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A plea for a national museum and botanic garden; to be founded on the Smithsonian Institution, at the City of Washington. Read before the Chester County Cabinet of Natural Science, December 3, 1841. By William Darlington, M.D

Author:
Darlington, William 1782-1863  Search this
Chester County Cabinet of Natural Science  Search this
Former owner:
Force, Peter 1790-1868 DSI  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Darlington, William 1782-1863 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Physical description:
12 p. 18 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1841
Topic:
Botanical gardens  Search this
Museums  Search this
Call number:
Q11.S6 D22 1841
Q11.S6D22 1841
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_205629

An Act to incorporate a society in the District of Columbia by the name of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science

Author:
27th Congress, Sess. 2, 1842  Search this
Subject:
Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848  Search this
Albert, John J  Search this
Barry, Garrett R  Search this
Dayton, Aaron O., d. 1858  Search this
Force, Peter 1790-1868  Search this
Forward, Walter, 1783-1852  Search this
Legare, Hugh S. 1797-1843  Search this
Markoe, Francis 1801-1871  Search this
Preston, William C. 1794-1860  Search this
Totten, John  Search this
Spencer, John C (John Canfield) 1788-1855  Search this
Stone, William James 1798-1865  Search this
Upshur, Abel P., 1790-1844  Search this
Warrington, Lewis, 1782-1851  Search this
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852  Search this
Wickliffe, Charles A., 1788-1869  Search this
National Institute for the Promotion of Science  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 845-46
Type:
Public Law
Date:
1846
07/27/1842
Topic:
Articles of incorporation  Search this
Science--Societies, etc  Search this
Publisher:
Boston: Little, Brown and Co.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_4066

Discourse, on the Objects and Importance of The National Institution for the Promotion of Science, Established at Washington, 1840, Delivered at the First Anniversary

Author:
Poinsett, Joel Roberts  Search this
Subject:
Poinsett, Joel Roberts 1779-1851  Search this
Force, Peter 1790-1868  Search this
Bancroft, George 1800-1891  Search this
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
United States Exploring Expedition (USEE)  Search this
National Institution for the Promotion of Science  Search this
National Institute  Search this
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages : 52; Page numbers : [1]-52
Place:
United States
Date:
1841
Topic:
Literature  Search this
Astronomy  Search this
Professional associations  Search this
Research--Equipment and supplies  Search this
Art and science  Search this
Museums  Search this
Smithson Bequest  Search this
National Institution for the Promotion of the Arts and Sciences  Search this
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Art  Search this
Mineralogy  Search this
American science  Search this
Natural history  Search this
Learned institutions and societies  Search this
SI, Early History  Search this
Science--Societies, etc  Search this
Physics  Search this
Geology  Search this
New Organizations  Search this
Geography  Search this
Botanical gardens  Search this
Chemistry  Search this
Philology  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Observatories  Search this
Daguerreotypes  Search this
History--United States  Search this
Technology  Search this
Music  Search this
Zoos  Search this
Botany  Search this
Zoology  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Publisher:
Washington, DC : P. Force, Printer
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_11744

House of Representatives Doc. No. 51, Memorial of the City of Washington on the subject of the Smithsonian Bequest

Author:
26th Congress, Sess. 1  Search this
Subject:
Force, Peter 1790-1868  Search this
Goldborough, Charles W  Search this
Watterson, Geo  Search this
Maury, John Walker  Search this
Wilson, John  Search this
Adams, George  Search this
Byington, Samuel  Search this
United States Congress  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 1-2
Type:
Report - Congressional
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1977
02/05/1840
Topic:
Smithson Bequest  Search this
Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men  Search this
Memorials  Search this
Publisher:
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Information Services
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_4708

Lettres pour servir d'introduction à l'histoire primitive des nations civilisées de l'Amérique Septentrionale = Cartas para servir de introduccion a la historia primitiva de las naciones civilizadas de la America Setentrional : adressées a Monsieur le Duc de Valmy / par M. l'Abbé E. Charles Brasseur de Bourbourg

