Subject| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Admiralty |
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| | • | Agriculture |
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| | • | Agriculture -- United States. |
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| | • | Algebra. |
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| | • | Annuities. |
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| | • | Armies, Colonial. |
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| | • | Astronomy. |
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| | • | Balloons -- Early works to 1800 |
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| | • | Barns. |
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| | • | Botany |
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| | • | Brandywine, Battle of, 1777 |
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| | • | British Landing at Head of Elk, Maryland, 1777 |
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| | • | Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 |
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| | • | Business and politics -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Canals -- New York (State) |
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| | • | Canals. |
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| | • | Clocks and watches. |
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| | • | Coal. |
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| | • | Commerce. |
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| | • | Court calendars -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry |
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| | • | Delaware Indians |
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| | • | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 |
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| | • | Electricity. |
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| | • | Engineers -- New York (State) |
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| | • | Finance. |
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| | • | Fort Augusta (Pa.) |
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| | • | Fort Duquesne |
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| | • | Fort Granville (Pa.) |
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| | • | Fort Hunter |
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| | • | Fort Pitt (Pa.) |
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| | • | Fort William Henry (N.Y.) |
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| | • | Fortification -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Fortification. |
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| | • | Freemasons -- New York (State) |
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| | • | Fungi. |
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| | • | Geometry. |
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| | • | Germantown, Battle of, 1777 |
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| | • | Germantown, Battle of, 1778 |
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| | • | Grasses. |
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| | • | Great Britain. Army -- Regiment of Foot, 49th (1743- ) |
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| | • | Harbors -- United States. |
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| | • | Herbaria. |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- Government relations -- To 1789 |
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| | • | Irish -- United States |
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| | • | Iroquois Indians |
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| | • | Lancaster County (Pa.) -- History |
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| | • | Land speculation |
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| | | 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: | Bowen, Thomas Bartholomew | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Bartholomew Bowen Orderly Book
| | | | Dates: | October 12, 1780 - November 11, 1780 | | | | Abstract: | This orderly book tracks the orders, actions, and status of the Thomas Bowen's Company of the Pennsylvania Ninth Regiment, which was part of the Continental Army, from October 12 to November 11, 1780. The book contains a daily record of orders and movements the company took while in New Jersey. There are many references to courts martial trials. The orderly book also records actions taken by Commander-in-Chief, meaning George Washington. Finally, in the front and rear of the book are records on troop strength and supply levels.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.973.3.B67 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Military History | | | | Genre: | Military Records | | | | Subjects: | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry | |
| | 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: | Cassin, Charles Luke, 1846-1878 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Luke Cassin papers, 1745-1878
| | | | Dates: | 1745-1878 | | | | Abstract: | The Cassin Collection is heavily focused on Charles Luke Cassin's correspondence in the late nineteenth century. Charles Cassin was a physician in the U.S. Navy in the late-nineteenth century. His family's roots date to the colonial era. There are approximately seven documents from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, however. This portion of the collection includes three legal documents from colonial Pennsylvania that were likely handed down through the family: one is a will for Aaron Thompson dated 1745, another is an indenture from 1758, and another is a copy of a court decision in Berks County in 1774. There are two letters from James Mullins to Eliza Cassin relating to their past affairs and children. Finally, there are official documents relating to Joseph Cassin, Charles Luke's father, including a commission in the U.S. Navy signed by James Madison.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C274 | | | | Extent: | 70 item(s) | | | | Topics: | Marriage and Family Life | Military History | | | | Genre: | Family Correspondence | Legal Records | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | | | | Subjects: | Medicine -- United States. | Trust indentures. | |
| | Author: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Franklin Papers, 1642-1841
| | | | Dates: | 1642-1841 | | | | Abstract: | The Papers of Benjamin Franklin are a rich source as varied and expansive as Dr. Franklin's storied life. The Collection has been calendared, catalogued, and much of it is transcribed in printed volumes and online at www.franklinpapers.org.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F85 | | | | Extent: | 85.5 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Business and Skilled Trades | Diplomatic History | Government Affairs | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Marriage and Family Life | Military History | Pennsylvania History | Printing and Publishing | Social Life and Custom | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Diplomatic Material | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Manuscript Essays | Political Correspondence | Printed Material | Scientific Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 | Postal service -- United States | Printers -- Pennsylvania | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | |
| | Author: | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Temple Franklin Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1775-1819 | | | | Abstract: | This is a large collection of William Temple Franklin papers, most of which were written while he was serving alongside his grandfather in France as the secretary of the American mission there. The bulk of the collection is correspondence written to William Temple Franklin during the American Revolution. Franklin had a wide network of friends and associates, and this correspondence captures the range of dealings Franklin had in France. As secretary, he received intelligence, requests, reports of military actions, especially those pertaining to naval actions in the Atlantic, and various other communications. As a private individual, Franklin had relations with many merchants, traders, and land speculators and continued to cultivate these relationships while in Europe. The Collection also includes a diary kept in an almanac for much of 1785, catalogued separately in MOLE.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F86 | | | | Extent: | 4.75 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Business and Skilled Trades | Diplomatic History | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Marriage and Family Life | Military History | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Diplomatic Material | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Political Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Balloons -- Early works to 1800 | Mesmerism | |
| | Author: | Great Britain. Board of Trade | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers on the West Indies, 1707-1709
| | | | Dates: | 1707-1709 | | | | Abstract: | This Collection is a series of letters written during Queen Anne's War/The War of Spanish Succession between 1707 and 1709 involving military, political, and trade issues in the British Caribbean. Documents include a petition from merchants in Barbados to the Crown, orders from imperial ministers in Whitehall to governors, and reports from governors in the Caribbean. The documents often relate to events surrounding the war then engulfing Europe. One of the documents, for instance, is a finding of the Board of Trade that rejects a petition that would allow merchants to ship flour from North American colonies to Portugal, a member of the "Grand Alliance," finding that such trade would hurt the "Sugar Islands" too much.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.972.9.G81 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | International Affairs | Military History | | | | Genre: | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | |
| | Author: | Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ebenezer Hazard papers, 1766-1813
| | | | Dates: | 1766-1813 | | | | Abstract: | The Ebenezer Hazard Collection contains a range of documents relating to the early history and establishment of the postal service in the new American nation. Ebenezer Hazard was a New Yorker who served as a deputy postmaster general during the American Revolution and early republic.Included in the collection are two letters from Benjamin Franklin, one appointing him to the post and another advising him to quickly establish a post to Albany. There are a series of military passes issued to Hazard, lending insight into how the postal service operated during the war years. Other correspondents include Thomas Jefferson, who wrote a letter to Hazard in 1775 endorsing a proposed public papers project, and George Washington, who corresponded with Hazard as General of the Army during the war and as President.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H338 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Government Affairs | Military History | | | | Genre: | Institutional Records | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Postal service -- United States. | |
| | Author: | Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Isaac Lea journals, 1832, 1852-1853
| | | | Dates: | 1832-1853 | | | | Abstract: | Isaac Lea was a Philadelphia based geologist and publisher. He was primarily a publisher, founding the firm Lea and Febiger, which had its origins in Matthew Carey's publishing house. Isaac married Carey's daughter Frances Anne in 1821. Always interested in science, in 1851, after retiring from the day-to-day operations of his printing firm, he dedicated his time to geology and other scientific interests. This collection contains the journals of Isaac Lea's trips to Europe in 1832 and 1852-53. Lea traveled to Europe to become acquainted with European ideas and methods, although both trips – especially the earlier one – included much sightseeing. Very much a gentleman scientist, Lea gained wide-respect for his knowledge and work, earning an honorary doctorate from Harvard. These travel journals provide insight into some of the people and practices he encountered in Europe that may have shaped his ideas about science.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L462 | | | | Extent: | 16 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Military History | Printing and Publishing | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Art | Sketchbooks | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Naturalists. | |
| | Author: | Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Richard Henry Lee Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1766-1823 | | | | Abstract: | This collection of Richard Henry Lee correspondence is most notable for its rich content relating to the movement for Independence, military matters during the war, and the politics of ratification and the early republic. Because much of the correspondence is incoming, the letters offer insight into a wide range of other topics – and snapshots of events happening in areas beyond Lee's home state of Virginia. Frequent correspondents during the revolutionary era include John Dickinson, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Rush, and George Washington, among others. Almost all of these letters contain discussions of politics that offer significant insight into the letter writer's political thought and rich details on events happening throughout British America. Among Rush's correspondence is a series of letters written following the Battle of Princeton that relate the treatment Rush administered to a Hugh Mercer, who later died of his wounds.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L51 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Early National Politics | Military History | | | | Genre: | Political Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Non-importation agreements, 1768-1769 | Stamp Act, 1765 | |
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