Jessup, Augustus Edward (1797-1859)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1797 - 1859
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
ANSP Reception Committees Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 12
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0585
Scope and Contents
Collection of material containing records of various reception committees, especially those dealing with a founder's day anniversary dinner in 1854, and the reception and dinner for the Peary Exploring Party in 1892. There are lists of subscribers, bills, receipts, 'letters and miscellaneous data.
Signers of letters, all dated 1854:
Dates:
1854-1901
Augustus Edward Jessup, Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 9
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0375
Scope and Contents
Geologist, mineralogist and paper manufacturer. Attended Dr. Thomas Cooper's Scientific School in Philadelphia, beginning about 1816. Elected a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and became very
active in its affairs. Made a trip to Mexico in 1817 or 1818, and returned with valuable mineral collections. In 1819 joined Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains as its official geologist. He bequeathed extensive mineralogical and geological collections to the...
Dates:
1822-1913
William E. Winner Painting of Augustus Edward Jessup
Item — no container: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2011-060
Dates:
Circa 1850s
Zaccheus Collins Committee Reports
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0513
Scope and Contents
The papers consist largely of memoranda and documents pertaining to Academy affairs. The reports of special committees are signed by Collins as a co-signer.
Archived partly from the editor's copy of the first series of the Academy's Journal and partly from its "Official correspondence."
Dates:
1821-1827
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- Correspondence 1
- Educational fund raising 1
- Geology 1
- Mineralogy 1
- Paintings, American 1