Subject| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Africa |
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| | • | Agriculture |
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| | • | Agriculture -- United States. |
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| | • | American loyalists. |
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| | • | Americans -- China -- Social life and customs. |
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| | • | Arctic Indians |
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| | • | Arctic regions-Pictorial works |
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| | • | Art -- United States. |
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| | • | Avesta |
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| | • | Balloons -- Early works to 1800 |
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| | • | Bees. |
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| | • | Botanical gardens -- New Jersey. |
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| | • | Botany -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Bridges -- 18th century |
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| | • | British -- China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912. |
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| | • | Business and politics -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| | • | Cartography. |
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| | • | Charities -- United States. |
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| | • | China -- Foreign relations -- United States |
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| | • | Civil engineering -- United States. |
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| | • | Colonization, repatriation |
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| | • | Craven Street Gazette |
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| | • | Culture, community, organizations |
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| | • | Drawing. |
(1)
| | • | Education -- United States |
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| | • | Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic |
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| | • | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 |
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| | • | Engineering. |
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| | • | Epidemics -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Estate -- Valuation |
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| | • | Exploration |
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| | • | Explorers -- United States |
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| | • | Finance,Personal |
(1)
| | • | France -- Description and travel |
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| | • | France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815 |
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| | • | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt |
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| | • | Gardening -- United States. |
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| | • | Genealogy. |
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| | • | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- Maps |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- Nova Scotia -- Surveys |
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| | • | Geology -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Geometry -- Study and teaching |
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| | • | Germany -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820 |
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| | • | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century |
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| | • | Grinnell Expedition, 1st, 1850-1851 |
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| | • | Grinnell Expedition, 2d, 1853-1855 |
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| | • | Hawaiian language |
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| | 2 | Author: | Rittenhouse family. | Add | | | Title: | Rittenhouse family papers, 1774-1932
| | | | Dates: | 1774-1932 | | | | Abstract: | This small notebook contains copies of correspondence and other documents that someone in the Rittenhouse family transcribed in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. The earliest document copied appears to be dated from the 1750s in Lancaster. The documents pertain to the family's past.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R51f | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Marriage and Family Life | | | | Genre: | Family Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Papermakers. | |
| 4 | Author: | Cassin, Charles Luke, 1846-1878 | Add | | | 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. | |
| 7 | Author: | Hewson family. | Add | | | Title: | Hewson family papers, 1767-1836
| | | | Dates: | 1767-1836 | | | | Abstract: | The Hewson's were close to the Franklin family. Mary Stevenson Hewson was Franklin's landlady when he was in London, and they maintained a correspondence throughout their lives. This collection contains some of the family correspondence. Most are not originals, which are in private hands. The original manuscripts are primarily letters to and from Mary Stevenson Hewson. Of note is a poem/prayer written by Mary Stevenson Hewson. The MOLE record is very detailed, but the record does not mention records of a controversy Benjamin Franklin had with Dr. William Hunter that are part of this collection.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H492.h, .br, .b1, .b | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Marriage and Family Life | Social Life and Custom | Women's History | | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Medicine. | |
