macfarland |
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Mar. 28, 1891 Correspondence from A. Hall, draft of reply on back |
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Apr. 19, 1891 Correspondence from Ben U. Austin |
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June 4, 1891 Correspondence from Nicholas Murray Butler |
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May 23, 1891 Correspondence from S. He______way (illegible) |
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June 13, 1891 Correspondence from Edwin Willets |
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July 1, 1891 Correspondence from E.W. Halford, telegram |
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July 1, 1891 TCM, telegram correspondence to E.W. Halford |
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July 8, 1891 Correspondence from Alvey A. Adee, telegram |
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July 8, 1891 Correspondence from Alvey A. Adee, telegram |
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July 9, 1891 Correspondence from William F. Wharton, telegram |
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July 11, 1891 Correspondence from C. Hart Merriam, telegram |
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July 11, 1891 Correspondence from C. Hart Merriam, telegram |
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July 11, 1891 Correspondence from William F. Wharton, telegram |
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August - December 1891 |
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Aug. 4, 1891 Correspondence from E.S. Holden |
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Aug. 7, 1891 Correspondence from Commodore Gerry |
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May, 1891 Correspondence from British Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, meeting
announcement |
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Sept. 15, 1891 Correspondence from J. Willard Gibbs |
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Sept. 16, 1891 Correspondence from William F. Wharton |
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Sept. 22, 1891 Correspondence from Benjamin Harrison |
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Sept. 28, 1891 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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Sept. 29, 1891 Correspondence from A. Hall |
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Sept. 29, 1891 Correspondence from C.S. Pierce |
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Sept. 30, 1891 Correspondence from A.P. Norman (?) |
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Oct. 1, 1891 Correspondence from Benjamin Harrison |
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Oct. 11, 1891 Correspondence from Wolcott Gibbs |
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Oct. 13, 1891 Correspondence from William F. Wharton |
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Oct. 27, 1891 Correspondence from A. Hall |
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Oct. 29, 1891 Correspondence from Alfred U. Mayor |
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Oct. 31, 1891 Correspondence from Josiah P. Cooke, draft of reply attached |
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Nov. 11, 1891 Correspondence from B.H. Buckingham |
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Nov. 11, 1891 Correspondence from James E. Campbell |
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Nov. 17, 1891 Correspondence from W.S. Rosceraus (?) |
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Nov. 25, 1891 Correspondence from J.T. Brooks |
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Nov. 25, 1891 Correspondence from G.R. (?) Billings |
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Nov. 26, 1891 Correspondence from M. Juarez Guanes(?), printed material about Fourth Centennial
of the Discovery of America, attached |
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Nov. 28, 1891 Correspondence from George Baden Powell |
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Dec. 4, 1891 Correspondence from Gerard (?) Coffin |
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Dec. 7, 1891 Correspondence from The Century Co. Publishers, assignment of copyright, attached |
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Dec. 8, 1891 Correspondence from Josiah P. Cooke |
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Dec. 11, 1891 Correspondence from J. Stanley Brown |
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Dec. 13, 1891 Correspondence from C.S. Peirce, resignation attached |
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Dec. 18, 1891 Correspondence from Josiah P. Cooke |
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Dec. 18, 1891 Correspondence from C.S. Peirce |
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Dec. 19, 1891 Correspondence from Simon Newcomb |
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Dec. 19, 1891 Correspondence from William H. Taft |
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Dec. 23, 1891 Correspondence from Clare Hunton Mohun |
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Dec. 26, 1891 Correspondence from Josiah P. Cooke |
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Dec. 27, 1891 Correspondence from C.S. Peirce |
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National Academy of Sciences Correspondence March - July 1892 |
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Correspondence from G.K. Gilbert - Gilbert's proposals for amendments to the constitution |
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Mar. 31, 1892 B.A. Gould correspondence to O.C. Marsh |
