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Title: Washington, D.C.[,] March 18, 1863. Sir, Replies have been received to my circular letter of March 5th from more than three- fifths of the members of the National Academy of Sciences
Identifier(s): text:996; APSimg6615; Goodman Number: 34
Description: Circular letter sent to J. P. Lesley from Senator Henry Wilson announcing that the first meeting of the National Academy of Sciences will take place in New York, Wednesday, April 22nd, 1863.; See also Goodman #33. Located in folder: 1863 Mar 18. Henry Wilson to J. P. Lesley.
Creator: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Source: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; National Academy of Sciences (U.S.); Sciences; Organizations
Date: 1863

Title: United States Senate[,] March 5, 1863. Sir, A bill to incorporate the "National Academy of Sciences" has been introduced by me in the Senate, and, having passed through the several stages of legislation, has now become a law under which you are one of the corporators
Identifier(s): text:1013; APSimg6614; Goodman Number: 33
Description: Circular letter from Senator Henry Wilson announcing passage of legislation incorporating the National Academy of Sciences and requesting the best date for the letter's recipient, named as one of the corporators of the academy, to join in a meeting of the newly-formed body. Sent by Wilson to J. P. Lesley, March 5, 1863 and signed by Wilson.; Located in folder: 1863 Mar 5. Henry Wilson to J. P. Lesley.
Creator: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Source: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; National Academy of Sciences (U.S.); Sciences; Organizations
Date: 1863

Title: M_____[,] Monsieur Emmanuel Arago, Monsieur Alfred Arago... . ont l'honneur de vous faire part de la perte douloureuse qu'ils viennent de faire en la personne de M. François Arago...décédé à l'Observatoire de Paris, le 2 octobre 1853, à l'âge de 67 ans
Identifier(s): text:995; APSimg6616; Goodman Number: 182
Description: Notification of the death of the French physicist and astronomer Dominique-Fran_ois-Jean Arago who experimented on physical phenomenon--electricity, magnetism, and light--and who was particularly active in the scientific community of Paris.
Source: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Arago, F. (François), 1786-1853; Announcements
Date: 1853

Title: To the public. ...Conditions...upon which said annual [Magellanic] premiums will be awarded. ...Published by order of the society, at Philadelphia, the 19th day of November, 1786
Identifier(s): text:994; APSimg6748; Goodman Number: 10
Description: Signed in type by James Hutchinson, Robert Patterson, Samuel Magaw, and John Foulke, secretaries of the American Philosophical Society. Originally enclosed in letter from Samuel Vaughan to [Jean] Hermann, professor of medicine at the University of Strasbourg, March 20, 1788. The Magellanic premium was begun in 1786 with a 200-guinea donation from John Hyacinth Magellan, a Portuguese member of the Royal Society, and was awarded periodically to "the author of the best discovery, or most useful improvement relating to navigation, astronomy or natural philosophy, mere natural history only excepted."; Located in folder: 1788 March 20. Samuel Vaughan to Professor Hermann.
Creator: American Philosophical Society
Source: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; American Philosophical Society; Awards; Astronomy; Navigation; Physics
Date: 1786

Title: Harry S. Truman to Chester Kerr, 1959 November 24
Identifier(s): text:166120
Description: Independence, Mo., Photostat of typed L.S. 1p. Is sorry he cannot be in Philadelphia for the first volume presentation of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Presented by Mr. Kerr; Nov.1959.
Source: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.200-ead.xml
Subject: Truman, Harry, 1896-1980
Date: 1959-11-24

Title: Table of contents for "Ahtna Texts Recorded in Copper Center, Alaska"
Identifier(s): text:183066
Description: Table of contents for audio collection, "Ahtna Texts Recorded in Copper Center, Alaska," which were made with Catherine McClellan and numerous Ahtna consultants in 1958. Includes listings of songs and interviews on tapes, including names of singers and speakers, as well as frequent additional detailed information on the nature of each recording. See recording collection "Ahtna Texts Recorded in Copper Center, Alaska" (Mss.Rec.31) for the audio material.
Creator: De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004
Source: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200); http://search.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.200-ead.xml
Subject: Ahtena Indians
Date: 1958

Title: A Story of Turtle & his Brother
Identifier(s): text:165901
Description: A.Ms. 2p. Story told by Edwin Maness of Sarnia Reserve, Ontario. Interlinear translation by Edward Sapir from Anishinaabemowin, as spoken at Sarnia. May be Ottawa language according to linguistic classification. This story was recorded on phonograph by Sapir in Ottawa. This recording is held at Canadian Museum of History, where it is cataloged as item III-G-55.
Creator: Maness, Edwin; Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939
Source: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200); http://search.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.200-ead.xml
Subject: Anishinaabe; Ojibwe people; Ojibwa Indians
Date: 1912-05-10