Letter to Mr. Henry H. Collier, 1837

Henry Haight Collier, was born in Howard, Steuben County, N. Y., November 28, 1818. His father, Richard Collier, was from Green County, in the same State. His grandfather, Isaac Collier, and his great-grandfather were originally from England. His mother, Mary Haight, was of Dutch origin. In 1835, Henry went to St. Catharines, where his elder brother, Richard Collier, resided. He spent two years at Grantham Academy, and then returned to Steuben County, to read law in Bath, with Edward Howell, and subsequently with Hammond and Campbell. Mr. Collier never opened a law office. He studied law for two years and in 1839 he went to Texas where he was connected with the State and Treasury Departments. In 1845 Mr. Collier returned to St. Catharines and opened a general store called St. Catharines Agricultural Works with his brother. The store remained open until May, 1877. He added the manufacturing of lumber in 1850, and manufacturing of agricultural implements in 1869. He built one of the first saw mills on the canal, on Lock No. 5, in St. Catharines. In July, 1877, he was appointed Collector of Customs. He became a Village Councilor for St. Paul’s Ward in 1859, and held that office from fifteen to twenty years. He was Deputy Reeve and member of the County Council for two terms. He was the Mayor of St. Catharines in 1872 and 1873. He was also Chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners of the city, during the time that the works were being built. He was a Justice of the Peace for twenty years or more. Mr. Collier was affiliated with the Reform Party and he was a Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity and an Odd Fellow. He was also active in the Methodist Church. On June 1, 1858, he married Cornelia, daughter of Moses Cook, of "Westchester Place," St. Catharines, and had a daughter and son. Mary J. (married name: Mrs. Frank Camp) was a graduate of the Female Seminary at Hamilton, and Henry Herbert was a student in the University of Toronto. Henry H. Collier died on July 15, 1895 and is buried in Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Ontario. Sources: www.accessgeneology.com "Historical Profiles from Victoria Lawn Cemetery" by Paul E. Lewis "Sincerely Lamented St. Catharines Obituaries 1817-1918" by Paul Hutchison

Charles Larned letter, April 3, 1813.

Charles Larned (1791-1834) was a lawyer and American military officer who served during the War of 1812. He was the son of Simon Larned (1753-1817), who served as a captain in the Revolutionary War and was a member of the United States Congress from Massachusetts from 1804-1805. Charles studied law in the office of Henry Clay in Kentucky, and was dining with a group of prominent citizens when word was received that General William Henry Harrison could soon be overpowered by General Henry Proctor. Colonel Owen, a member of the group, organized a regiment to reinforce Harrison’s troops. Larned became a member and subsequently survived the River Raisin Massacre and was later present at the Battle of the Thames. He was also part of a group of men who learned of General William Hull’s plan to surrender Detroit to the British and planned to overtake him should this occur. However, the plan failed, Hull did surrender and the men became prisoners of the British. After the war, Larned became a lawyer, and served as Attorney General of Michigan Territory during the Black Hawk War. During the cholera epidemic of 1834, he worked tirelessly to assist others, but was stricken with the disease and died. Letter Transcription: Pittsfield, April 8, 1813 I think that by this time my dear Charles you will allow I have some reason to give you a gentle reprimand for breach of duty—but I will not censure you upon suspicion maybe you have substantial reasons—at any rate one cannot very graciously reproach the other for negligence I for one am healthy as ham & that we have so seldom exchanged letters during your absence & on my honor promise to be a better girl in future—but the truth is my Dear Charles I am secretary for the Family—Mama you know never writes & James but seldom & they are all dispersed in different directions, consequently I have many calls upon my time—this to be sure is a pleasant duty & I urge it only as a slight palliation for my remissness if you should consider it as such—now I have finished my preface—I will try to be more interesting & doubtless I succeed. Our dear Father we hope & trust is now in Green Bush, where he will probably remain a month perhaps & from thence he expects to go to Sacket’s harbor—at which place you know our troops are fast collecting-- We shall hope to see him either here or there before he goes. Brother George I believe is [still] at Plattsburgh but expects soon to be removed to some other military part perhaps with Papa (I hope so at least). We have just got letters from Brothers Sylvester & Joseph at Middlebury—they are in good health. Mama has for some weeks been afflicted with an inflammation in her eyes but seems now to be convalescing. Sister Martha has been somewhat unwell for a few weeks but is now tolerably recovered. James & myself are both in our usual good health & at this time seated by the same stand, one reading, the other writing. Thus my Dear Charles have I given you an abstract history of our Family—but here indeed is a wonderful omission; not a word about Miss Harriet Hunt, who in truth ought to have been noted first but the last she’s not the least in my memory. She is much grown since you saw her, but does not speak as fluently as we could wish—a few word she can say. Probably before this you have been informed of the great loss your friend Sherrill has sustained in the death of his mother—also of the revolution that has taken place in Hackbridge as it respects the religion & morality of the place that more than one hundred on the plain have become religious converts & c—indeed I am at a loss what to say that will afford your pleasure—a narrative at this time must be gloomy indeed. The distressing situation of our country at this time would make almost any recital melancholy. The prevailing epidemic has swept off many of your acquaintance no doubt. Mrs. Dewey of Williamstown, the sister of Mrs. Danforth, has left a Husband, Children & many Friends sincerely to lament her loss—some few have died in our village, but we have escaped astonishingly –it has raged in every town about us--If we are unwilling to acknowledge a God in his mercies. I fear she shall be compelled to do it in the awfulness of his judgments.--------I am much [pleased] with our new neighbors the Parsons Wife & a Miss Woodward her cousin is a fine girl, I think, Mrs. Allen has not a handsome face but something in her manner that interests one her person I think the handsomest I ever saw & the Parson seems well pleased with his selection—Mrs. Ripley is with them this winter & will probably remain thro the summer—Her husband at [Sackett’s Harbor] little or no alteration is apparent since her marriage—she seems as gay & fond of company as ever.-------Mrs. [McKnight] it is expected will commence housekeeping in about three weeks in the house formerly occupied by Mr…. [Report] says that Mr. Goodman & Clarissa Weller are soon to be married & many other things that I must omit to mention for Mama wants a… PS reserved--now my Dear Charles remember you are considerably… & I am confident you have as much leisure as I have –… be ceremonious but write whenever I find time not & I beg… the same – I tell James I shall not send his love for he must write himself. I shall anxiously expect you to write & do not disappoint your affectionate, sister--H One word my Dear Charles from your affectionate Mother who longs to see Her Dear son Charles—but being deprived of that rich blessing at present—begs Him so to conduct that she may hope for it ere long—do you search the Scriptures and keep the Sabbath holy unto the Lord—and all the sacred Commandments of God—it is my ardent desire…He would protect, support and provide for your soul and body and believe me your affectionate friend and Mother. R Larned.

