Manuscripts
History of Virginia typescript copy
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Copy of patent for land in Virginia
Manuscripts
Autograph manuscript, pen and ink. Copy of extracts in Jefferson's hand of his patent dated 1774 July 5 for 157 acres of land in Botetourt County, Virginia, including the Natural Bridge. Includes notes and diagram survey. (2 pages)
HM 9368
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Virginia City and California history notebooks
Manuscripts
Five notebooks, by an unknown author, regarding historical resources for Virginia City, Nevada, and California history. Two notebooks includes sources from the newspaper Territorial Enterprise, which was founded by William Jernegan and Alfred James in December 1858 in Virginia City, Nevada.
mssVCV
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Edmund Randolph letter to Ogden Hoffman
Manuscripts
Randolph discusses legal details, and tells Hoffman he will bring him a copy of important information.
mssHM 19009
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Notes on the history of electrical science: typescript of book
Manuscripts
Copy of 51-page typescript of book written by Lyle D. Feisel and two pages of correspondence between Feisel and Bern Dibner. The typescript concerns the history of electrical science and includes chapters on the work of scientists including William Gilbert, Otto von Guericke, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Augustin Coulomb, Luigi Galvani, Alessandro Volta, Hans Christian Oersted, André-Marie Ampère, Georg Ohm, Michael Faraday, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Wilhelm Weber, and James Clerk Maxwell. In a letter written by Feisel to Dibner enclosing the typescript and dated 1972, February 28, Feisel mentions earlier correspondence between the two and describes the Notes, thanking Dibner for his interest in the history of electrical science. In a letter written in response dated 1972, March 7, Dibner mentions a list of publications on the history of electricity and magnetism and invites Feisel to join the Society for the History of Technology.
mssHM 83072
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Copy of survey of land in Albemarle County, Virginia
Manuscripts
Autograph manuscript. Copy made by Jefferson of survey of 66 acres of land in Albemarle County, Virginia made by Hudson Martin 1790 October 19, depicting land from Edward Carter to Nicholas Meriwether Lewis. (1 page)
HM 9377
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Personal memoirs, typescript
Manuscripts
Typescript copy of original of Rev. Benjamin Wooster's 1838 memoirs created by Kate G. Cummings for Joseph Northrop in March 1905.
mssHM 8045