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41	Author:	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825
	Dates:	1775-1825
	Abstract:	This is the primary collection of Thomas Jefferson Papers at the APS. The collection is rich and extensive. The collection is well-described and inventoried in MOLE. What follows below is a general summary of some of the more noteworthy pieces. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.J35
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Colony and State Specific History \| Diplomatic History \| Early National Politics \| Government Affairs \| Native America \| Natural history \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Boundaries, State. \| Canals. \| Chemistry \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Linguistics. \| Louisiana Purchase -- Enclopedias. \| Plants. \| Science -- United States -- 18th century. \| Scientific apparatus and instruments. \| Seeds.

42	Author:	Le Conte, John Eatton, 1784-1860	Requires cookie*
	Title:	John Eatton Le Conte papers, 1816-1877
	Dates:	1816-1877
	Abstract:	The John Le Conte Papers contain a range of correspondence, most of which deals with discussions of natural history. Le Conte was a scientist whose interests were in natural history, especially entomology. Le Conte worked at the United States Army Corp of Topographical Engineers, and his correspondence relating to their surveys provide details on the state of eastern seaports and harbors in the mid-eighteenth century. Most of the correspondence is incoming and it is often either orders from superiors to Le Conte or field reports from subordinates to LeConte. The orders for Le Conte to organize an expedition to explore Florida are included. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.L493.3
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Education \| Exploration. \| Military History \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Military Records \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Harbors -- United States. \| Military topography. \| Natural history. \| Topographical surveying -- United States.

43	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	John Lukens papers, 1760-1788
	Dates:	1760-1788
	Abstract:	The small survey books of John Lukens contain various land surveys that Lukens undertook throughout Pennsylvania. The Lukens family was a prominent surveying family with close ties to the proprietary government. The books do not contain any sketches, but are instead a listing of coordinates and features that can be used to demarcate land. Notably, there is little in the surveys about the Connecticut dispute, although items on the Lukens' involvement in that event can be found in other collections, such as the Eastwick Collection. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.L968
	Extent:	12 volume(s)
	Topics:	Government Affairs \| Pennsylvania History \| Surveying and Maps
	Genre:	Maps and Surveys \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Land speculation \| Surveying -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

44	Author:	Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796	Requires cookie*
	Title:	David Rittenhouse receipt book, 1779-1785
	Dates:	1779-1785
	Abstract:	This small volume records the various payments David Rittenhouse, as state treasurer, received from John Hart, the treasurer for Bucks County, for the years 1779-1785. The accounts do not contain much detail aside from the amount of funds Hart received for fines, taxes, and other fees that he then transferred to the state treasury. The data may complement some of the lieutenant and treasury data contained in the Pennsylvania Archives, however. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.R51r
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Government Affairs \| Pennsylvania History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Taxation -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County.

45	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Indian and Military Affairs of Pennsylvania, 1737-1775
	Dates:	1737-1775
	Abstract:	This large volume contains a wealth of data on Pennsylvania history beginning in 1737 and ending in 1775. Documents include letters, orders, and treaty minutes relating to Pennsylvania's military and political history. Although much of the material relates to the Seven Years' War, there are also documents relating to the Maryland-Pennsylvania border dispute, impressments of sailors, the founding of the Pennsylvania hospital, and other aspects of the political history of the colony. The bulk of the material deals with military, diplomatic, and political issues. Most of the documents have been printed in either the Pennsylvania Archives or Hazard's Register. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.974.8.P19
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Colonial Politics \| Diplomatic History \| Government Affairs \| Military History \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History \| Seven Years' War \| Social Life and Custom \| Surveying and Maps
	Genre:	Diplomatic Material \| Military Records \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Delaware Indians \| Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania \| Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763

46	Author:	Penn, William, 1644-1718	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Receipt, 1682
	Dates:	1682
	Abstract:	This oversize document contains a receipt for a quit rent paid to William Penn. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.974.8.P365.1
	Extent:	1 item(s)
	Topics:	Pennsylvania History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Official Government Documents and Records

