RG I-B-1: General records. Letterbooks — Bound. Volume 07
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Historical note
The Academy has received letters, announcements, and other forms of correspondence since the founding in 1780. All such correspondence was the responsibility of the Corresponding Secretary, one of the original officers of the Academy. Beginning sometime in the late 1800s, incoming letters were pasted into bound scrapbooks, which the Academy referred to as “letterbooks.” This practice continued until 1988, when staff began saving correspondence in folders.
For the time period covered by Volume 7, the Presidents of the Academy were Asa Gray (1863-1873), Charles Francis Adams (1873-1880), and Joseph Lovering (1880- 1892). The Corresponding Secretaries were Joseph Lovering (1869-1873) and Josiah Parsons Cooke (1873-1892).
Scope and Content
The series of letterbooks in its entirety includes letters from newly-elected Fellows, formally accepting their elections; communications with other learned societies (especially, invitations to attend meetings or send representatives to official events, and offers to exchange publications); correspondence concerning gifts of books, maps, and natural history specimens; and inquiries from members and nonmembers regarding the submission and publication of articles.
Volume 7 contains letters and other documents received by the American Academy from 1872 to 1880. Most are in the form of incoming correspondence from members acknowledging their election. Other topics include notices of member deaths, circulars from national and international scientific societies and institutions, announcements, and calls for papers.
Arrangement
The Academy has begun disbinding the volumes of letterbooks and conserving the individual letters, and will continue that practice until all letters are in stable condition.
The letterbooks in Series I-B-1 are arranged numerically by volume number. Within each volume, the original order of the pages has been retained. Generally the records are arranged in chronological order. Pages numbered with a “v” indicate that the document was pasted to the verso of the preceding page, and normally relates to document on the following page.
ITEM LIST
Page 07-1
Letter from Joseph Harrison to President and Members of the Academy, 1872 January 6; Philadelphia.
Thanks for award of Rumford Medal; discusses importance of research in steam.
Creator: Harrison, Joseph, Jr., 1810-1874
Related documents: pp. 02a, 04a, 49a-49c
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Page 07-2a
Letter from Edmund Quincy to Joseph Lovering, 1872 January 10; Hall of American Academy, Boston.
On donation of portrait of Count Rumford by Joseph Harrison.
Creator: Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877; Elected 1868
Related documents: pp. 1, 04a, 49a-49c
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Page 07-2b
Letter from George Putnam to Edward C. Pickering, 1872 January 6; Roxbury, MA.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1872 January 31.
Resigns membership in Academy.
Creator: Putnam, George, 1807-1878; Elected 1842
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Page 07-3
Letter from George Rumford Baldwin to Joseph Lovering, 1872 January 8; Quebec, P.Q. Canada.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1872 January 31.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Baldwin, George Rumford, 1798-1888; Elected 1871
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Page 07-4a
Letter from Joseph Harrison to Joseph Lovering, 1872 January 16; Philadelphia.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1872 January 31.
Thanks for acknowledgment of his gift of Rumford portrait.
Creator: Harrison, Joseph, Jr., 1810-1874
Related documents: pp. 1, 02a, 49a-49c
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Page 07-4b
Letter from Robert Hooper to Joseph Lovering, 1872 January 10; Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1872 January 31.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hooper, Robert, 1810-1885; Elected 1871
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Page 07-5
Letter from B. F. Sands to President of the Academy, 1872 January 18; Washington, DC.
Discusses efforts by scientific organizations to procure funds for study of Transit of Venus; hopes Academy will participate.
Creator: Sands, B.F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1883
Related documents: pp. 07-08
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Page 07-6
Letter from Joseph A. Allen to Joseph Lovering, 1872 January 28; Cambridge, MA.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1872 January 31.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Allen, J.A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921; Elected 1871
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Page 07-7
Letter from B. F. Sands to President of the Academy, 1872 January 30; Washington, DC.
Suggests strategy for Academy participation in study of Transit of Venus.
Creator: Sands, B.F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1883
Related documents: pp. 05, 08
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Page 07-8
Letter from [B. F. Sands], [1872 January 30].
Sample text for Academy petition for funding to study Transit of Venus.
Creator: Sands, B.F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1883
Related documents: pp. 05, 07
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Page 07-8v
Letter from Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres, et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (Adolphe Quetelet), 1872 February 15; Brussels, Belgium.
Invitation to centennial celebration.
Note: Signed by Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874; Elected 1837, FHM).
Creator: Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres, et des BeauxArts de Belgique
Language: French
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Page 07-9a
Letter from George Tyler Bigelow to Asa Gray, 1872 April 22; Boston.
Declines to run for re-election as Vice President; suggests Charles Francis Adams as candidate.
Creator: Bigelow, George Tyler, 1810-1878; Elected 1861
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Page 07-9b
Letter from Carl Friedrich Rammelsberg to Asa Gray, 1872 July 20; Berlin.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1872 November 13.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Rammelsberg, Carl Friedrich August; Elected 1872, FHM
Language: German
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Page 07-10
Letter from Benjamin Jowett to Asa Gray, 1872 July 6; Oxford, England.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1872 November 13.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893; Elected 1872, FHM
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Page 07-10v
Letter from Benjamin Apthorp Gould Jr. to President of the Academy, 1872 November 7; Cordoba, Argentina.
Discusses use of funds awarded from the Rumford Fund.
