Papers in the possession of Robert B. Fisher.

The Noah Webster papers consist of correspondence, writings by Webster on various topics, diaries, and miscellaneous papers. Correspondence, 1776-1843, and diaries, 1784-1820, relate to his career as lawyer, educator, editor of newspapers, federalist agitator, lexicographer, and etymologist. Included are his writings on banking, the history of political parties, federalism, and suffrage. Also, papers concerning his American Dictionary of the English Language, Amherst College, epidemics, etymology, legislation in Connecticut, amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and other matters.

Diary and correspondence written during the voyage of the Beagle, 1831-1836. From originals at Down House, Kent.

Treatise on tobacco cultivation, ca. 1790 from the original in the Jagiellonian Library, University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland.

This microfilm collection contains minute books, report book, committee records, membership rolls, correspondence, and more.

These records represent volumes 21-22 of the Society's archive of documents relating to North America, and includes letters to and from Pennsylvanians, or the missionaries sent there, and a few from New York, and from Massachusetts.

These minutes pertain to actions taken by the Royal Society, and include lists of members present at council meetings.

The Minutes and Correspondence of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 1812-1894, include documents relating to the founding of the institution. Featured material found within the 38 reels: initiatory statements from the founders about ideas regarding the organization and policies as well as reports of curators, treasurers, secretaries, librarians, and various special committees.

These records include minutes (1682-1775), papers (1682-1776), and colonial records (1682-1775).

This correspondence, by and relating to Young, was collected by John G. Gazley for his biography "The Life of Arthur Young, 1741-1820" (APS Memoirs 97; Philadelphia, 1973).

This is a forty-eight page report on the Delaware Indians and language, with selected words and phrases and their meanings.

These are the Sloane manuscripts 4036-4069, comprised principally of letters to Sloane from scholars, physicians, naturalists, and collectors in Great Britain, Europe, and America.

An analysis of the contents of magazines, including at least one newspaper called a magazine.

This volume contains sections pertaining to the theory and practice of pharmacy, a distribution of medicinal simples, directions for extemporaneous prescriptions, and an instruction for disease diagnosis.