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Zoologia ethica A disquisition concerning the Mosaic distinction of animals into clean and unclean. : ... By William Jones
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents. There is also personal correspondence of William Jones Rhees and correspondence with Sons of the American Revolution, particularly the chapter at Washington, D.C. This portion of the collection holds letters from Dorothea Lynde Dix. Letters and addresses to the United States Pension Bureau contain routine letters regarding pensions or applications. Letters and papers relating to Indian affairs pertain to various Indian agents and factors, including Benjamin Hawkins, William Hull, William Irvine, Return Jonathan Meigs, and others. There are also 134 letters collected chiefly for their autograph value, and receipts for Smithsonian publications. United States presidents represented in the collection include: John Quincy Adams, James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Franklin Pierce, and Zachary Taylor. See container lists for National Institute materials, Smithsonian Institution materials, and William Jones Rhees correspondence series for item details. Individuals represented by 5 or more pieces consist of: Agassiz, Louis (41 items) Alden, James (11 items) Alexander, John Henry (9 items) Alexander, Stephen (10 items) Bache, Alexander Dallas (61 items) Barnard, Frederick Augustus Peter (12 items) Cass, Lewis (12 items) Caswell, Alexis (7 items) Chase, Salmon Portland (10 items) Chauvenet, William (7 items) Cobb, Howell (9 items) Colfax, Schuyler (16 items) Craven, Tunis Augustus (7 items) Dana, Charles Anderson (6 items) Dana, James Dwight (39 items) Davis, Charles Henry (20 items) Dix, Dorothea Lynde (25 items) DuPont, Samuel Francis (11 items) Emory, William Hemsley (5 items) Fessenden, William Pitt (5 items) Field, Cyrus West (6 items) Force, Peter (13 items) Gibbs, Oliver Wolcott (28 items) Gilbert, Samuel Augustus (12 items) Gilliss, James Melville (36 items) Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (30 items) Gray, Asa (17 items) Guyot, Arnold (6 items) Hamlin, Hannibal (10 items) Hare, Robert (6 items) Hayes, Isaac Israel (6 items) Henry, Joseph (78 items) Hilgard, Julius Erasmus (13 items) Hill, Abrose Powell (6 items) Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson (15 items) Jenkins, Thornton Alexander (13 items) Kennedy, Joseph Camp Griffith (7 items) LeConte, John (5 items) LeConte, John Lawrence (7 items) LeFroy, Sir John Henry (11 items) Lesley, J. Peter (5 items) Lieber, Francis (32 items) Llody, Humphrey (7 items) McCosh, James (6 items) Maclean, John (40 items) Markoe, Francis (9 items) Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham (9 items) Mitchell, Henry (7 items) Newcomb, Simon (7 items) Patterson, Carlile Pollock (10 items) Pearce, James Alfred (24 items) Peirce, Benjamin (38 items) Phelps, Thomas Stowell (10 items) Poe, Orlando Metcalfe (5 items) Porter, David Dixon (10 items) Porter, Noah (10 items) Potter, Alonzo (8 items) Preble, George Henry (5 items) Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (8 items) Rodgers, Christopher Raymond Perry (8 items) Rodgers, John (5 items) Rogers, Fairman (28 items) Sabine, Sir Edward (30 items) Seward, William Henry (7 items) Silliman, Benjamin, Jr. (31 items) Simpson, James Harvey (9 items) Stevens, Isaac Ingalls (18 items) Smith, Gerrit (7 items) Totten, Joseph Gilbert (26 items) Trenchard, Stephen Decatur (16 items) Trowbridge, William Petit (23 items) Tyndale, Hector (11 items) Tyndall, John (16 items) Waite, Morrison Remick (35 items) Wilkes, Charles (26 items)
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Manuscripts
This series contains correspondence of William Jones Rhees, chiefly personal letters or correspondence related to the Sons of the American Revolution, particularly the Washington, D.C., chapter. Within this series there are 22 letters from Dorothea Lynde Dix, dating from approximately 1870 to 1886.
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Manuscripts
Microfilm of the autobiography of William Ellis Jones, covering his experiences from childhood through 1896. The first few frames contains notes for ditches for the West Field Canal Co. (appear to be part of Walter S. Tolton, MFILM 00056). The autobiography describes Jones's childhood and family history, his early interest in religion and conversion from Methodism to Mormonism, his arrival in Nauvoo, his experiences in Council Bluffs, his move to St. Joseph in 1855, living in Nebraska in 1856, traveling to Utah in 1861, living near Clover Canyon and Bear Canyon, living in Santa Clara and St. George, teaching school in Hebron and Santa Clara, a list of names of baptisms and endowments (1887), and genealogy notes.
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