Jacob Whitman Bailey letters

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 179", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"179", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Jacob Whitman Bailey letters"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1828-1882", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1828/1882"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".2 linear foot (1 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1828

date_inclusive_end

1882

origination

{"value"=>"Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811-1857) was an American botanist, chemist and geologist. He was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1828-1882, and taught there from 1834-1857. In 1838 he became the first Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology at West Point.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of typescript copies of Jacob Whitman Bailey's letters, 1829-1853, (compiled by Alfred G. Bailey in 1962) largely to friends and family, and relating to personal and family matters. Also included are comments on some of these subjects by Loring Woart Bailey, his son; obituaries, 1857; letters, 1835-1882, by other members of the Bailey and related families; and essays and bibliographies on the Bailey and related Slaughter family of Culpepper, Va., and other families.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 63M1"}

{"date"=>"01/04/63", "source"=>"Bailey, Alfred G", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Bailey, Alfred G, 01/04/63"}

originalsloc

{"value"=>"<p>Originals located at Bonar Law-Bennett Library, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada</p>"}

keydate

1828

prefercite

{"value"=>"Jacob Whitman Bailey letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811-1857) was an American botanist, chemist and geologist. He was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1828-1882, and taught there from 1834-1857. In 1838 he became the first Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology at West Point. Collection consists of typescript copies of Jacob Whitman Bailey's letters, 1829-1853, (compiled by Alfred G. Bailey in 1962) largely to friends and family, and relating to personal and family matters. Also included are comments on some of these subjects by Loring Woart Bailey, his son; obituaries, 1857; letters, 1835-1882, by other members of the Bailey and related families; and essays and bibliographies on the Bailey and related Slaughter family of Culpepper, Va., and other families.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.2 linear feet (1 v.)

date_start

1828

date_end

1882

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