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Feb. 5, 1892 Correspondence from Wolcott Gibbs |
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May 10, 1892 Committee on amendments to the constitution - T.C. Mendenhall, H.P. Bowditch,
W.H. Brewer, J.W. Powell, and C.A. Young correspondence to H.A. Newton |
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May 10, 1892 Correspondence from Albert A. Michelson |
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May 10, 1892 Correspondence from C.S. Peirce |
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May 10, 1892 Correspondence from Samuel Hubbard Scudder |
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May 13, 1892 Correspondence from John Trowbridge |
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May 13, 1892 Correspondence from C.A. White |
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May 14, 1892 Correspondence from C.B. Comstock |
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May 16, 1892 Correspondence from Edward S. Holden |
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May 20, 1892 Correspondence from A.J. Packard |
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May 23, 1892 Correspondence from Henry L. Abbot |
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May 23, 1892 Correspondence from F.W. Putnam |
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May 27, 1892 Correspondence from Raphael Pumpell |
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June 12, 1892 Correspondence from George Davidson |
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June 18, 1892 Correspondence from S.P. Langley |
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July 7, 1892 Correspondence from B.A. Gould |
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National Academy of Sciences Correspondence October - December 1892 |
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Oct. 8, 1892 Correspondence from Cleveland Abbe |
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Oct. 10, 1892 TCM correspondence to Committee on amendments to the constitution of the N.A.S.-
H.P. Bowditch, W.H. Brewer, J.W. Powell, C.A. Young |
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Oct. 14, 1892 Correspondence from H.P. Bowditch |
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Oct. 18, 1892 Correspondence from William H. Brewer |
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Oct. 18, 1892 Correspondence from William H. Brewer |
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Oct. 20, 1892 Correspondence from C.A. Young |
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Nov. 2, 1892 Correspondence to TCM regarding the Report of the Committee on amendments to the
constitution to the National Academy of Sciences - T.C. Mendenhall, H.P. Bowditch, William H. Brewer, C.A. Young
- attached note, signed H.C. |
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Dec. 16, 1892 Correspondence from Edward D. Cope |
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National Academy of Sciences Correspondence 1894 |
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1894 Printed list of papers to be read at the Autumn Meeting of the N.A.S. |
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June 15, 1894 G.K. Gilbert correspondence to Asaph Hall |
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June 16, 1894 G.S. Billings correspondence to A. Hall |
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June 17, 1894 H.P. Bowditch correspondence to Asaph Hall |
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June 17, 1894 Samuel Hubbard Scudder correspondence to Asaph Hall |
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June 18, 1894 E.C. Pickering correspondence to Home Secretary of the N.A.S. and Asaph Hall |
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June 18, 1894 C.A. correspondence to White Asaph Hall |
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June 20, 1894 Carl Barns correspondence to Asaph Hall |
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June 20, 1894 Alpheus Hyatt correspondence to Asaph Hall |
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June 26, 1894 H. Carey Lea correspondence to Asaph Hall |
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June 30, 1894 E.S. Holden correspondence to Asaph Hall |
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National Academy of Sciences - Printed Material |
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l. Sections of the constitution of the N.A.S. to be affected by proposed amendments with introductory
letter by TCM; 5 copies. |
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2. May 5, 1894, Constitution and Membership (Washington, 1894). |
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Correspondence, January - September 1892 |
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January - February 9,1892 |
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ca. 1892 Correspondence from A.A. Michelson |
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Jan. 5, 1892 Correspondence from R.D. Evans |
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Jan 7, 1892 Correspondence from E.M. Halford |
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Jan. 11, 1892 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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Jan 20, 1892 Correspondence from George Driggs |
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Jan 20, 1892 Correspondence from C.S. Peirce |
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Jan. 20, 1892 Correspondence from G.K. Siebert |
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Jan. 25, 1892 Correspondence from W.S. Chaplin |
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Jan. 26, 1892 Correspondence from A.B. Nettleton letter from Sen. Washburn & letter from Hans
