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1	Author:	Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilwor	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Henry Dilworth Gilpin Notebook: Natural Philosophy, Mathematics
	Dates:	ca. 1819
	Abstract:	This is a notebook kept by Henry Gilpin at the University of Pennsylvania. The content is primarily notes taken during a course in Natural Philosophy. The back of the book contains some mathematical notes. Gilpin went on to become a prominent attorney in Philadelphia. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.500.G42
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Natural history \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Educational Material
	Subjects:	Electricity \| Gravity \| Heat \| Hydrostatics \| Light \| Magnetism \| Mathematics -- Study and teaching \| Mechanics \| Motion \| Physics -- Study and teaching \| Pneumatics

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:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Algebra workbook, 1772
	Dates:	1772
	Abstract:	This algebra notebook was kept by a student at West Nottingham Academy in Maryland. The notebook contains graphs, essays on mathematical rules, and problems. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.510.AL3
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education
	Genre:	Educational Material
	Subjects:	Algebra. \| Mathematics.

4	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Arithmetic workbook, [n.d.]
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This notebook is from a course in arithmetic taken during the late-18th or early-19th century, possibly from West Nottingham Academy because it is bound with an Algebra notebook from that school. This notebook contains rules and essays on decimals and various equations. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.511.Ar4
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education
	Genre:	Educational Material
	Subjects:	Arithmetic. \| Fractions. \| Geometry. \| Mathematics.

5	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Astronomy workbook, 1821
	Dates:	1821
	Abstract:	This notebook on astronomy from 1821 contains a range of information on astronomical calculations and general scientific knowledge from the early nineteenth century. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.520.As83
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Educational Material
	Subjects:	Astronomy -- Mathematics.

6	Author:	Ewing, James Hunter, 1798-1827	Requires cookie*
	Title:	James Hunter Ewing lecture notes, December 22, 1818 - January 19, 1819
	Dates:	1818-1819
	Abstract:	This small volume contains John Ewing's medical lecture notes for 1818-1819. The notes are from various classes he took. He records some medicinal recipes and therapies as well as medical theory, practice, and ethics. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.610.7.L49
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Medicine \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Educational Material
	Subjects:	Diagnosis. \| Fever. \| Materia medica. \| Medicine -- Study and teaching -- 19th century. \| Surgery -- United States -- 19th century.

7	Author:	Rush, James,1786-1869.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Cards of admission, 1807-1816, to medical lectures
	Dates:	1807-1816
	Abstract:	This portion of the James Rush Collection contains photostats of tickets of admission to medical lectures, most of which were held in Scotland. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.R893
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Education \| Medicine
	Genre:	Educational Material
	Subjects:	Lecturers. \| Medicine.

8	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.

9	Author:	Coates, Benjamin.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Comments on some of the illustrations derived by Phrenology from Comparative Anatomy, 1823
	Dates:	1823
	Abstract:	This collection contains a lecture to the Phrenological Society of Philadelphia delivered by Benjamin Coates in 1823. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.139.C65
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Medicine
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Notebooks
	Subjects:	Anatomy, Comparative. \| Medical illustration. \| Nervous system. \| Phrenology.

10	Author:	Law Academy of Philadelphia.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Opinion book A: opinions delivered before the Law Academy of Philadelphia by the provost and vice provost, 1820-1822
	Dates:	1820-1822
	Abstract:	The opinion book consists of various debates held and delivered before the Provost and Vice Provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia. The Law Academy was a precursor to formal law. Peter Du Ponceau was the provost of the Academy and most of the opinions are signed by him. This volume was likely his notebook. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.340.7.L41
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Law
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Manuscript Essays
	Subjects:	Law -- Study and teaching. \| Law schools. \| Moot courts.