Creator: Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896; Elected 1847
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Page 07-11
Letter from William Thomson to Joseph Lovering, 1872 October 8; Yacht “Lalla Rookh,” Belfast Lough, Ireland.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1872 November 13.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907; Elected 1872, FHM
Related documents: p. 33
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Page 07-12
Letter from Johan Heinrich Wilhelm Dollen to Joseph Lovering, 1872 November 17/5.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1873 January 14.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Dˆllen, Wilhelm, 1820-1897; Elected 1872, FHM
Language: German
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Page 07-13a
Letter from William Ripley Nichols to Joseph Lovering, 1872 December 4; Boston.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1872 December 10.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Nichols, Wm. Ripley (William Ripley), 1847-1886; Elected 1872
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Page 07-13b
Letter from Nicholas Saint-John Green to Joseph Lovering, 1872 December 5; Cambridge, MA.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1872 December 10.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Green, Nicholas St. John, 1830-1876; Elected 1872
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Page 07-14
Letter from Edwin Pliny Seaver to Joseph Lovering, 1873 January 31; Cambridge, MA.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1873 November 11.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Seaver, Edwin P. (Edwin Pliny), 1838-1917; Elected 1871
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Page 07-15
Letter from Ferdinand Bôcher to Asa Gray, 1873 February 14; Cambridge, MA.
Resigns membership in the Academy.
Creator: Bôcher, Ferdinand, 1832-1902; Elected 1871
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Page 07-16
Letter from Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict Hofmeister, 1873 March 27; Tübingen, Germany.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1873 May 27.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hofmeister, Wilhelm, 1824-1877; Elected 1873, FHM
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Page 07-17
Letter from Charles Deane, 1873 April 10; Boston.
“True copy” of minutes of the Massachusetts Historical Society of 10 April 1873, thanking the Academy for allowing the Society the use of its rooms.
Creator: Deane, Charles, 1813-1889; Elected 1866
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Page 07-18
Letter from George M. Lane to William Watson, 1873 May 25; Cambridge, MA.
Resigns membership in the Academy.
Creator: Lane, George Martin, 1823-1897; Elected 1852
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Page 07-19
Death notice, 1873 June; Christiania, Norway.
Announces the death of Axel Boeck (1833-1873).
Creator: Holst, Chr.
Language: Latin
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Page 07-20
Printed death notice, 1873 May 30; Christiania, Norway.
The Royal Frederick University announces the death of Christopher Hansteen (1784-1873).
Creator: Kongelige Norske Frederiks Universitet
Language: Latin
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Page 07-21
Letter from Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (Leon F. Harvey) to Joseph Lovering, 1873 June 6; [Buffalo, NY].
Informs Academy of recently presented paper by Charles H. Peck.
Creator: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
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Page 07-22
Address from Charles Francis Adams to the Academy, 1873 June 10.
Accepts election as President (served 1873-1880).
Creator: Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886; Elected 1857
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Page 07-23
Letter from George Mary Searle to Josiah Parsons Cooke, [1873] June 19; St. Mary’s on the Lake, Lake George, NY.
Comments on status as Associate Fellow.
Creator: Searle, George M. (George Mary), 1839-1918; Elected 1862
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Page 07-24
Printed death notice, 1874 June 21; Uppsala, Sweden.
Announces the death of Anders Jonas Angstrom (1814-1874).
Creator: Angstrom, Auguste
Language: French
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Page 07-25
Letter from Charles H. Davis to Joseph Lovering, 1873 June 25; Norfolk, VA.
Acknowledges status as Associate Fellow.
Creator: Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877; Elected 1842
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Page 07-26
Letter from Rudolph Julius Emmanuel Clausius to Ava [sic] Gray, 1873 July 7; Bonn, Germany.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Clausius, R. (Rudolf), 1822-1888; Elected 1873, FHM
Language: German
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Page 07-27
Letter from James Joseph Sylvester to Asa Gray and Joseph Lovering, 1873 August 9.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Sylvester, James Joseph, 1814-1897; Elected 1873, FHM
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Page 07-28
Letter from Spencer F. Baird to Josiah P. Cooke, 1873 October 25; Washington, DC.
Wants to establish weekly publication of proceedings of scientific societies; hopes Academy will contribute. Document also includes letter of 1873 November 4.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887; Elected 1848, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-29
Printed death notice, 1873 December 4; Dresden, Germany.
Announces the death of Karl Friedrich Naumann (1797-1873; Elected 1873, FHM).
Creator: Naumann, Ernst
Language: German
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Page 07-30
Letter from William Wetmore Story, 1873 December 9; Rome.
Acknowledges status as Associate Fellow.
Creator: Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895; Elected 1863
Related documents: Volume 06, p. 83
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Page 07-31
Letter from Friedrich Wöhler to Charles Francis Adams, 1873 December 16; Göttingen, Germany.
Acknowledges election to the Academy. Gives thanks for diploma.
Creator: Wöhler, Friedrich, 1800-1882; Elected 1873, FHM
Language: German
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Page 07-32
Death notice, 1873 December 26.
Announces the death of Auguste de la Rive (1801-1873).
Creator: La Rive, Lucien de
Language: French
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Page 07-33
Letter from William Thomson to Asa Gray, 1874 February 13.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Note: Lord Kelvin had already acknowledged his election two years earlier.
Creator: Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907; Elected 1872, FHM
Related documents: p. 11
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Page 07-34
Letter from Francesco Brioschi to Charles Francis Adams, 1874 February 21; Milan.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Brioschi, Francesco, 1824-1897; Elected 1874, FHM
Language: French
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Page 07-35
Death notice, 1874 February 25; Brussels, Belgium.
Announces the death of his father, Jacques-Adolphe-Lambert Quetelet.
