Subject| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Agriculture |
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| | • | Bankruptcy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- Equipment and supplies. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Canals -- New York (State) |
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| | • | Carpenters -- Labor unions -- United States. |
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| | • | Court calendars -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Culture, community, organizations |
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| | • | Diplomats |
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| | • | Fort Augusta (Pa.) |
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| | • | Fort Duquesne |
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| | • | Fort Granville (Pa.) |
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| | • | Fort Hunter |
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| | • | Fort Pitt (Pa.) |
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| | • | Fort William Henry (N.Y.) |
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| | • | Fortification -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Genealogy. |
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| | • | Guilds -- United States. |
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| | • | Home economics -- United States -- Accounting |
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| | • | Horticulture |
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| | • | Iroquois Indians |
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| | • | Lancaster County (Pa.) -- History |
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| | • | Land speculation |
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| | • | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Observations |
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| | • | Military supplies. |
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| | • | Paper money -- United States -- Forgeries |
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| | • | Paper money -- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
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| | • | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
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| | • | Pennsylvania -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 |
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| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce |
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| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs |
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| | • | Physicians |
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| | • | Presidents |
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| | • | Quakers |
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| | • | Race, race relations, racism |
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| | • | Real property -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Reconstruction |
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| | • | Religion, religious organizations |
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| | • | Scales (Weighing instruments) -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Scholars |
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| | • | Science -- United States -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Shippenburg Library Company |
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| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| | • | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform |
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| | • | Social problems. |
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| | • | Statesmen |
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| | • | Steam-engines. |
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| | • | Titantic (Steamship) |
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| | 3 | Author: | Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia Records, 1683-1983
| | | | Dates: | 1683-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Carpenter's Company Collection is a potentially rich source for those interested in Philadelphia history and early trade unions. The Carpenters' Company was one of the most prominent trade associations in colonial Philadelphia and the early national period. The collection includes official minutes of the Carpenter's Company for nearly all of early America. These volumes capture the inner workings of one of the most prominent business institutions in the city. The minute books capture a wide range of company business, including establishing prices for the public, member procedures, and public relations. The collection also includes the minutes of the Friendship Company from its founding in 1769 – 1775 and their accounts from 1769-1799.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.974.811.C22.a | | | | Extent: | 18 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Philadelphia History | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Institutional Records | Miscellaneous | | | | Subjects: | Carpenters -- Labor unions -- United States. | Guilds -- United States. | |
| 4 | Author: | Montgomery family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Montgomery family papers, ca. 1650-1900
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1650-1900 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of an assortment of documents relating to the Montgomery Family that settled in New Jersey around 1701. The documents include items from the 1680s written in England relating to property in New Jersey, a series of letters from the eighteenth century, and a couple of letters from the revolutionary era. The correspondence deals with a range of issues, including trade and business, but they are more often family letters. John Burnett and John and Anna Forbes are the most frequent correspondents. The letters are written variously from Aberdeen, Scotland, Perth Amboy, and even some from Barbados. The remaining collection deals with genealogical material, much of which was written in the nineteenth century, although some was also done in the eighteenth century.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M763 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Colony and State Specific History | International Trade. | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Family Correspondence | Miscellaneous | | | | Subjects: | Genealogy. | |
| 7 | Author: | Wyck Association | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Wyck Association Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1663-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Wyck Collection is a massive collection that touches upon a number of early American themes. MOLE contains an extensive inventory of the collection. There are also binders with the collection that contain item level descriptions of the contents. The collection is particularly notable for its family correspondence, business records, and information on the operations of some Philadelphia institutions, such as the Academy of Natural Sciences.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.52 | | | | Extent: | 151.5 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Early National Politics | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Marriage and Family Life | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Science and technology | Trade | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Family Correspondence | Institutional Records | Miscellaneous | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Agriculture | Culture, community, organizations | Home economics -- United States -- Accounting | Horticulture | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Quakers | Race, race relations, racism | Reconstruction | Religion, religious organizations | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Social problems. | |
| 8 | Author: | Smith Family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Smith-Houston-Morris-Ogden Family papers, 1659-1985
| | | | Dates: | 1659-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The Smith-Houston-Morris-Ogden Collection is the APS's largest collection. It has a vast array of materials from early America. The APS has on file a 303-page survey of the collection that scholars may want to consult before beginning their research. In general, the collection contains information on business, politics, family and social life, Philadelphia history, land expansion, and estates. A good part Morris portion of the collection comes from Governeur Morris and his wife. The bulk of this material begins with his time as an emissary to France during the early republic and continues to his death. There is also a fairly extensive collection of his wife's correspondence, most of which follows Governeur's death. Her letters touch on issues relating to his estate and to other affairs. It includes discussions of slavery in Virginia and contains correspondence from memebers of the extended Jefferson family. The Ogden's were surveyors and land speculators in the late colonial and early national period. This portion of the collection contains discussion of land, business, politics, and family matters. A significant amount of these papers focus on the operations of a grist mill in New York. There are papers from numerous other prominent families, such as the Clemsons, Morgans, and Lewises, who were related through marriage.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.76 | | | | Extent: | 350 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Colony and State Specific History | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | International Affairs | Land and Speculation | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Surveying and Maps | Trade | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Diplomatic Material | Family Correspondence | Miscellaneous | Political Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Land speculation | |
| 10 | Author: | Burd, James, 1726-1793 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Burd-Shippen Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1708-1792 | | | | Abstract: | This collection is one of the largest early American collections the APS holds. Its breadth of sources provides insight into colonial Pennsylvania history, especially that of Lancaster County. Although largely material composed of material from James Burd, there are also significant documents relating to the Shippen family. Documents touch on matters financial, political, and social. While the collection is of wide ranging material, its strength lies in three main parts: the Seven Years' War and Pontiac's Rebellion in Pennsylvania, Burd's business records, and life in Lancaster County from 1754-1776.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B892 | | | | Extent: | 6.5 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Land and Speculation | Military History | Native America | Pennsylvania History | Seven Years' War | Surveying and Maps | Trade | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Diaries | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Court calendars -- Pennsylvania. | Fort Augusta (Pa.) | Fort Duquesne | Fort Granville (Pa.) | Fort Hunter | Fort Pitt (Pa.) | Fort William Henry (N.Y.) | Fortification -- Pennsylvania. | Iroquois Indians | Lancaster County (Pa.) -- History | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Observations | Military supplies. | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Pennsylvania -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce | Shippenburg Library Company | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | United States. Army. Supplies and stores | |
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