BOOK
Title:
Robert Morris, audacious patriot
Creator:
Wagner, Frederick, 1928-
Publication:
Dodd, Mead, New York, [1976]
Notes:
Includes index. Bibliography: p. 135-140.
Call #:
DLAR 1728
Extent:
xii, 145 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Subject
BOOK
Title:
Elias Boudinot
Creator:
Whisenhunt, Donald W.
Publication:
New Jersey Historical Commission, Trenton, c1975.
Notes:
Bibliography: p. 32.
Call #:
DLAR 151p
Extent:
32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Inside Europe: Completely revised
Creator:
Gunther, John, 1901-1970
Publication:
Harper & brothers, New York & London, 1937.
Notes:
"33rd. edition." Morris. "Acknowledgments and bibliography": p. 457-460.
Call #:
940.96 G953.33
Extent:
x, 226, 226a-226n, 227-468 p. ; 22 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Mémoires de la vie privée de Benjamin Franklin
Alt. Title:
Autobiography. French. 1791
Creators:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Gibelin, Jacques, 1744-1828 | Buisson | Gimbel, RichardMrs | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Chez Buisson, libraire, rue Haute feuille, no. 20, A Paris, 1791.
Notes:
Pages [204]-[207] numbered 360-363. The first edition of Franklin Autobiography. Quérard attributes the translation to Dr. Jacques Gibelin. The portion written by Franklin is only to the year 1731, and the remainder of his life is a translation from Wilmer's Memoirs of Franklin, with considerable alterations. cf. P.L. Ford's Franklin bibliography, 1889, p. 183-184. P. [154] (3d count) numbered 254.
Call #:
B F85f76
Extent:
[2], vi, 156, [1]-363 [i.e. 207], 1 pages (final page blank) ; 22 cm (8vo)
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Meet Benjamin Franklin
Creators:
Scarf, Maggie, 1932- | Beckhoff, Harry
Publication:
Random House, New York, [c1968]
Notes:
Illustrations on lining papers.
Call #:
B F85sca
Extent:
60 p. : ill. (col.) ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
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Printers | Scientists | Statesmen | Statesmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Inventors United States Biography Juvenile literature | Printers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
BOOK
Title:
The life of Benjamin Franklin
Creator:
Lemay, J. A. Leo (Joseph A. Leo), 1935-2008
Publication:
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pa, ©2009.
Notes:
Maps on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Call #:
B F85L.L54
Extent:
v.3 : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects:
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Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Statesmen -- United States -- Biography | Scientists -- United States -- Biography | Inventors -- United States -- Biography | Printers -- United States -- Biography | Inventors | Printers | Scientists | Statesmen | United States | Biography
BOOK
Title:
The signers: the 56 stories behind the Declaration of Independence
Creators:
Fradin, Dennis B. | McCurdy, Michael
Publication:
Walker & Co, New York, 2002.
Notes:
Includes the text of the Declaration and its history. Includes bibliographical references (p.156-158 ) and index.
Call #:
DLAR Juv 7
Extent:
164 p.: ill.; 27 cm.
Subjects:
View Subjects
United States. -- Declaration of Independence -- Signers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Statesmen -- United States -- Biography | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography | United States. Declaration of Independence Signers | Statesmen | United States History Revolution, 1775-1783
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Title:
Dates:
1840, 1862
Abstract:
Born in Boston and educated there and in France, Samuel Breck (1771-1862) was a major figure in the mercantile, philanthropic, and political life of Philadelphia during the first hald of the nineteenth century. With an interest in historical and literary affairs, Breck was an active member of the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Phialdelphia Athenaeum, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the American Philosophical Society (elected 1838).
The Breck Collection is comprised of two manuscripts written by Samuel Breck. The first, "Historical Sketch of the Continental Bills of Credit, from 1775 to 1781, with Specimens Thereof" (1840), includes an essay and 153 specimens of Continental Currency. The second essay, "Recollections of My Acquaintance and Association with Deceased Members of the American Philosophical Society" (1862) includes the 92 year-old Breck's reminiscences of his personal relationships with the nationally and internationally prominent membership of the APS.