11	Author:	University of Virginia.Board of Visitors.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	University of Virginia. Board of Visitors. Minutes, 1814-1828
	Dates:	1814-1828
	Abstract:	This collection contains the Minutes of the Board of Visitors for the Albemarle Academy (1814) and Central College (1817-1819), the predecessors of the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison were members of the Board. Monroe's service on a committee is listed, and Jefferson is listed as rector for the university. Among the topics discussed were professorships for Natural History and Ancient Languages. Robert Patterson of Philadelphia received the appointment – and a salary of $600. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.378.755.V8lbo
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	Colony and State Specific History \| Education
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Institutional Records

12	Author:	Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828	Requires cookie*
	Title:	A grammatical institute of the Latin language intended for the use of Latin schools in the United States
	Dates:	1794
	Abstract:	This volume consists of a handwritten draft of Caleb Alexander's A Grammatical Institute of the Latin Language Intended for the Use of Latin in Schools. Although this work does not relate to Alexander's better known missionary activities, this volume does give some insight into the public school movement in the early republic. After the American Revolution, state governments and individual reformers addressed public education with renewed vigor. This text is one of three Alexander wrote. He expected it to be assigned in public schools throughout the country. Its publisher, Isaiah Thomas gifted this volume to the APS. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.470.AL2
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Language Material
	Subjects:	Education -- United States -- Curricula. \| Latin language -- Grammar -- 1800-1870 \| Latin language -- Study and teaching

13	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Mathematics copybook, [n.d.]
	Dates:	Circa 18th century
	Abstract:	This eighteenth-century notebook on math contains graphs and solutions to problems. The rule for cube roots is also contained. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.510.M42
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Notebooks
	Subjects:	Algebra. \| Geometry. \| Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.

14	Author:	Roberts, Joseph,1793-1835.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Astronomical calculations,1820-1821
	Dates:	1820-1821
	Abstract:	Joseph Roberts was a teacher at Friends Academy. This volume contains various astronomical calculations done by him and his students for 1820-1821. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.524.M44
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Scientific Data
	Subjects:	Astronomy. \| Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

15	Author:	Morton, Charles, 1627-1698	Requires cookie*
	Title:	A System of Physicks (Compedium Physicae)
	Dates:	Circa 1700
	Abstract:	This collection is a manuscript copy of Charles Morton's "System of Physicks," which was used as one of the primary textbooks for teaching natural history in early America. The MOLE entry contains a detailed discussion of the text, its provenance, and its author. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.530.Sy8
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Manuscript Essays
	Subjects:	Physics -- Early works to 1800 \| Science and technology

16	Author:	Hasbrouck, Louis, 1777-1834	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Notes from Lectures on Chemistry delivered by Doctor John McClean, Princeton College
	Dates:	January 1797 - June 1797
	Abstract:	This notebook contains Louis Hasbrouck's notes from a chemistry class at Princeton in 1797-1798. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.540.H27
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Notebooks
	Subjects:	Agriculture -- Study and teaching -- 18th century \| Botanical chemistry \| Chemistry -- Study and teaching -- 18th century \| Metallurgy \| Phlogiston \| Sugar

17	Author:	Sager, A.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Chemie (lecture notes)
	Dates:	Circa 1810
	Abstract:	This bound volume contains the lecture notes for a course on chemistry. Dated circa 1810 and in Swedish, little more is known about the volume's origins. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.540.Sa1
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Notebooks
	Subjects:	Chemistry -- Sweden -- 19th century \| Electricity

18	Author:	Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Lecture notes on anatomy, [ca. 1781-1809]
	Dates:	Circa 1781-1809
	Abstract:	These three volumes contain Caspar Wistar's lecture notes on anatomy, likely taken while he was a student in Great Britain in the 1780s. Its content may lend insight into medical thought, practice, and education during the early republic. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.610.4.W76
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Medicine
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Scientific Data
	Subjects:	Amputation -- Study and teaching. \| Anatomy -- Study and teaching. \| Medicine -- Study and teaching. \| Obstetrics -- Study and teaching.

19	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

20	Author:	Gray, Asa, 1810-1888	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Asa Gray papers, 1838-1887
	Dates:	1838-1887
	Abstract:	This Collection consists of a variety of correspondence Asa Gray carried on with fellow scientists and collectors in the United States and Europe. Asa Gray was a leading nineteenth American botanist; securing a professorship at Harvard in 1842, he became perhaps the first professional botanist in America. The topic of the letters is almost exclusively botanical in nature. The correspondence includes discussions of publications, current specimens, and fossilized flora. Although Gray carried on extensive correspondence with Charles Darwin, none of that is in this manuscript collection, although the APS does have microfilm of Asa Gray's correspondence that contains some of this Darwin material. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.G78
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Science and technology
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Botanical gardens. \| Botany. \| Education -- United States. \| Plants -- Collection and preservation. \| Shells.

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