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Robert Hare correspondence

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Call Number:
Ms. Coll. 74
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Extent:
0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Robert Hare correspondence, 1793-1858, Ms. Coll. 74, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
Date:
1793-1858 (inclusive)
Creator:
Hare, Robert and Smith, Edgar F. (Edgar Fahs)
Form:
Biographies and Correspondence
Abstract:
Robert Hare was a chemist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (born January 17, 1781) who is credited with developing the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe and the "galvanic deflagrator." This collection is made up of two series containing letters to Robert Hare about his scientific research, and letters concerning Edgar Fahs Smith's biography of Robert Hare entitled The Life of Robert Hare, An American Chemist (1781-1858).

Robert Hare was a chemist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (born January 17, 1781) who is credited with developing the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe and the "galvanic deflagrator." Mr. Hare would eventually serve as a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1810 to 1812, in 1818, and in 1847. His own apparatus was displayed at the Franklin Institute before being given to the Smithsonian Institution. He married Harriett Clark and together they had six children. Mr. Hare converted to Spiritulism in 1854 and wrote several books on the subject. On May 15, 1858, Robert Hare died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This collection is made up of two series containing letters to Robert Hare about his scientific research, and letters concerning Edgar Fahs Smith's biography of Robert Hare entitled The Life of Robert Hare, An American Chemist (1781-1858). Documents from University of Pennsylvania in the first series include Hare's resignation from the Medical School. Smith's research materials in the second series include copies of Robert Hare's correspondence with Franklin Bache and copies of Hare's 1845 United States Patent for improvements to his hydro-oxygen blowpipes.

Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection

Gift of T. Truxton Hare, 1949; Edgar Fahs Smith.

At American Philosophical Society: Robert Hare papers, 1764-1859 and

Hare-Willing Family Papers,1724-1965

At Duke University Libraries: Robert Hare papers, Philadelphia. 1825-1858

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University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Finding Aid Author
Nicole Love
Finding Aid Date
2015 April 13
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Académie Royale des Science, Paris , 1836-1843.
Box 1 Folder 1
Adams, Jasper, 1823.
Box 1 Folder 2
Anderson, William, 1846.
Box 1 Folder 3
Apjohn, James, 1836.
Box 1 Folder 4
Athenaeum, Waterloo Place, 1842.
Box 1 Folder 5
Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1836.
Box 1 Folder 6
Baird, Spender Fullerton, 1856-1857.
Box 1 Folder 7
Berzelius, Jons Jakob, Freiherr, 1832-1846.
Box 1 Folder 8
Bigelow, Jacob, 1837.
Box 1 Folder 9
Blodget, Lorin, 1855.
Box 1 Folder 10
Brande, William Thomas, 1836-1848.
Box 1 Folder 11
British Association for the Advancement of Science, Newcastle on Tyne, 1838.
Box 1 Folder 12
Conyngham, John M.
Box 1 Folder 13
Daniell, John Franklin, 1841.
Box 1 Folder 14
Davis, Charles A., 1848.
Box 1 Folder 15
Demidoff, Anatoli, Count, 1841-1842.
Box 1 Folder 16
Ellsworth, William Wolcot, 1834.
Box 1 Folder 17
Espy, James P. (James Pollard), 1820-1821.
Box 1 Folder 18
Frazer, John Fries, 1848-1852.
Box 1 Folder 19
Frazer, John Fries, 1851-1852.
Box 1 Folder 20
Hare, R., 1793.
Box 1 Folder 21
Hazard, Thomas Robinson, 1849.
Box 1 Folder 22
Henry, William, 1831.
Box 1 Folder 23
Herapath, William, 1836-1838.
Box 1 Folder 24
Hodgkins, Thomas.
Box 1 Folder 25
Horner, William E. (William Edmonds), 1847.
Box 1 Folder 26
Johnson, Walter R. (Walter Rogers), 1849.
Box 1 Folder 27
Jones, Thomas P., 1843.
Box 1 Folder 28
Kankrin, E.F. (Egor Frantsevich), graf, 1841-1842.
Box 1 Folder 29
London Institution, 1837-1841.
Box 1 Folder 30
McKinley, Edward, 1835.
Box 1 Folder 31
Macneven, William James, 1823.
Box 1 Folder 32
Niemann, Franz H., 1831.
Box 1 Folder 33
Page, Charles Grafton, 1848.
Box 1 Folder 34
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia, Pa., 1852.
Box 1 Folder 35
Royal Geographical Society of London, Waterloo Place, 1853.
Box 1 Folder 36
Royal Society of London, Somerset House, 1851-1852.
Box 1 Folder 37
Rush, Benjamin.
Box 1 Folder 38
Silliman, Benjamin, 1811-1852.
Box 1 Folder 39-50
Sturgeon, William, 1838.
Box 1 Folder 51
Torrey, John, 1838.
Box 1 Folder 52
Tyler, Samuel, 1849.
Box 1 Folder 53
University of Pennsylvania, 1847.
Box 1 Folder 54
Ure, Andrew, 1821-1841.
Box 1 Folder 55
Wallace, Horace Binney, 1851.
Box 1 Folder 56
Webster, John White, 1825.
Box 1 Folder 57
Woodbury, Levi, 1838.
Box 1 Folder 58\
Worth, Major, 1823.
Box 1 Folder 59

Bache, Franklin, 1850.
Box 1 Folder 60
Doremus, Charles A. , 1917.
Box 1 Folder 61
Germuth, Frederick G., 1928.
Box 1 Folder 62
Gilmore, Robert, 1803.
Box 1 Folder 63
Hare, H.A. (Hobart Amory), 1914.
Box 1 Folder 64
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1915-1927.
Box 1 Folder 65
J.B. Lippincott Company, 1916.
Box 1 Folder 66
Jennings, W.L., 1927.
Box 1 Folder 67
Leffmann, Henry, 1928.
Box 1 Folder 68
Library of Congress, 1916.
Box 1 Folder 69
Mack, J.L., 1922.
Box 1 Folder 70
Pennsylvania State Library, 1916.
Box 1 Folder 71
Smithsonian Institution, 1916.
Box 1 Folder 72
Tyler, Lyon G., 1917.
Box 1 Folder 73
United States Patent Office, 1845.
Box 1 Folder 74
Hare, Robert, biographical sketches and notes.
Box 1 Folder 75
Hare, Robert, article, 1925.
Box 1 Folder 76
Smith, Edgar Fahs, book reviews for Life of Robert Hare, 1917.
Box 1 Folder 77-78

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