Creator: Quetelet
Language: French
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Page 07-36
Letter from Charles Darwin to Secretary of the Academy, 1874 February 20; Down, Beckenham, Kent, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Elected 1874, FHM
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Page 07-37
Letter from William Gladstone to Charles Francis Adams, 1874 February 14; 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898; Elected 1874, FHM
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Page 07-38
Letter from George Gabriel Stokes to Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 March 3; Cambridge, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Stokes, George Gabriel, 1819-1903; Elected 1874, FHM
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Page 07-39
Letter from Augustus A. Hayes to Secretary of the Academy, 1874 March 19; Brookline, MA.
Has sent paper to be presented to the Academy.
Creator: Hayes, Augustus Allen, 1806-1882; Elected 1838
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Page 07-40
Letter from Ebenezer R. Hoar to Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 March 20; Washington, DC.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hoar, E. R. (Ebenezer Rockwood), 1816-1895; Elected 1874
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Page 07-41
Letter from James Prescott Joule to Charles Francis Adams and Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 June 8; Manchester, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Joule, James Prescott, 1818-1889; Elected 1874, FHM
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Page 07-42
Letter from Francis Wharton to Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 June 9; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Wharton, Francis, 1820-1889; Elected 1874
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Page 07-43
Letter from William Hallowes Miller, 1874 June 15; Cambridge, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Miller, William Hallows, 1801-1880; Elected 1874, FHM
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Page 07-44
Printed death notice, 1874 September 13; Val Richer, France.
Announces death of Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot [1787-1874; FHM, 1855].
Creator: de Beaumont, J. Elie
Language: French
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Page 07-45
Death notice, 1874 October 1; Paris.
Announces the death of Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Lèonce Elie de Beaumont (1798-1870).
Creator: [Family of Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot]
Language: French
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Page 07-46
Letter from Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres, et des BeauxArts de Belgique (Jean Baptiste Liagre), 1874 October 19; Brussels, Belgium.
The Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts of Belgium announces the of publication in honor of Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874).
Creator: Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres, et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
Language: French
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Page 07-48
Letter from United States Bureau of Education (John Eaton) to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1874 November 13; Washington, DC.
Encloses information on increase of libraries; asks for information on Academy library.
Creator: United States. Bureau of Education
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Page 07-49a
Letter from Rembrandt Peale to J[oseph] Harrison Jr., 1858 October; Philadelphia.
Describes circumstances of creation of portrait of Count Rumford in 1812, and later destruction of trees in Rumford’s garden by his wife.
Creator: Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860
Related documents: pp. 01, 02a, 04a, 49b-49c
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Page 07-49b
Letter from [W. Harrison Eisenberg] to Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 November 7; Philadelphia.
Has found among the papers of his late father-in-law, Joseph Harrison, Jr., a letter from Rembrandt Peale concerning Peale’s Rumford portrait. Will forward letter to the Academy [missing p. 2].
Creator: [Eisenberg, W. Harrison]
Related documents: pp. 01, 02a, 04a, 49a, 49c
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Page 07-49c
Letter from W. Harrison Eisenberg to Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 November 11; Philadelphia.
Encloses letter from Rembrandt Peale to his late father-in-law, Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Creator: Eisenberg, W. Harrison
Related documents: pp. 01, 02a, 04a, 49a, 49b
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Page 07-50
Letter from James Hammond Trumbull to Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 November 25; Hartford, CT.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897; Elected 1874, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-51
Letter from James McCosh to Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 November 26; Princeton, NJ.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: McCosh, James, 1811-1894; Elected 1874, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-52
Letter from William Petit Trowbridge to Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 November 28; New Haven, CT.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Trowbridge, William Pettit, 1828-1892; Elected 1874, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-53
Letter from William Alexander Hammond to Charles Francis Adams, 1874 December 5; New York City.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hammond, William Alexander, 1828-1900; Elected 1874, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-54
Letter from John McCrady to Charles Francis Adams, 1874 December 7; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: McCrady, John, 1831-1881; Elected 1874
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Page 07-55
Letter from James Clerk Maxwell to Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 December 10; Cambridge, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879; Elected 1874, FHM
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Page 07-56
Letter from Julius Erasmus Hilgard to Josiah P. Cooke, 1874 December 17; Washington, DC.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891; Elected 1874, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-56v
Circular, 1875 January; Dorpat, Russia.
The Dorpat Meteorological Observatory announces the new independent status of Observatory; wishes to establish exchange of publications.
Creator: Dorpat. Universite. Observatoorium.
Language: German
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Page 07-57
Letter from Agence Consulaire de France a Boston to Charles Francis Adams, 1875 January 7; Boston.
Invites Academy to send representative to the International Congress of Geographic Sciences in 1875.
Creator: French Consulate. Boston.
Language: French
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Page 07-58
Circular, 1875 January 7; Paris.
Provides information about the International Congress of Geographic Sciences scheduled for July 1875.
Creator: Paris Congres International des Sciences Geographiques
Language: French
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Page 07-59
Letter from Henry Barker Hill to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 February 8; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hill, Henry Barker, 1849-1903; Elected 1875
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Page 07-60
Letter from William James to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 February 10; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: James, William, 1842-1910; Elected 1875
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Page 07-61
Letter from Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1875 February 22; Paris.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Gérôme, Jean-Léon, 1824-1904; Elected 1875, FHM
Language: French
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Page 07-62
Letter from Agence Consulaire de France a Boston to Charles Francis Adams, 1875 March 8; Boston.
Provides information on upcoming International Congress of Geographic Sciences; hopes American Academy will send delegates.
Creator: French Consulate. Boston.
Language: French
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Letter from Legacao de Portugal nos Estados Unidos, 1875 March 17; Washington, DC.
On behalf of Baron de Sant’ Anna, the Portugese Legation of the United States offers a photo-lithograph of a document proving the discovery of Australia by the Portuguese people.
