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Sources consulted for the biography of:John Patten Emmet (1796–1842)
Published Biographies
- George Tucker, Memoir of the Life and Character of John P. Emmet, M.D. (1845), with variant birth year of 1797 on 6.
- Thomas Addis Emmet (son), Memoir of John Patten Emmet M.D. (1898), with frontispiece portrait, birth date on 15, contradictory marriage dates of July 21, 1827 (on 33) and July 24, 1827 (on 59), variant death date of August 15, 1842 on 54 and 59, texts of letters, and reproductions of drawings.
- B. F. D. Runk, "John Patten Emmet," Magazine of Albemarle County History 13 (1953): 54–67.
Primary Sources
- Emmet correspondence, class notes, and MS "Syllabus on the Refraction of Light" in Papers of John Patten Emmet (1842–1879), Note Books of John Patten Emmet (1825–1841), and other collections in Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Albemarle Co. Marriage Bonds (bond dated July 19, 1827)
- Washington Daily National Intelligencer, August 1, 1827 (marriage date of July 21, 1827)
- Estate inventory in Albemarle Co. Will Book, 15:113–116, Library of Virginia
- Emmet's publications include:
- "Upon the solvent and oxidating powers of Ammoniacal Salts, &c.," American Journal of Science and Arts 18 (1830): 255–260
- "Experiments upon the Solidification of raw Gypsum," American Journal of Science and Arts 23 (1833): 209–212
- "Notices on Thermo-Electricity and Electro-Magnetism," American Journal of Science and Arts 26 (1834): 311–313
Obituaries
- Christian Register and Boston Observer, August 20, 1842 (death notice)
- Richmond Enquirer, October 18, 1842 (obituary and memorial)
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