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William Jones Rhees: Index to autographs (1 volume)
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Miscellaneous autographs (including some listed in the Rhees index (RH 4598), but removed from correspondence
Manuscripts
Although assembled chiefly for its autograph value, the collection contains various groups of related materials. In addition to the collections of Alexander Dallas Bache, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and Smithsonian Institution, the collection contains 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. 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. The papers of Alexander Dallas Bache, 1827-1867; National Institution for the Promotion of Sciences 1816-1858, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1815-1874, and Smithsonian Institution, 1831-1906 have been organized in separate sub-units.
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Rhees correspondence
Manuscripts
Although assembled chiefly for its autograph value, the collection contains various groups of related materials. In addition to the collections of Alexander Dallas Bache, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and Smithsonian Institution, the collection contains 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. 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. The papers of Alexander Dallas Bache, 1827-1867; National Institution for the Promotion of Sciences 1816-1858, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1815-1874, and Smithsonian Institution, 1831-1906 have been organized in separate sub-units.
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Rhees correspondence
Manuscripts
Although assembled chiefly for its autograph value, the collection contains various groups of related materials. In addition to the collections of Alexander Dallas Bache, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and Smithsonian Institution, the collection contains 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. 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. The papers of Alexander Dallas Bache, 1827-1867; National Institution for the Promotion of Sciences 1816-1858, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1815-1874, and Smithsonian Institution, 1831-1906 have been organized in separate sub-units.
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Index
Manuscripts
Although assembled chiefly for its autograph value, the collection contains various groups of related materials. In addition to the collections of Alexander Dallas Bache, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and Smithsonian Institution, the collection contains 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. 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. The papers of Alexander Dallas Bache, 1827-1867; National Institution for the Promotion of Sciences 1816-1858, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1815-1874, and Smithsonian Institution, 1831-1906 have been organized in separate sub-units.
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William Jones Rhees papers
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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Alexander Dallas Bache Correspondence
Manuscripts
Although assembled chiefly for its autograph value, the collection contains various groups of related materials. In addition to the collections of Alexander Dallas Bache, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and Smithsonian Institution, the collection contains 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. 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. The papers of Alexander Dallas Bache, 1827-1867; National Institution for the Promotion of Sciences 1816-1858, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1815-1874, and Smithsonian Institution, 1831-1906 have been organized in separate sub-units.
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