| | Author: | Dale, Richard, 1756-1826 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Richard Dale papers, 1780-1845
| | | | Dates: | 1780-1845 | | | | 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.334 | | | | Extent: | 1 microfilm_reel(s) | | | | Genre: | Microfilm Collection | |
| | Author: | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Darwin diary and correspondence written during the voyage of the Beagle, 1831-1836
Accessioned, 1972
(Film 496.14)
| | | | Dates: | 1831-1836 | | | | Abstract: | This microfilm collection may be of interest to early American scholars.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.496.14 | | | | Extent: | 1 microfilm_reel(s) | | | | Genre: | Microfilm Collection | |
| | Author: | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Darwin Papers Editorial Project Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1821-1882 | | | | 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.Ms.Coll.28 | | | | Extent: | 48 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | | | | Subjects: | Evolution (Biology) | |
| | Author: | Darwin, George Howard,Sir,1845 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir George Howard Darwin, letters, 1834-1881
| | | | Dates: | 1834-1881 | | | | 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.B.D255 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Tides. | |
| | 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: | Day, Sherman,1806-1884. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ephraim Dyer IV Collection, ca. 1842, of the sketches of Sherman Day
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1842 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains the proofs of images for Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania. The book is over 700 pages long with more than 200 images. The book and images capture Pennsylvania life past and present and can provide insight into the customs of the period. Days' engravings provide detailed images of towns and areas of Pennsylvania circa 1840. Some of the over 250 images included in this collection are: Pittsburgh with steamboats traveling up the rivers and smoke spouting in the sky from factories, a redoubt at Fort Pitt, a vista of Reading, mines in western Pennsylvania, Native American engravings found on a rock, the public squares at Chambersburg, Lancaster and Erie, and Ephrata's houses.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.917.48.D33 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Pennsylvania History | Social Life and Custom | | | | Genre: | Art | General Correspondence | Sketchbooks | | | | Subjects: | Architecture -- Pennsylvania. | Delaware Indians | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania | Landscape -- Pennsylvania. | Seneca Indians | |
| | 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. | |
| | Author: | Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of, 1775-1851 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | 13th Earl of Derby Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1846-1851 | | | | 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.B.D44 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | | | | Subjects: | Animals -- Transportation | Antelopes | Ducks | Fennecs | Fraser, Louis | Lions | Menageries -- Great Britain | Patronage, Political -- Great Britain | Reade, Thomas, Jr. | Wild animal collecting -- Africa | Zoological Society of London | |
| | Author: | Dixon, Jeremiah | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Minutes and papers of the Mason and Dixon survey, 1760-1768
| | | | Dates: | 1760-1768 | | | | Abstract: | The Mason and Dixon Survey Collection consists of two volumes relating to their work drawing a border between Pennsylvania and Maryland and a box of correspondence. This entry describes the two volumes. One contains the Penn family's costs, which goes into specific details about items purchased and used for the venture. The second volume is a manuscript copy of the commissioners' minutes from 1760-1768. The commissioners were representatives of both Baltimore and Penn, and gave directions to Mason and Dixon. The minutes contain negotiations between the commissioners, which provide insight into surveying methods and the various disagreements between the two sides about boundaries, particularly as they relate to the Delmarva Peninsula. There are a few mentions of Indians and diplomacy, especially around 1767 when Mason and Dixon were extending the line into the Ohio Country.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.974.8.P383 | | | | Extent: | 2 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Native America | Pennsylvania History | Surveying and Maps | | | | Genre: | Maps and Surveys | Official Government Documents and Records | | | | Subjects: | Surveys. | |
| | Author: | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sea terms in different languages, [n.d.]
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | The Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Collection has a wide array of material. This entry refers to a dictionary of terms relating to the sea and seafaring (359.03 D92). This portion likely reflected both Du Ponceau's personal interest in linguistics and his career as a lawyer who specialized in international law and trade. This volume include terms from French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Danish.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.359.03.D92 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | International Trade. | Law | | | | Genre: | Language Material | Legal Records | | | | Subjects: | Language and languages | Philology. | |
| | Author: | Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Victor Marie Du Pont de Nemours correspondence, 1795-1797
| | | | Dates: | 1795-1797 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains photocopies of correspondence from Victor Marie Du Pont Nemours, the brother of the patriarch of the DuPont family. Victor was a French diplomat who immigrated to Delaware in the early nineteenth century and became involved in politics and the family business. The correspondence is primarily from Dupont. The originals are held at Longwood Library, now the Hagley Museum.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.D938v | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | Early National Politics | International Affairs | | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | |
| | Author: | Dunn, Nathan,1782-1844. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Nathan Dunn letterbook, 1829-1830
| | | | Dates: | 1829-1830 | | | | 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.1229 | | | | Extent: | 1 microfilm_reel(s) | | | | Genre: | Microfilm Collection | |
| | Author: | Dupré, Augustin, 1748-1833 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Drawings and matrices of medals relating to the American Revolution and the United States
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | Augstin Dupre was a prominent artist in eighteenth century France. This collection consists of a series of medals, sketches, and engravings that commemorate the American Revolution that the U.S. commissioned Dupre to create. The collection includes sketches and medals commemorating Daniel Morgan, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and "American liberty." Perhaps the most important sketch and medal is that of the American Eagle, which served as the basis for the official American eagle and was placed on the $10 gold coin in 1795. The dates of Dupre's work range from the 1780s to the 1790s. Aside from the collection's artistic value, the detailed sketches and splash medals provide material artifacts from the printing industry and culture of commemoration of the 18th century.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.737.44.D92 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | International Affairs | Literature, Arts, and Culture | | | | Genre: | Art | Sketchbooks | |
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