| | 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. | |
| | Author: | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Rush memorandum book, 1805-1813
| | | | Dates: | 1805-1813 | | | | Abstract: | The account of Daphne Peterson, a freed African American, may be of particular interest. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R89m | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Business Records and Accounts | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Land and Speculation | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Real property -- Pennsylvania. | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | |
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