Title:
Cartas para servir de introducción à la historia primitivo de la naciones civilizadas de la América Setentriona
Author:
Brasseur de Bourbourg abbé 1814-1874  Search this
Former owner:
Force, Peter 1790-1868 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Ordoñez y Aguiar, Ramón de  Search this
Physical description:
75 p. ; 33 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico)
Date:
1851
Topic:
History  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F1219 .B83 1851
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_838969

Minutes of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science

Title:
National Institute for the Promotion of Science, May 1840 DSI
Issuing body:
National Institute for the Promotion of Science  Search this
Associated name:
Force, Peter 1790-1868  Search this
Gale, Leonard D (Leonard Dunnell) 1800-1883  Search this
Kennedy, J. C. G (Joseph Camp Griffith) 1813-1887  Search this
Blodget, Lorin 1823-1901  Search this
Stansbury, Charles F (Charles Frederick) -1882  Search this
Turner, William W (William Wadden) 1810-1859  Search this
Subject:
National Institute for the Promotion of Science  Search this
Smithsonian Institution History  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (approximately 160 pages) ; 35 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Sources
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1850
1850-1854
Topic:
Learned institutions and societies  Search this
Museums--Acquisitions  Search this
Library catalogs  Search this
Science--Societies, etc  Search this
Call number:
MSS 001902 B
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1103945

Record of auroral phenomena observed in the higher northern latitudes / compiled by Peter Force

Author:
Force, Peter 1790-1868  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
iv, 118 p. ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1856
[1856]
Topic:
Auroras  Search this
Call number:
QC972.5.B6 F69 1856
QC972.5.B6F69 1856
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_390239

Supplement to Grinnell land read at the ordinary meeting of the National Institute, July 1853 by Peter Force

Author:
Force, Peter 1790-1868  Search this
Author:
Force, Peter 1790-1868 Grinnell land  Search this
Physical description:
52 pages, [1] leaf of plates map 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Grinnell Peninsula (N.W.T.)
Date:
1853
Call number:
F1105 .G7F69 Suppl. 1853
F1105.G7F69 Suppl. 1853
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_287194

The Annual register of Indian affairs within the Indian (or Western) territory

Title:
Annual register of Indian affairs within the Indian territory 1838
Author:
McCoy, Isaac 1784-1846  Search this
Shawanoe Baptist Mission House  Search this
Former owner:
Polk, Josiah F. DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Printer:
Pratt, J. G (John Gill) 1814-1900  Search this
Meeker, Jotham 1804-1855  Search this
Publisher:
Force, Peter 1790-1868  Search this
Physical description:
4 v. ; 20-25 cm., in box 27 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Place:
West (U.S.)
Date:
1835
1838
Topic:
Missions  Search this
Call number:
E78.W5 A6X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_531727

The Peter Force collection. Series 8 and 9 : [guide to the manuscript collection on microfilm]

Title:
Papers of Peter Force
Author:
Force, Peter 1790-1868 Manuscript collections  Search this
Force, Peter 1790-1868 Peter Force collection. Series 8 and 9. Mss. 17137  Search this
Subject:
Force, Peter 1790-1868 Microform catalogs  Search this
Physical description:
[83] leaves ; 28 mm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Canada
Date:
1977
Topic:
History  Search this
Sources  Search this
Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
Z1236 .P48 1977
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_544828

Tracts and other papers relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America, from the discovery of the country to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force

Author:
Force, Peter 1790-1868  Search this
Physical description:
4 v. fold. plan. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Sources
Place:
United States
Date:
1947
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Topic:
History  Search this
Call number:
E187.F69 1947
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_260109

Tracts and other papers, relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America, from the discovery of the country to the year 1776 / collected by Peter Force

Title:
Historical tracts DSI
Author:
Force, Peter 1790-1868  Search this
Physical description:
4 v. ; 25 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Sources
Place:
United States
Date:
1836
1846
1836-1846
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Topic:
History  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
E187 .F69 1836
E187.F69X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_260108

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