| 9 | Author: | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 | Add | | | Title: | Elisha Kent Kane Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1810-1953 | | | | Abstract: | This large collection contains the papers of Elisha Kent Kane, a prominent Philadelphian who led the U.S. Exploring Expedition.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.K132 | | | | Extent: | 6.75 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Americans Abroad | Exploration. | International Travel | Marriage and Family Life | Social Life and Custom | | | | Genre: | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Africa | Arctic Indians | Arctic regions-Pictorial works | China -- Foreign relations -- United States | Colonization, repatriation | Exploration | Explorers -- United States | Geometry -- Study and teaching | Grinnell Expedition, 1st, 1850-1851 | Grinnell Expedition, 2d, 1853-1855 | Hospitals -- Pennsylvania | Indians of North America -- Nunavut | Inuit -- Canada | Inuit -- Greenland | Inuit -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island | Medicine -- Practice -- Pennsylvania | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania | Meteorology -- Arctic Regions | Mineralogy -- Study and teaching | Northwest Passage | Obstetrics | Plantations | Slave trade -- Africa | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | United States -- Foreign relations -- China | United States. Navy | |
| 10 | Author: | Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903 | Add | | | Title: | J.P. Lesley Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1826-1898 | | | | Abstract: | J.P. Lesley was a prominent Pennsylvanian who became a leading geologist. This collection contains a range of materials that relate to his life. The content of the correspondence is not just scientific. Instead, subjects span a wide-range of topics, including European travel, the Civil War, politics, art, literature, personal affairs, and family matters. The papers also reflect Lesley wide-ranging scientific interests. Although a geologist, Lesley also dabbled in demographic studies, religion, and philology. A fair amount of the collection is from the 1850s and beyond. Much of this early correspondence is among family members, but some letters are from prominent reformers, such as Lydia Maria Child. Among the Lesley papers are poems, journals, and notebooks. Two boxes date from 1841 to 1851, which, notably, deal with the period before Lesley became a full-time geologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L56 | | | | Extent: | 7.75 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Americans Abroad | International Travel | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Marriage and Family Life | | | | Genre: | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Literature | Scientific Data | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Avesta | Cartography. | Charities -- United States. | Education -- United States | Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic | France -- Description and travel | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania | Geology -- Maps | Geology -- Nova Scotia -- Surveys | Geology -- Pennsylvania | Germany -- Description and travel | Hawaiian language | Javanese language | Nova Scotia -- Surveys | Obelisks | Paleontology -- Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania -- Surveys | Philology | Poems | Slavery -- United States. | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Switzerland -- Description and travel | Transcendentalism | Unitarianism | |
| 12 | Author: | Short, William (1759-1849) | Add | | | Title: | William Short correspondence, 1787-1838
| | | | Dates: | 1787-1838 | | | | Abstract: | This large and rich collection of American diplomat William Short touches on matters personal and political. William Short sought, unsuccessfully, to marry the Duchess La Rochefoucauld. These letters chronicle this failed courtship. LaRouchefoucauld's correspondence also discusses the tumultuous events of the French Revolution, as told through the eyes of a wealthy noble. Short served as Jefferson's private secretary in France, and because of that, some of the early correspondence provides insight on the American delegation in France. The correspondence is largely in French, but the APS has an English translation of most of the documents. In addition to the Short-LaRouchefoucauld correspondence, there are letters from other prominent Frenchmen.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sh83 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Americans Abroad | Diplomatic History | Marriage and Family Life | Social Life and Custom | | | | Genre: | Diplomatic Material | |
| 13 | Author: | Bache family | Add | | | Title: | Bache family papers, 1770-1890 (bulk), 1770-1923 (inclusive)
| | | | Dates: | 1770-1923 (Bulk 1770-1890) | | | | Abstract: | The Bache Family collection contains a range of letters from members of the extended Franklin-Bache family, descendants of Benjamin Franklin. Although the vast majority are from the early republic, there are some papers from the twentieth century that involve Franklin's legacy (the collection appears to have been acquired by the APS in 1938). Among the correspondence included are letters to and from Benjamin Franklin Bache, William Temple Franklin, Sarah Franklin Bache, Richard Bache, William Bache and Catherine Wistar Bache.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B121 | | | | Extent: | 50 item(s) | | | | Topics: | Law | Marriage and Family Life | Printing and Publishing | Women's History | | | | Genre: | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Legal Records | Miscellaneous | |
| 20 | Author: | Bancker, James A. | Add | | | Title: | James A. Bancker papers, 1842-1849
| | | | Dates: | 1842-1849 | | | | Abstract: | This collection of letters (40+) consists primarily of James Bancker writing to his family from Asia in the 1840s. The collection offers a vivid depiction of an American's life abroad in the nineteenth century. The letters convey quotidian information, such as the type of food he is eating, to more remarkable events, such as witnessing a comet. Bancker also witnessed a number of significant political events while in China, including the acquisition of Hong Kong by Great Britain and resistance to this takeover from the Hong Kong residents (1842-1843). These events, the rioting in particular, are recounted in his often long and detailed correspondence to his Philadelphia-based family. Bancker spent much of his time in Canton, but he also described visits to the Philippines and voyage to and from China. Combined, the collection provides a lens in the experiences of a wealthy American traveling abroad in the midst of the nineteenth century.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B22 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Americans Abroad | Beyond Early America | Business and Skilled Trades | International Trade. | International Travel | Marriage and Family Life | Trade | Travel | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Americans -- China -- Social life and customs. | British -- China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912. | Voyages and travels. | |
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