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1	Author:	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. View finding aid for a full description
	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.

2	Author:	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. View finding aid for a full description
	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.

3	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	George B. (George Bacon) Wood papers, 1815-1913
	Dates:	1815-1913
	Abstract:	The George Bacon Wood collection consists primarily of correspondence from George Wood to J.B. Lippincott. Some of the letters are co-signed by Franklin Bache. All of the letters date from 1860 onwards. The only early American materials are various diplomas and certificates from the 1810s and 1820s for Wood. These include a diploma from the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and various certificates from places like the Philomathean Society at Penn and medical societies. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.W84
	Extent:	30 item(s)
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Medicine
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Institutional Records
	Subjects:	Medicine. \| Pharmacology.

4	Author:	Carré, John Thomas, ca.1744-ca.1825	Requires 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. View finding aid for a full description
	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

5	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Electrologia, ca. 1785
	Dates:	Circa 1785
	Abstract:	This Italian language notebook contains a range of information on scientific information, especially information pertaining to electrical experiments. It was likely written in the late-18th century and contains references to Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Priestley. The manuscript, likely kept by an Italian, provides insight into the transmission of knowledge in the broader Atlantic World. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.537.EL23
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Natural history
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Foreign Language \| Scientific Data
	Subjects:	Electricity -- Early works to 1850. \| Electricity -- Experiments -- History. \| Science and technology

6	Author:	Taylor, Robert Eveleigh.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	An inaugural disputation, concerning the varieties of the human race, July 1800, 1830
	Dates:	1830
	Abstract:	This volume contains a manuscript copy of John Taylor's dissertation titled "An inaugural disputation, concerning the varieties of the human race." Taylor delivered this lecture at the University of Edinburgh in July 1800 to fulfill one of the requirements for a medical degree. The essay touches on many of the prominent theories about racial differences then circulating in the Atlantic World. Taylor, for instance, discusses the influence of climate on the different races and how geography affects the health. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.572.2.T2li.b
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	African American \| Beyond Early America \| Medicine
	Genre:	Dissertations \| Educational Material \| Manuscript Essays \| Scientific Data
	Subjects:	Blacks. \| Race.