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1Author:  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 
2Author:  Walker, John,1731-1803.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Natural History, May 3, 1790 - December 2, 1790     
 Dates:  1790 
 Abstract:  This volume contains lectures and essays compiled by John Walker, a professor of natural history at Edinburgh.

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 Call #:  Mss.504.W15 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Education | Natural history 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Botany. | Mineralogy. | Natural history. | Ornithology. | Zoology. 
3Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Algebra workbook, 1772     
 Dates:  1772 
 Abstract:  This algebra notebook was kept by a student at West Nottingham Academy in Maryland. The notebook contains graphs, essays on mathematical rules, and problems.

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 Call #:  Mss.510.AL3 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Algebra. | Mathematics. 
4Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Arithmetic workbook, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This notebook is from a course in arithmetic taken during the late-18th or early-19th century, possibly from West Nottingham Academy because it is bound with an Algebra notebook from that school. This notebook contains rules and essays on decimals and various equations.

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 Call #:  Mss.511.Ar4 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Arithmetic. | Fractions. | Geometry. | Mathematics. 
5Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Astronomy workbook, 1821     
 Dates:  1821 
 Abstract:  This notebook on astronomy from 1821 contains a range of information on astronomical calculations and general scientific knowledge from the early nineteenth century.

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 Call #:  Mss.520.As83 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Astronomy -- Mathematics. 
6Author:  Ewing, James Hunter, 1798-1827Requires cookie*
 Title:  James Hunter Ewing lecture notes, December 22, 1818 - January 19, 1819     
 Dates:  1818-1819 
 Abstract:  This small volume contains John Ewing's medical lecture notes for 1818-1819. The notes are from various classes he took. He records some medicinal recipes and therapies as well as medical theory, practice, and ethics.

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 Call #:  Mss.610.7.L49 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Medicine | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Diagnosis. | Fever. | Materia medica. | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- 19th century. | Surgery -- United States -- 19th century. 
7Author:  Rush, James,1786-1869.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Cards of admission, 1807-1816, to medical lectures     
 Dates:  1807-1816 
 Abstract:  This portion of the James Rush Collection contains photostats of tickets of admission to medical lectures, most of which were held in Scotland.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.R893 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Education | Medicine 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Lecturers. | Medicine. 
8Author:  Wright, William D.Requires cookie*
 Title:  William D. Wright notebooks, 1843-1847     
 Dates:  1843-1847 
 Abstract:  The William Wright Collection is beyond the geographic scope of this guide, but scholars of early America, especially science and technology, may find this collection useful.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.W936 
 Extent:  6 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Geology. | Mechanics. | Natural history. | Steam-engines. 
9Author:  Coates, Benjamin.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Comments on some of the illustrations derived by Phrenology from Comparative Anatomy, 1823     
 Dates:  1823 
 Abstract:  This collection contains a lecture to the Phrenological Society of Philadelphia delivered by Benjamin Coates in 1823.

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 Call #:  Mss.139.C65 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Medicine 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Anatomy, Comparative. | Medical illustration. | Nervous system. | Phrenology. 
10Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Mathematics copybook, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  Circa 18th century 
 Abstract:  This eighteenth-century notebook on math contains graphs and solutions to problems. The rule for cube roots is also contained.

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 Call #:  Mss.510.M42 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Algebra. | Geometry. | Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc. 
11Author:  Hasbrouck, Louis, 1777-1834Requires cookie*
 Title:  Notes from Lectures on Chemistry delivered by Doctor John McClean, Princeton College     
 Dates:  January 1797 - June 1797 
 Abstract:  This notebook contains Louis Hasbrouck's notes from a chemistry class at Princeton in 1797-1798.

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 Call #:  Mss.540.H27 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Agriculture -- Study and teaching -- 18th century | Botanical chemistry | Chemistry -- Study and teaching -- 18th century | Metallurgy | Phlogiston | Sugar 
12Author:  Sager, A.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Chemie (lecture notes)     
 Dates:  Circa 1810 
 Abstract:  This bound volume contains the lecture notes for a course on chemistry. Dated circa 1810 and in Swedish, little more is known about the volume's origins.

