Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
Joseph Priestley writes to Aaron Levy, the Jewish founder of Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania. Levy plans to distribute copies of Priestley's religious writing to "countrymen and friends," a gesture that Priestley thanks him for.
Location: I-AsbellY-2002-69
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Charles Nisbet writes bookseller William Young to discuss various political and religious events in France, Ireland, and the United States. Nisbet mentions Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Jefferson, Mathew Carey, James Napper Tandy, Joseph Priestley, and others. "It is not probable that [France]...
Location: I-McIntoshM-1965-5
Subject: Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley to Jean-Frédéric Perregaux in Paris regarding the annual income from "Mr. [John] Wilkinson's donation" and "the probable state of your funds in the future...as it is my wish to reside some time" in France. He had wanted to go to France when he left England but was unable to, as...
Location: I-BeachW-1986-10
Subject: Economics and Finance, Health and Medicine, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
This manuscript page is from an early draft of Joseph Priestley's Notes on All the Books of Scripture. Most of the text on this page appears in volume 3, pages 154-155 of Priestley's Notes on All the Books of Scripture, for the use of the Pulpit and Private Families (...
Location: I-Friends-1993-3
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Miscellaneous
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley writes to Matthew Carey, sending corrections for a draft of his book Church History.
Location: I-Friends-1995-4
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley writes to Matthew Carey with proof of the Chart and corrections to Priestley's pamphlet Church History. Priestley also asks that the pamphlets are not advertised immediately. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-2
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe writes to Mary Hazlehurst Latrobe, his second wife, about his dinner with President Thomas Jefferson. Latrobe discusses the other guests at the dinner and the his thoughts on building a drydock for the United States Navy. Transcript included.
Location: I-AsbellY-2002-1
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Dr. Joseph Priestley writes to James Taylor with instructions regarding which picture of Dr. Priestley should be used. "The picture taken of me by Stewart at the request of the Philosophical Society is much better than that taken by Mr. Peale," as Priestley explains. This postscript has been...
Location: MC 1998.1, B1, F11
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley writes to Rev. John Evans in London, thanking him for his "valuable book." Priestley sends a tract on baptism in return. Transcript included.
Location: I-Friends-1990-5
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley Jr. writes to John Beckley and asks about having a tract of land surveyed on behalf of his father, Dr. Joseph Priestley, who is "very unwell."
Location: MC 1998.1, B1, F12
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley sends instructions for printing his manuscript (Index to the Bible) and orders several copies of his Church History and Lectures. Priestley also tells John Vaughan that he is out of oysters. While "the oysters have been of great service to me,"...
Location: I-NeffG-1956-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley writes to Joseph Barrington a few days before his death on February 6, 1804 about his views on Christianity. Almost thirty years later, the National Gazette and Literary Register prints Priestley's letter on November 13, 1833.
Location: OC 1998.1, F1
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1800-1819
A six page bibliography of 75 books written by Dr. Joseph Priestley.
Location: MC 1998.1, B1, F1
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1800-1819
Engraving by G. Stodart from the Dr. Joseph Priestley statue by J. F. Williamson, from The Art Journal (New York: D. Appleton & Co.), 3: 57.
Location: I-BassertD-2004-1
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1860-1879
Professor Charles F. Himes, a member of the Class of 1855, describes the collection of Joseph Priestley's equipment held at Dickinson College.
Location: DC 1855 H657ap
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
This pamphlet describes the collection of Joseph Priestley's equipment held at Dickinson College. This pamphlet was produced to coincide with the establishment of the Joseph Priestley Award in 1952.
Location: Priestley Collection
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1940-1959
Publisher: Harrisburg, PA: The Telegraph Press
Volume 3 of the Boyd Lee Spahr Lectures in Americana series includes essays from scholars that focus on various aspects of Dickinson College's history.
Table of Contents:
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Location: SC 378.748 D553b
Subject: Dickinson College History, Education, Politics and Government, Science and Technology
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1960-1979
Mabel Abbott provides an overview of Joseph Priestley and his house in central Pennsylvania in "The Story of Joseph Priestley House" by Mabel Abbott.
Location: I-ShentonJ-1970-1
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period: 1960-1979
Dr. Clarence E. Jackson presents this paper, "Oxygen- The Good and Bad Performer in Welding," at the 1st BOC Priestley Conference in Leeds, England in September 1977. The paper includes 20 illustrations. Jackson is a Professor in the Department of Welding Engineering at the of Ohio State...
Location: I-JacksonC-1977-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period: 1960-1979
