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1Author:  Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844Requires cookie*
 Title:  Peter Stephen Du Ponceau commonplace book, 1820     
 Dates:  1820 
 Abstract:  The Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Collection has a wide array of material. This entry refers primarily to a commonplace book Du Ponceau had that contains interesting notes on colonial Pennsylvania history and especially William Penn's legacy (B D92c). Written in 1820, the notes can lend insight into the public and historical memory in early nineteenth century Philadelphia.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.D92c 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Literature, Arts, and Culture | Pennsylvania History 
 Genre:  Commonplace Book | Manuscript Essays 
 Subjects:  Language and languages | Linguistics. | Quakers -- Pennsylvania. 
2Author:  Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815Requires cookie*
 Title:  Benjamin Smith Barton journals ; notebooks, 1785-1806     
 Dates:  1785-1806 
 Abstract:  This collection contains a typescript copy of Benjamin Smith Barton's account books, diary, and travel log for the period 1785-1803. The material includes a commonplace book, his notes from surveying the state's western boundary in 1785, and travel journals to Niagara and Virginia. It was compiled by Waldo Atlee and contains a manuscript he wrote.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.B284.1 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Colony and State Specific History | Pennsylvania History | Surveying and Maps 
 Genre:  Commonplace Book | Maps and Surveys | Travel Narratives and Journals 
 Subjects:  Surveying -- Ohio. | Surveying -- Pennsylvania. 
3Author:  Fox familyRequires cookie*
 Title:  Fox Family papers, ca. 1690-1915     
 Dates:  1690-1915 
 Abstract:  This collection contains information on the prominent Philadelphian Fox family with a large portion of the collection focusing on the family's land holdings and business dealings. George Fox was a close friend of William Temple Franklin, who bequeathed to Fox his grandfather's papers. George Fox was a doctor educated at the University of Pennsylvania. His brother Samuel was a businessman. Samuel's son Charles became a doctor. The collection reflects various papers relating to the lives and careers of these three men.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.F832f 
 Extent:  2 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Americans Abroad | Business and Skilled Trades | Education | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Law | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine | Pennsylvania History | Social Life and Custom | Surveying and Maps 
 Genre:  Commonplace Book | Diaries | Educational Material | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Maps and Surveys | Travel Narratives and Journals