RG XXI-A: Projects and Programs. Early Records

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Historical Note

A precursor to the ��Ƶ’s modern-day program areas and projects, specially-appointed committees conducted a variety of activities in the early years of the institution. These activities included, but were not limited to: investigating new discoveries and inventions, conducting scientific studies, developing the ��Ƶ’s collections, examining membership qualifications, amending organizational statutes and regulations, and developing new committees. These committees were ad hoc and many lasted only a year or two, just long enough to carry out its mandate of investigating a particular claim or determining the best method of achieving a particular goal, etc. The committee members were appointed at Stated Meetings and submitted their reports at subsequent meetings.

During the twentieth century and continuing to the present, project work represents a major focus of the ��Ƶ, although the focus has shifted primarily away from research to policy studies. Full descriptions of current work is available on the ��Ƶ website:

In addition to its own work, in 1881 the ��Ƶ was asked by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association to judge its annual contest for the invention that “most benefits human welfare,” given as the Grand Gold Medal.[1]

[1] See the report of the committee in Proceedings of the American ��Ƶ of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 17 (Jun., 1881 - Jun., 1882), on pp. 389-393: .

Scope and Content

As part of the larger record group for ��Ƶ Projects and Programs, this series contains the records of early special committees of the ��Ƶ dating from 1784 to 1913. The series is divided into two subseries: Special Committees, 1784-1913, and Grand Gold Medal, 1881. The first subseries consists primarily of special committee reports with some correspondence and other supplemental documentation. The records are arranged chronologically by the tenure of the committee.

The second subseries contains applications for the Grand Gold Medal competition of 1881. A committee of seven Fellows was established in June 1881 by the ��Ƶ to consider the award of the Grand Gold Medal, by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. However, records for the winning entry—a testing machine designed by Albert Everett—are not included among the applications.

A catalog of the exhibitions can be found at .

Volume

2 document cases (1 linear foot)

Arrangement

Each committee, event, or project is arranged as a subseries, and are arranged chronologically by founding date for committees and event date for events. Records are arranged alphabetically, within those of the Grand Gold Medal Committee of 1881, records are arranged alphabetically.

Preferred Citation

[Item title, date]. RG XXI: Projects and Programs. Early Records, 1784-1913. Archives, American ��Ƶ of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Languages

English

Subjects

Learned institutions and societies
Inventions
Agriculture
Meteorology
Boston Athenaeum
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
Public Health
Awards

FOLDER LIST

Subseries 1: Special Committees, 1784-1913

Box 1

Folder 1
Committee for Examining Machines (1783-1788)

Report on Mr. [Samuel] Blodget’s hydrometer, 1787 October 10.

Creator: Dexter, Aaron, 1750-1808; elected 1784 Related Documents: RG I-C-1 Volume 1, p. 103: Communication from Samuel Blodget on his hydrometer, 1788 November 15; RG I-C-2: Unbound communication from Blodget, “Description of the Hydrometer and the use of it,” [ca. 1788]

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Report on Mr. Joseph Pope’s Orrery, 1788 April 30.

Note: Includes 2 small sheets of illustrations.

Creator: Cranch, Richard, 1726-1815; elected 1781
Related documents: RG I-C-1 Volume 2, p. 53: Communication, “Mr. Joseph Pope’s Description of An Orrery of his construction,” 1794 November 12

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Committee respecting Books and the Cabinet (1784)

Committee report, 1784 January 28.

Creator: Willard, Joseph, 1738-1804; Charter Member, 1780

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Committee for Promoting Agriculture / Branches of Husbandry (1785-1792)

Broadsheet, 1786 March 16

Announces the purpose of the Committee and soliciting support,

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Committee report, [ca. 1786?].

Creator: Fisher, Joshua, 1748-1833; elected 1784

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Committee report, 1792 February 29.

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Committee to Make Electrical Experiments upon Several Kinds of Wood (1787-1788)

Envelope of letter addressed to Edward Augustus Holyoke, [ca. 1788].

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[Movements made at the 1787 August 22 meeting of the ��Ƶ]

Creator: Gannett, Caleb, 1745-1818; Charter Member, 1780

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[Movements made at the 1788 August 20 meeting of the ��Ƶ]

Creator: Gannett, Caleb, 1745-1818; Charter Member, 1780

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Committee on Dr. [Edward Augustus] Holyoke’s method for obtaining an accurate map of the Commonwealth (1789)

Committee report, 1789 May 29.

Creator: Willard, Joseph, 1738-1804; Charter Member, 1780
Related documents: RG I-B-1 Volume 1, p. 68: Letter from Edward Augustus Holyoke to James Bowdoin, 1788 November 29

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Committee on Mr. [William] Frobisher’s method of making Potash (1789)

Committee report, 1789 October 26.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1789 December 2.

