Scientists -- 19 century -- Vermont
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Samuel Williams Papers
Collection
Identifier: mss-018
Abstract
Samuel Williams was a Congregational minister, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard, and a founder of the University of Vermont. This collection includes correspondence, sermons, lectures, and other papers, relating to Williams’ teaching career, compilation and publication of his Natural and Civil History of Vermont (1794), astronomical observations (1806) to determine the northern boundary of Vermont, and other scientific topics. Includes partial manuscripts of the...
Dates:
1732-1811