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	Author:	Michaux, André, 1746-1802	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Botanical journal in North America, 1787-1796
	Dates:	1787-1796
	Abstract:	The Collection consists of nine small journals Andre Michaux kept as he traveled throughout North America. His travels took him to places as far and wide as the Caribbean, Kentucky, and Hudson's Bay. The journal has been printed in APS's Proceedings 26 (1889):1. The Kentucky travels can be found in Reuben G. Thwaites' Early Western Travels, 1748-1846. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.580.M58
	Extent:	9 volume(s)
	Topics:	Natural history \| Travel
	Genre:	Scientific Data \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Botany \| Botany -- North America. \| Discoveries in geography.

	Author:	Muhlenberg family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Muhlenberg family papers, 1769-1866
	Dates:	1769-1866
	Abstract:	The collection contains miscellaneous papers from this prominent Pennsylvania family. Some of the material is in German. Included in the collection are diplomas and various certificates of family members, including Peter Muhlenberg's original certificate of membership in the Society of the Cincinnati. There is a significant amount of correspondence from Christian Dencke to the Muhlenbergs in 1798-1799, a period when he was setting up a mission to Indians in Ontario. The letters, in German and Latin, seem to discuss natural history. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.M891
	Extent:	4.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Military History \| Native America \| Natural history \| Pennsylvania History \| Religion
	Genre:	Family Correspondence \| Foreign Language \| General Correspondence \| Military Records \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Agriculture -- United States. \| Barns. \| Botany \| Delaware Indians \| Fungi. \| Grasses. \| Herbaria. \| Lichens. \| Lutheran Church -- Clergy. \| Meteorology - Observations \| Natural history. \| Plants. \| Shrubs. \| Trees. \| Zoology -- Vermont.

	Author:	Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Robert Maskell Patterson notebooks, 1810-1811
	Dates:	1810-1811
	Abstract:	Previously catalogued as part of the the Robert Patterson Collection, this portion contains lecture notes on natural philosophy, death, mathematics, engineering, and other subjects. In addition to the notes, there is a class roster from the Universities of Pennsylvania and Virginia and copies of exams. There is also meteorological data for 1775 and 1776. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.P275.n
	Extent:	4 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Natural history \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Meteorological Data \| Notebooks
	Subjects:	Agriculture \| Botany \| Chemistry \| Mineralogy \| Physics \| Zoology

	Author:	Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Caspar Wistar Papers
	Dates:	1794-1817
	Abstract:	This bound volume contains approximately forty-four content rich letters written to Caspar Wistar, a prominent Philadelphian and scientist. Wistar's wide-ranging scientific interests are captured in the broad content of these letters. Topics of discussion include APS business, distillation, fossils and skeletons, scientific expeditions, and various letters of introductions sent to Wistar. A significant number are written in French. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.W76
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	International Travel \| Medicine \| Natural history \| Science and technology \| Travel
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	American Philosophical Society \| Botany \| Medicine -- 19th century \| Paleontology -- 19th century \| Yellow fever