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1Author:  Goodrich, B. G.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Notebook; maps, ca. 1850-1880     
 Dates:  Circa 1850-1880 
 Abstract:  This volume contains a wide range of land surveys in western Pennsylvania, especially Wayne County. There are also pieces on the history of the county and some brief biographical profiles.

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 Call #:  Mss.526.92.G62 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Surveying and Maps 
 Genre:  Commonplace Book | Maps and Surveys | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Land speculation | Real property -- Pennsylvania -- Wayne County. 
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