Townsend, John Kirk, 1809-1851
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1809 - 1851
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
ANSP Petitions and Resolutions Papers
Collection — Box: Small Collections 13
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0602
Scope and Contents
These petitions and resolutions are close pieces, possibly written by the person proposing the action, as a note for the secretary when copying his minutes. Most of them are transcribed into the Minutes of the Academy but
oftentimes changed in wording or intent. The petitions number only four and were made mostly to the legislature of Pennsylvania, or to some branch of the Federal Government, their inclusive dates being 1837-1876. The resolutions have been arranged in two groups, first those...
Dates:
1826-1895
John Kirk Townsend Papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0404
Scope and Contents
Ornithologist and explorer. The papers in this collection all refer to his experiences when accompanying Captain Wyeth across the Rocky Mountains. Captain Wyeth undertook the journey for the Columbia River Fishing and
Trading Company to establish trading posts beyond the Rockies. Townsend's trip, in the company of Thomas Nuttall was extended to the Sandwich Islands. He returned to the Columbia River, collecting birds there, returning to the
Islands, and eventually back to Philadelphia by way...
Dates:
1834-1839
Townsend, J.K., 1844
File — Box: 3, Folder: 146
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 704 letters addressed to Haldeman, Constantine Rafinesque and Thomas Say, with a letterbook of 22 letters written by Haldeman. In subject, the letters refer to paleontology, conchology, entomology, ichthyology, to Indian relics and to spelling reform. A letter from Leidy is illustrated and several of those written by Haldeman bear pencil sketches. In his letterbook is information about a proposed U. S. Naval Expedition to South America with J.
G. Strain, and...
Dates:
1844
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