Indenture between Henry and Mary Ellen Rogers and John Young

Indenture of bargain and sale between Henry and Mary Ellen Rogers of the Township of Niagara and John Young of the Township of Niagara regarding part of Lot no. 113 in the Township of Niagara - instrument no. 15071. Registered in the County of Lincoln on January 16, 1865 in Book C, folio 344, January 13, !865.

Rural life in America: or, summer and winter in the country

UANL

Distribuição larval planctônica de Bachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) na região de Ubatuba, com novas descrições larvais para o gênero Persephona Leach, 1817

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Israel, der wandernde Prophet : Predigt gehalten am 4. und 18. November 1865

von H. Hochheimer

Evolución histórica de la cartografía geológica en España, desde sus orígenes hasta los mapas de Verneuil y Collomb (1864) y Maestre (1865)

La presente Tesis muestra una visión en conjunto de la evolución de la cartografía geológica en España desde sus orígenes hasta el año 1864, cuando aparecieron, de forma simultánea, los dos mapas geológicos completos de España. El estudio se divide en doce capítulos. El primero es una introducción, con los objetivos y metodología del trabajo, así como en los antecedentes de estos trabajos. El segundo capítulo aborda la representación temprana del paisaje y de los elementos geológicos, desde las piedras grabadas de Abauntz, de hace 13.000 años, que se han interpretado como un mapa geomorfológico y de recursos naturales o el mapa con el volcán Çatalhöyuc en Turquía de 6.600 a.C., hasta las primeras representaciones cartográficas que surgieron con el desarrollo de las primigenias sociedades urbanas. El Papiro de Turín es un mapa del 1.150 a.C. con contenido geológico real que muestra con precisión la distribución geográfica de los distintos tipos de roca en la que se incluye información sobre minería. El tercer capítulo trata sobre cómo se establecieron las bases para la representación científica de la superficie terrestre en el Mundo clásico. Se hace un somero repaso a como se desarrollaron sus concepciones filosóficas sobre la naturaleza y de la cartografía en la Antigua Grecia y el Imperio Romano. En el cuarto capítulo se sintetiza la evolución de los conceptos cartográficos en el mundo medieval, desde las interpretaciones teológicas del mundo en los mapamundis en O-T de Las Etimologías del siglo VIII, o los Beatos, al nacimiento de una representación cartográfica verdaderamente científica en los siglos XIII y XIV, como son los portulanos, destacando el especial interés de la "Escuela Mallorquina". En el quinto capítulo se estudia el Renacimiento y la Edad Moderna, incidiendo en la importancia de la cartografía en los viajes de los descubrimientos, que marcan el mayor avance conceptual en la comprensión de la Tierra. La carta de Juan de la Cosa (1500) es la primera representación de América y además es el primer exponente de la cartografía producida por la Casa de la Contratación de Sevilla. Se presta especial atención a la representación de fenómenos volcánicos, con el ejemplo de las observaciones geológicas que realizó Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478-1557), en las que se encuentran varios croquis sobre los volcanes de Nicaragua. Finalmente, se estudian las representaciones del subsuelo en la minería, que en esa época inauguraron un nuevo lenguaje pictórico, y las técnicas y saberes mineros en el ámbito hispanoamericano. El capítulo sexto es muy amplio, estudia el contexto científico internacional donde nacieron los primeros mapas geológicos, desde los primeros cortes geológicos realizados a principios del siglo XVIII, hasta el primer mapa geológico del mundo de Amí Boué (1843). En este estudio se estudian también los distintos avances científicos que se fueron produciendo y que permitieron que se levantaran los mapas geológicos. Se analiza la importancia del desarrollo de la cartografía topográfica, que permitió que se pudieran representar distintos elementos geológicos sobre ellos, dando lugar a los primeros mapas temáticos, como por ejemplo, el mapa de los recursos mineros del obispado de Salzburgo (1716). Se dedica un amplio capítulo a la influencia de la Academia de Minas de Freiberg, dónde Abraham G. Werner (1749-1817) impartía clases. Werner sistematizó los materiales geológicos que componen el edificio terrestre dividiéndolo en grandes unidades, de este modo se sentaron las bases que propiciaron la representación cartográfica. A partir de este momento se levantaron un buen número de mapas geognósticos. A principios del siglo XIX, las teorías de Werner empezaron a perder aceptación internacional, incluso entre sus discípulos, como Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) que desarrolló una teoría sobre el levantamiento de las montañas a partir del empuje causado por intrusiones ígneas. Desde la historiografía de la cartografía geológica, se considera un hito la aparición del mapa geológico de Inglaterra, Gales y