The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)                        

Title:               American correspondence of the Royal Society of Arts

Dates:             1755-1840

Call No.:         Mic. 737-738

Acc. No.:        [none]

Quantity:        2 microfilm reels

Location:        microfilm cabinet

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

The Royal Society of Arts was founded in 1754 as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.  For more information about the organization, see the introduction on Mic. 737.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

The correspondence deals with the development of potash and pearlash manufacture in the American colonies, mulberry tree growing, silk manufacture, food, and agricultural implements among other related matters.

           

 

ORGANIZATION

 

See the introduction on Mic. 737 for information about the organization of the papers.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Original material in: Royal Society of Arts, London.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Mulberry - United States.

            Food.

            Sericulture - United States.

            Silk - United States.

            Potash industry and trade - United States.

            Agricultural implements - United States.

            Connecticut.

            Boston (Mass.)

            New Hampshire.

            New York (N.Y.)

            Philadelphia (Pa.)

            Virginia.

            Washington (D.C.)

            Canada.

            London (England)

            Carolinas.

            Correspondence.

 

Additional author:

            Allan, D. G. C.

           

 

 

LIST OF NAMES FOUND ON MIC. 737-738:

(see introduction on Mic. 737 for more complete index to these reels)

 


Alexander, William

Anthill, Edward

Appleton, N.

 

Baker, Benjamin

Baker, H.

Baker, Sir W.

Banks, Sir Joseph

Barnes, H.

Bennet, John

Bernard, Francis

Blodget, Samuel

Box, George

Bridgen, Edward

Broadfield, E.

Bromwich & Co.

Brooke, Dr.

Bull, William

 

Caiger, E.

Campbell, Archibald

Carter, Charles

Carter, William

Cheffins, Richard

Clap, Thomas

Clarke, Isaac W.

Clarke, James

Golden, Cadwallader

Collinson, Peter

Colpitts, Thomas

Crevet, John

Cushing, Thomas

 

Daux, J. A.

Davies, Lieut Col.

Delamare, J.

Dick, Charles

Dossie, Robert

Duane, James

Du Mensil de St. Pierre, M,

 

Eliot, Jared

Ellis, Henry

Ellis, John

English, J.

Evans, Lewis

 

Fauquier, Francis

Fawkener, W.

Fearon, Benson

Ferguson, James

Flindall, Murray

Folkestone, Lord

Franklin, Benjamin

Fraser, John

Frobisher, William

 

Gale, Benjamin

Garden, Alexander

Garth, Charles

Gilbert, Jean Louis

Gilpin, F.

Glenny, James

Goddard, James Stanley

 

Habersham, James

Hales, Stephen

Hampton, Samuel

Harrison, G.

Harrison, Matthew

Harvey, Joel

Hewlett, The Hon. Daniel

Hewm, George

Homes, William

Hyam, Thomas

 

Ingersoll, Jared

Johnston, James

 

Lane & Booth

Lawrence, Robert

Leadley, John

Lewis, William

Livingstone, Philip

Long, Borden

Ludwell, Philip

 

Macdonald, Arthur

Maine, David

Mascarene, J.

Mason, A.

Mayhew, Jonathon

Mease, James

Miller, Aaron

Moffat, Thomas

More, Samuel

Morland, Scrope Bernard

Motz,  Henry

 

Neave, E.

Neilson, James

Nooth, J. Mervin

 

Oake, William

Otolonghe, Joseph

 

Paine, Thomas

Pattison, Nat

Percy, Sir Hugh

Perrie, J.

Peters, M.

Pettibone, Daniel

Phylopatria

Pinckney, Thomas

Pitt, John

Pownall, John

Pringle, Robert

 

Quincy, Edward

 

Remsen, Peter

Romney, Lord

Rose, Lewis

Ruggles, Thomas

Rutherford, William

 

Schuyler, Philip

Seldon, Cary

Shakespear, John

Sherb, Christopher

Shipley, William

Shubrick, Thomas

Skeene, P.

Smith, William

Smyth, Hon. Fred

Solly, R. M.

Stansfield

Staunton, Sir George Leonard

Stewart, James

Stewart, John

Stewart, Thomas

Stirling, Earl of

Stoker, V.

Strachey, Henry

 

Tatham, Sir William

Templeman, Dr. Peter

Theobald, James

Tyron, William

 

Walter, John

Walter, Thomas

Watson, John

Wentworth, John

West, Benjamin

Whitworth, Sir Charles

Willard

Willis, Thomas

Woodin, Thomas

Woodmanson, Charles

Wright, Charles

Wright, Jermyn

Young, Henry