| | | Author: | Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Vocabulario de la lengua Cakchiquel
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1675 | | | | Abstract: | This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.497.43.V85 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | | | | Subjects: | Cakchikel language | Mayan languages | |
| | Author: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia minutes and correspondence, 1812-1924
| | | | Dates: | 1812-1924 | | | | Abstract: | This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.23a | | | | Extent: | 38 microfilm_reel(s) | | | | Genre: | Microfilm Collection | | | | Subjects: | Science -- Societies, etc. | |
| | Author: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Autograph letters of naturalists, 1744-1894
| | | | Dates: | 1744-1894 | | | | Abstract: | This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.628 | | | | Extent: | 1 microfilm_reel(s) | | | | Genre: | Microfilm Collection | |
| | Author: | Adams family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Adams Family papers, 1639-1899
| | | | Dates: | 1639-1899 | | | | Abstract: | This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.695 | | | | Extent: | 608 microfilm_reel(s) | | | | Genre: | Microfilm Collection | |
| | Author: | Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Quincy Adams material from the administrative and chancellery files, 1809-1816
| | | | Dates: | 1809-1816 | | | | Abstract: | This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.695.1 | | | | Extent: | 2 microfilm_reel(s) | | | | Genre: | Microfilm Collection | |
| | Author: | Adye, Stephen Payne | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Stephen Payne Adye correspondence, 1769-1783
| | | | Dates: | 1769-1783 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of Stephen Payne Adye's correspondence during some of his time in North America (1769-1783), where he served as a Deputy Judge Advocate General of the British Army during the Revolutionary War. The correspondence is primarily related to wartime events and trials, although there are four letters that predate Independence and make vague references to events happening during the imperial crisis, especially military courts in Boston during 1774 and 1775 when the colony was put under martial law.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Ad95 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | African American | American Revolution | Law | Military History | | | | Subjects: | Armies, Colonial. | Trials (Military offenses) -- New York (State). | |
| | Author: | Alexander, William, 1726-1783 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Variation of the compass, 1773
| | | | Dates: | 1773 | | | | Abstract: | This slender volume is an essay by William Alexander, a prominent figure in New Jersey politics and business. Alexander wrote this essay with the hope that it would spur the American Philosophical Society to support the study of variations in compasses. Alexander's interest in this subject likely had to do with his background as a merchant. He realized compass variations created inefficiencies and risks for captains and the merchants that relied on them. Alexander appeals specifically to the APS's mission by stating that such a study would be "useful to mankind." Alexander's essays shows that he is conversant in many of the current theories about variations. He also proposed a plan for the APS to facilitate a systematic study of compass variations that he believed would produce a clear general law for variations in compasses.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.522.76.Al2 | | | | Extent: | 1 item(s) | | | | Topics: | Science and technology | Surveying and Maps | Trade | | | | Genre: | Scientific Correspondence | Scientific Data | | | | Subjects: | Astronomy -- 18th century | Compass. | Learned institutions and societies. | |
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