Creator: Portugese Legation. United States.
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Page 07-63
Letter from Louis Adolph Thiers, 1875 April 2; Paris.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877; Elected 1875, FHM
Language: French
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Page 07-64
Letter from Robert Charles Winthrop to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 May 8; Paris.
Is proud to represent the American Academy at the International Congress of Geographic Sciences.
Creator: Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894; Elected 1849
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Letter from Joachim Barrande to Charles Francis Adams, 1875 May 10; Prague, Bohemia.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Barrande, Joachim, 1799-1883; Elected 1875, FHM
Language: French
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Circular, 1875 May 26; Washington, DC.
Requests statistical information on the Academy’s library.
Creator: United States. Bureau of Education
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Page 07-67
Letter from Congres International des Sciences Geographiques to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 June 22; Paris.
Acknowledges appointment by Academy of two representatives to the Congres.
Creator: Congres International des Sciences Geographiques
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Page 07-68
Letter from Edward Thornton to Asa Gray, 1875 June 30; Washington, DC.
On behalf of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, asks for recommendations for nominees for the Society’s Albert Medal.
Creator: Thornton, Edward
Related documents: pp. 69, 87, 89a-89b
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Page 07-69
Circular addressed to Secretary of the Academy, [1875]; London.
Describes the Society’s Albert Medal.
Creator: Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (London, England)
Related documents: pp. 68, 87, 89a-89b
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Page 07-70
Printed death notice addressed to Secretary of the Academy, 1875 July 12; Cambridge, MA.
Announces the death of Joseph Winlock (1826-1875; Elected 1877).
Creator: Harvard College Observatory
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Page 07-71
Printed invitation, 1875 September 27; Catania, Italy.
Invites recipient to the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Gioenian Academy of Natural Sciences in Catania.
Creator: Accademia gioenia di scienze naturali in Catania
Language: Italian
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Page 07-72a
Letter from Francis Parkman to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 November 24; Boston.
Declines election to Academy Council.
Creator: Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893; Elected 1855
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Page 07-72b
Letter from Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 1875 November 12; Boston.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Adams, Henry, 1838-1918; Elected 1875
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Page 07-73
Letter from Hiram F. Mills to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 November 29; Lawrence, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Mills, Hiram F. (Hiram Francis), 1836-1921; Elected 1875
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Page 07-74
Letter from Albert Nicholas Arnold to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 December 2; Charlottesville, VA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy as an Associate Fellow.
Creator: Arnold, Albert Nicholas, 1814-1883; Elected 1855
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Page 07-75
Letter from Frederick Augustus Genth, 1875 December 5; Philadelphia.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Genth, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893; Elected 1875, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-76
Letter from Alfred Marshall Mayer to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 December 6; Hoboken, NJ.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Mayer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marshall), 1836-1897; Elected 1875, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-77
Letter from Joseph LeConte to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 December 8; Oakland, CA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901; Elected 1875, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-78
Letter from Andrew Crombie Ramsay to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 December 9; London.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Ramsay, Andrew Crombie, Sir, 1814-1891; Elected 1875, FHM
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Page 07-79
Letter from William Sellers to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 December 13; [Philadelphia].
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Sellers, William, 1824-1905; Elected 1875, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-80a
Letter from Daniel Coit Gilman to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 December 14; Baltimore.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908; Elected 1875, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-80b
Letter from Robert T. Edes to Josiah P. Cooke, 1875 December 28; Boston.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Edes, Robert T. (Robert Thaxter), 1838-1923; Elected 1875
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Page 07-81
Letter from Ira Remsen to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 January 5; New York City.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927; Elected 1875
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Page 07-82
Letter from Paolo Federigo Sclopis di Salerano to Charles Francis Adams, 1876 February 14; Turin, Italy.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Sclopis, Federigo, 1798-1878; Elected 1876, FHM
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Page 07-83
Circular addressed to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 February 15; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Asks that all correspondence to the Geological Commission of the Empire of Brazil be addressed to the one in Rio de Janeiro.
Creator: Commission Geologiques de l’Empire du Bresil
Language: French
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Page 07-84
Letter from Edwin Lawrence Godkin to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 February 16; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902; Elected 1876
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Page 07-85
Circular, 1876 March 2; Boston.
Provides instruction from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Education and Science, for schools submitting work for exhibition.
Creator: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)--Massachusetts
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Page 07-86
Letter from John William Draper to Edmund Quincy, 1876 March 10; New York City.
Has received shipment of Rumford Medals (winner of the Rumford Medal, 1875, for his research on radiant energy).
Creator: Draper, John William, 1811-1882; Elected 1865, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-87
Letter from Edward Thornton to Asa Gray, 1876 March 8; Washington, DC.
Follows up on letter of June 30, 1875, asking for recommendations of names for the Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal.
Creator: Thornton, Edward
Related documents: pp. 68, 69, 89a-89b
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Page 07-88
Letter from Charles Edward Hamlin to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 March 10; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hamlin, Charles Edward, 1825-1886; Elected 1876
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Page 07-89a
Letter from Charles Francis Adams to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 March 30; Boston.
Sends Cooke all letters relating to request from Edward Thornton’s requests for nominations for the Albert Medal.
Creator: Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886; Elected 1857
Related documents: pp. 68, 69, 87, 89b
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Page 07-89b
Letter from Charles Francis Adams to Sir Edward Thornton, 1876 March 29; Boston.
In response to Thornton’s letters of June 30, 1875, and March 8, 1876, recommends Erastus Bigelow for the Albert Medal. Also suggests Uriah A. Boyden, Alvan Clark, and Lewis M. Rutherford.