Escocia, Smith (1815), sin embargo, desde el punto de vista conceptual, el mapa de Cuvier y Brogniart (1808) representa un verdadero mapa geológico con un claro relato histórico. Después se repasan las distintas ideas sobre los mecanismos orogénicos, en especial las de Élie de Beaumont, que ejercieron una gran influencia entre los geólogos de nuestro país. A continuación se trata la figura de Lyell y el desarrollo del actualismo. Finalmente se analiza el primer mapa geológico del mundo, obra de Boué (1843). El capítulo séptimo trata sobre las primeras representaciones gráficas de la Geología española que tuvieron lugar en la época del Reformismo Borbónico. Se empieza con un repaso al estado de la Geología en España en esa época a la que sigue un estudio de los principales hitos en la representación cartográfica con indicaciones geológicas. De este modo se analizan los escasos planos mineros realizados en América que representen los filones, los cortes mineros de Guadalcanal y Cazalla de Hoppensack, (1796) y la utilización de la cartografía en la remediación de los desastres naturales. Los cortes geológicos de Teruel al Collado de la Plata, Herrgen y Thalacker (1800), suponen la primera descripción moderna de un terreno que se realizó en España. A continuación, se menciona la importancia de las cartografías geognósticas, financiadas por la Corona española, realizadas en los Alpes por Carlos de Gimbernat a principios del siglo XIX. Por último, se estudian los caracteres geológicos de los planos para la investigación del carbón en Mallorca, de Taverns (1811). El capítulo octavo constituye el núcleo principal de la presente tesis, y se ha titulado la Época Histórica de la Geología española, en el que se estudian el desarrollo de la cartografía geológica en nuestro país, en el periodo comprendido entre la promulgación de la Ley de Minas de 1825, hasta la constitución de la Carta Geológica de Madrid y General del Reino, en 1849. Se hace primero un repaso a las circunstancias políticas del país, a continuación se sintetiza el estado de la Geología en España en dicho periodo, las instituciones, y las publicaciones. Después se estudia la contribución de los autores extranjeros al conocimiento de la Geología en España, como Charpentier, que en su mapa de los Pirineos está cartografiando parte del territorio español, o Leopold von Buch, Lyell, Silvertop, Cook, Haussmann, entre otros. A continuación se estudia ya la cartografía de distintas cuencas mineras o regiones de España. Se analizan los mapas por separado, estudiando las memorias que las acompañan y la biografía de sus autores. Se empieza por las tempranas contribuciones con estudios de las cuencas carboníferas en los que ya se encuentran cortes geológicos formales. Se incide con mucho mayor detalle en el análisis de las tres cartografías geológicas que aparecieron simultáneamente hacia 1834: las de La Mármora en Baleares, de Le Play en Extremadura y de Schulz en Galicia, tres productos muy distintos, pero que fueron los pilares fundantes de esta disciplina en España. Por una parte, la primera tiene un interés exclusivamente científico, mientras que las otras dos, se enmarcan en un proyecto de cartografía geológica nacional, de un carácter más aplicado. A continuación se aborda el estudio del conjunto de cartografías que van apareciendo sobre la Geología de España, empezando por la de Naranjo (1841) en Burgos, de Collette (1848) en Vizcaya, de Prado (1848) en el Noreste de León; Rodríguez (1849) en Teruel y de Luxan (1850) en el Suroeste de España. La última parte del capítulo analiza dos cartografías (todavía parciales) del conjunto del país, que aparecieron en Alemania hacia 1850: la de Ezquerra (1851) y la de Willkomm (1852). El capítulo noveno trata sobre la institucionalización de la cartografía geológica en España, que se inicia con la fundación de una comisión, en 1849, para levantar el mapa geológico del Reino. Durante este periodo, de todas formas, la Comisión sufrió diversos avatares, aunque, en resumen se puede considerar que se produjeron tres proyectos de cartografía: el primero es la serie de cartografías geológicas provinciales a escala 1:400.000, que se iniciaron con la de Madrid; el segundo son los estudios de cuencas carboníferas, gracias a los cuales se levantaron mapas geológicos en Sant Joan de les Abadeses, Maestre, (1855) y el Norte de la provincia de Palencia, Prado (1861), el tercero y último es el mapa geológico general de España, Maestre (1865). De todas formas, en este periodo también aparecieron cartografías geológicas realizadas por la Dirección General de Minas. El hito cartográfico final de esta tesis es doble, entre 1864 y 1865, se publicaron, por fin, dos mapas geológico completos de España: el de Verneuil y Collomb (1864) y el de Maestre (1865). Finalmente, en el décimo y último capítulo se analizan en conjunto todas las producciones cartográficas que se han ido estudiando a lo largo del trabajo y se exponen, a modo de conclusiones, las principales aportaciones de esta Tesis.