Creator: Dexter, Aaron, 1750-1808; elected 1784
Related documents: RG I-C-1 Volume 1, p. 118: Communication from William Frobisher to the ��Ƶ, 1789 August 17

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Committee on Mr. [Jacob] Isaac[k]’s method of extracting fresh water from salt (1790-1791)

Committee report, [1791].
Read at Stated Meeting, 1791 May 31.

Creator: Warren, John, 1753-1827; elected 1781

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Committee to receive President’s [James Bowdoin] donation (1791)

Committee report, 1791 May 18.
Read at Stated Meeting, 1791 May 24.

Creator: Lathrop, John, 1740-1816; elected 1790
Related documents: RG I-B-1 Volume 1, p. 100v: Extract of portion of James Bowdoin’s Will pertaining to his library, [1790]

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Committee of the ��Ƶ for printing second volume of Memoirs (1792)

Proposals to the Committee, 1792 December 20.

Note: Endorsement by the Committee in separate hand.

Creator: Adams, Thomas

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Committee appointed on the Subject of Dyes (1793)

Committee report, [1793]
Read at Stated Meeting, 1793 May 28.

Creator: Tufts, Cotton, 1732-1815; Charter Member, 1780

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Committee regarding compensation for the Treasurer (1793-1795)

Committee report, [1794]
Read at Stated Meeting, 1794 November 12.

Creator: Gannett, Caleb, 1745-1818; Charter Member, 1780

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Committee to compare the respective Magnetic observations of Messrs. [Stephen] Sewall and [John] Vinall to examine their Instruments and inquire into the reason of their difference (1794-1795)

Committee report, 1795 January 26.

Creator: Willard, Joseph, 1738-1804; Charter Member, 1780
Related documents: RG I-C Communications on variations of the magnetic needles, 1791-1794

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Committee to examine Rev. Dr. [Peres] Fobes’ Orrery & Pantometron (1795)

Committee report, 1795 November 11.

Related documents: RG I-C-1 Volume 2, pp. 46-48: Communications from Fobes, 1794 May

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Committee respecting the alteration of §2 Chapter I of the Statutes (1797)

Committee report to consider the propriety of altering the Statute respecting the time for the choice of officers, 1797 October 31.

Creator: Willard, Joseph, 1738-1804; Charter Member, 1780

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Committee to apply to use Society Room in the State House (1800)

Resolve of Gen. Courts relation to Room for A. A. Arts & Sciences, 1800 February 27-28.

Note: “A true copy attest John Avery Secy.”

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Committee report, 1800 May 7.

Note: “Report accepted and ordered to be recorded.”

Creator: Sullivan, James, 1744-1808; Charter Member, 1780

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Order permitting Acad. of Arts & Sciences to use Society Room in the State House, 1800 February [27-]28.

Note: “A true copy attest: John Avery Secy”; affixed to the committee report.

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Committee appointed to examine Mr. [Benjamin] Dearborn’s scale for weighing gold (1801)

Committee report, 1801 August 19.

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Committee appointed to consider a Communication of G[iles] Gridley’s “description of patented improvements in Chimneys” (1809-1810)

Letter from William Emerson to John Prince with copy of vote to appoint committee, 1809 July 7.

Creator: Emerson, William, 1769-1811; elected 1803

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Committee report, 1810 August 6.

Related documents: RG I-C-2: Unbound communication from Giles Gridley, 1809 May 30

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Committee for the purpose of collecting specimens, more specifically from our own Country [ca. 1810]

Copy of vote to form the committee, and giving free use of the cabinet to committee members.

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Committee to make application to Legislature at the approaching session for pecuniary aid (1815)

Letter from John Farrar to Thomas Winthrop, 1815 January 3.

Asks Winthrop as Chairman of the committee to give notice to other members of their appointment.

Creator: Farrar, John, 1779-1853; elected 1808

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Committee to investigate the nautical instruments by Benjamin Dearborn (1823)

Report on Dearborn’s nautical inventions, 1823 August.

Related documents: RG I-B-1 Volume 4, p. 34: Letter from Benjamin Dearborn to John Quincy Adams, 1823 May 27

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Committee on the cabinet of natural specimens (1825)

Committee report recommending preservation action to be taken, including the purchase of a new cabinet, to be funded by the sale of the existing cases and cabinets, 1825 May 24.

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Committee on the Room at the Athenaeum (1825-1826)

Committee report of Conference on the Subject of the Room, 1825 July.

Creator: Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864; elected 1803

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Committee report on a room in the new Athenaeum building, 1826 November 4.

