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1Author:  Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835Requires cookie*
 Title:  Benjamin Vaughan Papers     
 Dates:  1746-1900 
 Abstract:  This collection contains at least one item which may be of interest to students of African American history: a manuscript concerning slaves in the British West Indies, entitled "Negroes." 
 Call #:  Mss.B.V46p 
 Extent:  13.25 Linear Feet 
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 Subjects:  Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | Agriculture | American Revolution | Animal magnetism. | Architecture | Astronomy | Barère, B. (Bertrand), 1755-1841 | Beyond Early America | Billaud-Varenne, 1756-1819 | Blake, Anne Susannah | Bowdoin College | Breeding. | Colonial Politics | Diplomacy. | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Diseases | Dueling. | Early National Politics | Electricity | Family Correspondence | Genealogies | General Correspondence | Hallowell (Me.) | Harlowe, Harris | Land and Speculation | Lectures | Lindet, Jean-Baptiste-Robert, 1749-1825 | Littlefield, William B. | Locke, John, 1632-1704 | Manufactures | Maps and Surveys | Medicine | Mesmerism | Meteorology | Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831 | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 | Notes | Pennell, Jacob | Plantations | Punctuation | Raymond, Edward | Religion | Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794 | Science and technology | Silk industry. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Taxation | Unitarianism | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 
2Author:  Wyck AssociationRequires 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.)