Collection search - Letter to Parker Cleaveland concerning minerals found on Moss Island in Lake Erie [textual record] from Joseph Dalafield

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Letter to Parker Cleaveland concerning minerals found on Moss Island in Lake Erie [textual record] from Joseph Dalafield

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1820.

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R16758-0-4-E, MG24-H6, Volume number: 1

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Letter to Parker Cleaveland concerning minerals found on Moss Island in Lake Erie
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1820.

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4 p. of textual records.

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Item is a letter from Joseph Delafield to Parker Cleaveland concerning minerals found on Moss Island in Lake Erie, 15 November 1820, 4 pages.

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Cleaveland, Parker, fl. 1820

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Cleaveland, Parker, fl. 1820 : Parker Cleaveland, a graduate of Harvard (class of 1799), became professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, chemistry and mineralogy at Bowdoin College in 1805. Cleaveland's interest in mineralogy and geology developed from studies of samples found along the banks of Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers. He wrote a text book entitled Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology (1816, 2nd ed. 1822). Bowdoin College Library Special Collections and Archives Collection Guide. 1492

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Letter from Joseph Dalafield
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Moss Island (Upper Canada) - Minerals, 1820 Lake Erie (Upper Canada), 1820

Joseph Delafield, 1820
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