47	Author:	Dixon, Jeremiah	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Minutes and papers of the Mason and Dixon survey, 1760-1768
	Dates:	1760-1768
	Abstract:	The Mason and Dixon Survey Collection consists of two volumes relating to their work drawing a border between Pennsylvania and Maryland and a box of correspondence. This entry describes the two volumes. One contains the Penn family's costs, which goes into specific details about items purchased and used for the venture. The second volume is a manuscript copy of the commissioners' minutes from 1760-1768. The commissioners were representatives of both Baltimore and Penn, and gave directions to Mason and Dixon. The minutes contain negotiations between the commissioners, which provide insight into surveying methods and the various disagreements between the two sides about boundaries, particularly as they relate to the Delmarva Peninsula. There are a few mentions of Indians and diplomacy, especially around 1767 when Mason and Dixon were extending the line into the Ohio Country. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.974.8.P383
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	Colonial Politics \| Government Affairs \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History \| Surveying and Maps
	Genre:	Maps and Surveys \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Surveys.

48	Author:	Penn family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Quit rent rolls,1688/9, 1788-1793
	Dates:	1688-1798
	Abstract:	The Penn Family Estates Collection consists of two volumes that contain quitrent data for land the Penns owned. The first is what appears to be a copy of a rent roll from 1688/1689. It lists names of individuals and their status (first purchaser, renter, etc.) and their tax information. The second is a large ledger book from 1788 that contains the names of individuals in Lancaster County who apparently leased land still owned by the Penn family. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.974.8.P38p
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	Land and Speculation \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Rent -- Pennsylvania.

49	Author:	Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Ely Samuel Parker Papers
	Dates:	1794-1946
	Abstract:	The Ely Parker Collection is a large and rich amalgamation of documents relating to the New York Seneca and to Ely Parker's own life. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.P223
	Extent:	3.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Education \| Government Affairs \| Language and Linguistics \| Law \| Military History \| Native America \| Religion \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Language Material \| Manuscript Essays \| Native American Materials \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Canals -- New York (State) \| Engineers -- New York (State) \| Freemasons -- New York (State) \| Iroquois Indians \| Ogden Land Company \| Seneca Indians -- Missions \| Seneca Indians -- New York (State) \| Seneca Indians -- Religion \| Seneca language \| Society of Friends -- Relations with Indians \| Tonawanda Indian Reservation (N.Y.)

50	Author:	Philadelphia (Pa.).Mayor.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Record of indentures of individuals bound out as apprentices, servants, etc., and of German and other redemptioners, 1771 October 3 - 1773 October 5
	Dates:	1771-1773
	Abstract:	This large volume contains the records of those entering contracts of indentured servitude in Philadelphia from 1771-1773. The records not only list the name of the person, but contain details on their profession and on the terms of the indenture. Although the volume is described as the records of German immigrants, there are other indentures included, such as that of John Slour, "a free negro," records of those arriving from Ireland, and of young Philadelphians choosing to enter indentured contracts. The volume had been on loan to the City Archives until 1987. During that time, approximately twenty pages went missing. Otherwise, the volume appears to be complete and contains over 800 pages of records with each page containing information for about four to six individuals. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.647.P53
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	African American \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Government Affairs \| Philadelphia History \| Social Life and Custom \| Women's History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Legal Records \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Apprentices -- Pennsylvania. \| Germans -- United States. \| Indentured servants -- Pennsylvania.

51	Author:	McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes
	Dates:	1826
	Abstract:	This is a manuscript copy of Thomas McKenney's Sketches of a Tour of the Lakes, which was a chronicle of his tour of the Great Lakes region when he served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs. His journal was eventually published in Baltimore in 1827. The original journal not only records his observations and interactions, but, as the federal official in charge of Indian policy, reflects his thinking on federal Indian policy. His observations also reflect, to some extent, his interpretation of Indian history. A color image of O Shau Gus Coday Way Gua (Mrs. Johnson) in included in the volume. This image graces the cover of the book in black and white. There are other watercolor sketches as well. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.917.7.M19
	Extent:	3 volume(s)
	Topics:	Government Affairs \| Native America
	Genre:	Art \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Sketchbooks \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Great Lakes (North America) \| Indians of North America -- Treaties \| Ojibwa Indians \| Ojibwa language -- Dictionaries -- English

