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 Author:  Galiani, Ferdinando, 1728-1787Requires cookie*
 Title:  Laws of neutrality     
 Dates:  1775 
 Abstract:  Sometime in the 19th Century, Stephen Du Ponceau translated Ferdinando Galiani's famous tract on the laws of neutrality. These two bound volumes of Galiani's work appear to be in Du Ponceau's hand and bound within the text are long and detailed notes on the work. Du Ponceau's interest likely had to do with his legal career that dealt with issues of international trade, a focus that is a prominent part of Du Ponceau's papers at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.341.3.G13 
 Extent:  2 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Diplomatic History | International Affairs | Trade 
 Genre:  Manuscript Essays 
 Subjects:  International trade | Law. | Neutrality 
 Author:  Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849Requires cookie*
 Title:  Albert Gallatin Marginalia     
 Dates:  Circa 1822 
 Abstract:  This volume of "Voyages de la Nouvelle France" contains Albert Gallatin's marginalia. Gallatin's notes are in the section on Native Americans.

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 Call #:  Mss.917.1.C35 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Native America 
 Genre:  Miscellaneous 
 Subjects:  Montagnais Indians | Montagnais language 
 Author:  Gardiner, Emma JaneRequires cookie*
 Title:  Penobscot Indian vocabulary, 1821     
 Dates:  1821 
 Abstract:  This bound volume includes approximately twenty pages of Abenaki words and their English translations compiled by Emma Gardiner of Gardiner, Maine in 1821. Although the origins of this document are not clear, it is possible that Gardiner worked with Abenaki Indians to compile this list. The document contains the annotations and other notes of Peter Du Ponceau.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.G16 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Languages | Penobscot language 
 Author:  Gaubius, Hieronymus David,1705Requires cookie*
 Title:  Manuscript notes, 1728-1739, of Boerhaave's lectures     
 Dates:  1728-1739 
 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.610.B63m 
 Extent:  3 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Medicine, Medieval. 
 Author:  Gauld, George.Requires cookie*
 Title:  A general description of the sea-coasts, harbours, lakes, rivers, etc. of the province of West Florida, 1769     
 Dates:  1769 
 Abstract:  George Gauld served as a surveyor in the British Army. Stationed in Florida after the Seven Years' War, this collection contains his general observations of the recently acquired territory. Its MOLE entry is very detailed. There are two other general features that should be mentioned. First, Gauld's essay contains smatterings of references to Native Americans and occasionally local Native American names for geographic features. The second is that this document captures part of the imperial consolidation Great Britain began in the wake of the Seven Years' War.

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 Call #:  Mss.917.59.G23 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Colonial Politics | Exploration. | Government Affairs | Science and technology | Surveying and Maps 
 Genre:  Maps and Surveys | Official Government Documents and Records 
 Subjects:  Hydrographic surveying -- Florida. | Rivers -- Florida. 
 Author:  Gaver, Antonio de,fl. 1742-177Requires cookie*
 Title:  Relacion General... de las plazas de Oran y Mazalquivir     
 Dates:  1773 
 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.965.G24 
 Extent:  2 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Algeria -- Description and travel | Fortification -- Algeria | Maps -- Algeria | Military architecture -- Spain | Military engineering -- Spain | Oran (Algeria) -- History | Spain -- Colonies -- Africa | Tremecen (Algeria) -- History 
 Author:  Genth, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893Requires cookie*
 Title:  Chemische Untersuchung des Mesopins, 1843     
 Dates:  1843 
 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.Ms.Coll 
 Extent:  1 item(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Chemistry 
 Author:  Genth, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893Requires cookie*
 Title:  Complete catalogue of the collection of minerals of Dr. F. A. Genth, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  The bound volume contains a catalogue of Frederick Augustus Genth's library. It is over 100 pages long. Genth was a prominent scientist in Europe and the United States. Born in Germany, he fled during the tumult of 1848, arriving in Baltimore before settling in Philadelphia where he worked as a contract scientist and professor. A large portion of his papers are housed at Penn State.

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 Call #:  Mss.549.G283 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Science and technology 
 Genre:  Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Minerals -- Catalogs and collections. 
 Author:  Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne, 1772-1844Requires cookie*
 Title:  Notes, 1825-1829, on natural history     
 Dates:  1825-1829 
 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.504.G29 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Biology. | Natural history. | Zoology. 
 Author:  Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne, 1772-1844Requires cookie*
 Title:  Étienne Geoffroy Saint Hilaire Collection     
 Dates:  1811-1844 
 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.G287p 
 Extent:  0.75 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Anatomy -- France | Conjoined twins | Dinosaurs | Embryology -- France | Evolution (Biology) | Homology (Biology) | Light -- Philosophy | Monsters | Natural history -- France -- 19th century | Natural history -- Study and teaching -- France | Paleontology -- France | Teratology | Zoology -- Study and teaching -- France 
 Author:  George -- I, -- King of Great BritaRequires cookie*
 Title:  Charter, 1724, for Newcastle, Delaware     
 Dates:  1724 
 Abstract:  This small volume is a manuscript copy of the royal charter for New Castle, Delaware issued in 1724 that belonged to Sir William Keith, then the provincial governor of Pennsylvania.

