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1Author:  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. 
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:  unknownRequires 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.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.W84 
 Extent:  30 item(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Medicine 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Institutional Records 
 Subjects:  Medicine. | Pharmacology. 
4Author:  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 
5Author:  AnonymousRequires 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.

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 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 
6Author:  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.

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 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.