Note: Meeting had convened 1826 October 30.

Creator: Jackson, Charles, 1775-1855; elected 1817

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Agreement for Use of Rooms at the Boston Athenaeum signed by the ��Ƶ and Athenaeum Committees, 1826 November 14.

Note: Charles Jackson and James Savage represented the ��Ƶ, F.C. Gray and George Ticknor represented the Boston Athenaeum.

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Committee on an Annual Discourse (1826-1827)

Committee report, 1827 January 28.

Creator: Jackson, James, 1777-1866; elected 1817

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Committee on the proposition for more frequent meetings of the ��Ƶ (1831)

Committee report, 1831 November 9.

Creator: Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847; elected 1824

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Committee appointed to transfer property to new Treasurer Joseph Tilden (1834)

Treasurer Tilden’s receipt, 1834 June 6.

Creator: Tilden, Joseph [1779-1853]; elected 1812

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Committee report, 1834 August 13.

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Committee on Meteorological Observations (1837-1856)

Committee report, 1838 August.

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Enoch Hale’s Report on the acquisition of telescopes for the Committee, 1838 November 14.

Creator: Hale, E. (Enoch), 1790-1848; elected 1823

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Committee report, 1856 May 27.

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Committee to consider the expediency of holding extra meetings (1838)

Committee report, 1838 November 14.

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Committee on doing honor to the Memory of Dr. [Nathaniel] Bowditch (1838-1839)

Minutes of the committee concerning a Eulogy on Dr. Bowditch, 1838 March 22.

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Broadside, 1838 April 23.

Presents votes of the various committees related to the erection of a monument honoring Dr. Bowditch, and subscription information for raising funds, 1838 April 23.

Creator: Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864; elected 1803

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Committee report, 1839 May 28.

Creator: Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864; elected 1803

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Folder 29
Committee to establish a Library Committee (1839-1840)

Committee report, 1840 May 26.

Creator: Pickering, John, 1777-1846; elected 1810

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Folder 30
Committee to discuss the Communication from the Royal Society on Magnetic Observations (1839-1840)

Broadsheet from the Royal Society of London (W. H. Smyth, Foreign Secretary), 1839 July 1

Regarding the proposal to establish an extended system of Magnetic Observations.

Creator: Royal Society (Great Britain)

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Letter from John Pickering to Joseph Hale Abbott, 1840 January 31.

Provides logistical information for committee meetings.

Creator: Pickering, John, 1777-1846; elected 1810

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Report of the sub-committee appointed to confer with the President of the University in regard to the scheme of making magnetic observation at Cambridge Observatory, [1840] April 1.

Creator: Pickering, John, 1777-1846; elected 1810

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Committee report, 1840 April 22.

Creator: Pickering, John, 1777-1846; elected 1810

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Folder 31
Committee to change Statutes (1841-1842)

Report to the President, 1841 November 29.

Movements to establish a committee to arrange semi-monthly meetings of the ��Ƶ, to consider dividing members into sections, and for assigning subjects for dissertations or for discussion.

Creator: Emerson, George Barrell, 1797-1881; elected 1827

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Minutes of committee meeting, 1841 November 30.

Creator: Emerson, George Barrell, 1797-1881; elected 1827

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Committee report, 1842 November 16.

Creator: Pickering, John, 1777-1846; elected 1810

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Folder 32
Committee to investigate the alleged discoveries of Dr. [Joseph Rhodes] Buchanan (1843)

“Record of the doings of the committee on Dr. Buchanan,” 1843 March 15-22.

Includes minutes from five ��Ƶ meetings in 1843: March 15, March 17, March 18, March 20, and March 22.

Creator: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894; elected 1838

Committee report, 1843 March 22.

Letter from J. R. Buchanan to James Jackson, 1843 March 23.

Creator: Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes), 1814-1899

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Folder 33
Committee on the Application of the Oriental Society (1843)

Committee report on the application of the Oriental Society to hold stated meetings in the hall of the ��Ƶ, 1843 April 5.

Related documents: RG I-B-1 Volume 5, p. 35: Letter from the American Oriental Society (William Greenough, Recording Secretary) to George B. Emerson, 1843 May 18

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Appropriations Committee for Purchase of a Telescope (1843)

Committee report recommending the gift of $600 to Harvard College to purchase a telescope, 1843 April 11.

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Vote by the Appropriations Committee for purchase, 1843 April 12.

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Committee appointed to confer with the Legislature on the subject of proposed changes in the Registration Law (1845)

Committee report, 1845 March 26.

Creator: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894; elected 1838

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Committee on Monthly Meetings (1845)

Committee report, 1845 October 8.

