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	Author:	American Philosophical Society	Requires cookie*
	Title:	American Philosophical Society Archives
	Dates:	1743-1984
	Abstract:	The APS archives does not contain a tremendous amount of African American history materials. Nevertheless, the following letter is significant: Dearborn, Benjamin. Letter to the American Philosophical Society. 1803 February 4. Suggestions on the abolition of slavery.
	Call #:	APS.Archives
	Extent:	192.25 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Adena culture -- West Virginia \| African American \| American Philosophical Society \| Anishinaabe \| Astronomy -- 18th century \| Aztecs. \| Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 \| Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) \| Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield \| Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 \| Cherokee Indians \| Choctaw Indians \| Colonial Politics \| Dercum, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 \| Early National Politics \| Eastern Woodlands Indians \| Education \| Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) \| Hanson, Laura E. \| Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 \| History of science and technology. \| Indians of Mexico \| Indians of North America -- Kentucky \| Indians of North America -- Mississippi \| Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast \| Indians of North America -- West Virginia \| Institutional Records \| Keen, William W. (William Williams) \| Lingelbach , William E. (William Ezra), 1871-1962 \| Miscellaneous \| Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-19 \| Mound builders \| Native America \| Native American Materials \| Natural history \| Natural history -- 18th century \| Natural history -- 19th century \| Ojibwe people \| Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 \| Pencil works \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Plains Indians \| Priestly, Joseph R. \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Shryock, Richard Harrison (1893-1972) \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Southeast Indians \| United States History. \| Vautravers, Jean-Rodolphe \| Warden, David Baillie, 1772-18 \| Wood, George Bacon, 1797-1879

	Author:	Hare-Willing family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Hare-Willing Family Papers
	Dates:	1724-1965
	Abstract:	Of particular interest to students of African American history are records of the First Colored Wesley Methodist Church of Philadelphia (receipt book, 1820-1848; minute book, 1827-1844).
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.104
	Extent:	52 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Account books. \| African American \| African American churches -- United States \| Americans Abroad \| Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. \| Beale, Catherine C. \| Beale, Charles Willing, 1845-1932 \| Beale, Constance R. \| Beale, Edward Fitzgerald \| Binney, Horace, 1780-1875 \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 \| Clark, John Innes \| Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 \| Early National Politics \| Education \| Educational Material \| Family Correspondence \| First Colored Wesley Methodist Church of Philadelphia. \| Flint (Ship) \| General Correspondence \| Hare, Charles Willing, 1871-1942 \| Hare, Ellen Mary Cassatt \| Hare, Emily P. Beale, 1848-1935 \| Hare, Esther Binney, 1873-1967 \| Hare, Esther Coxe Binney \| Hare, George Harrison \| Hare, Horace Binney \| Hare, Horace Binney, 1843-1879 \| Hare, Horace Binney, 1876-1956 \| Hare, John Innes Clark, 1816-1905 \| Hare, Margaret Willing, 1753-1816 \| Hare, Robert, 1752-1811 \| Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 \| Hare, Robert, 1869-1875 \| Hare, Thomas Truxtun, 1878-1956 \| Hare-Willing family. \| Harvard University \| Institutional Records \| International Travel \| Journals (notebooks). \| Law \| Legal Records \| Letterbooks. \| Mac Veagh, Margaret \| Meigs, Ellen Mary Cassatt Hare \| Minutes. \| Miscellaneous \| Natural history \| Notebooks \| Perry-Smith, Oliver, 1884-1969 \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. \| Philadelphia (Pa.). -- Councils. -- Common Council. \| Philadelphia History \| Receipt books. \| Religion \| Religion, religious organizations \| Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 \| San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel. \| Science -- United States -- 19th century. \| Science and technology \| Scrapbooks. \| Smith, Stuart Farrar, 1874-1951 \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Steam-engines. \| Titantic (Steamship) \| Travel \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States (Ship) \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. \| Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821 \| Women's History \| World War I \| World War II

	Author:	Vaux, George, V, 1721-1803	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Vaux Family Papers, 1690-1996
	Dates:	1690-1996
	Abstract:	The collection may contain materials of interest relating to the family's involvement with the anti-slavery movement.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.73
	Extent:	150 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African American \| American Revolution \| Antebellum Politics \| Business Records and Accounts \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Genealogy. \| General Correspondence \| Institutional Records \| Land speculation \| Legal Records \| Maps and Surveys \| Marriage and Family Life \| Mineralogy. \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Quaker businesspeople \| Quakers -- Missions. \| Seneca Indians \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Surveying and Maps \| Travel \| Vaux Family \| Vaux, George, V, 1721-1803 \| Vaux, George, VII, 1779-1836 \| Vaux, George, VIII, 1832-1915 \| Vaux, William Sansom, 1811-1882 \| Yellow fever.

	Author:	Wyck Association	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Wyck Association Collection
	Dates:	1663-1972
	Abstract:	With emphases on religion, education, and social concerns, the correspondence in the Wyck collection contains numerous references to African Americans. These issues emerge in the correspondence of Caspar Wistar Haines I, Hannah Marshall Haines, Reuben Haines III, Jane Bowne Haines I, Robert Bowne Haines I, and Caspar Wistar Haines II.See below for more specific subject references within the letters. The collection also contains a series of writings: diaries, essays, journals, notebooks, and poetry. Of particular interest are the papers describing the exploits of a runaway slave, Henry Hudson, in 1819.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.52
	Extent:	151.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia \| Accounts. \| Agriculture \| Bills (financial). \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Culture, community, organizations \| Deeds \| Diaries. \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Haines family \| Haines, Ann, 1793-1869 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1762-18 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1853-1935 \| Haines, Hannah Marshall, 1765- \| Haines, Jane B., 1869-1937 \| Haines, Jane Bowne, 1790-1843 \| Haines, Jane Reuben, 1832-1911 \| Haines, John Smith, 1820-1886 \| Haines, Margaret Vaux Wistar, 1831-1917 \| Haines, Margaret Wistar, 1728- \| Haines, Mary T., 1892- \| Haines, Reuben, 1727-1793 \| Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 \| Haines, Robert B., 1827-1895 \| Haines, Robert B., 1893-1967 \| Hartshorne, Catherine Haines, \| Home economics -- United States -- Accounting \| Horticulture \| Institutional Records \| Jansen family \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Miscellaneous \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs \| Philadelphia History \| Photoprints \| Quakers \| Race, race relations, racism \| Receipts \| Reconstruction \| Religion, religious organizations \| Science and technology \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Social problems. \| Trade \| Wistar family \| Wyck House (Philadelphia, Pa.)