Call #:
Mss.332.5.B74h
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812 | Bingham, William, 1752-1804 | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chastellux, François Jean, Marquis de, 1734-1788 | Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 | Diplomats | Early National Politics | Hall & Sellers | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Holyoke, Edward Augustus, 1728 | Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 | La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, Duc de, 1747-1827 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de, 1757-1834 | Letombe, Philippe Joseph | Louis Philippe, King of the Fr | Miscellaneous | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 | Official Government Documents and Records | Paper money | Paper money -- United States -- Forgeries | Paper money -- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | Penn, John, 1729-1795 | Photographs | Physicians | Presidents | Raguet, Condy, 1784-1842 | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Scholars | St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813 | Statesmen | Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles M | United States -- Biography | Volney, C.-F. (Contantin-Franç | Washington, George (1732-1799)
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Title:
Dates:
1862
Abstract:
This volume contains short sketches of prominent American and European scholars, diplomats, and statesmen. "These short memoirs were composed in the heat of the summer of 1862; and the concluding page written on the 15th of August of that year, when I was about one month advanced in my ninety second year; my birthday being July 17th, 1771." Signed Saml. Breck. Persons discussed include Talleyrand Perigord; M. Volney; Rochefoucauld Liancourt; Louis Philippe, King of the French; Joel Barlow; William Bingham; Robert Morris; Alexander Hamilton; General Henry Knox; Doctor Benjamin Rush; Doctor Rush and William Cobbett.
Call #:
Mss.920.B74
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
View Subjects
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | American Philosophical Society | American Revolution | Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812 | Bingham, William, 1752-1804 | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chastellux, François Jean, Marquis de, 1734-1788 | Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 | Diplomats. | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Holyoke, Edward Augustus, 1728 | Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 | La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, Duc de, 1747-1827 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de, 1757-1834 | Letombe, Philippe Joseph | Louis Philippe, King of the Fr | Manuscript Essays | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 | Penn, John, 1729-1795 | Philadelphia History | Physicians. | Presidents. | Raguet, Condy, 1784-1842 | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Scholars. | St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813 | Statesmen. | Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Mauric | United States -- Biography. | Washington, George (1732-1799)
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
Circa 1760s-1850s
Abstract:
This rich collection of letters and documents, which was assembled by Sol Feinstone (1888-1980) over a period of fifty years, includes material on almost all notable Americans from before the Revolution to the 1850's, as well as prominent Europeans, and there are documents relating to military affairs. There are substantial groups of letters from: John Adams, Henry Dearborn, Alexander Hamilton, Jedediah Huntington, Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette, George Washington, and a long run of letters from a Massachusetts military surgeon named Samuel Adams. Many letters, though written by Revolutionary figures, relate to events that occurred before or after the War.
Call #:
Mss.B.F327
Extent:
27 Linear feet
Subjects:
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1775-1783 | 1783-1850 | Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Adams, Samuel | Agriculture | Agusta, GA | Albany (N.Y.) | Albany, N.Y. | Albany, NY | Albemarle Barracks, VA | Alexandria, VA | Algiers (Algeria) | Ambassadors | American Revolution | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Annapolis (Md.) | Annapolis, MD | Antigua, WI | Au Cap, France | Augusta County (Va.) | Bagshot, England | Baltimore (Md.) | Bank of Albany (Albany, N.Y.) | Belmont, VA | Bennington, VT | Bonston, MA | Books | Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) | Boston (Mass.) | Boston Massacre, 1770 | Boston, MA | Botta, Carlo, 1766-1837. Storia della guerra dell'independenza degli Stati Uniti d'America. English | Bound Brook (N.J.) | Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777 | Bristol County (Mass.) | Brown, Elias, 1793-1857 | Buckingham, PA | Bucks County (Pa.) | Bucks County (Pa.) | Business and Skilled Trades | Cabanis, P. J. G. (Pierre Jean Georges), 1757-1808 | Cadwalader, Lambert, 1742-1823 | Cambridge, MA | Cambridge, Mass | Camden (N.J.) | Camp Tappan, NY | Cape Henry (Virginia Beach, Va.) | Carlisle, PA | Catskill Landing, NY | Champlain, Lake | Charleston (S.C.) | Charleston Harbor, SC | Charleston, SC | Charlestown (Boston, Mass.) | Charlotte County, VA | Charlottesville (Va.) | Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) | Chester County (Pa.) | Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Clothing | Colonial Politics | Colony and State Specific History | Conde, France | Connecticut | Conneticut | Constitution | Court at St. James, London | Crown Point, NY | Cádiz (Spain) | Danbury (Conn.) | Dartmouth College | Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 | Delaware | Detroit, MI | Diplomacy | Diplomacy--History | Diplomatic History | Dobbs Ferry, NY | Dublin (Ireland) | Dueling | Early National Politics | Eastham, MA | Easton, Massachusetts | Education | Edwardsville (Ill.) | Egg Harbor City (N.J.) | Elizabethtown, NJ | England | Englishtown, NJ | Essex, England | Family Correspondence | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle | Fenner, NY | Fishkill (N.Y.) | Fort Mifflin (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Fort Ticonderoga | France | France. Marine | France. Navy | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Frederick County (Va.) | Fredericksburg (Va.) | Fredericksburg, NY | Fredericksburg, VA | Freight and freightage | French Revolution | Gazette de Leyde (Netherlands, Leiden) | General Correspondence | Georgia | Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Goshen, NC | Great Britain. Parliament | Great Britain. Royal Navy | Great Britain. 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