Search results | APS Digital Library

Title: New-Brunswick has been visited by a frightful tornado. ...Charged with that mournful duty by their fellow citizens, the undersigned have made a survey of the devastation, and ascertained, as nearly as practicable, the amount of the positive and direct damage sustained.
Identifier(s): text:1486; APSimg6467; Goodman Number: 166; 973 C683 No. 181
Description: Requests pecuniary aid for the victims of this tornado which completely destroyed 130 homes and damaged numerous others. Signed in type by J. J. Janeway, G. S. Webb, F. Richmond, D. Fitz Randolph, and Miles C. Smith. The APS Archives also contain a report of this tornado made by J. J. Janeway, April 23, 1835.
Creator: Janeway, J. J. (Jacob Jones), 1774-1858
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Meteorology; Tornadoes; Fund raising
Date: 1835

Title: Sir[,] The Royal Society have receiv'd your present of _____ and I am directed to return you their thanks for the same
Identifier(s): text:695; APSimg6567; Goodman Number: 56
Description: All three copies sent from Royal Society to Benjamin Smith Barton on the following dates: December 7, 1797, February 1, 1798, and April 17, 1799. All contain autograph signature of Charles Peter Layard, secretary of the Royal Society. In them Barton is thanked for sending the following: "Collection for an essay towards a materia medica of the United States," "Papers relative to certain American antiquities," and "New views of the origin of the tribes and nations of America." 3 copies.
Creator: Royal Society (Great Britain)
Source: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Natural history; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Organizations
Date: ca. 1797-1799

Title: Circular. It is proposed to commence a system of education, in Rutgers' College, consistent with the improvements of the age, in the all important art of instruction. By the system intended to be pursued, the arts and sciences will be taught practically as well as theoretically.... The arts will be taught by practice, under skilful [sic] professors, the sciences as follows
Identifier(s): text:1409; APSimg6421; Goodman Number: 83; 973 C683 No. 428
Description: In addition to listing the new program of science instruction at the college, the circular also requests donations of natural history specimens for the college museum and funds to purchase scientific apparatus.; A section is cut out and missing from the circular.
Creator: Rutgers College
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Education; Universities & colleges; Teaching; Sciences
Date: n.d.

Title: Sir, A number of the citizens of this state have recently formed a society under the title of the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina
Identifier(s): text:114; APSimg6407; Goodman Number: 30; 973 C683 No. 80
Description: Circular letter, originally sent to John Vaughan, requesting the receiver to aid the society with observations and discoveries and to communicate this request to others. Especially entreats reader to forward natural history specimens in order that the society might augment the holdings of its newly-founded museum. Autograph signature of Stephen Elliot, president of the society.
Creator: Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Natural history; Organizations; Galleries & museums
Date: ca. 1813

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: Circular. The trustees of the Philadelphia Museum avail themselves of the occasion of a change of their location, which the intended sale of the arcade renders inevitable
Identifier(s): text:139; APSimg6417; Goodman Number: 73; 973 C683 No. 95
Description: Attempt by the trustees of the museum to raise money for the erection of a new building to house Peale's Museum. Faced with recurring financial difficulties, the museum had been formerly incorporated in 1821 under the name of the Philadelphia Museum Company. The new building referred to in the broadside was finally erected in 1838.
Creator: Philadelphia Museum
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Museums and Menageries; Peale’s Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.); Fund raising
Date: ca. 1835

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: Paris, ce 24 janvier 1773. Monsieur, Les savans ne cessent de se plaindre de la tardive communication des découvertes & des nouvelles relatives aux arts & aux sciences
Identifier(s): text:598; APSimg6603; Goodman Number: 103
Description: Circular letter prospectus for a periodical publication, Observations sur la physique, sur l'histoire naturelle et sur les arts (more commonly known as Rozier's Journal) for which François Rozier had purchased the publishing privilege in 1771. In 1773, the year this letter was published, Rozier changed the journal's format and began vigorously promoting his publication as an alternative to the slow, restricted-access publications of learned societies. Includes autograph signature of Rozier and one page manuscript letter indicating that communications to be considered for publication may be received by Benjamin Franklin, Mr. Magalhaens [John Hyacinth de Magellan?], and Mr. [Peter] Elmsley, bookseller, all three residing in London.
Creator: Rozier, François, 1734-1793
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: General Publications; Broadside Subdivision: ; Natural history; Periodicals
Date: 1773

