Copy in Foulke's hand. Includes note from John F. Frazer and note from Foulke that he sent to Mr. Frazer on February 12 and that Frazer returned it to him with his note on February 13. See also Frazer, John Fries
Booth is expressing support for publication of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, which will help increase general knowledge of the state's resources for development. A separate note of agreement follows from John F. Frazer. See also Frazer, John Fries.
Includes over 150 minerals and gives per cent composition of silex, alumine, magnesia, "oxyd" of manganese, potash and water of each. Presented to the American Philosophical Society by the author, April 7, 1815. According to the document the names given to the minerals were "chiefly based on [Abraham Gottlob] Werner."; Extra oversized. Located in map cabinet.
As noted on the broadside, "Read at the Bath meeting of the British Association, 1888." Frazer, minerologist, metallurgist, chemist, and son of the Philadelphia scientist, John F. Frazer, points out that George F. Kunz, gemmist for Tiffany and Company, and reporter of precious stones for the United States Geological Survey, requested him to call attention to these minerals.; Item call number: Pam. v. 382, no. 3.
Prospectus for Dana's unofficial version of his geological report. The official government editions of the Wilkes Expedition reports were limited to 100 copies which led a number of authors to publish unofficial editions for wider distribution.; Item call number: Pam. v. 389, no. 11.
Proposal to offer a series of 12 lectures on geology, probably in Boston. Finch, a British geologist, traveled extensively in the eastern United States and Canada in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century, publishing articles on the geology of the areas he visited in American scientific journals. In 1833 he published a full account of his stay in America under the title Travels in the United States and Canada, containing some account of their scientific institutions, and a few notices of the geology and mineralogy of those countries (London, 1833).
Descriptions of natural gas samples and the five localities in North America from which they were collected by Foucou.; Item call number: Pam. v. 1094, no. 14.
Montgomery County Prison. Report of Committee on Historical Publications. Every person to whom he speaks of the geological report appears to favor its publication.
