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MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1780-1956
Abstract:  

Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813) was an explorer and soldier, most often remembered two exploratory trips to the newly acquired Louisiana territory. The first of these trips was to the source of the Mississippi River in 1805; the second was to explore the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers in 1806. Because General James Wilkinson was responsible for organizing Pike's two expeditions, when the conspiracy charges again Aaron Burr implicated Wilkinson, suspicion was, for a short time, also focused on Pike. Pike worked his way up the ranks of the United States Army, becoming a brigadier-general during the War of 1812. He was killed in the Battle of York in Upper Canada (now Toronto) in 1813.
Call #:  
Mss.B.P63
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1839-1849
Abstract:  

In these letters to Caroline Watts, a young friend and teacher in Durham, England, Spencer writes principally about the teaching of geometry and astronomy. He also comments on current political and literary events in England, including John Bright's defeat, the Corn Laws, and theories about health and religion. There is frequent mention of his brother Thomas Spencer, and his son Herbert Spencer.
Call #:  
Mss.B.Sp32
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1771-1838
Abstract:  

William Tilghman (1756-1827; APS 1805) was a jurist and chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He held several positions as a judge and lawyer in the Philadelphia area and was active in the American Philosophical Society. He helped form and served as the head of the Committee of History, the Moral Sciences and General Literature for the APS and was elected the President of the APS in 1824, a position he held until his death.
Call #:  
Mss.B.T45
Extent:
58 item(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1744-1747
Abstract:  

This volume contains letters relating to the purchase and shipment of goods in America, Europe, and the West Indies, commecing 22d, 12mo. 1744, ending 6th, 2mo. 1747. Some are signed by Matthias Aspden, John Reynell, and John Smith.
Call #:  
Mss.380.P36
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
Circa 1842
Abstract:  

These are the original sketches used for the engravings in Day's 1843 publication, "Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania" (Philadelphia). They are finely detailed renderings of public and private structures and landscape throughout Pennsylvania. Accompanying these sketches are 150 pages of photocopied letters of Day, from originals at Yale University. These were used by Smith in his book.
Call #:  
Mss.917.48.D33
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1681-1921
Abstract:  

These documents are principally of Pennsylvania interest, 1757-1809, including letters to Richard I. Manning from John C. Calhoun, Marquis de Lafayette, George McDuffie, and William Wirt. There are also letters of Clement C. Biddle, James Buchanan, Francis J. Grund, James Madison, Timothy Pickering, and William H. Seward. In addition, there are several musical scores (n.d.) and 19 cancelled checks (1861-1871) drawn by Ticknor and Fields in Boston, to the order of various American authors.
Call #:  
Mss.973.D32
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1747-1771
Abstract:  

This volume contains approximately 175 letters written by Thomas Penn and Richard Penn on public business. A few are copies of letters by James Hamilton, a member of the Provincial Council and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, and by or to Abraham Taylor.
Call #:  
Mss.974.8.P36c
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1779-1793
Abstract:  

Letters of a dutiful child to his parents Richard Bache and Sarah Franklin Bache, and to his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin; also letters to William Jones, Robert Frazer, and Margaret H. Markoe, his fiancée. Also photostats of letters to Robert Alexander of Virginia, from the originals in University of Virginia Library.
Call #:  
Mss.B.B122
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1842-1849
Abstract:  

Written from China to his family, the letters of James Bancker contain descriptions of the social life of the Americans and English in China, of Hong Kong after the British acquisition of that place, and of anti-British riots in Canton. A long letter describes the outward voyage from New York to Canton; several letters given an account of a visit to the Philippines; and there is a partial journal of Bancker's return home through the Red Sea.
Call #:  
Mss.B.B22
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1825-1857
Abstract:  

The primary correspondence (ca. 65 letters) is with William Cooper (1798-1864) on Bonaparte's publications, especially "American Ornithology" and "Observations on the Nomenclature of Wilson's Ornithology," but also included are many references to American and European men of science and learned societies. There are also letters to Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, George Robert Gray, Titian Ramsay Peale, and Wilhelm P. S. Rüppell.
Call #:  
Mss.B.B642.1.7
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1810-1877
Abstract:  

This collection contains material relating to his legal affairs, medical publications, receipts for books purchased, and information on botany. Important correspondents include Edward H. Clarke, George Mifflin Dallas, Samuel David Gross, and Joseph Henry. There is also family history in these papers.
Call #:  
Mss.B.C239
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1779-1798
Abstract:  

This collection of letters, while tiny, is actually quite rich in content. Cadwalader wrote to Samuel Meredith, a politician and fellow Revolutionary War soldier, concerning the war, his real estate holdings in Philadelphia, and the local political climate. The seven items are dated from October 5, 1779 to March 9, 1798, during which Cadwalader served in the military, reentered politics, got married, and then retired from public service.
Call #:  
Mss.B.C625.1
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1745-1822
Abstract:  

This collection includes four letter books (1750-1767), containing principally business correspondence with Benjamin Franklin (42 letters), William Strahan (193 letters), and the stationers Bloss & Johnson, London, Johnson & Unwin, London, and Hamilton & Balfour, Edinburgh. There are also accounts current, 1748-1768 (2 vols.), of which one contains Edinburgh. There are also accounts current, 1748-1768 (2 vols.), of which one contains Franklin and Hall's account for printing done for the province of Pennsylvania, 1756-1767, with an index volume to these accounts; records of bills of exchange remitted to London, 1745-1752 (1 vol.); there are about 90 loose letters (some are photocopies) mainly from William Strahan to Hall, 1745-1775, concerning business matters, as well as English and American politics. Included in this group is correspondence relating to Hall and his publishing partnership, and his son William's partnership with Sellers. One additional volume is a photocopy of Franklin and Hall's "Work Book No. 2," 1759-1766, 1782-1789, from the original at the New York Public Library (B H142.lf).
Call #:  
Mss.B.H142.1-3
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1816-1877
Abstract:  

These are primarily papers relating to the work of the United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, with special reference to surveys of harbors of the eastern United States. Some papers and letters relate to natural history and are addressed to John Lawrence LeConte. Correspondents include Rutherford B. Hayes, Joseph Henry, Daniel Parker, and E.G. Squier.
Call #:  
Mss.B.L493.3
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1820-1853
Abstract:  

These papers concern business and legal affairs, and include Price's writings on the law of real and personal property, and private wrongs. Also includes a letter to Daniel Webster.
Call #:  
Mss.B.P926
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet



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