| | Author: | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | George William Featherstonhaugh papers, 1809-1840
| | | Dates: | 1809-1840 | | | Abstract: | This collection of George William Featherstonhaugh Correspondence. Featherstonhaugh was a prominent British scientist who traveled to America numerous times and helped promote internal improvements. The single original letter is to Benjamin Franklin Peale and discusses mineralogy. The other documents, all photocopies of originals in private hands, discuss science and APS business and are from APS members Peter Du Ponceau, John Vaughan, and James Mease.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.F31 | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | Topics: | Science and technology | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Scientific Correspondence | | | Subjects: | Science -- Societies, etc. | |
| Author: | Ferguson, Elizabeth Graeme, 1737-1801 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Elizabeth Ferguson commonplace book, [ca. 1780s]
| | | Dates: | Circa 1780s | | | Abstract: | This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1238 | | | Extent: | 1 microfilm_reel(s) | | | Genre: | Microfilm Collection | |
| 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: | Fougeroux de Bondaroy, Auguste | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Recherches sur les ruines d'Herculanum, 1770, et sur les lumieres qui peuvent en résulter, relativement à l'état présent des sciences & des arts : avec un traité sur la fabrique des mosaïques
| | | Dates: | 1770 | | | Abstract: | This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.913.377.F823 | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | | | Subjects: | Mosaics -- Italy. | |
| 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 | |
| Author: | Fox, George, 1759-1828 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | George Fox letterbook, 1786-1797
| | | Dates: | 1786-1797 | | | Abstract: | This letter book contains the correspondence of George Fox, a prominent Philadelphian and associate of William Temple Franklin, for the years 1786-1797. Fox corresponded with William Temple Franklin extensively and discussed financial and political matters. Lands owned by Franklin and Fox in western Pennsylvania were frequently discussed, as were other investments and speculations. For much of this period, Franklin was in Europe and Fox served as Franklin's business representative in Pennsylvania.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.F832 | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | Land and Speculation | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Legal Records | | | Subjects: | Real property -- Pennsylvania. | |
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