Subject| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Advance (Brig) |
(1)
| | • | Africa, West -- Description and travel |
(1)
| | • | Agriculture -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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| | • | American Colonization Society |
(1)
| | • | American Philosophical Society |
(1)
| | • | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania |
(2)
| | • | Archaeology -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Arctic Regions -- Discovery and exploration |
(1)
| | • | Avesta |
(1)
| | • | Banks and banking -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Bees. |
(1)
| | • | Birds. |
(1)
| | • | Blasting, Submarine |
(1)
| | • | Blowpipe. |
(1)
| | • | Capital punishment. |
(1)
| | • | Cartography. |
(1)
| | • | Charities -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Chemical apparatus |
(1)
| | • | Chemistry |
(1)
| | • | Chemists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Colonization, repatriation |
(1)
| | • | Cyclones. |
(1)
| | • | Dinosaurs -- New Jersey |
(1)
| | • | Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(1)
| | • | Education -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic |
(1)
| | • | Electricity -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Epidemics -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Federalist Party -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Fire extinction |
(1)
| | • | France -- Description and travel |
(1)
| | • | Freemasons -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt |
(1)
| | • | Gardening -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania |
(2)
| | • | Geology -- Maps |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- Nova Scotia -- Surveys |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- Pennsylvania |
(2)
| | • | Germany -- Description and travel |
(1)
| | • | Guano |
(1)
| | • | Haviland, John, 1792-1852 |
(1)
| | • | Hawaiian language |
(1)
| | • | Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881 |
(1)
| | • | Insurance agents -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Javanese language |
(1)
| | • | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 |
(1)
| | • | Lancaster (Penn.) County Prison |
(1)
| | • | Lyceums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
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| | 2 | Author: | Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903 | Requires cookie* | | | 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 | |
| 3 | Author: | Foulke, William Parker, 1816-1865 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Parker Foulke Papers, 1840-1865
| | | | Dates: | 1840-1865 | | | | Abstract: | The William Parker Foulke Collection is one of the largest and richest collections at the APS. The collection, described and inventories in depth in MOLE, reflects the wide and varied interests of one of Philadelphia's most prominent 19th century citizens.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F826 | | | | Extent: | 3.75 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Law | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Native America | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Legal Records | Literature | Manuscript Essays | Miscellaneous | Political Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Advance (Brig) | Africa, West -- Description and travel | American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) | American Colonization Society | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania | Archaeology -- Pennsylvania | Arctic Regions -- Discovery and exploration | Colonization, repatriation | Dinosaurs -- New Jersey | Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Freemasons -- Pennsylvania | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania | Geology -- Pennsylvania | Haviland, John, 1792-1852 | Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881 | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 | Lancaster (Penn.) County Prison | Lyceums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Mesmerism | New York Prison Association | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel -- 19th century | Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century | Philadelphia Society For Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons | Prison reformers -- Pennsylvania | Prisons -- Design and construction | Prisons -- New York (State) | Prisons -- Pennsylvania | Reformers -- Pennsylvania | Slavery -- United States. | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 | Wilson, John Wall | |
| 4 | Author: | Wistar family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Eastwick Collection, 1746-1929
| | | | Dates: | 1746-1929 | | | | Abstract: | This large and rich collection contains a range of documents including travel journals, diaries, business records, and personal correspondence. The largest portion of the collection is of correspondence among members of the extended Wister family and their network of friends in the early nineteenth century, which provides insight into early nineteenth century Germantown and Philadelphia culture and society. These often long letters lend insight into all aspect of nineteenth century life, including politics, courtship, friendship, family, and manners. Poetry of Elizabeth, Sarah, and Charles Wister is included, as are daybooks and journals of Sarah.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.974.811.Ea7 | | | | Extent: | 3.5 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Business and Skilled Trades | Land and Speculation | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Marriage and Family Life | Social Life and Custom | Surveying and Maps | Women's History | | | | Genre: | Diaries | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Literature | Maps and Surveys | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- United States. | Bees. | Gardening -- United States. | |
| 6 | Author: | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858
| | | | Dates: | 1764-1858 | | | | Abstract: | The Robert Hare collection is a large, diverse, and rich collection. The collection contains essays, lectures, and letters to and from Robert Hare, the preeminent chemist in the United States during much of the nineteenth century. But as this collection shows, Hare was far more than a chemist. His essays and lectures touch on an array of topics, including discussions of democracy, currency, history, slavery, among others. The APS collection captures the sophistication of Hare's thought.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H22 | | | | Extent: | 3 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | African American | Antebellum Politics | Business and Skilled Trades | Early National Politics | Education | Literature, Arts, and Culture | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Educational Material | General Correspondence | Literature | Manuscript Essays | Scientific Data | Sketchbooks | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | American Philosophical Society | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania | Banks and banking -- United States. | Blasting, Submarine | Blowpipe. | Capital punishment. | Chemical apparatus | Chemistry | Chemists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Cyclones. | Electricity -- 19th century | Epidemics -- United States | Federalist Party -- Pennsylvania | Fire extinction | Guano | Mesmerism | Money | Paper money -- United States -- 19th century | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century | Race, race relations, racism | Railroads | Religion | Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities | Science and technology | Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- United States -- 19th century | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Smithsonian Institution | Spiritualism -- Pennsylvania | Storms | Tornadoes | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century | |
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