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Memorabilien des Ind. Geminde gegenwarting in Sandusky

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Description: An eye witness account of the invasion of Ohio Moravian towns of Salem, Gnadenhutten, and New Shonbrunn by a troop of Wyandotes, Delawares, and Shawnee under the command of the British Agent of Indian Affairs McKee in the summer of 1781. The anonymous author, apparently a Moravian missionary, described the events in Apr. - Sept. 1781, including the capture of missionaries David Zeisberger, Johann George Jungman, Gottlieb Senseman, William Edwards, Johann Heckelwelder, and Michael Jung with their families as well as the Christianized Indians. The captives were carried off to Upper Sandusky
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: after 1781, November.
Call number: mssHM 59431
Provenance: Purchased at Sotheby's sale 7315, lot 439A, May 25, 1999. From the collection of Dr. Frank D. Siebert who had acquired it from Wessen in 1952.

Vortraege des fabriken-commissarius Dorn ueber das technische des branntweinbrennens und bierbrauens ; Waarenkunde nach dem vortraege des herrn fabriken-commissions-rath May

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A manuscript volume set of lectures in two sections; taken down (in 19th century German script) by a student named "Wilrich" at, presumably, a Berlin technical school. The first set of lectures (April-June, 1829), by Johann Friedrich Dorn, is a complete treatise, covering all aspects of brewing technology, including formulas for making various kinds of beers, spirits, wines, cognacs, liqueurs, and brandies; with tables and illustrations and a large manuscript hand-colored folding plate depicting a distilling machine, with a two-page explanation and a printed broadside advertisement for a measuring instrument. The second set of lectures (June 1829), by Johann Gottfried May, concern textile manufacture and include references to Europe and North America. Bound in contemporary pastepaper boards, with some wear to the corners and spine.

mssHM 83389

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Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière letter to Monsieur L'Héritier

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Letter written by Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière to French botanist [Charles Louis] L'Héritier (1746-1800). The letter states that La Billardière sent specimens to L'Héritier for Baltic German botanist [Johann Gerhard] König (1728-1785) and British botanist [Sir James Edward] Smith (1759-1828). The letter, written from Paris in 1791, is in French; one page consists of the address.

mssHM 83086

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Génération continue des races actuelles par les séries animales et végétales: memoir, autograph manuscript draft

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In this handwritten, signed manuscript, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire is discussing evolutionary theory from a philosophical and historical standpoint. He cites a number of important scientists and philosophers such as Georges-Louis Lecler, Comte de Buffon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Johann Wolfgang von Geothe, Johannes Müller, Lorenz Oken, Georges Cuvier, Jan van der Hoeven, Henri Dutrochet, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and devotes several pages of the manuscript to a discussion of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. It is likely that this manuscript was intended for publication and as a follow-up to another unpublished memoir titled "Mémoire pour établier que le principe de l'unité typéale de l'organisation contient des élémens revelatoires..." The manuscript is in French.

mssHM 74831

Memorabilien des Ind. Geminde gegenwarting in Sandusky

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