Creator: Hayward, George, 1791-1863; elected 1818

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Folder 37
Committee on the Solar Index (ca. 1846)

Committee report, [ca. 1846]

Creator: Borden, Simeon, 1798-1856; elected 1842
Related documents: RG 1-C-2: Unbound communication by Marshall Conant, 1846 February 17

Folder 38
Committee appointed to confer with the American Philosophical Society on encouraging the federal government to support North American meteorological observations (1846-1848)

Copy of a report from the committee to the American Philosophical Society, 1846 January 31.

Creator: Swett, Samuel, 1782-1866; elected 1813

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Response to the American ��Ƶ, 1848 February 26.

Informs the committee of votes taken by the society in favor of addressing the federal government.

Creator: Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869

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Folder 39
Committee to confer with Lieutenant [James Melville] Gilliss (1848)

Proposal for appropriations by Lieut. Gilliss for an expedition to the southern hemisphere, with committee report, 1848 September 18.

Related documents: RG I-B-2: Letter from J. M. Gilliss to the ��Ƶ, 1847 October 22

Folder 40
Committee to examine the reports of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey (1849)

Committee report, 1849 February 6.

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Folder 41
Committee to Create a Joint Literary and Scientific Society and a Building (ca. 1850)

Proposal, ca. 1850.

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Folder 42

Committee to ascertain discrepancies in votes, Records, and the Statutes of the ��Ƶ (ca. 1850-1851)

Committee report, ca. 1851.

Creator: Abbot, Jos. Hale (Joseph Hale), 1802-1873; elected 1838

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Folder 43
Committee of the ��Ƶ on the admission of the proprietors of the Athenaeum to meetings of the ��Ƶ (1851-1852)

Committee report, 1851 December 3.

Creator: Eliot, Samuel Atkins, 1798-1862; elected 1847

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Committee report approving proposition, 1852.

Creator: Eliot, Samuel Atkins, 1798-1862; elected 1847

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Folder 44
Committee on John Jenkins’ system of writing (1855)

Committee report praising Jenkins’ system, 1855 September 2.

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Folder 45
Committee respecting the election of Dr. C.H.F. Peters (1856-1857)

Letter from Asa Gray to Peters requesting information on residency, 1856 November 13.

Creator: Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; elected 1841

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Letter from Peters to Gray providing residency information, 1856 November 16.

Creator: Peters, Christian Heinrich Friedrich, 1813-1890; elected 1856

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Letter from Gray to Joel Parker requesting an opinion on the election of Peters, 1856 November 20.

Creator: Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; elected 1841

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Letter from Parker to Gray giving his opinion, 1856 December 8.

Creator: Parker, Joel, 1795-1875; elected 1853

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Committee report on the case of Prof. Gray and Dr. Peters, [1857].

Gray’s rejoinder to the Committee report on his course in the “Peters Affair,” 1857 March 17.

Creator: Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; elected 1841

Parker’s rejoinder to the committee report, 1857 April 10.

Creator: Parker, Joel, 1795-1875; elected 1853

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Folder 46
Committee on reducing the admission fee and annual dues (1857)

Committee report, 1857 January 13.

Creator: Felton, Cornelius Conway, 1807-1862; elected 1844

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Committee report, 1857 March 10.

Creator: Felton, Cornelius Conway, 1807-1862; elected 1844

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Folder 47
Committee to examine the Statutes of the ��Ƶ and report on such amendments as they may deem it expedient (1857)

Committee report recommending Statute changes, 1857 April 14.

Creator: Treadwell, Daniel, 1791-1872; elected 1823

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Committee report, 1857 August 12.

Creator: Treadwell, Daniel, 1791-1872; elected 1823

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Folder 48
Committee to examine [Thomas] Hedgcock’s Patent Quadrant (1857)

Committee report, April 14, 1857.

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Folder 49
Committee on the mode of conducting meetings (1857)

Committee report, including proposal for a Judicial Committee, 1857 May 24.

Creator: Treadwell, Daniel, 1791-1872; elected 1823

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Folder 50
Committee considering removal of the Hall of the ��Ƶ to the Boston Society of Natural History (1872)

Committee report, [1872 April 9].

Creator: Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877; elected 1868

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Folder 51
Committee to whom was referred a paper written by Professor B[enjamin] Peirce, relating to the course of navigation over the Atlantic Ocean by steamships [1874]

Committee report, [1874].

Creator: Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886; elected 1857

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Folder 52
Committee to consider the Circular of the Royal Society in regard to a Catalogue of Scientific Publications (1894)

Committee report, [1894 October].
Read at Stated Meeting, 1894 October 10.