52	Author:	Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sketch of the Creek country in the years 1798 and 1799, [n.d.]
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This document is a copy of Benjamin Hawkins report on the Creeks. In the essay, Hawkins tries to give a nearly complete picture of the Creek confederacy. He details the various Creek towns and their character, describes some individuals, conveys the oral history of an elder, and provides commentary on Creek culture, government, and tactics of war. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.970.3.H31
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Native America
	Genre:	Manuscript Essays \| Native American Materials \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Oral History
	Subjects:	Creek Indians -- Government relations \| Indians of North America -- Government relations

53	Author:	Various	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Pennsylvania Stamp Act and Non-Importation Resolutions Collection
	Dates:	1765-1775
	Abstract:	This collection contains a range of documents on the imperial crisis in Philadelphia. Specifically, the documents focus on the Stamp Act and the Non-importation agreements of 1773. For the Stamp Act, there are many letters from John Hughes, the Stamp Tax collector. The letters detail his tribulations. There is also a large, oversize letter from John Hughes to the Commissioners of the Stamp Office in London defending his actions and outlining his experiences during the Stamp Act controversy (first page missing). The documents surrounding the 1773 boycott of tea in Philadelphia include detailed reports from commissioners appointed by residents to negotiate with the East India company officials and the testimony of the firm of James and Drinker who were designated distributors of the tea. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.973.2.M31
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Colonial Politics \| Government Affairs \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History
	Genre:	Legal Records \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Political Correspondence \| Printed Material
	Subjects:	Non-importation agreements, 1768-1769 \| Sons of Liberty \| Stamp Act, 1765 \| Tea tax (American colonies)