Title: Gentlemen, I thank you for the honor you do me in the favor of this visit; and I will endeavor to explain to you in as few words as possible, my design in forming this museum, and the motive which induced me to request you, gentlemen, to take on yourselves the trouble of becoming visitors and directors of it
Identifier(s): text:1749; APSimg6523; Goodman Number: 70; 973 C683 No. 358
Description: Describes purpose and present state of Peale's Museum. Peale's attempt to create a public institution of his museum began with the creation of a board of "visitors" or trustees who were to initially provide advice and financial support, and later completely oversee the museum's operation. Signed in type by Charles Willson Peale.
Creator: Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Museums and Menageries; Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.); Natural history; Specimens; Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
Date: 1792

Title: Philosophical Hall, Philadelphia, (Circular.) Sir, the American Philosophical Society have always considered the antiquity, changes, and present state of their country as primary objects of their research; and with a view to facilitate such discoveries, a permanent committee has been established, among whose duties the following have been recommended as requiring particular attention.
Identifier(s): text:1341; APSimg6403; Goodman Number: 12; 973 C683 No. 106
Description: Gives the following as members of the committee: Thomas Jefferson, James Wilkinson, George Turner, Caspar Wistar, Adam Seybert, C[harles] W[illson] Peale, and Jon[athan] Williams. Circular letter signed by Jon[athan] Williams, chairman of the committee.
Creator: American Philosophical Society
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; American Philosophical Society; Committees; Natural history
Date: 1797 ?

Title: M. ______[,] Vous êtes prié d'honorer de votre présence, jeudi 30 du présent mois d'avril, le rendez-vous de la République des Lettres et des Arts...
Identifier(s): text:784; APSimg6674; Goodman Number: 51
Description: Circular in French inviting the recipient to attend a meeting of the Republic of the Letters and the Arts. Originally enclosed with a letter from Pahin-Champlain de la Blancherie to Benjamin Franklin, January 20, 1779 (see B:F85:vol.40:no.168).; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, No. 38
Creator: République des Lettres et des Arts
Source: Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Learning and scholarship; Organizations
Date: 1779

Title: Circular. American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston, 6th March, 1849.
Identifier(s): text:591; APSimg6604; Goodman Number: 108
Description: An attempt to obtain expressions of support for Schumacher whose astronomical research and publication were endangered by the strained political relations between Denmark and the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Requests that scientific societies in the United States add their written support to that rendered by the world scientific community. Reprints such letters of support from A[lexander] von Humboldt, M. [Dominique-François-Jean] Arago, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Signed in type by Edward Everett, Benjamin Peirce, and J. Ingersoll Bowditch, members of the committee appointed to communicate the academy's position.
Creator: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Astronomy; Astronomical observatories; Organizations; Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780-1850
Date: 1849

Title: Laussane, le _____ 178_. M-----[,] Nous avons l'honneur de vous donner avis, d'une entreprise que nous venons de faire, & ...
Identifier(s): text:798; APSimg6679; Goodman Number: 107
Description: Prospectus sent to Benjamin Franklin on December 28, 1783.; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 69.
Creator: Société Typographique
Source: Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: General Publications; Broadside Subdivision: ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Encyclopedias & dictionaries
Date: 1783

Title: Paris, ce _____. -----[,] Je suis devenu seul propriétaire de la manufacture de produits chimiques, située enceinte de l'Abbaye St.-Germain, rue du Colombieu, no. 23, près de mon laboratoire d'instruction
Identifier(s): text:819; APSimg6696; Goodman Number: 135
Description: Circular letter sent from Vaquelin to [Giovanni Fabbroni], May 18, 1807.
Creator: Vauquelin, Louis Nicolas, 1763-1829
Source: Giovanni Valentino Mattia Fabbroni Papers (Mss.B.F113);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Chemistry; Chemistry; Chemicals; Scientific apparatus
Date: 1807

