Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4611
Abstract
The Lafayette Collection contains materials by, to or about Lafayette and his family, with family documents extending back to 1245 and through the death of Georges Washington Lafayette in 1849. The series "Medals and Coins" covers a century and a half, up to 1931. The collection includes the oldest existing letter from Lafayette (1772), long missives he sent to his wife from America during the Revolution, other letters he wrote while imprisoned in Austria (1792-1797) and during his 1824-5...
Dates:
1520-1973.
Ornithology manuscripts
Collection — Manuscript box 66 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113569226]
Identifier: 4748
Scope and content
Manuscript journal titled Memoranda ornithologica, with entries dated from 1850-1881, documenting bird sightings, bird collecting, and bird people in and about Boston, Massachusetts in the mid-1800s. It cites conversations with Henry David Thoreau while birding along the Concord River, and includes many notes on bird observations and birds collected in eastern Massachusetts, including passenger pigeons. With the journal are two letters. One is from physician and ornithologist Elliott Coues,...
Dates:
1850-1886.
Rare book exhibit slides
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065177341]
Identifier: 13-1-1265
Scope and content
25 items including glass slides of items shown in an exhibit on early European exploration of what is now the United States, including California and upstate New York. Items shown included books (some of them formerly owned by Jared Sparks), maps, and manuscripts.
Dates:
circa 1969.
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- Administration of estates -- France -- History. 1
- Administration of estates -- United States -- History. 1
- Belgium -- History -- Revolution, 1830-1839 -- Sources. 1
- Birds -- Massachusetts. 1
- Bone china (material) 1
- Domestic relations -- France -- History. 1
- Field notes 1
- France -- Economic conditions -- 18th century. 1
- France -- Foreign relations -- United States. 1
- France -- History -- July Revolution, 1830 -- Sources. 1
- France -- Politics and government -- 19th century. 1
- Hamilton, Alexander -- 1757-1804 -- Drama 1
- Italy -- History -- Uprising, 1831 -- Sources. 1
- Land tenure -- France -- History. 1
- Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- France. 1
- Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1
- Land tenure -- United States -- History. 1
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- France. 1
- Life masks. 1
- Ornithologists -- Massachusetts. 1
- Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799. 1
- Paris (France) -- Politics and government. 1
- Passenger pigeon. 1
- Poland -- History -- Revolution, 1830-1832 -- Sources. 1
- Procedure (Law) -- United States -- History 1
- Rare books -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
- Resuscitation. 1
- Rotogravure. 1
- Slides (photographs) 1
- United States -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Exhibitions. 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- France. 1
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. 1
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. 1
- Videotapes. 1 + ∧ less
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