54	Author:	Various authors	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Broadside Collection, 1638-1980
	Dates:	1638-1980, Undated
	Abstract:	This collection includes printed broadsides from early America. Most are official government documents. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.973.C683
	Extent:	760 item(s)
	Topics:	Freemasons \| Travel
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Printed Material
	Subjects:	Abenaki language \| Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Abolitionists. \| Acquisitions (Libraries) \| Actors \| Aeronautics -- History \| Agricultural exhibitions \| Agriculture -- Missouri \| Air -- Purification -- Equipment and supplies \| Albert Medal \| Alcoholic beverage industry -- United States \| Alphabets \| American Anti-Vivisection Society \| American Philosophical Society \| American Philosophical Society -- Prizes \| American Philosophical Society. Library \| American loyalists. \| Anatomy -- Study and teaching. \| Animal magnetism. \| Anthropology \| Antiquities -- Collection and preservation \| Aquariums. \| Archaeology -- Mexico \| Archaeology -- United States. \| Architecture \| Archives \| Arithmetic. \| Art -- Exhibitions \| Astronomical instruments. \| Astronomy \| Astronomy -- Early works to 1800 \| Balloons. \| Bank notes -- Forgeries \| Bank notes -- Great Britain \| Banks and banking -- Pennsylvania \| Barometers. \| Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company \| Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. \| Bible. New Testament \| Bible. O.T. Psalms, II, 1 -- Sermons \| Biology. \| Birds \| Birds -- North America \| Birds -- Pictorial works \| Birmingham (Pa.) \| Bookbinding \| Books -- Auction catalogs \| Booksellers and bookselling \| Boston Port Bill, 1774 \| Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773 \| Botany \| Botany -- Catalogs -- France \| Botany -- Catalogs -- Great Britain \| Botany -- Catalogs -- United States \| Botany -- New York (State) \| Braddock's Campaign, 1755. \| Brandywine, Battle of, 1777 \| Bridges. \| Building materials \| Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 \| Business cards \| Cables -- Atlantic Ocean \| Calculators. \| Calendars \| Campus Martius (Marietta, Ohio) \| Canada -- Description and travel \| Canada -- Maps \| Canals -- Pennsylvania \| Capture at sea \| Carriages and carts \| Cements, Adhesive \| Cetacea \| Charities -- England -- London \| Chemicals \| Chemistry \| Chemistry -- History \| Chemistry -- Nomenclature \| Chemistry -- Study and teaching \| Cherokee language -- Alphabet \| Cherokee language -- Texts \| Chesapeake and Delaware Canal \| China -- Medical care \| Chinese language \| Chipewyan language \| Christian calendars \| Christianity \| Christmas \| Chronometers \| Church buildings -- Pennsylvania-Philadelphia \| Church of Scotland \| Civilization -- Early works to 1800 \| Clocks and watches. \| Coinage. \| Coins \| Colombia -- Census \| Columbia (Symbolic character) \| Comets -- Orbits \| Congratulations, greetings, thanks \| Conjoined twins \| Conservation of natural resources. \| Constitutional history -- United States \| Cotton \| Cotton -- Diseases and pests \| Cotton -- Statistics \| Counting \| Court summons \| Courtship -- Songs and music \| Criticism -- History \| Crucero Iberia \| Crusades \| Cuba -- Statistics, Vital \| Cutlery \| Cyclopedia \| Dance cards \| Darwinism. \| Daylight saving \| Delaware Indians \| Delaware Indians -- Religion \| Democratic National Convention (1864 : Chicago, Ill.) \| Design \| Dickinson College -- History -- Sources \| Dwellings -- Heating and ventilation \| Earth (Planet) \| Eclipses. \| Education \| Education -- Congresses \| Education -- South Carolina \| Education -- Study and teaching -- England. \| Education -- United States. \| Eidouranion \| Electricity \| Electrotherapeutics \| Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French \| English language \| Entomology -- United States. \| Episcopal Church -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Eskimo languages \| Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Fire extinction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Fisheries -- Great Britain \| Fishes -- Catalogs and collections \| Fishes -- Italy \| Flags -- United States. \| Flight \| Flour \| Forests and forestry -- United States -- Maps \| Forests and forestry -- United States. \| Foundries \| France. Chambre des pairs \| France. Code civil \| Franklin (Aircraft carrier) \| Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History \| Franklin Journal \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Imprints \| Freemasonry -- France -- History. \| Freemasons -- Pennsylvania \| French language \| Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures \| Fruits \| Furnaces \| Gas-lighting. \| Genetics -- History. \| Genetics -- Societies, etc. \| Geodesy \| Geography -- Europe \| Geology \| Geology -- Great Britain. \| Geology -- Pennsylvania. \| Geology -- Tables \| Geology, Stratigraphic. \| Girard College \| Girls' Schools -- France -- Paris \| Gorlitz (Dresden, Germany). Gymnasium \| Grapes \| Great Britain -- Colonies -- America \| Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1783 Sept. 3 \| Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Grinnell Expedition, 2d, 1853-1855 \| Haiti -- History -- Sources \| Harvard University -- Students \| Hessians \| Historic buildings -- Canada \| Historic buildings -- United States \| History of the earth and animated nature \| History. \| Hollywood (Md.) \| Honors -- Royal Society (Great Britain) \| Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Hospitals -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| Human beings -- Origin \| Hybridization \| Hymns \| Hypnotism \| Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Indians of North America \| Indians of North America -- Antiquities \| Indians of North America -- Government relations \| Indians of North America -- History \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Indulgences \| Inland navigation -- United States \| Insurance -- Great Britain \| Iron and steel bridges \| Iroquois Indians -- Agriculture \| Jena, Battle of, Jena, Germany, 1806 \| Jesus Christ \| Kings and rulers \| Laboratories \| Lamps \| Land use -- Ohio \| Landscape architecture \| Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling \| Latin language \| Law -- Periodicals \| Law -- Virginia \| Lectures, public speaking \| Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company \| Liberty Bell \| Library rules and regulations \| Library science -- Congresses \| Life preservers \| Light \| Lightning \| Lightning conductors \| Lions \| Lippincott's magazine of literature, science and education \| Locks and keys \| Locusts \| London (England) -- Maps \| Longitude. \| Lord's prayer \| Lotteries \| Lowell Observatory \| Lumadrama \| Lyceums. \| Machinery. \| Magic squares \| Magna Carta \| Mammoths. \| Martial law -- Philadelphia (Pa.) \| Massachusetts -- Finance \| Mastodon \| Mastodon -- Exhibitions \| Mathematical instruments \| Maxims \| Medical sciences -- Periodicals \| Medicine -- Congresses \| Medicine -- Humor \| Medicine -- Study and teaching. \| Menageries -- Boston (Mass.) \| Menageries -- Great Britain \| Menageries -- Philadelphia \| Mercantile Library of Philadelphia \| Merino sheep \| Mesmerism. \| Meteorology \| Meteorology - Observations \| Meteorology -- Observations -- England -- London \| Meteorology -- Observations. \| Meteorology -- Tables \| Meteors. \| Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861 \| Mexico -- History -- Sources \| Microscopy. \| Mineralogy \| Missionaries -- China. \| Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel \| Missourium \| Mohawk Indians \| Mohawk language -- Texts \| Mohegan Indians -- Religion \| Mollusks. \| Money \| Moral philosophy \| Moravians -- Missions \| Morphology. \| Mosquitoes. \| Mothers \| Mound-builders -- United States \| Mounds -- United States \| Mount Vernon School (Boston, Mass.) \| Museums \| Museums -- New York (State) -- New York. \| Museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century. \| Mustard \| Mysticism \| National Academy of Sciences \| National songs -- United States \| Natural Philosophy \| Natural history \| Natural history -- Periodicals \| Natural history -- Societies, etc. \| Natural history -- South America \| Natural history -- Technique \| Natural history -- United States. \| Nebulae \| New Orleans Canal and Banking Company \| Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Occultism \| Odometers \| Oneida Community \| Optical instruments \| Orators \| Ordnance \| Ozone \| Painting -- Exhibitions \| Paleontology \| Paleontology -- Missouri \| Paper money -- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Patent medicines \| Patriotische Martyrer \| Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Pennsylvania -- History \| Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Perpetual calendars \| Perpetual motion \| Pharmacology. \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Finance \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Statistics, Vital \| Philadelphia (Pa.). Militia \| Phrenology. \| Physical geography -- Canada \| Physical instruments \| Physicians \| Phytogeography -- United States -- Maps \| Planets \| Planets -- Observations \| Plants -- Collection and preservation. \| Plows. \| Polarization (Light) \| Political geography \| Political satire \| Poor laws -- Great Britain \| Portraits. \| Portsmouth (N.H.) -- Statistics, Vital \| Postal service -- History \| Postal service -- United States. \| Presidents -- United States -- Autographs \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1804 \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1840 \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864 \| Prices \| Prices -- France \| Prices -- Italy -- Trieste \| Prices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Prices -- United States \| Princeton, Battle of, Princeton, N.J., 1777 \| Printing machinery and supplies \| Printing presses \| Prisons \| Privateering \| Prizes \| Processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Promissory notes \| Propaganda, American \| Prophecies \| Quakers. \| Railroads -- Mexico \| Railroads -- Pennsylvania \| Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Railroads. \| Real property -- Pennsylvania. \| Real property. \| Redwood family \| Reigate and Godstone Railway \| Religious education -- Massachusetts \| Retired women -- France -- Paris \| Rewards programs (Criminal investigation) \| Roads -- Pennsylvania \| Roots, Numerical \| Royal College of Physicians of London \| Royal Humane Society (London, England) \| Rutgers College \| Salt industry and trade \| Scales (Weighing instruments) \| Schools -- Denmark \| Science \| Science -- Congresses \| Science -- History -- Study and teaching \| Science -- Philosophy -- Study and teaching \| Science -- Societies, etc. \| Science -- Study and teaching. \| Scientific apparatus and instruments. \| Scientific expeditions. \| Seals and labels (Philately) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Seeds -- Catalogs \| Seneca Indians \| Serpents \| Sheffield (England) \| Shipbuilding \| Shippensburg (Pa.) \| Ships, Iron and steel -- Great Britain \| Signals and signaling \| Silk \| Slavery -- Pennsylvania. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Slavey language \| Smallpox \| Smallpox -- Vaccination \| Social cards \| Societies. \| Society of Friends \| Society of Friends -- Great Britain. \| Solar eclipses. \| South Carolina -- Politics and government \| Southwark (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Spelling reform \| Stamp Act, 1765 \| Stars. \| Steam \| Steam-carriages \| Steam-engines. \| Steam-navigation \| Steamboats -- United States. \| Stoves \| Strikes and lockouts \| Success \| Sugar beet \| Sun \| Susquehanna County (Pa.) \| Sweden. Treaties, etc. United States, 1783 April 3 \| Tariffs \| Taxation -- Massachusetts \| Taxation -- United States \| Te Deum laudamus (Music) \| Telegraph \| Telescopes \| Temper \| Temperature -- Newfoundland -- St. John's \| Temperature measurements. \| Texas -- History -- Republic, 1836-1846 \| Texas. Navy \| Theology \| Thermometers \| Tobacco -- Commerce \| Tobacco industry -- Bermuda Islands \| Tobacco industry -- Virginia \| Tornadoes \| Trains -- Central Europe \| Transactions of the American Philosophical Society \| Transylvania University \| Treaties. \| Trees -- North America. \| Trees. \| Trieste (Italy) -- Commerce \| Trust indentures. \| Tunnels -- England -- Thames River \| Type and type-founding -- Specimens \| Typhus fever. \| U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey \| United Nations \| United States - Politics and government \| United States - Politics and government - 1783-1809 \| United States -- Anniversaries, etc. \| United States -- Foreign relations -- China \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music \| United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- American forces \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, German \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources \| United States -- Military policy \| United States -- Statistics \| United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Caricatures and cartoons \| United States. Army \| United States. Congress (2nd, 1st session : 1791-1792) \| United States. Constitution \| United States. Continental Army -- Organization \| United States. Continental Army -- Staff -- Biography \| United States. Declaration of Independence \| United States. Navy -- Warrant officers \| Uruguay -- History \| Vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 \| Virginia. Declaration of Rights \| Vivisection \| Vivisection -- 19th century \| Volapük \| Warships \| Washington Hall \| Water -- Purification \| Water -- Purification -- Filtration \| Water mills \| Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 \| Weights and measures. \| Whales \| Wharton School \| Wine and wine making \| Women -- Education \| Women -- Employment \| Wood -- Preservation \| Yale University \| Zoology \| Zoology -- India \| Zoology -- Italy \| Zoology -- Pictorial works \| Zoology -- Study and teaching.

55	Author:	Dawes, Elizabeth F.,collector.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Dawes Collection of Documents on American History
	Dates:	1681-1921
	Abstract:	This is a collection of miscellaneous documents from early America. The earliest documents come from the early 18th century and the latest from the Civil War era. The collection contains a few documents from the revolutionary period, most of which are official governments documents or deal with business transactions. There is one long letter from Robert McPherson, a member of the Pennsylvania Flying Camp, that describes his experience. Perhaps reflecting her ancestral home, the collection contains a small but notable collection of materials from South Carolina, including a very early letter from Francis Le Jau and letters from the Marquis de Lafayette about an expected trip to South Carolina. There are a significant number of documents from Pennsylvania, especially legal documents, from the early republic. The letters from Clement Biddle, a former revolutionary war soldier, also provide insight on early national Indian relations Finally, there are also some significant autographs collected, including a Massachusetts legal form with the signature of John Adams, a letter from James Madison to the Mississippi Territory around the time of the Louisiana Purchase, and letters from Civil War era figures like John Calhoun (a rich letter in which Calhoun discusses his views on tariffs and nullification), James Buchanan, and William Seward. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.973.D32
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Colony and State Specific History \| Early National Politics \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| General Correspondence \| Miscellaneous \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Publishers and publishing.

56	Author:	Zehnder, J. A.,recorder.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Bankruptcy notices, 1842-1845
	Dates:	1842-1845
	Abstract:	This volume contains a list of bankruptcy filings in Philadelphia with their creditors listed. There is very little additional information aside from names, docket numbers, and court dates. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.332.75.Z3
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Law \| Philadelphia History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Legal Records \| Miscellaneous \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Bankruptcy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