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 Call #:  Mss.975.1.G79 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Colonial Politics | Government Affairs 
 Genre:  Official Government Documents and Records 
 Author:  George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760Requires cookie*
 Title:  Act of incorporation, 1742, for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  Dated 1742, this document appears to be the draft or, possibly, a manuscript copy of a deed incorporating Lancaster as a town. The deed contains the signature of King George II.

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 Call #:  Mss.974.815.L223 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Government Affairs | Pennsylvania History 
 Genre:  Official Government Documents and Records 
 Subjects:  Incorporation -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster. 
 Author:  Georgia. GovernorRequires cookie*
 Title:  Grant no 115 to Patrick Crookshanks for 1,000 acres of land.     
 Dates:  1773 
 Abstract:  This collection contains a grant for 1000 acres that Georgia's governor made to Patrick Crookshank in 1773.

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 Call #:  Mss.975.8.G294 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Colony and State Specific History | Land and Speculation | Surveying and Maps 
 Genre:  Maps and Surveys | Official Government Documents and Records 
 Author:  Gibson, Elizabeth Bordley, 1777-1863Requires cookie*
 Title:  Elizabeth Bordley Gibson Papers     
 Dates:  1795-1863 
 Abstract:  This collection contains materials which may be of interest to students of Early American History.

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 Call #:  Mss.SMs.Coll.30 
 Extent:  1.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Marriage and Family Life | Social Life and Custom | Women's History 
 Genre:  Family Correspondence 
 Author:  Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry DilworRequires cookie*
 Title:  Henry Dilworth Gilpin Notebook: Natural Philosophy, Mathematics     
 Dates:  ca. 1819 
 Abstract:  This is a notebook kept by Henry Gilpin at the University of Pennsylvania. The content is primarily notes taken during a course in Natural Philosophy. The back of the book contains some mathematical notes. Gilpin went on to become a prominent attorney in Philadelphia.

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 Call #:  Mss.500.G42 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Natural history | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Electricity | Gravity | Heat | Hydrostatics | Light | Magnetism | Mathematics -- Study and teaching | Mechanics | Motion | Physics -- Study and teaching | Pneumatics 
 Author:  Gilpin, Thomas, 1728-1778Requires cookie*
 Title:  Thomas Gilpin letterbook, 1771-1777     
 Dates:  1771-1777 
 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.1234 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Flies. | Herring. | Natural history. | Schools -- Delaware. 
 Author:  Girard family.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Girard family papers, 1819-1880     
 Dates:  1819-1880 
 Abstract:  This collection contains photocopies of correspondence from and among members of Stephen Girard's family. Much of the correspondence deals with family matters.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.G44 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Marriage and Family Life | Philadelphia History 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts | Family Correspondence 
 Author:  Girard, Stephen--Estate, 1750-1831Requires cookie*
 Title:  Stephen Girard Financial data and analysis     
 Dates:  Circa 1775-1800 
 Abstract:  This collection contains a detailed analysis of Stephen Girard's finances compiled by an economic historian. The box contains computer print outs that analyzes his finances on an annual basis.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.G44bo 
 Extent:  1 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Business and Skilled Trades | International Trade. | Trade 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts | Research Records and Reports 
 Author:  Gliddon, George R.(George RobiRequires cookie*
 Title:  Analecta hieroglyphica, 1839-1841     
 Dates:  1839-1841 
 Abstract:  This notebook contains a manuscript copy of George Gliddon's account of Egypt. The notebook contains numerous sketches.

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 Call #:  Mss.493.1.G491 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Americans Abroad | International Travel 
 Genre:  Manuscript Essays | Sketchbooks 
 Subjects:  Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic 
 Author:  Goodrich, B. G.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Notebook; maps, ca. 1850-1880     
 Dates:  Circa 1850-1880 
 Abstract:  This volume contains a wide range of land surveys in western Pennsylvania, especially Wayne County. There are also pieces on the history of the county and some brief biographical profiles.

