Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (American ornothologist)
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Booksellers catalogue description of The Birds of America by John James Audubon, early 21st century
Item — Box CLX-A-356
Identifier: Coll-1849/Dh.7.86-92
Scope and Contents
Booksellers (Whitmore Rare Books) catalogue description of The Birds of America by John James Audubon. First Octavo Edition.
Dates:
early 21st century
Minutes volume 1, 12 January 1808 - 01 May 1830
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Identifier: Coll-206/1/1
Scope and Contents
Bound volume containing 310 numbered pages. The first 23 sessions of the Wernerian Natural History Society are minuted, including: details of the formation of the society, its original members and constitution, the Charter from the Town Council of Edinburgh and details of nominations for and ratifications of membership. Details of titles and abstract content of all papers read to the society are minuted. These include: Observations on the Mineral System of...
Dates:
12 January 1808 - 01 May 1830
Notebook No.143, 4 May 1846 - 12 May 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/143
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Lyell’s notes during his second trip to the United States, dated 5 May 1846, to 11 May 1846. The volume starts with Lyell in Baltimore, travelling through Philadelphia, New York City, Albany, and Troy, New York State. On pg. 12 Lyell notes seeing a humming bird in Miss Watson's Greenhouse. Lyell spends much of his time in upstate New York with a few colleagues: Joseph Cogswell (American librarian), Ebenezer Emmons (American Geologist), James Hall (American...
Dates:
4 May 1846 - 12 May 1846
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