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1	Author:	Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Jonathan Williams Papers
	Dates:	1763-1802
	Abstract:	The Jonathan Williams Papers contain Williams' correspondence, often of a personal nature, from the 1788-1803. This collection adds primary source materials to the H.J. Williams collection, which consists of genealogical material on the Williams family. Jonathan Williams was one of Benjamin Franklin's nephews. He attained high positions in the United States military and helped found West Point. The bulk of Jonathan Williams's papers contain letters from William Alexander to Jonathan Williams. Alexander was his father-in-law. Topics discussed include business, legal, and of course family affairs. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.W6765
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Engineering \| Law \| Military History
	Genre:	Family Correspondence \| Legal Records \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Wine and wine making

2	Author:	Smyth, Frederick, 1732-1815	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Frederick Smyth papers, 1756-1816
	Dates:	1756-1816
	Abstract:	Frederick Smyth was the Chief Justice of New Jersey before the American Revolution (appointed in 1764). Before that, he lived in England, Barbados, and Martinique. This collection of Smyth papers contains a range of official documents that relate to political and legal matters in New Jersey. The legal documents include petitions, reports to the grand jury, and official pronouncements and commissions. There are also several pieces of private correspondence. Some of the earliest documents contain information on Smyth's career before arriving in New Jersey. There is also a deposition relating to the firing on HMS St. John in Newport, Rhode Island in 1764 and a series of other documents relating to legal and political affairs in Rhode Island during the imperial crisis. Of particular note are two long speeches Smyth delivered before a grand jury in 1775 and 1776 in which he defends the Crown, a response to these speeches from the grand jury defending American rights, and a long letter from Edward Affleck in 1783 describing the British departure from New York City. Smyth stayed in Philadelphia after the war, although he never relinquished his British citizenship, and there are a few documents chronicling his post-war experience. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.Sm95
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Colony and State Specific History \| Law
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Legal Records \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Judges -- New Jersey. \| Legal instruments -- New Jersey.

3	Author:	Yeates, Jasper	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Jasper Yeates Papers
	Dates:	1738-1910
	Abstract:	The Jasper Yeates Collection contains a range of documents from this prominent Pennsylvania lawyer and judge, most of which are from the early republic. Because the collection is new to the APS, the MOLE entry contains an item level catalogue of the collection's content. Yeates was active during the American Revolution as a leader of opposition to Great Britain in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. After the Revolution, he became an Associate Justice on the State Supreme Court. He was also related through marriage to the Shippen and Burd families. This collection contains personal letters written between Jasper and his wife Sally. There are also legal records and court proceedings. Within these documents, there is an account of a slave insurrection in Lancaster County during the American Revoltuion. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.151
	Extent:	3 Linear Feet
	Topics:	African American \| Law \| Marriage and Family Life \| Pennsylvania History \| Seven Years' War \| Social Life and Custom
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Legal Records \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Lancaster County (Pa.) -- History \| Pennsylvania -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 \| Pennsylvania Supreme Court \| Slavery -- Pennsylvania. \| United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763

4	Author:	Foulke, William Parker, 1816-1865	Requires cookie*
	Title:	William Parker Foulke Papers, 1840-1865
	Dates:	1840-1865
	Abstract:	The William Parker Foulke Collection is one of the largest and richest collections at the APS. The collection, described and inventories in depth in MOLE, reflects the wide and varied interests of one of Philadelphia's most prominent 19th century citizens. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.F826
	Extent:	3.75 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Law \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Legal Records \| Literature \| Manuscript Essays \| Miscellaneous \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Advance (Brig) \| Africa, West -- Description and travel \| American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| American Colonization Society \| Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania \| Archaeology -- Pennsylvania \| Arctic Regions -- Discovery and exploration \| Colonization, repatriation \| Dinosaurs -- New Jersey \| Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Freemasons -- Pennsylvania \| Geological Survey of Pennsylvania \| Geology -- Pennsylvania \| Haviland, John, 1792-1852 \| Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881 \| Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 \| Lancaster (Penn.) County Prison \| Lyceums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Mesmerism \| New York Prison Association \| Pennsylvania -- Description and travel -- 19th century \| Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century \| Philadelphia Society For Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons \| Prison reformers -- Pennsylvania \| Prisons -- Design and construction \| Prisons -- New York (State) \| Prisons -- Pennsylvania \| Reformers -- Pennsylvania \| Slavery -- United States. \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 \| Wilson, John Wall