Silliman family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 450
New Mexico mines: letters to Benjamin Silliman, Jr. relating to his work as a mining consultant, 1870-1871
Part of Collection — Box 24: Series 2 [39002042316886], Folder: 106A-B
Call Number: MS 450, Series II
Dates:
1870-1871, 1880-1883
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Wright, Arthur Williams, 1875
Part of Collection — Box 24: Series 2 [39002042316886], Folder: 108
Call Number: MS 450, Series II
Dates:
1875
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Unidentified, 1865
Part of Collection — Box 24: Series 2 [39002042316886], Folder: 109
Call Number: MS 450, Series II
Dates:
1865, 1870, 1872-1874
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Undated and unidentified
Part of Collection — Box 24: Series 2 [39002042316886], Folder: 111
Call Number: MS 450, Series II
Dates:
1796-1885
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Two poems with following notation by Benjamin Silliman: "Both the enclosed poems were written under the pressure of sickness and consequent melancholy. The longer one was spoken at Commencement 1796…", 1796
Part of Collection — Box 33: Series 3 [39002042316977], Folder: 43
Call Number: MS 450, Series III
Dates:
1796
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Alexandre Brongniart: Essay on the production of porcelain, 1816
Part of Collection — Box 34B: Series 3 [39002042316993], Folder: 59
Call Number: MS 450, Series III
Dates:
1816, 1818
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Mary (Fish) Noyes Silliman Dickinson: Reminiscences, 1736-1813. Copy of original made by Benjamin Silliman in 1856, 1801-1813
Part of Collection — Box 35: Series 3 [39002042317009], Folder: 64
Call Number: MS 450, Series III
Dates:
1801-1813
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Manuscripts and Archives
Reminiscences of Benjamin Silliman concerning John Trumbull and the founding of the Trumbull Gallery, 1857
Part of Collection — Box 46: Series 5 [39002042317124], Folder: 2, Reel 1U: Series 3; Series 5 [39002075078528]
Call Number: MS 450, Series V
Dates:
1857
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Draft of a resolution of the Prudential Committee of Yale College thanking John Trumbull for doing some paintings for the Trumbull Gallery, 1839
Part of Collection — Box 46: Series 5 [39002042317124], Folder: 1
Call Number: MS 450, Series V
Dates:
1839
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Manuscripts and Archives
McConnell, et al., Benjamin Silliman; Jr. - Educator and Oilman, New York; includes facsimile of B. Silliman, Jr., Oilman, New York; includes facsimile of B. Silliman, Jr., Report on the Rock Oil, or Petroleum, from Venango Co., Pennsylvania, originally published 1855, [1955]
Part of Collection — Box 51: Series 6 [39002042317173], Folder: 75
Call Number: MS 450, Series VI
Dates:
[1955]
Found in:
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Silliman, Augustus E., 1840
Part of Collection — Box 54: [39002042317231], Folder: 8
Call Number: MS 450
Dates:
1840
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John Maley: "Journal of his Trip up Red River for the Texas Iron." 2 vols., [1812-1813?]
Part of Collection — Box 36: Series 3 [39002042317017], Folder: 71, Reel 1U: Series 3 [39002075048463]
Call Number: MS 450, Series III
Dates:
[1812-1813?]
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1776 November-1777 December, 1776 November-1777 December
Part of Collection — Box 2: Series 1 [39002137002938], Folder: 12-14
Call Number: MS 450, Series I
Dates:
1776 November-1777 December
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E, 1818
Part of Collection — Box 19: Series 2 [39002042316837], Folder: 28, Reel 10U: Series 2 [39002075079567]
Call Number: MS 450, Series II
Dates:
1818, 1830, 1832-1833, 1835, 1839
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Benjamin Silliman, Sr..
Portrait by S.F.B. Morse, 1825
Part of Collection — Box 52: Series 6 [39002042317181], Folder: 88
Call Number: MS 450, Series VI
Dates:
1825
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Benjamin Silliman, Sr..
Engraving by Daggett & Hinman, 1835
Part of Collection — Box 52: Series 6 [39002042317181], Folder: 90
Call Number: MS 450, Series VI
Dates:
1835
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Benjamin Silliman, Sr..
Portrait by N. Jocelyn, 1840
Part of Collection — Box 52: Series 6 [39002042317181], Folder: 91
Call Number: MS 450, Series VI
Dates:
1840
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Benjamin Silliman, Sr..
Engraving by Hinman, 1845
Part of Collection — Box 52: Series 6 [39002042317181], Folder: 92
Call Number: MS 450, Series VI
Dates:
1845
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Benjamin Silliman, Sr. 1853.
Portrait by Fagnani, 1853
Part of Collection — Box 52: Series 6 [39002042317181], Folder: 95
Call Number: MS 450, Series VI
Dates:
1853
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Benjamin Silliman, Sr..
Portrait by D. Huntington, 1857
Part of Collection — Box 52: Series 6 [39002042317181], Folder: 97
Call Number: MS 450, Series VI
Dates:
1857
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives