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1	Author:	Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813	Add
	Title:	Benjamin Rush commonplace book, 1792-1813
	Dates:	1792-1813
	Abstract:	The commonplace book is better described as Benjamin Rush's diary of events from 1792. Rush recounts in great detail the spectacular failure of William Duer and other investors in Philadelphia and New York, noting the panic and uncertainty that swept elite society in those months. The second portion of the volume contains a range of Rush's thoughts and observations on society, making this portion more like a traditional commonplace book. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.R89c
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Early National Politics \| Land and Speculation \| Medicine \| Philadelphia History \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Commonplace Book \| Diaries
	Subjects:	Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Indians of North America \| Marriage. \| Medicine. \| Religion.

2	Author:	Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815	Add
	Title:	Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection
	Dates:	1783-1817
	Abstract:	The extensive Benjamin Smith Barton collection contains six sections: Correspondence, Bound Volumes (including notebooks), Subject Files, and Graphic Materials. The material includes numerous images, sketches, notes, printed material, and other correspondence. The collection also has numerous copper plates that were used to print images drawn by Barton. Although a collection this large touches on a variety of interesting and important subjects, the collection's strength is its wealth of data on nineteenth century medical, botanical, and Native American studies. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B284d
	Extent:	10 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Education \| Language and Linguistics \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Medicine \| Native America \| Natural history \| Printing and Publishing \| Science and technology \| Travel
	Genre:	Art \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Language Material \| Notebooks \| Political Correspondence \| Sketchbooks \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Botanists \| Botany -- Study and teaching -- 19th century \| Botany -- Virginia \| Chemistry -- 18th century \| Cherokee Indians \| Cherokee language \| Choctaw Indians \| Dysentery. \| Electricity -- 18th century \| Ethnobotany \| Geology -- 18th century \| Gout \| Indians of North America \| Indians of North America -- Agriculture \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Kaigana Indians \| Kaskaskia Indians \| Mammals -- Classification \| Mandan Indians \| Mastodons \| Materia medica \| Medicine -- Practice -- 18th century \| Medicine -- Study and teaching -- 18th century \| Meteorology -- United States -- 18th century \| Meteors \| Mineralogy \| Natural history -- 18th century \| Natural history -- 19th century \| Osage language \| Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Physics \| Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 \| Seminole Indians \| Seneca Indians \| Tuscarora Indians \| University of Pennsylvania -- Faculty \| Venereal disease \| Yellow fever \| Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1793 \| Zoology -- 18th century