Subject| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Abolitionists -- United States -- Attitudes |
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| | • | Adena culture -- West Virginia |
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| | • | African American churches -- United States |
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| | • | Agriculture |
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| | • | Agriculture -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | American Philosophical Society |
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| | • | Animal magnetism. |
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| | • | Animals -- Habits and behavior of |
(1)
| | • | Anishinaabe |
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| | • | Arctic Indians |
(1)
| | • | Astronomy -- 18th century |
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| | • | Astronomy. |
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| | • | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America |
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| | • | Autopsy. |
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| | • | Aztecs. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- United States. |
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| | • | Barns. |
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| | • | Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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| | • | Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Biology, genetics, eugenics |
(1)
| | • | Birds -- Migration -- United States. |
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| | • | Birds -- North America |
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| | • | Birds -- Study and teaching |
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| | • | Birds. |
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| | • | Botanical gardens -- France. |
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| | • | Botanists |
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| | • | Botanists. |
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| | • | Botany |
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| | • | Botany -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Botany -- Europe. |
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| | • | Botany -- France. |
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| | • | Botany -- Mexico |
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| | • | Botany -- New York (State) |
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| | • | Botany -- North America. |
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| | • | Botany -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Botany -- Study and teaching -- 19th century |
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| | • | Botany -- United States. |
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| | • | Botany -- Virginia |
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| | • | Botany. |
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| | • | Boundaries, State. |
(3)
| | • | Canals. |
(1)
| | • | Cayuga Indians |
(1)
| | • | Chemistry |
(2)
| | • | Chemistry -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Cherokee Indians |
(2)
| | • | Cherokee language |
(1)
| | • | Choctaw Indians |
(2)
| | • | Cholic Acid |
(1)
| | • | Church buildings -- Pennsylvania-Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Cicada (Genus) |
(1)
| | • | Columbidia |
(1)
| | • | Copernican system |
(1)
| | • | Cosmography. |
(1)
| | • | Cuckoos |
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| | • | Culture, community, organizations |
(1)
| | • | Cytology. |
(1)
| | • | Daguerreotypes |
(1)
| | • | Delaware Indians |
(2)
| | • | Dictionary of the English language. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 |
(1)
| | • | Discoveries in geography. |
(1)
| | • | Dove |
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| | • | Dysentery. |
(1)
| | • | Earth sciences. |
(1)
| | • | Eastern Woodlands Indians |
(1)
| | • | Education |
(2)
| | • | Egyptians |
(1)
| | • | Electricity |
(1)
| | • | Electricity -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Electricity -- Early works to 1850. |
(2)
| | • | Electricity -- Experiments -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Electricity -- Experiments. |
(1)
| | • | Electrophysiology. |
(1)
| | • | English language -- Dictionaries |
(1)
| | • | Entomology. |
(1)
| | • | Ethnobotany |
(1)
| | • | Famines -- Ireland |
(1)
| | • | Fishes -- Jamaica |
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| | • | Fishes -- Research. |
(1)
| | • | Formations (Geology) |
(1)
| | • | Fossil fuels -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| | • | France -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
(1)
| | • | Frogs -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Frost -- Great Britain |
(1)
| | • | Fungi. |
(1)
| | • | Gardening -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Gardens -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Geese |
(1)
| | • | Genetics. |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- New York (State) -- Surveys. |
(1)
| | • | Goiter. |
(1)
| | • | Gold mines and mining -- California -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Gout |
(1)
| | • | Grapes |
(1)
| | • | Grasses. |
(1)
| | • | Gravitation |
(1)
| | • | Gravity |
(1)
| | • | Heat |
(1)
| | • | Heatstroke |
(1)
| | • | Herbaria. |
(2)
| | • | History of science and technology. |
(2)
| | • | History, Ancient. |
(1)
| | • | Horticulture -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Horticulture -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Horticulture. |
(1)
| | • | Horticulturists. |
(1)
| | • | Hydraulics |
(1)
| | • | Hydrostatics |
(1)
| | • | Hypnotism. |
(1)
| | • | Ice on rivers, lakes, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| | • | Ichthyology -- Jamaica |
(1)
| | • | Icing (Meteorology) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| | • | Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Indians of Mexico |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America |
(3)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Agriculture |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Kentucky |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Languages |
(2)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Louisiana |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Mississippi |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- West Virginia |
(1)
| | • | Influenza -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Insects. |
(1)
| | • | Inuit -- Canada |
(1)
| | • | Irish -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Iroquois Indians |
(1)
| | • | Isleta Indians |
(1)
| | • | Kaigana Indians |
(1)
| | • | Kaskaskia Indians |
(1)
| | • | Learned institutions and societies -- Saint Domingue |
(1)
| | • | Learned institutions and societies. |
(1)
| | • | Lichens. |
(1)
| | • | Light |
(1)
| | • | Linguistics. |
(1)
| | • | Logic -- Early work to 1800 |
(1)
| | • | Louisiana Purchase -- Discovery and exploration. |
(1)
| | • | Louisiana Purchase -- Enclopedias. |
(1)
| | • | Lutheran Church -- Clergy. |
(1)
| | • | Magnetism |
(1)
| | • | Mammals -- Classification |
(1)
| | • | Mandan Indians |
(1)
| | • | Marine biology. |
(1)
| | • | Mastodons |
(1)
| | • | Materia medica |
(1)
| | • | Mathematics -- Research -- Italy. |
(1)
| | • | Mathematics -- Study and teaching |
(1)
| | • | Mechanics |
(2)
| | • | Medical publishing -- United States -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | Medical publishing -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Medicine -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Medicine -- Practice -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Medicine -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Medicine -- Study and teaching. |
(1)
| | • | Medicine -- United States -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | Medicine -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Medicine. |
(1)
| | • | Memorials -- Great Britain |
(1)
| | • | Mercury |
(1)
| | • | Mesmerism. |
(1)
| | • | Meteorology - Observations |
(1)
| | • | Meteorology -- Observations -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| | • | Meteorology -- Observations. |
(1)
| | • | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Observations |
(1)
| | • | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Observations. |
(1)
| | • | Meteorology -- United States -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Meteors |
(1)
| | • | Mexican War, 1846-1848 |
(1)
| | • | Micmac language |
(1)
| | • | Mineralogy |
(3)
| | • | Mineralogy. |
(2)
| | • | Mohawk Indians |
(1)
| | • | Mollusks. |
(2)
| | • | Monk, Maria, d. 1850 |
(1)
| | • | Morgan, Thomas Hunt |
(1)
| | • | Motion |
(1)
| | • | Mound builders |
(1)
| | • | Mythology, Egyptian. |
(1)
| | • | Natural Philosophy |
(1)
| | • | Natural history -- 18th century |
(2)
| | • | Natural history -- 19th century |
(2)
| | • | Natural history -- North America |
(1)
| | • | Natural history. |
(11)
| | • | Natural theology -- Early works to 1800 |
(1)
| | • | Naturalist |
(1)
| | • | Oceanography. |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwa Indians |
(2)
| | • | Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwa language |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwe people |
(2)
| | • | Oneida Indians |
(1)
| | • | Onondaga Indians |
(1)
| | • | Ornithologist |
(1)
| | • | Ornithologists. |
(1)
| | • | Ornithology -- North America |
(1)
| | • | Ornithology. |
(3)
| | • | Osage Indians |
(1)
| | • | Osage language |
(1)
| | • | Ottawa Indians |
(1)
| | • | Ottawa language |
(1)
| | • | Paleobotany -- Germany -- Aachen. |
(1)
| | • | Paleobotany -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island. |
(1)
| | • | Paleobotany -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| | • | Paleontology -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Paleontology -- North America. |
(1)
| | • | Paleontology. |
(1)
| | • | Partridges |
(1)
| | • | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 -- Art collections. |
(1)
| | • | Penobscot Indians |
(1)
| | • | Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Physics |
(2)
| | • | Physics -- Early work to 1800 |
(1)
| | • | Physics -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Physics -- Research -- Italy. |
(1)
| | • | Physics -- Study and teaching |
(1)
| | • | Physics -- Study and teaching -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Physics. |
(1)
| | • | Plains Indians |
(2)
| | • | Planetariums. |
(1)
| | • | Plant collectors. |
(1)
| | • | Plants -- Collection and preservation -- Catalogs. |
(1)
| | • | Plants -- Collection and preservation. |
(1)
| | • | Plants, Cultivated. |
(1)
| | • | Plants. |
(2)
| | • | Pneumatics |
(1)
| | • | Potatoes |
(1)
| | • | Race, race relations, racism |
(1)
| | • | Railroads -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Rattlesnake |
(1)
| | • | Religion |
(1)
| | • | Religion and science |
(1)
| | • | Religion, religious organizations |
(1)
| | • | Reptiles |
(1)
| | • | Rhetoric -- Early work to 1800 |
(1)
| | • | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 |
(1)
| | • | Sacco-Vanzetti case |
(1)
| | • | Science -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | Science -- United States -- 18th century. |
(1)
| | • | Science -- United States -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | Science and technology |
(1)
| | • | Scientific apparatus and instruments. |
(2)
| | • | Scientific expeditions -- Mexico |
(1)
| | • | Sea monsters |
(1)
| | • | Secession -- Southern States |
(1)
| | • | Seed industry and trade -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Seed industry and trade -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Seeds. |
(1)
| | • | Seminole Indians |
(1)
| | • | Seneca Indians |
(2)
| | • | Shrubs. |
(1)
| | • | Skin -- Diseases-Treatment |
(1)
| | • | Slaves -- Emancipation-America |
(1)
| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
(1)
| | • | Smoking -- Health aspects -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Soap trade -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform |
(1)
| | • | Society of Friends -- Missions |
(1)
| | • | Southeast Indians |
(1)
| | • | Southwest Indians |
(1)
| | • | Steam-engines. |
(1)
| | • | Steam-navigation -- Atlantic Ocean |
(1)
| | • | Steamboat disasters |
(1)
| | • | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
(1)
| | • | Telegraph |
(1)
| | • | Temperance. |
(1)
| | • | Titantic (Steamship) |
(1)
| | • | Trees. |
(1)
| | • | Tuscarora Indians |
(2)
| | • | Tyrrhenians |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(1)
| | • | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) |
(1)
| | • | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). |
(1)
| | • | United States History. |
(1)
| | • | University of Pennsylvania -- Faculty |
(1)
| | • | Venereal disease |
(1)
| | • | Viticulture -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Voyages and travels. |
(1)
| | • | Wallam olum |
(1)
| | • | Weather |
(1)
| | • | Weather. |
(1)
| | • | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. |
(1)
| | • | Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 |
(1)
| | • | Women -- Education |
(1)
| | • | World War I |
(1)
| | • | World War II |
(1)
| | • | World War, 1939-1945 |
(1)
| | • | Yellow fever |
(2)
| | • | Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1793 |
(1)
| | • | Zoology |
(1)
| | • | Zoology -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Zoology -- England. |
(1)
| | • | Zoology -- Europe. |
(1)
| | • | Zoology -- Mexico |
(1)
| | • | Zoology -- North America. |
(1)
| | • | Zoology -- United States. |
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| | • | Zoology -- Vermont. |
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| | | Author: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1783-1817 | | | | Abstract: | The extensive Benjamin Smith Barton collection contains six sections: Correspondence, Bound Volumes (including notebooks), Subject Files, and Graphic Materials. The material includes numerous images, sketches, notes, printed material, and other correspondence. The collection also has numerous copper plates that were used to print images drawn by Barton. Although a collection this large touches on a variety of interesting and important subjects, the collection's strength is its wealth of data on nineteenth century medical, botanical, and Native American studies.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B284d | | | | Extent: | 10 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Education | Language and Linguistics | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Medicine | Native America | Natural history | Printing and Publishing | Science and technology | Travel | | | | Genre: | Art | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Language Material | Notebooks | Political Correspondence | Sketchbooks | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Botanists | Botany -- Study and teaching -- 19th century | Botany -- Virginia | Chemistry -- 18th century | Cherokee Indians | Cherokee language | Choctaw Indians | Dysentery. | Electricity -- 18th century | Ethnobotany | Geology -- 18th century | Gout | Indians of North America | Indians of North America -- Agriculture | Indians of North America -- Languages | Kaigana Indians | Kaskaskia Indians | Mammals -- Classification | Mandan Indians | Mastodons | Materia medica | Medicine -- Practice -- 18th century | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- 18th century | Meteorology -- United States -- 18th century | Meteors | Mineralogy | Natural history -- 18th century | Natural history -- 19th century | Osage language | Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Physics | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Seminole Indians | Seneca Indians | Tuscarora Indians | University of Pennsylvania -- Faculty | Venereal disease | Yellow fever | Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1793 | Zoology -- 18th century | |
| | Author: | Bruno, M. de | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Essai metaphysique, physique et phisiologistique relativement à la découverte de M. Mesmer, 1786
| | | | Dates: | 1786 | | | | Abstract: | This is a handwritten essay on Franz Mesmer and his claims to have healing and other metaphysical powers. Mesmer is today thought of as an early user of hypnosis. Throughout the 1770s and 1780s, he captivated French society. Marie Antoinette was particularly interested in his abilities. Finally, King Louis convened a scientific body in 1784 to examine the claims of Mesmer and his disciples. Benjamin Franklin, still in France as an American envoy, headed the committee, which debunked Mesmerism. The report can be found in the Papers of Benjamin Franklin and in the Diary of Benjamin Franklin Bache, both of which are at the APS.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.134.B83 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | Medicine | Natural history | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Manuscript Essays | | | | Subjects: | Animal magnetism. | Hypnotism. | Mesmerism. | |
| | Author: | Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The history of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina, 1728
| | | | Dates: | 1728 | | | | Abstract: | The collection of William Byrd's writings consists of two leather bound, handwritten copies of Byrd's History of the Dividing Line Run in the Year 1728 (Mss.975.5.B99h) and A Secret History of the Dividing Line (Mss.975.5.B99s). The former was likely written for public audiences and contains the details of drawing the lines, interactions with Indians, observations of the flora and fauna of the area, the health and culture of settlers, and the official actions of the commissioners. Byrd regularly wrote Peter Collinson, an English scientist, about his journal and his hope that it would be of interest and benefit to a wide audience. The Secret History, on the other hand, contains a wealth of the more personal, private, and often humorous anecdotes of the trip. Neither manuscript was published in Byrd's lifetime, although both were eventually published.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.975.5.B99h | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Colony and State Specific History | Exploration. | Native America | Natural history | Surveying and Maps | | | | Genre: | Manuscript Essays | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Boundaries, State. | |
