Month: March 2007

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A Joshua King Ingalls miscellany

March 4, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur
In 1843, Ingalls was a Universalist minister, working in Danbury, CT. Public records show that he performed the following marriage ceremonies, including, apparently, a double wedding: FOOT, Grandison D, m Mercy Ann PORTER, b of Danbury, this day Nov 5, 1843 GRIFFIN, Mary Ann, m William HURLBURT, b of Danbury, Nov 2, 1843 PECK, Ammon T, m Harriet TAYLOR, b of Bethel, Nov 8, 1843 PRICE, Lewis T, m Jane BENEDICT, Dec 31, 1844 PRICE, Nathan, m Amelia COLEMAN, Dec 31, 1844 STEVENS, Matthew B, of Brookfield, m Diadema WILDMAN of Danbury, Nov 6, 1844 TAYLOR, Harriet, m Reuben _____, […]
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J. K. Ingalls, Photography (1850)

March 3, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur
PHOTOGRAPHYJoshua King Ingalls [American People’s Journal of Science, Literature, and Art, January 1850, p. 42.] THE employment of light as an agent in copying, or drawing, was suggested as early as the commencement of the present century, by Mr. Wedgewood, and Sir Humphrey Davy. If a piece of paper be dipped into a weak solution of nitrate of silver, and carefully dried, while excluded from the light, it retains its original color; but on exposure, gradually becomes dark, and even black. A paper thus prepared, placed behind a transparent painting, when held up to the light, would copy exactly the […]
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J. K. Ingalls, Books—Their Sphere and Influence

March 3, 2007 Shawn P. Wilbur
Here’s another nice piece by J. K. Ingalls. It originally appeared in the Spirit of the Age, probably in 1850, and was reprinted in the Liberator, April 16, 1852. BOOKS—THEIR SPHERE AND INFLUENCE Joshua King Ingalls In the history of human development, books maintain an important position. We are indebted to them, in a material sense, for all our acquaintance with the past, and for that wide diffusion of knowledge which distinguishes our age. And yet, in a higher sense, there is no single thing which has stood so much in the way of man’s advancement as his idol worship […]