Mattson to Washburn, attached |
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Jan. 26, 1892 Correspondence from H.E. Scudder |
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Jan. 28, 1892 Correspondence from A.W. Greely |
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Jan. 28, 1892 Correspondence from S.P. Langley |
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Feb.-Oct. 1892 List of correspondence |
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Feb., 1892 Correspondence from I.F. Moser |
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Feb. 1, 1892 Correspondence from C.E. Kilbourne |
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Feb 1, 1892 Correspondence from Charles T. Mosman |
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Feb. 1 1892 Correspondence from William G. Pickering |
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Feb.1, 1892 Correspondence from Hugh S. Thompson |
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Feb. 2, 1892 Correspondence from James G. Blaine |
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Feb. 2, 1892 Correspondence from O. Chanuto |
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Feb. 3, 1892 Correspondence from Thomas N. Cridler |
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Feb. 4, 1892 Correspondence from C.S. Peirce |
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Feb. 5, 1892 Correspondence from C.E. Kilbourne |
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Feb. 6, 1892 Correspondence from William Pickering |
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Feb. 6, 1892 Correspondence from R.T. Taylor |
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Feb. 7, 1892 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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Feb. 8, 1892 Correspondence from George M. Dawson |
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Feb. 9, 1892 Correspondence from George Baden-Powell |
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Feb. 9, 1892 Correspondence from George C. Comstock, 2 copies of Resumé Opinions Submitted by
Members of the Committee attached. (A.A.A.S. Latitude Committee) |
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Feb. 9, 1892 Correspondence from The Friedenwald Co. |
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February 10-29, 1892 |
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Feb. 10, 1892 Correspondence from A.W. Greeley |
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Feb. 11, 1892 Correspondence from G.E. Johnston |
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Feb. 11, 1892 Correspondence from C.S. Peirce |
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Feb. 12, 1892 Correspondence from A.L. McRae |
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Feb. 15, 1892 Correspondence from Mark W. Harrington |
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Feb. 15, 1892 Correspondence from A.H. Tuttle |
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Feb. 17, 1892 Invitation to Military Ball |
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Feb. 21, 1892 George Baden-Powell, George M. Dawson correspondence to TCM & C. Hart
Merriam |
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Feb. 22, 1892 Correspondence from E.L. Corthell |
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Feb. 22, 1892 Correspondence from William Egleston |
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Feb. 23, 1892 Correspondence relating to the Bering Sea Commission Banquet |
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Feb. 23, 1892 Correspondence from A.B. Nettleton |
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Feb. 23, 1892 Correspondence from E.D. Wileman |
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Feb. 24, 1892 Correspondence from J.R. Hawle |
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Feb. 24, 1892 Correspondence from F.A. Mahon |
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Feb. 24, 1892 Correspondence from E.D. Taussig |
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Feb. 29, 1892 Correspondence from M.L. Essick |
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Mar. 3, 1892 Correspondence from George Davidson |
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Mar. 3, 1892 Correspondence from A.W. Greeley |
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Mar. 4, 1892 Correspondence from J.C. Bramly |
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Mar. 5, 1892 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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Mar. 5, 1892 Correspondence from T.C. Chamberlain, 2 copies of first draft of recommendations,
attached |
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March 3-15, 1892 |
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Mar. 5, 1892 Correspondence from E.L. McAdory |
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Mar. 5, 1892 Correspondence from J.F. Moser |
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Mar. 6, 1892 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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Mar. 7, 1892 Correspondence from John W. Foster |
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Mar. 7, 1892 TCM correspondence to Levine |
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Mar. 7, 1892 Correspondence from A.B. Nettleton |
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Mar. 8, 1892 Correspondence from J. Stanley Brown |
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Mar. 8, 1892 Correspondence from J.T. Brooks |
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Mar. 9, 1892 Correspondence from Augustus Lowell |
