Subject• | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
(4)
| • | Adena culture -- West Virginia |
(1)
| • | Advance (Brig) |
(1)
| • | Africa, West -- Description and travel |
(1)
| • | African American churches -- United States |
(1)
| • | African Americans -- History -- To 1863 |
(1)
| • | Agriculture |
(1)
| • | Agriculture -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(1)
| • | American Colonization Society |
(1)
| • | American Philosophical Society |
(1)
| • | Anishinaabe |
(2)
| • | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Archaeology -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Arctic Indians |
(1)
| • | Arctic Regions -- Discovery and exploration |
(1)
| • | Astronomy -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Astronomy. |
(1)
| • | Autopsy. |
(1)
| • | Aztecs. |
(1)
| • | Bankruptcy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Banks and banking -- Equipment and supplies. |
(1)
| • | Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Books of Hours -- France |
(2)
| • | Botanical gardens -- France. |
(1)
| • | Buddhist literature. |
(1)
| • | Canals -- New York (State) |
(1)
| • | Carpenters -- Labor unions -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Cayuga Indians |
(1)
| • | Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Cherokee Indians |
(1)
| • | Chickasaw Indians |
(1)
| • | Choctaw Indians |
(2)
| • | Colonization, repatriation |
(1)
| • | Comets. |
(1)
| • | Constitutional conventions -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Court calendars -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Culture, community, organizations |
(1)
| • | Cytology. |
(1)
| • | Dinosaurs -- New Jersey |
(1)
| • | Diplomats |
(1)
| • | Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(1)
| • | Eastern Woodlands Indians |
(1)
| • | Education |
(1)
| • | Egyptians |
(1)
| • | Entomology -- Europe. |
(1)
| • | Entomology -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Epidemiology. |
(1)
| • | Evolution. |
(1)
| • | Fort Augusta (Pa.) |
(1)
| • | Fort Duquesne |
(1)
| • | Fort Granville (Pa.) |
(1)
| • | Fort Hunter |
(1)
| • | Fort Pitt (Pa.) |
(1)
| • | Fort William Henry (N.Y.) |
(1)
| • | Fortification -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
(1)
| • | Freedom of the seas. |
(1)
| • | Freemasons -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | French drama -- 18th century. |
(1)
| • | French literature -- 18th century. |
(1)
| • | Genealogy. |
(1)
| • | Genetics. |
(1)
| • | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Geology -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Grapes |
(1)
| • | Guilds -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Haviland, John, 1792-1852 |
(1)
| • | Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881 |
(1)
| • | History of science and technology. |
(2)
| • | History, Ancient. |
(1)
| • | Home economics -- United States -- Accounting |
(1)
| • | Horticulture |
(1)
| • | Hospitals -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
(1)
| • | Indians of Mexico |
(1)
| • | Indians of North America |
(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)
| • | Indo-Aryan languages -- Texts |
(1)
| • | Insects. |
(1)
| • | Inuit -- Canada |
(1)
| • | Iroquois Indians |
(2)
| • | Isleta Indians |
(1)
| • | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 |
(1)
| • | Khmer language -- Texts |
(1)
| • | Lancaster (Penn.) County Prison |
(1)
| • | Lancaster County (Pa.) -- History |
(1)
| • | Land speculation |
(1)
| • | Learned institutions and societies -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Learned institutions and societies -- Saint Domingue |
(1)
| • | Lyceums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| • | Marches. |
(1)
| • | Maritime law. |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- England -- London -- 18th century. |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century. |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Medicine. |
(1)
| • | Mesmerism |
(1)
| • | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Observations |
(1)
| • | Micmac language |
(1)
| • | Military supplies. |
(1)
| • | Missionaries -- Latin America. |
(1)
| • | Mohawk Indians |
(1)
| • | Mon-Khmer languages -- Texts |
(1)
| • | Montagnais Indians |
(1)
| • | Montagnais language |
(1)
| • | Morgan, Thomas Hunt |
(1)
| • | Mound builders |
(1)
| • | Music - France - 18th century |
(1)
| • | Music. |
(1)
| • | Mythology, Egyptian. |
(1)
| • | Natural history -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Natural history -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Natural history -- United States. |
(1)
| • | New York Prison Association |
(1)
| • | Ojibwa Indians |
(1)
| • | Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore |
(1)
| • | Ojibwa language |
(1)
| • | Ojibwe people |
(2)
| • | Oneida Indians |
(1)
| • | Onondaga Indians |
(1)
| • | Ottawa language |
(1)
| • | Pali language -- Texts |
(1)
| • | Paper money -- United States -- Forgeries |
(1)
| • | Paper money -- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(1)
| • | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
(1)
| • | Pennsylvania -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 |
(1)
| • | Penobscot Indians |
(1)
| • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce |
(1)
| • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs |
(1)
| • | Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Philadelphia Society For Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons |
(1)
| • | Philology. |
(1)
| • | Physicians |
(1)
| • | Physics -- History. |
(1)
| • | Plains Indians |
(1)
| • | Postal service -- United States |
(1)
| • | Presidents |
(1)
| • | Printing -- France |
(1)
| • | Prison reformers -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Prisons -- Design and construction |
(1)
| • | Prisons -- New York (State) |
(1)
| • | Prisons -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Publishers and publishing. |
(2)
| • | Quaker church buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Quakers |
(1)
| • | Quakers -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Race, race relations, racism |
(1)
| • | Real property -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Reconstruction |
(2)
| • | Reformers -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Religion, religious organizations |
(3)
| • | Religious institutions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Sacco-Vanzetti case |
(1)
| • | Scales (Weighing instruments) -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Scholars |
(1)
| • | Science -- United States -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Science. |
(1)
| • | Scientific apparatus and instruments. |
(1)
| • | Seneca Indians |
(1)
| • | Sepulchral monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Shippenburg Library Company |
(1)
| • | Silversmiths -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Slavery -- United States. |
(2)
| • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
(4)
| • | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform |
(3)
| • | Social problems. |
(1)
| • | Societies. |
(1)
| • | Society of Friends -- Doctrines. |
(1)
| • | Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Society of Friends. |
(1)
| • | Sonatas. |
(1)
| • | Songs, French. |
(1)
| • | Southeast Indians |
(1)
| • | Southwest Indians |
(1)
| • | Stamp Act, 1765 |
(1)
| • | Statesmen |
(1)
| • | Steam-engines. |
(1)
| • | Textile industry -- England. |
(1)
| • | Titantic (Steamship) |
(1)
| • | Tuscarora Indians |
(1)
| • | Tyrrhenians |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(2)
| • | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) |
(1)
| • | United States History. |
(1)
| • | United States. Army. Supplies and stores |
(1)
| • | Viticulture -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | War, Maritime (International law) |
(1)
| • | Weights and measures. |
(1)
| • | Wilson, John Wall |
(1)
| • | Women -- Education |
(1)
| • | World War I |
(1)
| • | World War II |
(1)
| • | World War, 1939-1945 |
(1)
| • | Yellow fever |
(1)
| • | Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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| | Author: | Brillon de Jouy, Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt, 1744-1824 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Musical compositions, late 18th century
| | | Dates: | Circa 1775-1800 | | | Abstract: | This collection contains a number of musical compositions by Madame Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Juoy, a prominent Parisian salon hostess and musician. Her most famous composition, Le Marche des Insurgents, which was inspired by the American victory at Saratoga, is included in this collection. Many of these compositions are handwritten and appear to be from the eighteenth century, although it is unclear when they were written and who wrote them.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.781.508.B762 | | | Extent: | 26 item(s) | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Women's History | | | Genre: | Foreign Language | Literature | Miscellaneous | | | Subjects: | Marches. | Music - France - 18th century | Sonatas. | Songs, French. | |
| Author: | Burd, James, 1726-1793 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Burd-Shippen Papers
| | | Dates: | 1708-1792 | | | Abstract: | This collection is one of the largest early American collections the APS holds. Its breadth of sources provides insight into colonial Pennsylvania history, especially that of Lancaster County. Although largely material composed of material from James Burd, there are also significant documents relating to the Shippen family. Documents touch on matters financial, political, and social. While the collection is of wide ranging material, its strength lies in three main parts: the Seven Years' War and Pontiac's Rebellion in Pennsylvania, Burd's business records, and life in Lancaster County from 1754-1776.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.B892 | | | Extent: | 6.5 Linear Feet | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Land and Speculation | Military History | Native America | Pennsylvania History | Seven Years' War | Surveying and Maps | Trade | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Diaries | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | Subjects: | Court calendars -- Pennsylvania. | Fort Augusta (Pa.) | Fort Duquesne | Fort Granville (Pa.) | Fort Hunter | Fort Pitt (Pa.) | Fort William Henry (N.Y.) | Fortification -- Pennsylvania. | Iroquois Indians | Lancaster County (Pa.) -- History | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Observations | Military supplies. | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Pennsylvania -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce | Shippenburg Library Company | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | United States. Army. Supplies and stores | |
| Author: | Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia Records, 1683-1983
| | | Dates: | 1683-1983 | | | Abstract: | The Carpenter's Company Collection is a potentially rich source for those interested in Philadelphia history and early trade unions. The Carpenters' Company was one of the most prominent trade associations in colonial Philadelphia and the early national period. The collection includes official minutes of the Carpenter's Company for nearly all of early America. These volumes capture the inner workings of one of the most prominent business institutions in the city. The minute books capture a wide range of company business, including establishing prices for the public, member procedures, and public relations. The collection also includes the minutes of the Friendship Company from its founding in 1769 – 1775 and their accounts from 1769-1799.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.974.811.C22.a | | | Extent: | 18 Linear Feet | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Philadelphia History | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Institutional Records | Miscellaneous | | | Subjects: | Carpenters -- Labor unions -- United States. | Guilds -- United States. | |
| 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: | Fisher, Joshua Francis, 1807-1873 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Catalogue of political tracts relating to the history of the colony of Pennsylvania from 1681 to 1770, 1838
| | | Dates: | 1838 | | | Abstract: | This volume contains a series of manuscript essays compiled by Joshua Francis Fisher and presented to the APS in the early 19th Century. It is part of the APS collection of documents relationg to colonial Pennsylvania politics and governance. The first part of the volume has a bibliography made in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century that lists all of the printed pamphlets and other similar documents printed about Pennsylvania from 1681 to 1770. The remaining documents appear to involve the political career and rivalries of William Keith and Andrew Hamilton. The first is an essay "The Life and Character of a strange 'He Monster," that is purportedly written by William Keith about Andrew Hamilton. The second and third pamphlets "A Modest Apology" and "A Petition … against the Quakers" were written during Hamilton's life and involve political controversies he was involved in surrounding defensive measures. The final document is an obituary for Andrew Hamilton.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.016.9748.C28 | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Pennsylvania History | | | Genre: | Manuscript Essays | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | | | Subjects: | Society of Friends. | |
| 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.
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| | | 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 | |
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