Related documents: RG I-B-1 Letterbook Volume 10, p. 66, Circular from the Royal Society of London, 1894 March 22

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Folder 53
Committee appointed to confer with a similar Committee of the Massachusetts Historical Society on accommodations for the ��Ƶ at the latter society’s new building (1897-1898)

Letter to Professor [William] Watson requesting review of committee report (included), 1898 January 4.

Creator: Trowbridge, John, 1843-1923; elected 1871

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Folder 54
Committee on Meetings (1913)

Suggestions of the Committee on Meetings (broadside), 1913 March 3. [2 copies]

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Subseries 2: Grand Gold Medal Committee, 1881

Box 2

Folder 1 Applications – A

Aetna Grate Bar Company – The Aetna Grate

Application form with attached description, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Aetna Grate Bar Company

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Letter explaining the grate’s contribution to human welfare, undated.

Creator: Aetna Grate Bar Company

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Copy of a testimonial letter attached to an advertisement for the Aetna Grate, undated.

Creator: Aetna Grate Bar Company

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William G. Anderson – Anderson’s Spring Stairs

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Anderson, William G.

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Clipping for W. G. Anderson’s inventions, undated.

Creator: Anderson, William G.

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J. S. Andrews and Co. – Horton’s Life Saving Mattress

Application form, [1881 October].

Creator: J. S. Andrews and Co.

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Copies of testimonials, 1881 November 5.

Creator: Board of Supervising Inspection of Steam Vessels and United States Local Inspectors

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Robert Ashe – Automatic Child’s Cradle

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Ashe, Robert

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Folder 2 Applications – B

H. T. Blodget – Elevator Safety Model

Application form, 1881 October 15.

Creator: Blodget, H. T.

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Folder 3 Applications – C

Andrew J. Chase – Cold Blast Refrigerator

Application form, 1881 October 17.

Creator: Chase, Andrew J.

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Letter from Chase to Theodore Lyman, describing “the most perfect system of refrigeration yet discovered in use in transportation,” 1881 October 17.

Creator: Chase, Andrew J.

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Colton Water Motor Co. – Colton Water Motor

Letter of application, 1881 October 20.

Creator: Colton Water Motor Co.

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Testimonial from H. M. Jernegan to C. M. Ransom, 1881 October 21.

Creator: Jernegan, H. M.

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Testimonial from Edward [N.] Whittier, 1881 October 21.

Creator: Whittier, Edward

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Testimonial from Henry Bowditch to the ��Ƶ, 1881 November 3.

Creator: Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892; elected 1848

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George W. Copeland – Line of Boot and Shoe Machinery

Letter of application, 1881 October 21.
6 separate inventions — Lasting Machine; Power Pegging Machine; Machine for making Tack Strips for Lasting; Machine for Treeing Boots; Dewing Machines for Attaching the Soles of Boots or Shoes; Machine for Lasting Light Work

Creator: Copeland, George W.

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Testimonial from Thomas William Clarke, lawyer of George W. Copeland, 1881 October 28.

Creator: Clarke, Thomas William

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James Cunningham, Son & Co. – Hearse

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Bennett, C. H.

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Folder 4 Applications – D

S. K. Devereux – Koptography

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Devereux, S. K.

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Advertisement for koptography, [ca. 1881].

Creator: Devereux, S. K.

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Ditson, Haynes & Co. – Mechanical Orguinette

Application form, [1881 October].

Creator: Ditson, Haynes & Co.

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George Dryden – National Safety Elevator Attachments

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Dryden, George

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Advertisement for National Safety Elevator Attachments, undated.

Creator: Dryden, George

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Durham House Drainage Company – House Drainage System

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Durham, Caleb Wheeler, 1848-

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Item Letter from C. W. Durham to Theodore Lyman on the subject of his invention, 1881 October 19.

Creator: Durham, Caleb Wheeler, 1848-

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Durham House Drainage Company business card, undated.

Creator: Durham house drainage company, New York.

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Specialties in Domestic Sanitary Engineering for the Promotion of Health by Pure Air, 1879.

Creator: Durham, Caleb Wheeler, 1848-

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Illustrations of the Durham System of House Drainage, 1881.

Creator: Durham, Caleb Wheeler, 1848-

Folder 5 Applications – E

Jacob Edson – Edson’s Elastic Lever Truss

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

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Note from [Charles W. Perkins], undated.

Creator: [Perkins, Charles W.]

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Advertisements for Edson’s Elastic Lever Truss, undated.

Creator: Edson, Jacob

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Folder 6 Applications – G

Gloucester Isinglass & Glue Co. – Isinglass and Liquid Glue

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Rogers, John S.

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Supplemental statement to application, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Rogers, John S.

