Part of Potocki's journey was made to search for the origins of the ancient Scythians. In 1828 the German Orientalist and traveler Heinrich Julius Klaproth asked the American Philosophical Society's permission to have an additional copy made of this manuscript, from which he prepared the work for publication, entitled "Voyage dans les steps dAstrakhan et du Caucase . . . Histoire primitive des peuples qui ont habité anciennement ces contrées (2 v., Paris, 1829).
A record of daily occurrence, with many features of a commonplace book, for this contains prescriptions, notes of questions asked candidates for the Lutheran ministry, the plan of a barn, etc. There is also a biographical account of Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787).
This journal begins with a visit to Germantown (Pa.), and continues through Pennsylvania to Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. Also included are expenses on the road for Vaughan, his horse, and servants.
This journal begins with Parke's voyage from Philadelphia to Bristol, and was kept while a medical student in London and Edinburgh. Also included are descriptions of trips outside of London and Parke's daily activities.
This journal of Post's, who was in the company of Teedyuscung, John Hays, Isaac Still, and Moses Tattamy, relates to the Indian conference held near the Ohio River. Copy in clerk's hand. Concerning message carried to Mingoes and other Ohio Indians. Includes description of conjuring ceremony.
These are records of the United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, and include letters, journals, ship's logs, and records of court martials.
Journal covers agency affairs at Tookaubatchee, January 23-July 1, 1802. Includes meetings with Creek Indians; treaty negotiations at Fort Wilkinson; relevant correspondence.
These journals, kept at Madison's plantation, also contain notes on sowing and harvesting, and migration of birds. Some notes are in Dolley Madison's hand.
These journeys of botanical exploration include information regarding plants, and his remarks on the condition of remote settlements he visited. The journals cover the territory from Hudson's Bay to the Indian River in Florida, and from the Bahama Islands to the banks of the Mississippi.
This journal describes Welch's journey from his home in England to the coast, the long wait for the wind, the voyage, preparations against possible attack by pirates, visits to Barbados, Nevis, and other islands, and his arrival at Port Royal in Hispaniola.
This volume includes Swan's report to Henry Knox (1791), in which he reports contact with and observations of the Creek Indians, while acting as deputy agent to the Creek Nation.
This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, data on Smith's studies on plant pathology, photographs of diseased plants, and some genealogical data.
The journal includes notes on travels to New York and Michigan, conversations, and Indian councils. Also included is a record of letters received from Indians. Table of contents.
This is a journal of travels among the Indians to a conference in Detroit. Includes a list of the names of different Indian nations in North America, their locations, and number of fighting men. Also contains miscellaneous materials: a letter from Heckewelder to Mordecai Churchman, October 5, 1819; engraving of Heckewelder; letter of Maria Heckewelder to Matthew S. Henry requesting him to relinquish the volume and some Heckewelder letters.
These manuscripts include a few letters to John Torrey, Amos Eaton, and Reuben Haines, and journals of travels to the Appalachian mountains (1833), and to the source of the Schuylkill River (1834).