Pedro Gutiérrez Bueno (1743-1822) y las relaciones entre la química y la farmacia durante el último tercio del siglo XVIII

El presente trabajo se enmarca en un proyecto de investigación sobre la farmacología en la sociedad española del siglo XIX, en particular, acerca del papel de las prácticas y los conocimientos químicos en la transición de la materia médica a la farmacología experimental. Dentro de ese esquema general, el objeto principal de este trabajo es uno de los principales autores españoles de libros de texto de química del último tercio del siglo XVIII: Pedro Gutiérrez Bueno (1745-1822). En un trabajo anterior se ha estudiado el público destinatario de la primera edición de su libro de texto así como las principales características de esta obra. En este artículo abordaremos el análisis del contexto en el que se produjo la aparición de la segunda edición, lo que conducirá a estudiar las ideas de Gutiérrez Bueno sobre las relaciones entre la química y la farmacia. Estas ideas estuvieron fuertemente influidas por los puntos de vista defendidos por Antoine Fourcroy en Francia.

Letter from Benjamin Croswell to William Croswell, 1810 March 30

One-page letter from William Croswell's cousin with information about the ailments of Benjamin Croswell's wife.

Financial bills and receipts, 1809-1810

This folder contains five bills and receipts.

Proposal and recommendations for a celestial planisphere, or, map of the heavens, 1807-1810

This folder contains a broadside with an 1807 printed proposal for a Mercator celestial map that is appended with a handwritten list of subscribers, dated December 1810, as well as two copies of printed recommendations for the map.

Draft of an acknowledgment statement, [1810?]

One-page document containing notes presumably for an acknowledgment page of Croswell's Mercator map.

Company orders, 1810 May 2

A printed request for Croswell to appear for military duty.

XI. Catalogue of Harvard graduates, [ca. 1810]

This paper notebook contains a handwritten, alphabetical listing of graduates of the Harvard Classes of 1642 to 1809 presumably compiled from the published Triennial Catalogues.

Observations of Sun Spots, 1739-1743

Eleven-page notebook containing John Winthrop's handwritten observations and calculations. Titled by Winthrop "Observations of 'Spots' on ye Sun with ye Naked Eye," this is the first known record of his scientific observations and records what he saw while examining the sun "with an 8 foot telescope from 6 a.m. til sun set" on the Boston Commons and concluding with "a considerable aurora borealis" that night (April 20, 1739). It has been speculated that his reference to the aurora borealis in these observations may indicate that he recognized the interrelation of the aurora borealis and sun spots, a concept which was not definitively established until the mid-nineteenth century.

Ledger for the Classes of 1732-1743, 1728-1749

The volume, bound in a modern green leather binding, contains accounts for the Classes of 1732-1743. The Steward's accounts with Harvard College are interspersed throughout the volume.

Council's Proceedings on the petition of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1743 March 7

Handwritten copy, signed by Josiah Willard, of a March 7, 1743 Council vote ordering further work by a Committee considering a petition by the Harvard Corporation related to ferry fares, and a half-page response by Francis Foxcroft suggesting that the Committee recommend certain fare rates and ferryman percentages.

Draft of a petition to the General Court from the Corporation, 1743 October 26-27

Two-page handwritten draft of a petition to the General Court signed by President Edward Holyoke, and a half-page letter that accompanied the draft from President Holyoke to Tutor Flynt, a member of the Committee to draft the petition.