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Mar. 9, 1892 Correspondence from Edward Orton |
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Mar. 9, 1892 Correspondence from W.S. Schley |
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Mar. 10, 1892 Correspondence from Richardson Clover |
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Mar. 10, 1892 Correspondence from David Macauley |
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Mar. 10, 1892 TCM correspondence to Spanish Minister, M.S. Goriness |
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Mar. 10, 1892 Correspondence from A.H. Tuttle |
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Mar. 12, 1892 Correspondence from C.H. West |
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Mar. 14, 1892 Correspondence from George Davidson |
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Mar. 15, 1892 Correspondence from David S. Jordan |
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March 16-31 1892 |
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Mar. 16, 1892 Correspondence from E.S. Morse |
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Mar. 17, 1892 Correspondence from Benjamin Butter worth |
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Mar. 17, 1892 Correspondence from Walter Mendenhall |
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Mar. 18, 1892 Correspondence from Augustus Lowell |
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Mar. 18, 1892 Correspondence from W.S. Schley |
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Mar. 21, 1892 Correspondence from George Baden-Powell |
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Mar. 21, 1892 Correspondence from Mark W. Harrington |
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Mar. 23, 1892 Correspondence from Jose Felipe Jaquarez, Charge d'Affaires of Spain |
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Mar. 24, 1892 Correspondence from David Macauley |
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Mar. 25, 1892 Correspondence from J. Stanley Brown |
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Mar. 26, 1892 Correspondence from Oscar Oldberg |
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Mar. 29, 1892 Correspondence from J. Stanley Brown |
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Mar. 29, 1892 Correspondence from James F. Muirhead |
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Mar. 29, 1892 Correspondence from Richard Rathbrun (?) |
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Mar. 29, 1892 Correspondence from J.R. Stanley |
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Mar. 29, 1892 Correspondence from W.H. Watson |
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Mar. 29, 1892 Correspondence from R.J. Wynne |
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Mar. 30, 1892 Correspondence from Marshall McDonald letter to Mr. Stockbridge, attached |
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Mar. 31, 1892 Correspondence from R.S. Woodward |
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Apr. 1, 1892 Correspondence from A. Hall |
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Apr. 1, 1892 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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Apr. 1, 1892 Correspondence from Henry B.F. Macfarland |
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Apr. 1, 1892 Correspondence from Henry L. Whiting |
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Apr. 2, 1892 Correspondence from H.L. Howism |
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Apr. 5, 1892 Correspondence from A. Mosman |
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Apr. 6, 1892 Correspondence from Augustus Lowell |
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Apr. 7, 1892 Correspondence from George Barker |
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Apr. 7, 1892 Correspondence from A. Hall |
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Apr. 7, 1892 Correspondence from R.S. McCullock |
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Apr. 8, 1892 Correspondence from F.H. Mead |
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Apr. 9, 1892 Correspondence from F.A. Mahon |
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Apr. 12, 1892 Correspondence from R.J. Wynne |
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Apr. 13, 1892 Correspondence from Martin Hensey, telegram |
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Apr. 16, 1892 Correspondence from R.J. Wynne |
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Apr. 18, 1892 Correspondence from John W. Dorm |
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Apr. 18, 1892 Correspondence from O.K. Edwards |
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Apr. 18, 1892 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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April 1892 |
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Apr. 18, 1892 Correspondence from Mansfield Merriman |
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Apr. 18, 1892 Correspondence from William Orr, Jr. |
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Apr. 18, 1892 Correspondence from J.K. Rees |
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Apr. 20, 1892 Correspondence from Nalder Bros. & Co. |
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Apr. 25, 1892 Correspondence from J.T. Brooks |
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Apr. 26, 1892 Correspondence from J.C. Banner |
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Apr. 26, 1892 Correspondence from Richard Clover |
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Apr. 26, 1892 Correspondence from McGimohn Cutey (?), Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers, U.S.
