A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum / compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane.

  • Boston Athenæum
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[1897]
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Credit: A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum / compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANDERSON, James, M. D. Physician General at Madras, died 1809. The Conclusion of Letters on the Culture of Silk, with additional Accounts of both kinds of Bread Fruit Trees and the Distribution of Nopal Plants, on the Coast of Coromandel: by James Anderson, M. D. and A. M. Physician General. . . . Madras: printed by Joseph Martin, m.dcc.xcii. 16 pp. 8°. Letters for promoting the Silk Manufacture on the Coast of Coromandel: by James Anderson, M. D. and A. M. Physician General, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia and Member of the Society of Planters of St. Helena. Madras: printed by J. D. Matthews. 1794. 46 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the verso of the title-page : — “To Doctor Ja= Anderson Edinburgh pt favor of Mt Haig.” “To his Excellency George Washington Esq' President of Congress, America From His most obedient Hub’. Serv' Ja? Anderson 15* Dec 1794.” ANDERSON, John. English physicist, 1726-1796. Essais sur I’Artillerie de Campagne, depuis que I’on fait usage de la poudre a canon dans les combats. Par John Anderson, M. A., F. R. S. . . . Pro- fesseur de Physique dans I’Universit^ de Glasgow. [Paris, 1791]. 79, (i) pp. 12°. Given to Washington by the author. The extracts printed below are from papers pre- served in the State Department: — “ Of these inventions I made an offer to my own country; and in order to point out their advantages to the Duke of Richmond and the Board of Ordnance, I printed the Eng- lish Essays on Field Artillery. N. 1. which are now sent you. But such are the habits of Professional men, and the powers of Aristocratic wisdom, that His Grace not only saw no merit in the invention, but used me ill . . . when I saw that this was the humour of the Master General, I stopped at Page 48 in the English Essays that are sent you. The re- mainder upon that subject will not be published till there is peace in Europe, or till after my death. “ In summer 1791,1 went to Paris. . . . The Essays in French on Field Artillery which are sent to you likewise, and marked N. 2 were printed at Paris for the use of the Military Com- mittee and Artillery Officers. There are two papers at the end of them which were not in the English Essays presented to the Duke of Richmond. Glasgow College, 1793. August 6'’’.”—John Anderson, Professor Natural Philosophy, to Washington. “. . . That the advantages of these two inventions are pointed out in printed papers which accompany this Memorial: to wit. N. i. Essays on Field Artillery 1788. N. 2. Essais sur L’artillerie de Campagne 1791. N. 3. Of Cast Metal Cannon. N. 4. Of Ander- son’s Ship Gun. Glasgow College August 20th, 1793.” — Extract from Memorial of John Anderson “ To His Excellency George Washington Esquire, President of the United States of America.
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