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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:	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Benjamin Franklin Papers, 1642-1841
	Dates:	1642-1841
	Abstract:	The Franklin papers contain several letters which refer to African Americans, particularly in regards to the need to abolish slavery and the establishment of a school for African American children.
	Call #:	Mss.B.F85
	Extent:	85.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Account books. \| American Philosophical Society \| American Revolution \| Americans Abroad \| Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 \| Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Diaries. \| Diplomatic History \| Diplomatic Material \| Electricity -- Early works to 1800 \| Family Correspondence \| France -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774 \| Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 \| Franklin, William, 1731-1813 \| General Correspondence \| Government Affairs \| Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Hays, I. Minis (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 \| Hodge, Sarah Bache, 1798-1849 \| International Travel \| Land and Speculation \| Manuscript Essays \| Marriage and Family Life \| Mecom, Jane, 1712-1794 \| Military History \| Pen works \| Pencil works \| Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century \| Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 18th century \| Pennsylvania History \| Political Correspondence \| Postal service -- United States \| Printed Material \| Printers -- Pennsylvania \| Printing and Publishing \| Scientific Correspondence \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| United States -- Foreign relations -- France \| United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain \| United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 \| United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 \| United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Williams, Jonathan, 1719-1796 \| Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

	Author:	Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Samuel George Morton Papers
	Dates:	1819-1850
	Abstract:	Morton's diary, made on a trip that be made to the West Indies, records observations made on many of the Islands on life, work, agriculture, slavery, and derogatory comments on the native inhabitants.
	Call #:	Mss.B.M843
	Extent:	2.25 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	African American \| Archaeology \| Aymara Indians \| Bachman, John (1790-1874) \| Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 \| Barbados -- Description and travel -- 19th century \| Botany \| Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853 \| Conrad, Timothy Abbott, 1803-1877 \| Cooper, William, 1776-1848 \| Craniology. \| Craniometry \| Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 \| DeKay, James Ellsworth, 1792-1 \| Diaries. \| Doornik, Jacob Elisa, 1777-183 \| Education \| Egyptology. \| Exploration. \| Fermine Gomez Farias \| French, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877 \| General Correspondence \| Geology \| Gliddon, George R.(George Robi \| Gomez, Jose Justo Gomez de la \| Hildreth, Samuel P. (Samuel Pr \| Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 \| Indians of North America -- Kentucky \| Indians of North America -- Massachusetts \| Indians of North America -- Mississippi \| Indians of North America -- Ohio \| Indians of North America -- Physical characteristics \| Indians of North America -- Rhode Island \| Indians of North America -- Tennessee \| Indians of South America -- Peru \| Indians of South America -- Physical characteristics \| International Travel \| Kane , John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 \| Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 \| Medicine \| Mineralogy \| Miscegenation \| Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 \| Natural history \| Naumkeag Indians \| Ornithology \| Paleontology \| Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 \| Pentland, Joseph Barclay \| Phrenology \| Race \| Race, race relations, racism \| Rush, William, 1756-1833 \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Sketches. \| Skull. \| Slavery -- Barbados \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Travel \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) \| Watercolors

	Author:	Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840	Requires cookie*
	Title:	C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque Papers, 1808-1840
	Dates:	1808-1840
	Abstract:	The collection contains a manuscript written for a contest sponsored by the Societe de Geographie de Paris. The organization sought the best-written history of the "origins of negroes." Rafinesque was awarded a gold medal for his work. Rafinesque, Constantine S. Memoires sur l'origine des nations negres, ou introduction a l'histoire des negres indigenes d'Asie, d'Afrique, polynesie, Amerique et Europe. 1831. 1 item (106 pages).
	Call #:	Mss.B.R124
	Extent:	1.75 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Anishinaabe \| Bibliographies. \| Biology, genetics, eugenics \| Botany. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Delaware Indians \| Essays. \| Europe -- Description and travel. \| Gass, Patrick, 1771-1870 \| Indians of North America -- Louisiana \| International Travel \| Journals (notebooks). \| Manuscript Essays \| Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 \| Native America \| Native American Materials \| Natural history \| North America -- Description and travel. \| Notebooks \| Ojibwa Indians \| Osage Indians \| Ottawa Indians \| Picture-writing \| Plains Indians \| Political Correspondence \| Race, race relations, racism \| Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Sketches. \| Tarascon, L. A. \| Travel \| Wallam olum \| Zoology.