57	Author:	Horsfield, Timothy, 1708-1773	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Timothy Horsfield Papers
	Dates:	1684, 1733-1771
	Abstract:	Timothy Horsfield was a prominent official in Northampton County in Pennsylvania during the Seven Years' War and its aftermath. This relatively small collection contains a wealth of information on the war. The letters are content rich and often relay details on society and life in the area. MOLE contains a detailed inventory of the letters. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.974.8.H78
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Colonial Politics \| Diplomatic History \| Government Affairs \| Military History \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History \| Seven Years' War
	Genre:	Diplomatic Material \| General Correspondence \| Military Records \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Delaware Indians \| Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- Government relations -- To 1789 \| Iroquois Indians \| Miami Indians \| Moravian Indians \| Moravians -- Pennsylvania -- History

58	Author:	Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Thomas Penn correspondence, 1747-1771, with James Hamilton
	Dates:	1747-1771
	Abstract:	This Thomas and Richard Penn Collection contains a range of correspondence from the proprietors of Pennsylvania, Thomas and Richard Penn (especially Thomas, the chief proprietor), to their agents in Pennsylvania, especially James Hamilton, who served as governor in the 1750s. The Collection begins in the 1740s, spans the Seven Years' War, and ends in the midst of the imperial crisis. Because of the time period covered, the letters touch on many important matters regarding the militarization of Pennsylvania, political battles within the colony, and the crisis brought about by imperial consolidation in the 1760s. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.974.8.P36c
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Colonial Politics \| Government Affairs \| Land and Speculation \| Military History \| Pennsylvania History \| Seven Years' War
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| General Correspondence \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Political Correspondence

59	Author:	Burrough, Marmaduke	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Marmaduke Burrough papers 1829-1847
	Dates:	1829-1847
	Abstract:	Marmaduke Burrough was a physician who served as U.S. Consul to Calcutta in 1828 and then Vera Cruz from 1835-1838. This collection contains a range of receipts relating to Burrough's expenses as consul in both Calcutta and Vera Cruz. The Calcutta receipts begin in 1829 and end in 1830. These loose leaf receipts capture a range of Burrough's activity, including bills from physicians, expenses for entertaining, and one for the passage of "a living rhinoceros" to Philadelphia onboard the Georgian. Burrough bought and then brought the second live rhinoceros to the United States in 1830. The animal was displayed in Philadelphia before being sold to a traveling exhibit. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B946
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Americans Abroad \| Diplomatic History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Diplomatic Material \| General Correspondence \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Consuls -- United States. \| Diplomats -- United States. \| Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation.

60	Author:	Cassin, Charles Luke, 1846-1878	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Charles Luke Cassin papers, 1745-1878
	Dates:	1745-1878
	Abstract:	The Cassin Collection is heavily focused on Charles Luke Cassin's correspondence in the late nineteenth century. Charles Cassin was a physician in the U.S. Navy in the late-nineteenth century. His family's roots date to the colonial era. There are approximately seven documents from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, however. This portion of the collection includes three legal documents from colonial Pennsylvania that were likely handed down through the family: one is a will for Aaron Thompson dated 1745, another is an indenture from 1758, and another is a copy of a court decision in Berks County in 1774. There are two letters from James Mullins to Eliza Cassin relating to their past affairs and children. Finally, there are official documents relating to Joseph Cassin, Charles Luke's father, including a commission in the U.S. Navy signed by James Madison. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.C274
	Extent:	70 item(s)
	Topics:	Marriage and Family Life \| Military History
	Genre:	Family Correspondence \| Legal Records \| Military Records \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Medicine -- United States. \| Trust indentures.

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