Catalogue of books: inventory organized by size and accompanied by price.

Essay by British politician and capitalist. Complete title is "Free Parliaments, or, A vindication of the fundamental right of the Commons of England...to be sole judges of all those privileges of the electors and of the elected, which are absolutely necessary to preserve free parliaments and a free people..."

This incomplete volume contains an alphabetical list of family names, with some colored sketches of coats of arms.

A listing of miscellaneous manuscript maps that are not associated with any particular collections.

This volume contains signatures only.

Books of hours were among the most common devotional texts of the Middle Ages. Produced throughout western Europe until the early 16th century, books of hours were important status items, often elaborately illuminated, that might be tailored to the specific tastes of well-heeled clients to reflect interests in particular saints or to incorporate other elements of their personal lives and religious, political, or social commitments. Although the specifics of its origin remain uncertain, the APS Book of Hours is organized in a fairly typical fashion. Beginning with a calendar specifying feast days and other holy days, the book includes readings from the gospels, prayers (Obsecro te, O Intemerata), the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Cross, the seven penitential psalms (6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129), the litanies and prayers, the office for the dead, and additional prayers devoted to Saints Barbara, Anthony, Margaret, and Sebastian. Each of the 22 sections begins with a full-page illustration, many with additional vignettes. An additional vignette of a figure of death is included in the office of the dead. The volume was donated to the APS by Detmar Basse-Müller in 1806.

Books of hours were among the most common devotional texts of the Middle Ages. Produced throughout western Europe until the early 16th century, books of hours were important status items, often elaborately illuminated, that might be tailored to the specific tastes of well-heeled clients to reflect interests in particular saints or to incorporate other elements of their personal lives and religious, political, or social commitments. Although the illuminated pages have been removed from this book of hours, the gift of Timothy Matlack in 1811, it remains an elegant and ornate manuscript, with initials and line fillers in prominent gilt, red, and blue. Only one page remains from the calendar (the last), however many of the major elements of the book can be identified, including the prayers to the Virgin, the Stabat Mater Dolorosa and stations of the cross, the penitential psalms, litanies, and prayers, and the office of the dead.

Benjamin Franklin's annotated copy of the first printing of the Constitution (Philadelphia: Dunlap and Claypoole, 1787).

Sales catalogue from Panter and Company for the French ship Marquis de la Fayette which was captured by six British warships (HMS Endymion, Egmount, Suffolk, Grafton, Trident, and Bristol) while in passage to Boston. The catalogue provides a complete listing of the ship's cargo and its value.

The minutes cover 1749-1776, 1786-1833, and Treasurer's accounts, 1759-1843.

One volume contains songs for guitar and piano, the other compositions and arrangements for guitar. Peale and his wife copied some, if not all, from the works of various composers.

Marginal notes on North American Indians in Champlain's "Voyages de la Nouvelle France..." Includes one page of remarks on Canadian Indians, and a one-page list of words of Montagnais language.

Volume 3 (G-L) of a biographical and geographical dictionary of Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries in Central and South America, with citations of printed and manuscript sources. Primarily 17th century missionaries.

This volume contains descriptions of coats of arms, including Benjamin Franklin's. The Franklin inscription is a forgery. At the end of this volume is a note and a printed map relating to the Mason and Dixon survey, taken from the "Philosophical Transactions."

Material pertaining to the Walker regime in Guatemala, with many letters to and from John P. Heiss.

This volume is a listing of Philadelphia individuals claiming bankruptcy, with a corresponding list of their creditors.

Peter S. Du Ponceau translated Gérard de Rayneval's "De la liberté des mers" (Paris, 1811) as an exercise, but not for publication.

These papers consist chiefly of essays presented by the members, with such titles as "Ambition," "On Avarice," "State of Literature in the United States," and "Consequences of the French Revolution." Also included are several letters, including one from Benjamin Say, Jr.