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Goodwillie, Wyman & Co. – Printers and Bookbinders Machinery

Letter of application for eleven machines, 1881 October 19.
Nine separate machines — Whitlock Cylinder Printing Presses; Half-Medium Universal Job Press; Quarter-Medium Universal Job Press; Quarter-Medium Monitor Job Press; Eighth-Medium Monitor Job Press; Champion Paper Cutter; Centennial Lever Cutter; National Paper Cutter; Dodge Ink Mill

Creator: Goodwillie, Wyman & Co.

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J. Theodore Gurney – Refrigerator Wagon

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Gurney, J. Theodore

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Brochure for Refrigerator Wagon, [ca. 1881].

Creator: Gurney, J. Theodore

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Folder 7 Applications – H

Cornelius E. Haynes – Safety Hitch and Release

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Haynes, Cornelius E.

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E. T. Herrick – Elevator Safety Apparatus

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Herrick, E. T.

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S. D. Hicks & Son – Galvanized Iron Cottage

Application form, 1881 October 19.

Creator: S. D. Hicks & Son

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Letter from S. D. Hicks & Son to Theodore Lyman, 1881 October 19.

Creator: S. D. Hicks & Son

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S. D. Hicks & Son pamphlet, undated.

Creator: S. D. Hicks & Son

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Hobe & Courvoisier – Self-locking Window Fastener

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Hobe & Courvoisier

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L. Huntoon – Blind Operator and Lock

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Huntoon, L.

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Advertisement for Huntoon’s patent window blind operator and lock, ca. 1881.

Creator: Huntoon, L.

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Folder 8 Applications – I

International Signal Company – Automatic Fog-Signal

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Stedman, D. B.

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Statement from International Signal Company explaining the need for their invention, [ca. 1881].

Creator: Fowle, George E., and Stedman, D. B.

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Folder 9 Applications – J

Osmore Jenkins – Jenkins’ Repeating Attachment

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Jenkins, Osmore, 1815-1904

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Osmore Jenkins business card and invention description, undated.

Creator: Jenkins, Osmore, 1815-1904

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R. S. Jennings – The Jennings Cold Air Apparatus

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Jennings, R. S.

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Pamphlet, “First Public Exhibition of Jennings Cold Air Machine,” [ca. 1881].

Creator: Jennings, R. S.

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Pamphlet, “The Jennings Cold Air Apparatus,” 1881 September 20.

Creator: Jennings, R. S.

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Folder 10 Applications – K

Kendall & Co. – Kendall’s Life-Saving Elevator Safety Guard

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Kendall & Co., Boston, Mass.

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Broadsheet advertisement with description and testimonials, ca. 1881

Creator: Kendall & Co., Boston, Mass.

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Broadsheet, “Do Not Take the Risk,” [ca. 1881].

Creator: Kendall, Edward

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John Kimball – Last Gauge and Measurement Tables

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Kimball, John

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George Kingsbury – Portable Aromatic Vapor

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Kingsbury, George

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Knitted Carpet Lining Co. – Knitted Carpet Lining

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Knitted Carpet Lining Co.

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Folder 11 Applications – L

Edwin Leigh – Charts, Illustrating the Use of Leigh’s Type

Letter of application from Edwin Leigh to Charles W. Slack, including description of his “improvement in the Department of Educational, Intellectual & Moral Progress,” 1881 October 22.

Creator: Leigh, Edwin

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Linen Glacé Company – Linen Glacé

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Linen Glacé Company

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Bottle label, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Linen Glacé Company

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Advertisement in Supplement to the British Trade Journal, 1881 January.

Creator: Linen Glacé Company

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Folder 12 Applications – M

Marks Adjustable Folding Chair Co. – Marks Adjustable Folding Chair

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Marks Adjustable Folding Chair Company

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Company business card, 1881.

Creator: Marks Adjustable Folding Chair Company

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Pamphlet on Marks Adjustable Folding Chair, 1876 February 1.

Creator: Marks Adjustable Folding Chair Company

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S. P. Marsh & Co. – Instantaneous Disinfectant and Deodorizer

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: S. P. Marsh & Co

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Advertisement, undated.

Creator: S. P. Marsh & Co

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Mason & Hanson – Shield for railway cars

Application form, 1881 October 19.

Creator: Mason & Hanson

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Merriam & Smith – Merriam’s “Floating” or Soldering Apparatus

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Merriam & Smith

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Pamphlet for apparatus, ca. 1881 October.

Creator: Merriam & Smith

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Theodore Metcalf & Co. – Mellin’s Infants’ Food

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Theodore Metcalf & Co.

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Robert A. Miller – Reform Boot

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Miller, Robert A.

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W. B. Moore & Son – Moore’s Patent Air Closet

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Moore, George R.