Creator: Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886; Elected 1857
Related documents: pp. 68, 69, 87, 89a
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Page 07-90
Letter from Othniel Charles Marsh to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 March 30; New Haven, CT.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899; Elected 1875, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-91
Letter from Balfour Stewart to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 May 3; Manchester, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887; Elected 1876, FHM
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Page 07-92
Printed death notice, 1876 May 9; Bonn, Germany.
Announces the death of Christian Lassen (1800-1876).
Creator: Lassen, Auguste Wiggers
Language: German
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Page 07-93
Letter from John Langdon Sibley to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 May 10; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Sibley, John Langdon, 1804-1885; Elected 1876
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Page 07-94
Letter from William Dwight Whitney to Charles Francis Adams, 1876 May 18; Cambridge, MA.
On behalf of the American Oriental Society, thanks the Academy for allowing Oriental Society to use the Academy rooms.
Creator: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894; Elected 1860, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-95
Letter from Henry Augustus Rowland to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 May 20; Newark, NJ.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Rowland, Henry Augustus, 1848-1901; Elected 1876, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-96
Letter from George Stillman Hillard to Edward C. Pickering, 1876 May 28; Boston.
Resigns membership in the Academy.
Creator: Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879; Elected 1873
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Page 07-97
Letter from John Benjamin Henck to Charles Francis Adams, 1876 May 30; Boston.
Asks not to be placed on ballot for re-election to the Academy Council.
Creator: Henck, John B. (John Benjamin), 1816-1903; Elected 1856
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Page 07-98
Letter from the Gioenia Academy of Natural Sciences in Catania, 1876 May 31; Catania, Italy.
Encloses medal issued for Accademia’s fiftieth anniversary. Handwritten note in English asks for acknowledgement of receipt.
Creator: Accademia gioenia di scienze naturali in Catania
Language: Italian, English
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Page 07-99
Letter from Bennett Hubbard Nash to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 June 3; Boston.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Nash, Bennett Hubbard; Elected 1876
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Page 07-100
Letter from Robert Charles Winthrop to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 June 5; Brookline, MA.
Discusses previous request not to be nominated for Academy Council; hopes to be of assistance to the Academy.
Creator: Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894; Elected 1849
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Page 07-101
Letter from Nathaniel Holmes to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 June 7; St. Louis, MO.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Holmes, Nathaniel, 1815-1901; Elected 1870
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Page 07-102
Letter from Henry Larcom Abbot to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 June 9; Philadelphia.
Acknowledges change of status to Associate Fellow.
Creator: Abbot, Henry Larcom, 1831-1927; Elected 1863
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Page 07-103
Letter from Francis Bowen to Edward C. Pickering, 1876 June 13; Cambridge, MA.
Resigns membership in the Academy.
Creator: Bowen, Francis, 1811-1890; Elected 1842
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Page 07-104
Letter from Mark Pattison to President of the Academy, 1876 June 13; Oxford, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Pattison, Mark, 1813-1884; Elected 1876, FHM
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Page 07-105
Letter from Ernst Curtius, 1876 June 30; Berlin, Germany.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Curtius, Ernst, 1814-1896; Elected 1876, FHM
Language: German
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Page 07-106
Letter from Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc, 1876 July 10; Paris.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Viollet-le-Duc, EugËne-Emmanuel, 1814-1879; Elected 1876, FHM
Language: French
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Page 07-107
Letter from Henry Creswicke Rawlinson to Josiah P. Cooke, 1876 July 14; London.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke, Sir, 1810-1895; Elected 1876, FHM
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Page 07-108
Letter from Francois Auguste Marie Alexis Mignet to President of the Academy, 1876 July 28; Paris.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Mignet, François Auguste Marie Alexis; Elected 1876, FHM
Language: French
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Page 07-108v
Letter from Felix Garrigou, 1876 August 1; [Toulouse], France.
Describes his research on minerals of France.
Creator: Garrigou, F. (FÈlix), 1835-1920
Language: French
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Page 07-109a
Letter from Arthur Penrhyn Stanley to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1876 July 14; Westminster, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881; Elected 1876, FHM
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Page 07-109b
Letter from Fèlix Garrigou, 1876 August 1; Toulouse, France.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1876 November 10.
Creator: Garrigou, F. (Fèlix), 1835-1920
Language: French
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Page 07-110
Notice of Award from United States Centennial Commission (A.T. Goshorn, Director-General), 1876 October 9; Philadelphia.
Informs the Academy that they have won an award for product “Memoirs and other works” submitted for the 1876 International Exhibition.
Creator: United States. Centennial Commission
Related documents: pp. 115, 116
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Page 07-111
Letter from Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1876 November 18; Isle of Wight, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892; Elected 1876, FHM
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Page 07-112
Letter from William Ferrel to Charles Francis Adams, 1876 December 8; Washington, DC.
Resigns membership in the Academy.
Creator: Ferrel, William, 1817-1891; Elected 1861
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Page 07-113
Printed death notice, 1877 January 12; Lindenau-Leipzig, Germany.
Announces the death of Wilhelm Hofmeister (1824-1877; FHM 1873).
Creator: Hofmeister, Johanna Schmidt
Language: German
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Page 07-114
Letter from James Paget to Charles Francis Adams and Josiah P. Cooke, 1877 March 5; London.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Paget, James, Sir, 1814-1899; Elected 1876, FHM
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Page 07-115
Letter from United States Centennial Commission (A.T. Goshorn), 1877 March 13; Philadelphia.
Encloses certified copy of the Report of the Judges who awarded diploma and medal to the Academy at the 1876 International Exhibition.
