Box 31, Folder 2: Calendar of Lapham Papers 1852-1860

1853 Jan. 1

Whittlesey, Charles. Cleveland. Circular letter concerning proposed "Documentary History of Ohio"; if encouraged will publish a volume containing documents and manuscripts relating to Ohio in territorial period; after plan of "Documentary History of New York" and "American Archives". Printed 1 p. Enclosed in Charles Whittlesey's letter April 20, 1853.

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1853 Jan. 3

Whitney, J[osiah] D. Northampton. To Lapham. Thinks one of the boxes of minerals sent from Milwaukee is missing; specimens from Missouri examined by [James] Hall; Upper Silurian vanishes there; "swallowed up by Carboniferous limestone"; find strata containing fossils of Upper and Lower Helderberg; found same association in Tennessee; relation of lead to coal deposit at Cote Sans Dessein [Missouri] yet to be investigated. A.L.S. 4 pp. Endorsed: J. D. Whitney, Jan. 3, 1853.

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1852 Jan. 6

Lapham, I A. Letter to Rev. A. L. Chapin, Beloit College. ALS, 1 p.

Enclosure: Circular entitled "Geology" by E. Jewett, dated 1852, March 18. 1 p.

Xerox copies from originals in Beloit College Archives

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1853 Jan. 6

Lord, Rev. Charles. Recording Secretary, State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Madison. To Lapham. Suggests that Annual Meeting be announced in [Milwaukee] Sentinel and Wisconsin; address to be by Gen. William A. Smith; Lyman C. Draper engaged in historical researches, and expects to be resident of Wisconsin. A.L.S. 1 p. Endorsed: C. Lord, Jan'y 6, 1863.

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1853 Jan. 10

Lyceum of Natural History. New York. Joseph Delafield, President. John H. Redfield, Corresponding Secretary. Diploma awarded to Increase A. Lapham as corresponding member of Society. D.S. Four signatures, 1 p.

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