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The works of William Hewson, F.R.S
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Alexander W. (Alexander William) Williamson letter to James Joseph Sylvester
Manuscripts
In this letter, Williamson is notifying Sylvester that he was awarded the Copley Medal at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society held on November 30 in London and that Williamson accepted it on Sylvester's behalf. Sylvester was then living in Maryland. Letter is written on Royal Society letterhead.
mssHM 80587
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William Bennett Munro papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists primarily of letters to Munro from his academic colleagues, dealing with reactions to his research and publications, with his professional and social activities, and with the administration of universities and other institutions in which Munro was interested. A few letters after Munro's death are addressed to Professor Harvey Eagleson concerning a memoir of Munro. Correspondents include Charles Austin Beard, Max Farrand, Herbert Hoover, Walter Lippman, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Robert A. Millikan, and George Walter Prothero.
mssHM 27998-28161
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William Hobart Hare letter to Edward Abbott
Manuscripts
Letter from William Hobart Hare in Boston, probably written to Edward Abbott. Hare, who was traveling from New York with his brother-in-law, writes that he may not arrive in Cambridge until just before a planned meeting. He also writes that he would be glad to stay with Abbott after the meeting. Includes a printed photograph of Hare.
mssHM 29237
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Diary of Lewis William Barry Wride [microform] : 1898-1901
Manuscripts
Microfilm of a diary probably kept by Lewis William Barry Wride from 1898-1901. The diary opens with Wride's departure from American Fork in November 1898 and records his travels to Mexico. The diary resumes in 1900 and traces Wride's daily life in Mexico and Utah until 1901.
MSS MFilm 00402 item 01
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Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. Westall's Illustrations of Byron's Works, with Suitable Extras, and a Brief Memoir
Manuscripts
Bound volume, 31 pages (with 28 blank pages interleaved between the illustrative plates); the printed illustrative plates were drawn by Richard Westall and engraved by various artists. The "brief memoir" of Bryon and the "suitable extras" (short extracts from various poems by Bryon) are written in an unknown hand and signed with the initials: "MM" and dated, 1834. The volume also has the bookplate of Henry Ecroyd Smith on the inside front cover.
HM 63286