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 Call #:  Mss.526.92.G62 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Surveying and Maps 
 Genre:  Commonplace Book | Maps and Surveys | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Land speculation | Real property -- Pennsylvania -- Wayne County. 
 Author:  Grand Séminaire de Montréal.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Indian manuscripts, 1661-1879     
 Dates:  1661-1879 
 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.1109 
 Extent:  12 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Bible stories, French. | Indians of North America -- Encyclopedias | Iroquois language -- Grammar, Comparative | Missionaries -- New France. 
 Author:  Gray, Asa, 1810-1888Requires cookie*
 Title:  Asa Gray papers, 1838-1887     
 Dates:  1838-1887 
 Abstract:  This Collection consists of a variety of correspondence Asa Gray carried on with fellow scientists and collectors in the United States and Europe. Asa Gray was a leading nineteenth American botanist; securing a professorship at Harvard in 1842, he became perhaps the first professional botanist in America. The topic of the letters is almost exclusively botanical in nature. The correspondence includes discussions of publications, current specimens, and fossilized flora. Although Gray carried on extensive correspondence with Charles Darwin, none of that is in this manuscript collection, although the APS does have microfilm of Asa Gray's correspondence that contains some of this Darwin material.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.G78 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Scientific Correspondence 
 Subjects:  Botanical gardens. | Botany. | Education -- United States. | Plants -- Collection and preservation. | Shells. 
 Author:  Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875Requires cookie*
 Title:  John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884     
 Dates:  1783-1884 
 Abstract:  The John Gray Collection contains correspondence, most of which is incoming and addressed to John Gray or his wife. The collection is fairly large and its chronology ranges from the early nineteenth century until the 1880s. Most of the correspondence is to and from Britons, but there is some correspondence from prominent American scientists and natural historians. John Gray was a natural historian active at the British Museum of Natural History, serving from 1840-1874 as keeper of the Zoological Department. MOLE contains a very detailed inventory.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.G784 
 Extent:  5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Geology. | Mollusks. | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- England. | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- United States. | Shells. 
 Author:  Great Britain. Board of TradeRequires 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:  Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786Requires cookie*
 Title:  Nathanael Greene Papers     
 Dates:  1777-1780 
 Abstract:  The Nathanael Greene Collection is a large collection of correspondence primarily related to supplying the Continental Army. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1778-1780, during which time Greene served as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. The correspondence captures the supply issues that the Army faced during the war, and the means of financing and supplying it. Because the bulk of the collection is correspondence and not account or ledger books, the letters to Greene from the field often provide interesting details and anecdotes on requisitioning.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.G83 
 Extent:  4 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  American Revolution | Government Affairs | Military History 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence 
 Subjects:  Quartermasters -- United States 
 Author:  Grew, Theophilus,d. 1759.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Tables of the sun and moon fitted to the meridian of Philadephia, [1746-1761], n.d.     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  Theophilus Grew was an astronomer, teacher, and author in Philadelphia. He provided astronomical calculations for many almanacs, including Poor Richard's. This single volume contains Grew's astronomical calculations for 1746-1761 for Philadelphia, which likely served as the basis for data used in almanacs. He was also a teacher. He ran a school before joining the early faculty in what would become the University of Pennsylvania. The volume can shed light on astronomical methods and calculations in early America, and what type of methods may have been taught to students in 1750s Philadelphia.

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 Call #:  Mss.524.G86t 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Astronomy -- Charts, diagrams, etc. | Eclipses. | Spherical astronomy. 
 Author:  Griffith, Hiram H.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Thermometrical log of a trip of the brig Harriet, 1847-1848     
 Dates:  1847-1848 
 Abstract:  This meteorlogical journal was kept on a voyage in 1847-1848 that traveled from Norfolk to the Caribbean and then to Phildaelphia.

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 Call #:  Mss.551.5.G873 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Travel 
 Genre:  Meteorological Data | Travel Narratives and Journals 
 Subjects:  Meteorology -- Observations. | Voyages and travels. 
 Author:  Gruber, Jacob W.Requires cookie*
 Title:  [A calendar of the correspondence of Richard Owen, 1830-1890] / compiled by Jacob W. Gruber, 1981-1990     
 Dates:  1830-1890 
 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.Ow2g 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Naturalists -- England -- Correspondence. 
 Author:  Gérard de Rayneval, J.-M. (Joseph-Mathias), 1736-1812Requires cookie*
 Title:  On the freedom of the seas, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  Although Du Ponceau is most well-known today for his work in Native American linguistics, the Du Ponceau Collection includes a significant amount of correspondence from Du Ponceau's legal career in the nineteenth century (B D92p). This volume on the freedom of the seas reflects Du Ponceau's legal work in international trade.

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 Call #:  Mss.341.3.R21o 
 Extent:  3 volume(s) 
 Topics:  International Trade. | Law 
 Genre:  Legal Records | Manuscript Essays | Miscellaneous 
 Subjects:  Freedom of the seas. | Maritime law. | War, Maritime (International law)