Title: University of Pennsylvania, (Faculty of arts.) October 25th, 1867. A very important change having been made in the system of instruction in the university...a circular was issued, on the 9th of September, by the faculty, containing a detailed statement of the new plan. ...Since the opening of the term, several slight...modifications having been adopted, it is thought best to issue...a full explanation of the new system
Identifier(s): text:1393; APSimg6423; Goodman Number: 87; 973 C683 No. 205
Description: Gives course of studies for the bachelor of arts degree including the following science-related subjects: mathematics, chemistry, physics, physical astronomy, and geography. Signed in type by Francis A. Parkman, secretary of the board of trustees.
Creator: University of Pennsylvania
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Education; Universities & colleges; Science
Date: 1867

Title: Department of War, May 15, 1826. To -----[,] Sir: It is the intention of the government to collect and preserve such information as may be obtained concerning the Indian languages.... You will report to the Department, at as early a period as you can, the information required.
Identifier(s): text:1771; APSimg6496; Goodman Number: 281; 973 C683 No. 112
Description: Letter enclosed originally with the three following documents: 1) "uniform comparative vocabulary"; 2) "verbal forms and sentences" for translation; and 3) "an attempt," by Albert Gallatin, "to arrange the Indian tribes of the United States east of the Stony Mountains, according to languages and dialects" (for Gallatin's chart, see Goodman #275). Signed in type by James Barbour.
Creator: United States. War Dept.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Indians of North America--Language; Linguistics
Date: 1826

Title: Private circular. Dear Sir, I take the liberty of asking your aid in circulating the enclosed prospectus
Identifier(s): text:548; APSimg6651; Goodman Number: 235
Description: Cover letter for a prospectus (Goodman #234; 590 Pam. no. 28b). One copy was sent to Dr. M. H. Coates, one to W. H. Farquhar, and the third to Professor [John F.] Frazer. (See 590 Pam. no. 28d & B F865.a no. 11 for the other two copies.) All three contain autograph signatures of Agassiz.; Item call number: 590 Pam. no. 28e.
Creator: Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
Source: Zoological Pamphlet Collection (590 Pam.);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Natural history; Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873; Zoology
Date: 1855

Title: [Circular requesting that Indian languages of the U.S. be recorded and sent to the War Department]
Identifier(s): text:276577
Creator: Barbour, James, 1775-1842et al
Subject: Broadsides; Indigenous peoples--North America; Indigenous peoples--Language; United States. War Department.
Date: 1826

Title: Circular. At the last meeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, it was resolved...that the scope of the society should be extended, so as to embrace, henceforth...the advancement of all the departments of positive knowledge.... Objects and rules of the association...called the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Identifier(s): text:1752; APSimg6400; Goodman Number: 3; 973 C683 No. 681
Description: Signed in type by Henry D. Rogers, Benjamin Peirce, and Louis Agassiz, members of a committee appointed to alter the constitution and rules of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists.; See also Goodman #6.
Creator: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Organizations; Science; Organizational rules
Date: ca. 1847?

Title: Philadelphia, December 1857. Sir, I beg leave to transmit to you the copy of a resolution adopted by the American Association at its last meeting, and to invite your advice and guidance in the preparation of an appropriate report to that body. I have supposed that the several topics which such a report should embrace, may fitly arrange themselves under the following heads
Identifier(s): text:1769; APSimg6461; Goodman Number: 154; 973 C683 No. 630
Description: Autographed circular letter from J[ohn] K. Kane to Prof. J[ohn] F[ries] Frazer dated December 21, 1857. Lists six general topics which the committee on the coast survey of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is expected to investigate. Also gives a list of the twenty members appointed by the association to the committee: J[ohn] K. Kane, Joseph G. Totten, Benjamin Peirce, John Torrey, Joseph Henry, J. F. Frazer, Wm. Chauvenet, F. A. P. Barnard, John Le Conte, W. M. Gillespie, F. H. Smith, W. H. C. Bartlett, Walcott Gibbs, Stephen Alexander, Lewis R. Gibbes, Joseph Winbock, James Phillips, William Ferrel, Edward Hitchcock, and James D. Dana. Signed in type by Joseph Lovering, permanent secretary of the association.
Creator: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Mathematics and Surveying; Organizations; Surveying
Date: 1857