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	Author:	Bancker family	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Charles Nicoll Bancker family papers, 1733-1894
	Dates:	1733-1894
	Abstract:	This extensive collection (13 boxes) contains a range of correspondence, although the bulk of it relates to Charles Nicoll Bancker, a prominent Philadelphia businessman in the 1800s. The letters provide a picture of the family life and business career of Bancker from his earliest beginnings to his success later in life. Aside from the Charles Bancker portion of the collection, the holdings contain a wide variety of other documents, ranging from colonial era documents written in Dutch in Albany to letters from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson from the nineteenth century on religious education. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B22.c
	Extent:	3.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Antebellum Politics \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Colonial Politics \| Colony and State Specific History \| Early National Politics \| Education \| Land and Speculation \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Social Life and Custom \| Trade \| Travel \| Women's History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Literature \| Manuscript Essays \| Political Correspondence \| Sketchbooks \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Insurance agents -- United States.

	Author:	Carré, John Thomas, ca.1744-ca.1825	Requires cookie*
	Title:	John Thomas Carré diary
	Dates:	1807-1809
	Abstract:	This recently acquired diary contains information on the founding and operation of Clermont Seminary, a private school Carre founded in Philadelphia after being exiled from Haiti. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.C232
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Education \| Philadelphia History
	Genre:	Diaries \| Educational Material
	Subjects:	Refugees -- Saint Domingue \| Teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

	Author:	Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872	Requires cookie*
	Title:	John Fries Frazer papers, 1834-1871
	Dates:	1834-1871
	Abstract:	John Fries Frazer was a prominent Pennsylvania scientist in nineteenth century America, serving as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and very active in both the Franklin Institute and the APS. This large collection of his correspondence provides a snapshot of the growing scientific community in mid-nineteenth century America. Frazer's correspondence involves a wide range of topics: science and scientific institutions (shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, geology, geography, astronomy, chemistry, among others), although there are fragments of personal correspondence. His range of correspondents is as diverse as the topics, but there is a notably large collection of letters from scientific heavyweights Titian Ramsey Peale, Louis Aggasiz, Joseph Henry, and Alexander Dallas Bache. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.F865
	Extent:	3 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Education \| Philadelphia History \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Boilers. \| Education -- United States. \| Electricity. \| Geology -- United States. \| Haida Indians \| Magnetism. \| Natural history. \| Paleontology. \| Scientific apparatus and instruments. \| Scientists -- United States. \| Solar eclipses. \| Tsimshian Indians \| Weights and measures.

	Author:	Hare-Willing family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Hare-Willing Family Papers
	Dates:	1724-1965
	Abstract:	This is a large and wide ranging collection on materials. The collection contains over 1300 individual items along with 53 bound volumes, which range from letter books to records of the First Colored Wesley Methodist Church. Letters to and from the various members of the extended Hare-Willing family compose the bulk of the loose correspondence. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.104
	Extent:	52 Linear Feet
	Topics:	African American \| Americans Abroad \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Early National Politics \| Education \| International Travel \| Law \| Natural history \| Philadelphia History \| Religion \| Science and technology \| Travel \| Women's History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Educational Material \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Institutional Records \| Legal Records \| Miscellaneous \| Notebooks \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	African American churches -- United States \| Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. \| Religion, religious organizations \| Science -- United States -- 19th century. \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Steam-engines. \| Titantic (Steamship) \| World War I \| World War II

	Author:	Hutchinson, James, 1752-1793	Requires cookie*
	Title:	James Hutchinson papers, 1771-1928
	Dates:	1771-1928
	Abstract:	The James Hutchinson Papers detail this prominent Philadelphian's medical education and life. The collection includes records of Hutchinson's formal education, lectures he either attended or delivered, and his travels throughout London to advance his career. The documents from the American Revolution provide interesting commentary on events happening in Philadelphia and how the Revolution affected Quakers. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.H97p
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Americans Abroad \| Education \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine \| Philadelphia History \| Religion
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Miscellaneous
	Subjects:	Medicine -- Study and teaching -- England -- London -- 18th century. \| Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century.

	Author:	Jones, Robert Strettel,1745-17	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Robert Strettel Jones papers, 1761-1779
	Dates:	1761-1779
	Abstract:	The Robert Strettell Jones Collection contains an assortment of small, but potentially interesting documents. Jones' notes from a course on metaphysics and rhetoric at the University of Pennsylvania are included in a bound notebook. Also from his college days, Jones apparently ran into trouble receiving his degree, crossing paths with Doctor Francis Allison, the vice provost. Jones' appeal and supporting documents are also included in the collection. During the British occupation of Philadelphia, Jones was accused of treason for helping raise arms and there are depositions taken to rebut this charge, including statements from prominent Philadelphians like Joseph Shippen. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.J732
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Education \| Philadelphia History
	Genre:	Educational Material \| General Correspondence \| Legal Records
	Subjects:	Metaphysics. \| Rhetoric. \| Treason -- United States.

	Author:	Shippen, Edward	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Edward Shippen letters and papers, 1727-1781
	Dates:	1727-1781
	Abstract:	The Edward Shippen Collection is composed of two discrete sections: two boxes of manuscripts and ten letter books. What follows is an overview of some of the most notable documents and themes in the correspondence. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.Sh62
	Extent:	10 volume(s)
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Americans Abroad \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Colonial Politics \| Education \| International Travel \| Marriage and Family Life \| Military History \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Seven Years' War \| Social Life and Custom \| Surveying and Maps \| Trade \| Travel
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Maps and Surveys \| Military Records \| Political Correspondence \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Business and politics -- Pennsylvania. \| Military supplies. \| Real property -- Pennsylvania.

	Author:	Wheatley, Charles M. (Charles Moore), 1822-1882	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Charles M.(Charles Moore) Wheatley papers, 1840-1882
	Dates:	1840-1882
	Abstract:	This collection contains the correspondence of Charles Wheatley. The correspondence captures his scientific undertakings in the mid/late-nineteenth century. Wheatley was based in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and he was active in Philadelphia's scientific community. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.W558
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Education \| Philadelphia History \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Mineralogy. \| Mines and mineral resources -- Pennsylvania -- Phoenixville. \| Mining engineers. \| Natural history. \| Paleontology. \| Shells.