VI. Collections - Autographs (collected by Samuel Ward)

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{"value"=>"<p>The outstanding Autograph Collection comprises substantial letters by famous mathematicians and scientists - from a 1647 letter by Marin Mersenne to Johann Hevelius to an 1856 letter from the naturalist Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland. Included are holograph letters from Jean Bernoulli, Euler, Hailey, Lagrange, and Leibniz. Most of the collection was probably acquired by Ward with his purchase of the Legendre library, some of the letters actually being addressed to A. M. Legendre.</p>"}

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1. ARMSTRONG, John, 1758-1843 [1/1]
2. BERNOUILLI, Jean, 1667-1748 Swiss mathematician [1/1]
3. BERRYER, Nicolas René, d. 1762 French mathematician Autograph letter signed, [n. y.] "Vendredi 21 juillet"
4. BERTHOLLET, Claude Louis, 1748-1822 French chemist [1/1]
5. BEZOUT, Etienne, 1730-1783 French mathematician [1/1]
6. BOULLIAU, Ismael, 1605-1694 French ecclesiastic & astronomer [1/1]
7. BONPLAND, Aimé Jacques Alexandre, 1773-1858 French naturalist [1/1]
8. BOSSU, Charles, 1730-1814 French mathematician [1/1]
9. CARDINALI, Frencesco (Italian) [1/1]
10. CHERNAC, L [2/1]
11. DELAMBRE, Jean Baptiste Joseph, 1749-1822 French astronomer [1/1]
12. EULER, Leonhard, 1707-1783 Swiss mathematician [1/1]
13. FAUCHÉ-PRUNELLE, André Alexandre, 1795-1863 [1/1]
14. FLAMSTEED, John, 1646-1719 English astronomer [1/1]
15. FRANCOEUR, Louis Benjamin, 1773-1849 French mathematician [1/1]
16. GASSENDI, Pierre, 1592-1655 French mathematician [1/1]
17. GERMAIN, Sophie, 1776-1831 French mathematician [1/1]
18. HACHETTE, Jean Nicolas Pierre, 1769-1834 [1/1]
19. HALLEY, Edmund, 1656-1742 English astronomer [1/1]
20. HEVELIUS, Johann, 1611-1687 German astronomer [1/1]
21. HUYGENS, Christian, 1629-1695 Dutch mathematician [1/1]
22. LE BRETON, Joachim, 1760-1819 French mathematician [1/1]
23. LA CONDAMINE, Charles Marie de, 1701-1774 French geographer [1/1]
24. LAGRANGE, Joseph Louis, 1736-1813 French mathematician [1/1]
25. LAPLACE, Pierre Simon de, 1749-1827 French mathematician [1/1]
26. LEIBNIZ, Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von, 1646-1716 German philosopher [1/1]
27. LOPEZ DE LA HUERTA, José Sinonimos Castellanos [1/1]
28. MASINI, Francesco, 1804-1863 [1/1]
29. MERSENNE, Marin, 1588-1648 French theologian & mathematician [1/1]
30. OLDENBURG, Henry, d. 1678 physician [1/1]
31. POISSON, Siméon Denis, 1781-1840 French mathematician [1/1]
32. REAUMUR, René Antoine Ferchault de, 1683-1757 French scientist [1/1]
33. RIES, Ferdinand, 1748-1838 German pianist & composer [1/1]
34. RUELL [1/1]
35. SAVARY, F [1/1]
36. WALLIS, John (1616-1703) English mathematician [1/1]
37. Unidentified
38. Collections - Notes [2/1]