Creator: United States. Centennial Commission
Related documents: pp. 110, 116
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Page 07-116
Report on Awards, 1877 February 14; Philadelphia.
States the reasons for which the Academy won an award for “Memoirs and other works” at the 1876 International Exhibition, including, “extent and value of their exhibit, and for the important influence the Academy has exerted”.
Creator: United States. Centennial Commission
Related documents: pp. 110, 115
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Page 07-117
Printed death notice, 1877 March 15; Cairo, Eqypt.
The Khedivial Society of Geography announces the death of Compiègne, Louis-Alphonse-Henri-Victor du Pont, marquis de, (1846-1876).
Creator: Societe Khediviale de Geographie
Language: French
Related documents: p. 120
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Page 07-118
Letter from William Ferrel to Charles Francis Adams, 1877 March 22; Washington, DC.
Acknowledges status as an Associate Fellow.
Creator: Ferrel, William, 1817-1891
Related documents: Volume 06, p. 61
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Page 07-119
Letter from Jeremiah Lewis Diman to Josiah P. Cooke, 1877 March 27; Providence, RI.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Diman, J. Lewis (Jeremiah Lewis), 1831-1881; Elected 1877, Associate Fellow
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Page 07-120
Circular, 1877 April 3; Cairo, Egypt.
Clarifies cordial relationship between former President of the Khedivale Society of Geography, M. le Docteur Schweinfurth, and Secretary General M. le Marquis de Compiegne.
Creator: Societe Khediviale de Geographie
Language: French
Related documents: p. 117
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Page 07-121
Circular, [1877]; Bologna, Italy.
Describes three medals to be awarded by the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna.
Creator: Accademia delle Scienze dellí Istituto di Bologna
Language: Italian
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Page 07-122
Invitation, 1877 April 21; Uppsala, Sweden.
Invites academy to send representative(s) to Uppsala Universityís 400th anniversary celebration.
Creator: Uppsala universitet
Language: Latin
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Page 07-123
Letter from Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal (Gerald E. Hart, L.A. August Latores), 1877 April 26; Montreal, Canada.
Invites Academy to send material for Caxton 400th Anniversary celebration.
Creator: Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal
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Page 07-124
Letter from Rudolf Leuckart to Josiah P. Cooke, 1877 June 24; Leipzig, Germany.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Leuckart, Rudolf, 1823-1898; Elected 1877, FHM
Language: German
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Page 07-125
Letter from August Wilhalm Hofmann to Josiah P. Cooke, 1877 July 23; Berlin.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hofmann, August Wilhelm von, 1818-1892; Elected 1877, FHM
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Page 07-126
Letter from Oswald Heer to Josiah P. Cooke, 1877 July 24; Zurich, Switzerland.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Heer, Oswald, 1809-1883; Elected 1877, FHM
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Page 07-127
Circular, 1877 July 25; Paris.
Invites recipient to send delegates to the International Congress of Botany and Horticulture in August 1878.
Creator: Congrès international de Botanique et d’Horticulture
Language: French
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Page 07-128
Circular, 1877 July 31; Paris.
Invites recipient to send delegates to the International Geological Congress.
Creator: International Geographical Congress (1st: 1878: Paris)?
Language: French
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Page 07-129
Circular, [1877]; Washington, DC.
Copies letter dated August 21, 1877 from John Rodgers to R.W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, announcing the discovery of satellites of Mars.
Creator: Rodgers, John, 1812-1882; Elected 1867
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Circular, 1877 September; Washington, DC.
“Memorandum” on “discoveries and inventions made by him lately in Electricity”.
Creator: Berliner, E.
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Page 07-130
Letter from Havana, Sociedad Antropológica de la Isla de Cuba (Louis H. Delmas), 1877 September 28; Havana, Cuba.
The Anthropological Society of the Island of Cuba encloses a circular announcing establishment of the “first society that has been established in Islands of Cuba for the study of men and assisting sciences”.
Creator: Sociedad Antropológica de la Isla de Cuba, Havana.
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Page 07-131
Circular, 1877 August 1; Havana, Cuba.
Announces the establishment of an Anthropological Society in Havana.
Creator: Sociedad Antropológica Espanola
Language: Spanish
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Page 07-132
Letter from Samuel Eliot, [1877] October 10.
Cannot serve on Academy Council if regular meeting time is 7pm.
Creator: Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898; Elected 1865
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Page 07-133
Letter from Francis Minot to Charles Francis Adams and Josiah P.Cooke, 1877 October 19; Boston.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Minot, Francis, 1821-1899; Elected 1877
Image: /RG-IB_v07/002069.001.jpg
Page 07-134
Letter from James Bradley Thayer to Treasurer of the Academy, 1877 October 21; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902; Elected 1877
Image: /RG-IB_v07/002070.001.jpg
Page 07-135
Letter from Charles R. Cross to Josiah P. Cooke, 1877 November 16; Boston.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Cross, Charles R. (Charles Robert), 1848-1921; Elected 1877
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Page 07-136
Printed invitation, 1877 December 16; Batavia, Dutch East Indies.
Invites recipient to celebration of the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences’ 100th anniversary (1878 April 24).
Creator: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen
Image: /RG-IB_v07/002072.001.jpg
Page 07-137
Letter from Rumford Association (A. R. Linscott, Secretary and Treasurer), 1877 December 23; North Woburn, MA.
Follows up on earlier request for financial help from the Academy towards the purchase of the Rumford home.
Creator: Rumford Association
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Page 07-138
Letter from Charles Sanders Peirce to Charles Francis Adams, 1878 January 15; New York City.
Acknowledges change in status to Associate Fellow.