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Advertisement for Moore’s Patent Air Closet, undated.

Creator: W. B. Moore & Son

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Pamphlet for Moore’s Perfectly Odorless Sanitary Water Closet, undated.

Creator: W. B. Moore & Son

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Murdock Liquid Food Co. – Murdock’s Liquid Food

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Murdock, A. L.

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Letter and Advertisement for Murdock’s Liquid Food, 1881 October 10.

Creator: Murdock, A. L.

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Folder 13 Applications – N

New Era Manufacturing Company – Gladwin Improved Bitt and Auger

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: New Era Manufacturing Company

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Advertisement, undated.

Creator: New Era Manufacturing Company

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Norton Door-Check and Spring Co. – Norton Door-Check and Spring

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Norton Door-Check and Spring Co.

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Letter detailing the function and purpose of the Norton Door-Check and Spring, 1881 October 19.

Creator: Norton, Lewis C.

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Pamphlet for Norton Door-Check and Spring, ca. 1881.

Creator: Norton Door-Check and Spring Co.

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Newspaper review, Boston Transcript [clipping], [ca. 1880].

Creator: Boston Transcript

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Newspaper review, The New York Mercantile Review, [ca. 1881].

Creator: The New York Mercantile Review

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Folder 14 Applications – P

William Plumer – Cooling and Condensing Apparatus

Application form, 1881 September 27.

Creator: Plumer, William

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Letter from William Plumer to Theodore Lyman providing additional information on his claim, 1881 October 15.

Creator: Plumer, William

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Plumer Patent Fertilizer Company, on behalf of William Plumer – Plumer Patent Fertilizer

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Plumer Patent Fertilizer Company

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Letter from William Plumer to Charles H. Wing providing additional information on his claims, 1881 November 3.

Creator: Plumer, William

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Circular of the Plumer Patent Fertilizer Company, 1881.

Creator: Plumer Patent Fertilizer Company

Circular giving a description of the apparatus, undated.

Creator: Plumer Patent Fertilizer Company

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William S. Post & Co. – Art Preservative

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: William S. Post & Co.

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Folder 15 Applications – R

Reversible Collar Company – Linene Reversible Collars and Cuffs

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Snow, George K., 1826 or 1827-1885

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Roberts Horse Shoe Company – Horse Shoe Machine

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Roberts, A. J.

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Paper slip embossed with company seal, 1880 September 3.

Creator: Roberts Horse Shoe Company

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William Robinson – The Robinson System of Electric Railway Signals

Letter of application, 1881 October 24.

Creator: Robinson, William

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Broadside for Robinson’s System of Radial Railway Cars, undated.

Creator: Robinson, William

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E. Ross & Co. – Elastic Soapstone Roofing

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Priest, D.H.

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Two testimonials for Elastic Soapstone Roofing, 1878 February 5.

Creator: Mann, T. W.; Hardy, J.D.; Crafts, R.P.

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E. Ross and & Co. business card, undated.

Creator: E. Ross and & Co.

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Folder 16 Applications – S

Sanitary Manufacturing Co. – Semi-prismatic Lenses

Application form, [ca. 1881 October]

Creator: Sanitary Manufacturing Co.

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Description of lenses with illustrations, 1881 October 12.

Creator: Sanitary Manufacturing Co.

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Letters to Theodore Lyman requesting that the judges review the lenses in the company’s office, 1881 October 13 and November 1.

Creator: Sanitary Manufacturing Co.

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Additional details and illustrations of lenses, 1881 November 1.

Creator: Sanitary Manufacturing Co.

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Advertisement for Sanitary Manufacturing Co., undated.

Creator: Sanitary Manufacturing Co.

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John Welwood Scott Sr. – Scott’s Life Saving Car Couple

Application form, 1881 October 17.

Creator: Scott, John Welwood, Sr.

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Letter from John Welwood Scott to Theodore Lyman explaining that if Scott won the Grand Gold Medal, he would donate his winnings, 1881 October 17.

Creator: Scott, John Welwood, Sr.

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Letter from John Welwood Scott to Theodore Lyman providing further information on his invention, 1881 October 19.

Creator: Scott, John Welwood, Sr.

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Advertisements for Scott’s Life Saving Car Couple, undated.

Creator: Scott, John Welwood, Sr.

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John Shinn – Machine for Breaking and Scutching Flax and Hemp

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Shinn, John

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Supplemental documentation of “Object… and Description of the Machine,” [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Shinn, John

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Pamphlet, “Home Industry: Flax and Hemp in the United States,” for Champion Flax & Hemp Decorticating Machine, 1881 September 1.

Creator: Shinn, John; Fuller, Abbott F.