Army |
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Apr. 26, 1892 Correspondence from W.J. McGee |
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Apr. 26, 1892 Correspondence from C. Hart Merriam |
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Apr. 27, 1892 Invitation |
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Apr. 27, 1892 Correspondence from Harry Fielding Reid |
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Apr. 28, 1892 Correspondence from W.H. Gilder, Mendenhall's reply attached |
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Apr. 28, 1892 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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Apr. 28, 1892 Correspondence from R.S. McCullock |
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Apr. 29, 1892 Correspondence from Lantern Publishing Co. |
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Apr. 29, 1892 Correspondence from Lantern Publishing Co. |
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Apr. 29, 1892 Correspondence from L A. Bauer |
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Apr. 30, 1892 Correspondence from Richardson Clover |
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May 1892 |
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May 4, 1892 Correspondence from A.P. Burditch |
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May 5, 1892 Correspondence from L.F. d'Oremieulx |
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May 6, 1892 TCM correspondence to Professor Branner |
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May 6, 1892 TCM correspondence to Professor Davidson |
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May 7, 1892 Correspondence from R.J. Wynne |
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May 7, 1892 Correspondence from David Macauley |
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May 8, 1892 Correspondence from Wolcott Gibbs |
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May 9, 1892 Correspondence from Appointment Adjutant General, War Department |
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May 10, 1892 Correspondence from David S. Jordan, telegram |
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May 11, 1892 Correspondence from George H. Twiss |
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May 12, 1892 Correspondence from Gen-Lieut. J. Hebrishonig (?), Minister of War, St. Petersburg |
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May 16, 1892 Correspondence from Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown |
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May 18, 1892 Correspondence from Wolcott Gibbs |
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May 19, 1892 Correspondence from Missouri Botanical Garden, invitation |
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May 20, 1892 Correspondence from Lewis McHaupt |
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May 21, 1892 Correspondence from Fremont Morse, draft of reply attached |
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May 21, 1892 Correspondence from R.S. Woodward |
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May 23, 1892 Correspondence from J.C. Meem |
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May 23, 1892 Correspondence from A. Mosman |
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May 23, 1892 Correspondence from T.S. Patmer |
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May 23, 1892 Correspondence from G.W. Will |
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May 25, 1892 Correspondence from A.F. Childs |
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May 25, 1892 Correspondence from Gardiner G. Hubbard |
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May 26, 1892 Correspondence from George Davidson |
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May 26, 1892 Correspondence from Edward S. Holden |
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May 26, 1892 Correspondence from J.J. Krickhorfer |
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May 27, 1892 Correspondence from Henry McGraw |
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May 27, 1892 Correspondence from Palmer C. Ricketts |
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May 28, 1892 Correspondence from G. Coffin |
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May 29, 1892 Correspondence from R.S. McCullock |
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May 31, 1892 Correspondence from John W. Parsons |
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June 1892 |
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June 1, 1892 Correspondence from W.J. McGee |
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June 2, 1892 Correspondence from Battlefield Memorial Association, invitation |
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June 5, 1892 Correspondence from Fremont Morse |
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June 6, 1892 Correspondence from Alex S. Christie |
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June 6, 1892 Correspondence from J.K. Rees |
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June 7, 1892 Correspondence from G. Coffin |
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June 7, 1892 Correspondence from H.A. Nerbert |
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June 8, 1892 Correspondence from John W. Foster |
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June 8, 1892 Correspondence from L.L. Jackson |
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June 12, 1892 Correspondence from George Davidson |
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June 12, 1892 Correspondence from George Davidson |
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June 17, 1892 Correspondence from George G. Comstock |
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June 18, 1892 Correspondence from John W. Foster, copy of letter from James C. Carter attached |
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June 18, 1892 Correspondence from S.P. Langley |
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June 20, 1892 Correspondence from Barclay G. Mering |
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June 20, 1892 Correspondence from Walter Wyman |
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June 22, 1892 Correspondence from Fletcher Greennell Forney |
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