Creator: Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914; Elected 1867
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Page 07-139
Letter from Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Recording Secretary of the Academy, 1877 December 17; Boston.
Resigns membership in the Academy.
Creator: Hoar, E. R. (Ebenezer Rockwood), 1816-1895; Elected 1874
Image: /RG-IB_v07/002075.001.jpg
Page 07-140a
Letter from Thomas Potts James to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 January 16; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: James, Thomas Potts, 1803-1882; Elected 1878
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Page 07-140b
Letter from John Fiske to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 February 7; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Fiske, John, 1842-1901; Elected 1878
Image: /RG-IB_v07/002077.001.jpg
Page 07-141
Letter from Raphael Pumpelly to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 February 12; Owego, NY.
Acknowledges election to the Academy as an Associate Fellow.
Creator: Pumpelly, Raphael, 1837-1923; Elected 1870
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Page 07-142
Death notice, 1878 March 8; Turin, Italy.
Announces the death of Federigo Sclopsis de Salerano.
Creator: : Sclopis di Salerano, Isabella
Language: Italian
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Page 07-143
Printed invitation, 1878 March 9; Pavia, Italy.
The Royal University of Pavia invites the Academy to unveiling of statue of Alessandro Volta, a gift of Sig. Cav. Carlo Francesco Nocca.
Creator: Università di Pavia
Language: Italian
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Page 07-144
Letter from James Jackson Putnam to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 March 19; [Boston].
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Putnam, James Jackson, 1846-1918; Elected 1878
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Page 07-145
Letter from Justin Winsor to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 March 20; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897; Elected 1878
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Letter from John Collins Warren to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 March 30; [Boston]
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Warren, John Collins, 1842-1927; Elected 1878
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Letter from Emile Plantamour to Charles Francis Adams, 1878 April 13; Geneva, Switzerland.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Plantamour, E. (Emile), 1815-1882; Elected 1878, FHM
Language: French
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Printed death notice addressed to President of the Academy, 1878 April 15; Liege, Belgium.
Announces the death of Theodor A.H. Schwann (1810-1882).
Creator: Stas, J.; Van Beneden, Edouard
Language: French
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Letter from John Williams White to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 April 27; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: White, John Williams, 1849-1917; Elected 1878
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Letter from John Knowles Paine to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 May 1; Cambridge, MA.
Resigns membership in the Academy.
Creator: Paine, John Knowles, 1839-1906; Elected 1871
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Letter from Frederic Henry Hedge to Assistant Librarian of the Academy, 1878 May 9; Cambridge, MA.
Reminds Librarian of resigned membership in the Academy.
Creator: Hedge, Frederic Henry, 1805-1890; Elected 1866
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Paso de Mercurio por el disco del Sol, 1878 May 8; San Fernando, Spain.
Printed report from the Observatorio de Marina de San Fernando on the transit of Mercury.
Language: Spanish
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Letter from Francis Wharton to Professor Pickering, 1878 May 10; Narragansett, RI.
Resigns membership in the Academy.
Creator: Wharton, Francis, 1820-1889; Elected 1874
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Letter from Alexandre Panopaulo, 1878 June 5; Constantinople.
Discusses his research on perpetual motion; asks for consideration of his paper.
Creator: Panopaulo, Alexandre
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Letter from Jacob Georg Agardh to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 July 17; Lund, Sweden.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Agardh, J. G. (Jacob Georg), 1813-1901; Elected 1878, FHM
Language: French
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Death notice, 1878 July 23; Hernals, Austria.
Announces the death of Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804-1878).
Creator: [The family of Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky]
Language: German
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Letter from Sociedad Mexicana de Geografìa y Estadìstica (Ignacio M. Altamirano, president) to President of the Academy, 1878; Mexico.
The Mexican Society of Geography and Statistics encloses publication about Henry Stanley’s explorations in Africa.
Creator: Sociedad Mexicana de Geografìa y Estadìstica
Language: Spanish
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Letter from Charles Follen Folsom to Josiah P. Cooke, [1878] October 8; Boston.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Folsom, Charles Follen, 1842-1907; Elected 1878
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Page 07-156
Letter from John Chipman Gray to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 October 17; [Boston].
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Gray, John Chipman, 1839-1915; Elected 1878
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Page 07-157
Letter from John Phillips Reynolds to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 October 24.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Reynolds, John Phillips; Elected 1878
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Page 07-158
Letter from Charles Sprague Sargent to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 October 26.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927; Elected 1878
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Page 07-159
Letter from Mary Carlyle Aitken to Charles Francis Adams and Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 November 8; Chelsea, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy on behalf of Thomas Carlyle [Thomas Carlyle (1795ñ1881); FHM, 1878].
Creator: Aitken, Mary Carlyle
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Letter from John Ruskin to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 November 10; Liverpool, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900; Elected 1878, FHM
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Page 07-161
Letter from William Sumner Appleton to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1878 November 19; Boston.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Appleton, William S. (William Sumner), 1840-1903; Elected 1878
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Page 07-162
Letter from Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 November 25; Cambridge, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Munro, H. A. J. (Hugh Andrew Johnstone), 1819-1885; Elected 1878, FHM
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Letter from Henry Van Brunt to Josiah P. Cooke, 1878 November 29; Boston.
Declines election to the Academy.
Creator: Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903
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Page 07-164
Letter from Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Walter R Browne) to Secretary of the Academy, 1879 March; Westminster, London.
Encloses two circulars describing work of the Institution’s research programs.
Creator: Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain)
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Proposed Scheme for Experimental Research, as adopted by the Council, December 20th, 1878; [London].
Printed report of the Institution establishing a Research Committee to follow experiments and recommend subjects of study.