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Charles E. Spiller – Steam-Pump Regulator

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Spiller, Charles E.

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Standard Fertilizer Co. – [Fertilizer]

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Standard Fertilizer Co.

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S. C. Swett – Automatic Lamp

Application form, with advertisement attached, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Swett, S. C.

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Folder 17 Applications – T

Charles Toppan – Petroleum Products

Application form with supplemental information for thirteen products, [ca. 1881 October].
Medical goods; Ointments; [Linopetrotine] confections; Lozenges and gum drops; Anti-fungus paints; Lubricating and cleansing oils; Insulator for underground telegraph and telephone use; Leather blacks and inks; Emulsions for raising colors in paints; Antiseptic laundry soap; Antiseptic, non-irritating wash; [Linopetrotine] ointment and soap.

Creator: Toppan, Charles

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R. H. Tucker – Canal Boat

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Tucker, R. H.

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Folder 18 Applications – U

The Union Switch and Signal Company – System of Operating Rail Road Signals Automatically

Transmittal letter, 1881 October 31.

Creator: Union Switch and Signal Company

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Letter of application, 1881 October.

Creator: Union Switch and Signal Company

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Union Switch and Signal Company business card, undated.

Creator: Union Switch and Signal Company

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United States War Department, Office of the Chief Signal Officer – U.S. Signal Service’s Contributions to the Nation

Letter of application from William B. Hazen to Charles H. Wing, 1881 October 24.

Creator: Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887

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Memorandum from William B. Hazen on U.S. Signal Service, [ca. 1881].

Creator: Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887

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Pamphlet, “Correspondence and Reports in Reference to the Observation and Report of Storms by Telegraph Signal, for the Benefit of Commerce,” 1872.

Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps

Pamphlet, “Proposed Legislation for Signal Service, U.S. Army,” 1876.

Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps

Pamphlet, “Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army to the Secretary of War for the year 1881,” 1881.

Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps

Transmittal letter for enclosure #3 from Cleveland Able to Charles H. Wing, 1881 October 26.

Creator: Able, Cleveland

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Pamphlet, “The Results and Prospects of the Cautionary Signal System,” 1876 October 26.

Creator: Cashell, Joseph

Report on the Exhibit of the U.S. Signal Service, [ca. 1881 October].

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Folder 19 Applications – W

Jerome Wheelock – Wheelock’s Steam Engine

Application form with three newspaper clippings attached, 1881 October 17.

Creator: Wheelock, Jerome, 1834-1902

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Letter from Jerome Wheelock to Theodore Lyman concerning submissions, 1881 October 18.

Creator: Wheelock, Jerome, 1834-1902

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Page 370 from “Universal Exposition at Paris, 1878,” concerning Wheelock’s Steam Engine, ca. 1878.

Creator: Universal Exposition at Paris

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Print of Grand Gold Medal of the First International Millers’ Exposition 1880, [1880].

Creator: First International Millers’ Exposition

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Advertisement for Wheelock’s engines and cylinder works, [ca. 1880].

Creator: Wheelock’s Steam Engine Works

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R. T. White – Adjustable Cot-Bed and Stretcher

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: White, R. T.

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Letter from R. T. White to Theodore Lyman, 1881 October 17.

Creator: White, R. T.

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Pamphlet on the Adjustable Cot-Bed and Stretcher, 1881.

Creator: White, R. T.

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John Whiteley – Shaker Brooms

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Whiteley, John, 1819-1903

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Business card, undated.

Creator: Whiteley, John, 1819-1903

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Francis W. Whiting – Automatic Sprinkler

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Whiting, Francis W.

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George Wilson – Adjustable Folding Chairs

Application form for a variety of adjustable chairs, [ca. 1881 October].
Adjustable folding chair; Invalid propelling chair; Physician’s or surgeon’s chair.

Creator: Wilson, George

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Advertisement for Wilson’s Adjustable Chairs, ca. 1880.

Creator: Wilson, George

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L. C. Wolkins – Railroad Signals

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Wolkins, L. C.

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Woolrich & Co. – Ridge’s Food for Infants and Invalids

Application form, [ca. 1881 October].

Creator: Woolrich and Company (Palmer, Mass.)

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Letter from Woolrich & Co. to Theodore Lyman, 1881 October 20.

Creator: Woolrich and Company (Palmer, Mass.)

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Advertisement for Ridge’s Food for Infants and Invalids, undated.

Creator: Woolrich and Company (Palmer, Mass.)

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Letter from Woolrich & Co. to Theodore Lyman, 1881 October 28.

Creator: Woolrich and Company (Palmer, Mass.)

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Circular and Testimonials for Woolrich & Co., undated.

Creator: Woolrich and Company (Palmer, Mass.)

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