✦ LIBER ✦
Franklin, Priestley and the Samuel Vaughan, Jr. manuscripts. 1775–1782
✍ Scribed by George E. Pettengill
- Book ID
- 103079402
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1949
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 854 KB
- Volume
- 247
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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✦ Synopsis
The Library of The Franklin Institute possesses a small collection of manuscripts formerly belonging to Samuel Vaughan, jr., covering the period 1775-1782. 2 Among the outstanding items are a letter from Joseph Priestley (see cut) describing the making of phosphoric acid and several letters written by Sarah Vaughan, Samuel's mother, in which she makes interesting references to Priestley