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Priestley, Joseph, (1733-1804), scientist

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Surname: Priestley
Forenames: Joseph
Gender: Male
Date: 1733-1804
Biography: ODNB link for Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804) Scientist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P144109 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P23481 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Joseph Priestley
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
Dr Williams's Library
NRA 13168 Dr Williams's Lib

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
2
1760-90: notebook and sermons
Oxford University: Harris Manchester College Library
NRA 19870 Manchester Coll

See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
3
corresp and papers
University of Pennsylvania: Van Pelt Library
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4
corresp and papers
American Philosophical Society Library
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
5
papers
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
6
misc corresp and papers
Dickinson College Library
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
7
MS sermon and address rel to Birmingham riot
Leeds Libraries: Local and Family History Library
NRA 36365 Leeds misc
8
biographical chart of the world
Bedfordshire Archives
NRA 6970 Bedfordshire misc
9
1767-93: letters and sermons
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
NRA 28607 Birmingham coll
10
1791-93: papers rel to damages claimed after 'Priestley Riots'
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
NRA 28569
11
Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
NRA 32504 BUL misc
12
1771-1802: corresp with Sir Joseph Banks (11 items)
See information in published source
See WR Dawson, The Banks letters, 1958
13
1795-1803: letters (11) to Benjamin Barton etc
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14
1775-1802: letters (12) to Matthew Boulton
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
NRA 9497 Boulton
15
1766-71: corresp with J Canton
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
16
1766-82: corresp with Benjamin Franklin (25 items)
American Philosophical Society Library
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
17
1772-93: letters to Lord Lansdowne
Collection held privately: enquiries to Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 37645 Petty
18
1766-1803: letters (c250) to Theophilus Lindsey
Dr Williams's Library
NRA 13168 Dr Williams's Lib
19
1766-91: letters (20) to Richard Price
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
20
1791-94: letters to William Russell
British Library, Manuscript Collections
21
1778-1793: letters to James Watt
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
NRA 22549 Watt
22
1782: catalogue of his scientific books
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
23
1791-1800: letters (41) to John Vaughan
American Philosophical Society Library
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
24
1780-92: letters (31) to Josiah Wedgwood
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
25
1790-1802: corresp with John Wilkinson (66 items)
Warrington Archives, Culture Warrington
NRA 9201 Warrington Library
26
corresp with Christopher Wyvill
North Yorkshire County Record Office
NRA 13480
27
1771-1804: letters
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
NRA 13739