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Letters to Jeremiah Day

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1959
Abstract:

Circa 1,600 autograph letters, mostly signed, addressed to Jeremiah Day, 1797-1863. Letters pertain chiefly to Day's role as President of Yale College (1817-1846).

Dates: 1797-1863

Early Yale documents collection

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Call Number: RU 1154
Summary:

Correspondence, minutes, financial records, charters and official acts, inventories of books and other property, and other papers documenting the founding and early history of Yale College. Documents include the original charter of the Collegiate School; letters by and to the first trustees of the school; and the 1718 inventory of books donated to the school by Elihu Yale.

Dates: 1700-1902

Alexander Metcalf Fisher Papers

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Call Number: GEN MSS 1473
Abstract: The Alexander Metcalf Fisher papers consist of correspondence, scientific and personal writings, school notes, eulogies, and other material by or about the Yale College student (Class of 1813) and Yale professor. Drafts and calculations for articles on mathematics, physics, astronomy, and other subjects published between 1817 and 1822, as well as scripts for forty lectures in natural philosophy, illustrate Fisher’s academic career in the context of contemporary scientific learning....
Dates: 1803-1898, bulk 1809-1822, 1803-1898, bulk 1809-1822

Law Family Papers

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Call Number: GEN MSS 1140
Abstract:

The Law Family Papers document aspects of the personal and professional life of Yale graduate and lawyer Samuel A. Law (1771-1845).

Dates: 1806-1857

Letters to Elias Loomis

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Call Number: GEN MSS 2110
Abstract:

Circa 800 autograph letters, mostly signed, addressed to Elias Loomis, 1828-1889. Letters pertain chiefly to Loomis's teaching and research in astronomy and meteorology. Correspondents are primarily scientists and other scholars.

Dates: circa 1828-1889

Miscellaneous letters collection

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Call Number: Ms Coll 49
Abstract:

Miscellaneous Letters Collection is a collection of hundreds of individual letters or small groups of letters, mostly by physicians and scientists, either donated to the Historical Library or purchased.

Dates: 1649-1961

Ezra Stiles Papers

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Call Number: GEN MSS 1475
Abstract: The Ezra Stiles Papers contain correspondence; autograph manuscript writings, many incorporating maps and drawings; personal papers and artifacts; family papers; and writings by others and printed material owned by Ezra Stiles or the Stiles family. Correspondence, 1740s-1795, consists of incoming letters, autograph manuscript copies of outgoing letters, and related family and third-party correspondence. Writings by Stiles, 1740s-1795, include research notes, drafts, and other works, with...
Dates: 1667-1991, bulk 1740-1795