| | Author: | Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The secret history of the line between Virginia and North Carolina, [1728]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1728 | | | | Abstract: | The collection of William Byrd's writings consists of two leather bound, handwritten copies of Byrd's History of the Dividing Line Run in the Year 1728 (Mss.975.5.B99h) and A Secret History of the Dividing Line (Mss.975.5.B99s). The former was likely written for public audiences and contains the details of drawing the lines, interactions with Indians, observations of the flora and fauna of the area, the health and culture of settlers, and the official actions of the commissioners. Byrd regularly wrote Peter Collinson, an English scientist, about his journal and his hope that it would be of interest and benefit to a wide audience. The Secret History, on the other hand, contains a wealth of the more personal, private, and often humorous anecdotes of the trip. Neither manuscript was published in Byrd's lifetime, although both were eventually published.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.975.5.B99s | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Colony and State Specific History | Exploration. | Land and Speculation | Natural history | Surveying and Maps | | | | Genre: | Manuscript Essays | Maps and Surveys | Official Government Documents and Records | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Boundaries, State. | |
| | Author: | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peter Collinson letters, [ca. 1740]-1770
| | | | Dates: | 1740-1770 | | | | Abstract: | The APS has a number of Collinson collections on microfilm. Its primary source holdings contain approximately thirty-seven letters written to Peter Collinson, a prominent figure in the eighteenth century British scientific community. Because of his networks in trade and science, he served as an important node in the conveyance of knowledge throughout the Atlantic World.The majority of the letters involve discussions of natural history. The letters offer a range of correspondence. There is a letter written about the culture of bathing in Wales in the 1730s to extended correspondence between Collinson and Lady Petre on the botanical gardens on the Petre's estate, and a series of letters from Spanish officials in the Caribbean relaying information to Collinson. There is also a notable amount of correspondence between Collinson and various nobility discussing horticultural issues.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C692 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Natural history | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Scientific Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Natural history. | |
| | Author: | Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Observations & remarks tending to explain certain parts of the sacred scriptures, 1812-1813
| | | | Dates: | 1812-1813 | | | | Abstract: | John Redman Coxe was a premier physician in nineteenth century America best known for his work in medicine as a physician, teacher, and author. The John Redman Coxe Collection shows a different side of Coxe. The APS Collection is a bound, handwritten essay by Coxe entitled, "Observations and Remarks Tending to Explain Certain Parts of the Sacred Scriptures, 1812-1813." This fascinating and often-sophisticated volume deals with various arguments put forward by skeptics that challenge the accuracy of the Bible, with particular attention paid to Genesis. Coxe then offers his own rebuttal or the rebuttal of others. Coxe frequently challenges prevailing translations of Hebrew words, believing that more accurate definitions can sometimes solve confusion or controversy. Although the work was never published, it does offer insight into the types of debates about the Bible accessible to Americans in the nineteenth century.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.220.2.C836 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Natural history | Religion | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Manuscript Essays | | | | Subjects: | Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. | |
| | Author: | Denke, Christian Frederick,177 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Letters, 1798-1811, to Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst (Henry) Muhlenberg
| | | | Dates: | 1798-1811 | | | | Abstract: | The APS has approximately nineteen letters written between Christian Denke and Gothilff Muhlenberg, one of the sons of Henry Muhlenberg. Gothilff followed his father's calling and was a prominent religious and cultural leader. Muhlenberg served as a pastor of Lutheran Church in Lancaster and became a prominent educator, serving as President of Franklin College – now Franklin and Marshall. The APS has a large amount of Muhlenberg's papers, including a large and detailed collection of his journals from the early republic; all of which are in German or occasionally Latin. Muhlenberg had a keen interest in natural history, especially botany, and much of his work is detailed in these journals, as are regular daily activities. The Denke correspondence is part of this larger collection of Muhlenberg papers.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M89.d | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Natural history | Religion | | | | Genre: | Foreign Language | | | | Subjects: | Botany. | Herbaria. | |
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