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[Letterbook], 1722-1770

0.39 Linear Feet
Anonymous MS.
Collection of copies of 210 letters to and from Baker dating from 1722 to 1770; letters discuss scientific subjects, especially microscopy, electricity, and the education of deaf children; also discuss contemporary affairs, most notably the Jacobite Rebellion (1745-1746) and the London earthquake (1750).
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10 letters (copies) to Henry Baker (1698-1774), 1747-1750 Box 1–2

1747 Nov - 1750 Oct
n.p.
67 p.; 32 x 21 cm.
Letters discuss the London earthquake
(1750), the Philosophical Society and
the report to it by William Shipley
(1714-1803), as well as the Jekyll
Fund (Sir Joseph Jekyll, 1663-1738);
included is a monograph on Locusts.
109/I/86,90,93,100,102,109
and 109/II/113,129,132,133

  1. OSBORN FC109
  2. DODDRIDGE, PHILIP, 1702-1751

11 letters (copies) to Henry Baker (1698-1774), 1743-1756 Box 1–2

1743 Sep - 1756 Dec
Tooting
23 p.; 32 x 21 cm.
Letters discuss scientific
experiments, as well as Jean Nicolas
Sebastien Allamand (1713-1787), John
Ellis (1710-1776), and Sir Hans
Sloane, bart. (1660-1753); also
mentions the Jacobite Rebellion of
1745-1746.
109/I/19,34,36,48,51,88 and
109/II/121,162,153-155

  1. OSBORN FC109
  2. MILES, HENRY, 1698-1763

12 letters (copies) to Henry Baker (1698-1774), 1762-1769 Box 2

1762 Dec - 1769 Nov
n.p.
54 p.; 32 x 21 cm.
Letters describe a tour of Poland
with Prince Fryderyk Michal
Czartoryski (1696-1777); mentions
the death of Augustus III, king of
Poland (1696-1763); also makes
medical observations, commenting on
smallpox vaccinations and rabies.
109/II/173,177-179,181,184.187,190,
195,197,199,204

  1. OSBORN FC109
  2. WOLFE, NATHANIEL MATTHEW