Catharine Waugh McCullouch papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1869-1945

Collection primarily documents McCulloch's research on women's legal status, and her work with the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the League of Women Voters. There is also documentation of women in the legal profession, of McCulloch's friendships with the other women suffragists and lawyers, and some biographical material. The papers contain little information about her family or social life.

Poem in John Henry Tudor's hand(?), March 1796, with empty envelope

This poem is about winter and appears to be an assemblage of passages from several published works along with Tudor's own compositions. On the verso, Tudor wrote "Abbott 2nd. March 1796." On the empty envelope is written: "Letters from my dear deceased friend J.H.T.," along with a note in another hand reading: "no letters found enclosed." It is unclear whether or not the envelope formerly held the poem.

Letters from Benjamin Welles to John Henry Tudor, 1799-1801

Benjamin Welles wrote these six letters to his friend and classmate, John Henry Tudor, between 1799 and 1801. Four of the letters are dated, and the dates of the other two can be deduced from their contents. Welles wrote Tudor four times in September 1799, at the onset of their senior year at Harvard, in an attempt to clear up hurt feelings and false rumors that he believed had caused a chill in their friendship. The cause of the rift is never fully explained, though Welles alludes to "a viper" and "villainous hypocrite" who apparently spread rumors and fueled discord between the two friends. In one letter, Welles asserts that "College is a rascal's Elysium - or the feeling man's hell." In another he writes: "College, Tudor, is a furnace to the phlegmatic, & a Greenland to thee feeling man; it has an atmosphere which breathes contagion to the soul [...] Villains fatten here. College is the embryo of hell." Whatever their discord, the wounds were apparently eventually healed; in a letter written June 26, 1800, Welles writes to ask Tudor about his impending speech at Commencement exercises. In an October 29, 1801 letter, Welles writes to Tudor in Philadelphia (where he appears to have traveled in attempts to recover his failing health) and expresses strong wishes for his friend's recovery and return to Boston. This letter also contains news of their classmate Washington Allston's meeting with painters Henry Fuseli and Benjamin West.

Africa with expedition routes, 1865 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte von Afrika nach den neuesten Forschungen : mit Angabe der wichtigsten Entdeckungswege, bearbeitet und gezeichnet von Henry Lange. It was published by Otto Purfürst in 1865. Scale 1:14,250,000. Covers also Madagascar and part of the Arabian peninsula. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'World Sinusoidal' projection with the central meridian at 25 degrees east. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, expedition routes, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes legend of expedition routes. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

The value of physical science in the work of education : an address delivered July 25th 1865 upon laying the cornerstone of the Jenks Chemical Hall at Lafayette College /

Mode of access: Internet.