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 Call #:  Mss.540.Sa1 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Chemistry -- Sweden -- 19th century | Electricity 
13Author:  Carré, John Thomas, ca.1744-ca.1825Requires cookie*
 Title:  John Thomas Carré diary     
 Dates:  1807-1809 
 Abstract:  This recently acquired diary contains information on the founding and operation of Clermont Seminary, a private school Carre founded in Philadelphia after being exiled from Haiti.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.C232 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Education | Philadelphia History 
 Genre:  Diaries | Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Refugees -- Saint Domingue | Teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 
14Author:  Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859Requires cookie*
 Title:  Notes taken from Professor Olmsted's lectures on natural philosophy, 1827-1829     
 Dates:  1827-1829 
 Abstract:  This volume contains lecture notes from Denison Olmsted's class on natural philosophy at Yale University, 1827-1829. Discussions include astronomy, physics, principles of machinery, and Isaac Newton.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.OL5 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Natural history | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Physics. | Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- 19th century. 
15Author:  Law Academy of Philadelphia.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Opinion book A: opinions delivered before the Law Academy of Philadelphia by the provost and vice provost, 1820-1822     
 Dates:  1820-1822 
 Abstract:  The opinion book consists of various debates held and delivered before the Provost and Vice Provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia. The Law Academy was a precursor to formal law. Peter Du Ponceau was the provost of the Academy and most of the opinions are signed by him. This volume was likely his notebook.

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 Call #:  Mss.340.7.L41 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Law 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Manuscript Essays 
 Subjects:  Law -- Study and teaching. | Law schools. | Moot courts. 
16Author:  University of Virginia.Board of Visitors.Requires cookie*
 Title:  University of Virginia. Board of Visitors. Minutes, 1814-1828     
 Dates:  1814-1828 
 Abstract:  This collection contains the Minutes of the Board of Visitors for the Albemarle Academy (1814) and Central College (1817-1819), the predecessors of the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison were members of the Board. Monroe's service on a committee is listed, and Jefferson is listed as rector for the university. Among the topics discussed were professorships for Natural History and Ancient Languages. Robert Patterson of Philadelphia received the appointment – and a salary of $600.

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 Call #:  Mss.378.755.V8lbo 
 Extent:  2 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Colony and State Specific History | Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Institutional Records 
17Author:  Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828Requires cookie*
 Title:  A grammatical institute of the Latin language intended for the use of Latin schools in the United States     
 Dates:  1794 
 Abstract:  This volume consists of a handwritten draft of Caleb Alexander's A Grammatical Institute of the Latin Language Intended for the Use of Latin in Schools. Although this work does not relate to Alexander's better known missionary activities, this volume does give some insight into the public school movement in the early republic. After the American Revolution, state governments and individual reformers addressed public education with renewed vigor. This text is one of three Alexander wrote. He expected it to be assigned in public schools throughout the country. Its publisher, Isaiah Thomas gifted this volume to the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.470.AL2 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Language Material 
 Subjects:  Education -- United States -- Curricula. | Latin language -- Grammar -- 1800-1870 | Latin language -- Study and teaching 
18Author:  Roberts, Joseph,1793-1835.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Astronomical calculations,1820-1821     
 Dates:  1820-1821 
 Abstract:  Joseph Roberts was a teacher at Friends Academy. This volume contains various astronomical calculations done by him and his students for 1820-1821.

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 Call #:  Mss.524.M44 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. 
19Author:  Morton, Charles, 1627-1698Requires cookie*
 Title:  A System of Physicks (Compedium Physicae)     
 Dates:  Circa 1700 
 Abstract:  This collection is a manuscript copy of Charles Morton's "System of Physicks," which was used as one of the primary textbooks for teaching natural history in early America. The MOLE entry contains a detailed discussion of the text, its provenance, and its author.

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 Call #:  Mss.530.Sy8 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Manuscript Essays 
 Subjects:  Physics -- Early works to 1800 | Science and technology 
20Author:  Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818Requires cookie*
 Title:  Lecture notes on anatomy, [ca. 1781-1809]     
 Dates:  Circa 1781-1809 
 Abstract:  These three volumes contain Caspar Wistar's lecture notes on anatomy, likely taken while he was a student in Great Britain in the 1780s. Its content may lend insight into medical thought, practice, and education during the early republic.

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 Call #:  Mss.610.4.W76 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Medicine 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Amputation -- Study and teaching. | Anatomy -- Study and teaching. | Medicine -- Study and teaching. | Obstetrics -- Study and teaching. 
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