Creator: Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain)
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Letter from Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain), 1879 March; Westminster, London.
Asks for information bearing on three research subjects, as listed.
Creator: Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain)
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Page 07-167
Letter from Frank Winthrop Draper to Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 March 19; Boston.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Draper, Frank Winthrop, 1843-1909; Elected 1879
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Page 07-168
Letter from Asaph Hall to Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 March 19; Washington, DC.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hall, Asaph, 1829-1907; Elected 1879, Associate Fellow
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Letter from Alfred Hosmer to Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 March 26; Watertown, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hosmer, Alfred; Elected 1879
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Letter from Robert Hallowell Richards to Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 March 22; Boston.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Richards, Robert H. (Robert Hallowell), 1844-1945; Elected 1879
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Page 07-171
Letter from Franz Cornelis Donders to Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 April 10; Utrecht, Netherlands.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Donders, F. C. (Franciscus Cornelis), 1818-1889; Elected 1879, FHM
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Page 07-172
Letter from Henry Hobson Richardson to Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 April 10; Brookline, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886; Elected 1879
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Page 07-173
Minutes, [1879 April]; [Petrograd, Russia].
Minutes of meeting held by the Imperial Russian Archaeological Society on 1879 April 11.
Creator: Imperatorskoe russkoe arkheologicheskoe obshchestvo
Language: French
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Letter from Ferdinand Marie Lesseps to President of the Academy, 1879 April 17; Paris.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 1805-1894; Elected 1879, FHM
Language: French
Image: /RG-IB_v07/002114.001.jpg
Page 07-175
Letter from James Craig Watson to Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 June 4; Ann Arbor, MI.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Watson, James C. (James Craig), 1838-1880; Elected 1879, Associate Fellow
Image: /RG-IB_v07/002115.001.jpg
Page 07-176
Letter from Edward Jarvis to Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 October 10; Dorchester, MA.
Comments on his status as member of the Academy.
Creator: Jarvis, Edward, 1803-1884; Elected 1863
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Letter from Frank Austin Gooch to Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 October 24; Newport, RI.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Gooch, Frank Austin, 1852-1929; Elected 1879
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Page 07-178
Letter from Nathaniel Dana Carlile Hodges to Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 October 24; Cambridge, MA.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Hodges, Nathaniel Dana Carlile; Elected 1879
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Page 07-179
Letter from James Fitzjames Stephen to Charles Francis Adams and Josiah P. Cooke, 1879 November 7; Liverpool, England.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Stephen, James Fitzjames, 1829-1894; Elected 1879, FHM
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Letter from Georg Curtius, 1879 November 9; Leipzig, Germany.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Curtius, Georg, 1820-1885; Elected 1879, FHM
Language: German
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Page 07-181
Circular, 1879 December 7; Anvers, Belgium.
Announces the Archeological Academy of Belgium’s “Programme du Concours de 1880”.
Creator: Académie d’archéologie de Belgique
Language: French
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Circular, [1879]; Milan, Italy.
Details the Congress’s “Reglement General”.
Creator: Congres International de Bienfaisance de Milan
Language: French
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Letter from Wilhelm Valentiner, 1880 February; Mannheim, Germany.
Printed notification of change of address from Mannheim to Karlsruhe [not member of the Academy].
Creator: Valentiner, Wilhelm, 1845-1931
Language: German
Image: /RG-IB_v07/002123.001.jpg
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Letter from Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas to the President of the Academy, 1850 February 20; Paris.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: : Dumas, Jean Baptiste Andre 1802-1870; Elected 1849, FHM
Language: French
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Death notice, 1880 February 20; Danzig, Germany
The Naturalist Society in Danzig announces the death of A. Menge.
Creator: Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Danzig
Language: German
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Letter from Josiah Willard Gibbs to Josiah P. Cooke, 1880 February 26; Baltimore.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903; Elected 1880, Associate Fellow
Image: /RG-IB_v07/002126.001.jpg
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Letter from Clarence King to Josiah P. Cooke, 1880; Washington, DC.
Acknowledges election to the Academy.
Creator: King, Clarence, 1842-1901; Elected 1880, Associate Fellow
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Printed death notice, 1880 March 2; Emden, Germany.
The Naturalist Society in Emden announces the death of M.A.F. Prestel.
Creator: Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Emden
Language: German
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Letter from Natural History Society of West Virginia (A. Schaffranek), 1880 March 18; Wheeling, WV.
Announces establishment of Natural History Society of West Virginia; asks Academy for copies of its publications.
Creator: Natural History Society of West Virginia
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Programma Certaminis PoeticiÖ[1880]., 1880 April; Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Creator: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Netherlands)
Language: Latin
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Letter from Royal Geological Society of Ireland (M H Close and [ill.] Fall) to Theodore Lyman, 1880 April 20; Dublin, Ireland.
Responds to Academy's invitation to send delegates to its centennial celebration in May 1880.
Creator: Royal Geological Society of Ireland
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Printed death notice addressed to President of the Academy, 1880 May 25; Bologna, Italy.
The Royal University of Bologna announces the death of Francesco Rizzoli.
Creator: Universita di Bologna
Language: Italian
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Printed death notice, 1880 May 9; Kiel, Germany.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1880 June 9.
Announces the death of Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806-1880).
Creator: Peters, C. F. W. (Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Peters), 1844-1894
Language: German
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Death notice, [1880 May]; [Cambridge, England].
Read at Stated Meeting, 1880 October 13.
Announces the death of William Hallaowes Miller (1801-1880).
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Page 07-[194]
Alphabetical index to letters, first of two pages.
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Page 07-[195]
Alphabetical index to letters, second of two pages.
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