Subject| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Adena culture -- West Virginia |
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| | • | African American churches -- United States |
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| | • | African Americans -- History -- To 1863 |
(1)
| | • | Agriculture |
(1)
| | • | American Philosophical Society |
(1)
| | • | Anishinaabe |
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| | • | Arctic Indians |
(1)
| | • | Astronomy -- 18th century |
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| | • | Autopsy. |
(1)
| | • | Aztecs. |
(1)
| | • | Banks and banking -- Equipment and supplies. |
(1)
| | • | Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | Cayuga Indians |
(1)
| | • | Cherokee Indians |
(1)
| | • | Choctaw Indians |
(1)
| | • | Constitutional conventions -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| | • | Culture, community, organizations |
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| | • | Cytology. |
(1)
| | • | Diplomats |
(1)
| | • | Eastern Woodlands Indians |
(1)
| | • | Education |
(1)
| | • | Egyptians |
(1)
| | • | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
(1)
| | • | Genetics. |
(1)
| | • | History of science and technology. |
(2)
| | • | History, Ancient. |
(1)
| | • | Home economics -- United States -- Accounting |
(1)
| | • | Horticulture |
(1)
| | • | Indians of Mexico |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Kentucky |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Mississippi |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- West Virginia |
(1)
| | • | Inuit -- Canada |
(1)
| | • | Iroquois Indians |
(1)
| | • | Isleta Indians |
(1)
| | • | Land speculation |
(1)
| | • | Micmac language |
(1)
| | • | Mohawk Indians |
(1)
| | • | Morgan, Thomas Hunt |
(1)
| | • | Mound builders |
(1)
| | • | Mythology, Egyptian. |
(1)
| | • | Natural history -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Natural history -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwa Indians |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwa language |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwe people |
(2)
| | • | Oneida Indians |
(1)
| | • | Onondaga Indians |
(1)
| | • | Ottawa language |
(1)
| | • | Paper money -- United States -- Forgeries |
(1)
| | • | Paper money -- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(1)
| | • | Penobscot Indians |
(1)
| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs |
(1)
| | • | Physicians |
(1)
| | • | Physics -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Plains Indians |
(1)
| | • | Presidents |
(1)
| | • | Publishers and publishing. |
(1)
| | • | Quakers |
(1)
| | • | Race, race relations, racism |
(1)
| | • | Real property -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| | • | Reconstruction |
(2)
| | • | Religion, religious organizations |
(2)
| | • | Sacco-Vanzetti case |
(1)
| | • | Scales (Weighing instruments) -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| | • | Scholars |
(1)
| | • | Science -- United States -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | Scientific apparatus and instruments. |
(1)
| | • | Seneca Indians |
(1)
| | • | Slavery -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
(3)
| | • | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform |
(2)
| | • | Social problems. |
(1)
| | • | Southeast Indians |
(1)
| | • | Southwest Indians |
(1)
| | • | Statesmen |
(1)
| | • | Steam-engines. |
(1)
| | • | Titantic (Steamship) |
(1)
| | • | Tuscarora Indians |
(1)
| | • | Tyrrhenians |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(1)
| | • | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) |
(1)
| | • | United States History. |
(1)
| | • | Weights and measures. |
(1)
| | • | Women -- Education |
(1)
| | • | World War I |
(1)
| | • | World War II |
(1)
| | • | World War, 1939-1945 |
(1)
| | • | Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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| | | Author: | Dawes, Elizabeth F.,collector. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Dawes Collection of Documents on American History
| | | | Dates: | 1681-1921 | | | | Abstract: | This is a collection of miscellaneous documents from early America. The earliest documents come from the early 18th century and the latest from the Civil War era. The collection contains a few documents from the revolutionary period, most of which are official governments documents or deal with business transactions. There is one long letter from Robert McPherson, a member of the Pennsylvania Flying Camp, that describes his experience. Perhaps reflecting her ancestral home, the collection contains a small but notable collection of materials from South Carolina, including a very early letter from Francis Le Jau and letters from the Marquis de Lafayette about an expected trip to South Carolina. There are a significant number of documents from Pennsylvania, especially legal documents, from the early republic. The letters from Clement Biddle, a former revolutionary war soldier, also provide insight on early national Indian relations Finally, there are also some significant autographs collected, including a Massachusetts legal form with the signature of John Adams, a letter from James Madison to the Mississippi Territory around the time of the Louisiana Purchase, and letters from Civil War era figures like John Calhoun (a rich letter in which Calhoun discusses his views on tariffs and nullification), James Buchanan, and William Seward.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.973.D32 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Colony and State Specific History | Early National Politics | Native America | Pennsylvania History | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | General Correspondence | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | | | | Subjects: | Publishers and publishing. | |
| | 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 | |
| | Author: | Various authors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1668-1983
| | | | Dates: | 1668-1983 | | | | Abstract: | J. Stephen Catlett wrote of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection that "there is no other way to describe these manuscript letters, essays, and other papers that are contained presently in 49 boxes." Catlett then listed a random assortment of names of authors found in the collection. Each individual item was catalogued in the card catalogue, but his data has now been put online. Rather than try to replicate that data, this entry will focus on some of the main themes of the collection and some of the most notable documents.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.200 | | | | Extent: | 25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | Colonial Politics | Early National Politics | Natural history | | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Miscellaneous | Scientific Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Anishinaabe | Arctic Indians | Autopsy. | Cayuga Indians | Cytology. | Egyptians | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Genetics. | History of science and technology. | History, Ancient. | Inuit -- Canada | Iroquois Indians | Isleta Indians | Micmac language | Mohawk Indians | Morgan, Thomas Hunt | Mythology, Egyptian. | Ojibwa Indians | Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore | Ojibwa language | Ojibwe people | Oneida Indians | Onondaga Indians | Ottawa language | Penobscot Indians | Physics -- History. | Sacco-Vanzetti case | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Seneca Indians | Southwest Indians | Tuscarora Indians | Tyrrhenians | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) | Women -- Education | World War, 1939-1945 | |
| | 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. | |
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