Subject| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Advance (Brig) |
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| | • | Africa, West -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Agriculture |
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| | • | American Philosophical Society |
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| | • | Anishinaabe |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Archaeology -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Arctic Regions -- Discovery and exploration |
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| | • | Astronomy -- 18th century |
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| | • | Aztecs. |
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| | • | Bankruptcy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- Equipment and supplies. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Carpenters -- Labor unions -- United States. |
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| | • | Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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| | • | Cherokee Indians |
(1)
| | • | Choctaw Indians |
(1)
| | • | Colonization, repatriation |
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| | • | Culture, community, organizations |
(1)
| | • | Dinosaurs -- New Jersey |
(1)
| | • | Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(1)
| | • | Eastern Woodlands Indians |
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| | • | Education |
(1)
| | • | Freemasons -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Guilds -- United States. |
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| | • | Haviland, John, 1792-1852 |
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| | • | Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881 |
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| | • | History of science and technology. |
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| | • | Home economics -- United States -- Accounting |
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| | • | Horticulture |
(1)
| | • | Indians of Mexico |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Kentucky |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Mississippi |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- West Virginia |
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| | • | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 |
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| | • | Lancaster (Penn.) County Prison |
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| | • | Land speculation |
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| | • | Learned institutions and societies -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Lyceums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
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| | • | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- England -- London -- 18th century. |
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| | • | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century. |
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| | 1 | Author: | St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia minutes and accounts, 1749-1843
| | | | Dates: | 1749-1843 | | | | Abstract: | The minutes of St. Andrew's Society begin in 1749 and end in 1776. Included in the minutes are member lists, governing rules, and meeting minutes of the Society. The volume at the APS is a photocopy of an original that the St. Andrew's Society owns. The Minutes record various petitions the Society received and the charitable works of the Society.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.361.Sa2 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Philadelphia History | Social Life and Custom | | | | Genre: | Institutional Records | Miscellaneous | | | | Subjects: | Societies. | |
| 4 | Author: | Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia Records, 1683-1983
| | | | Dates: | 1683-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Carpenter's Company Collection is a potentially rich source for those interested in Philadelphia history and early trade unions. The Carpenters' Company was one of the most prominent trade associations in colonial Philadelphia and the early national period. The collection includes official minutes of the Carpenter's Company for nearly all of early America. These volumes capture the inner workings of one of the most prominent business institutions in the city. The minute books capture a wide range of company business, including establishing prices for the public, member procedures, and public relations. The collection also includes the minutes of the Friendship Company from its founding in 1769 – 1775 and their accounts from 1769-1799.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.974.811.C22.a | | | | Extent: | 18 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Philadelphia History | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Institutional Records | Miscellaneous | | | | Subjects: | Carpenters -- Labor unions -- United States. | Guilds -- United States. | |
| 5 | Author: | Society of Free Quakers. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Religious Society of Free Quakers records, 1781-1975
| | | | Dates: | 1781-1975 | | | | Abstract: | This large collection contains a wealth of information on the Free Quakers, founded in 1781 in Philadelphia. The collection contains records up to the 1970s. The early American materials include minutes, legal documents, receipts, information on burial plots, and membership rolls. There are many documents that date to the Society's founding, including minutes, but there are many more for the early nineteenth century. Many of the most prominent members of the Society are mentioned, such as Owen Biddle, Bartram Moses, Samuel Wetherhill, Benjamin Say, and John and Elizabeth Claypoole (Betsy Ross). The earliest minutes contain information on the Free Quakers expulsion from the main Quaker meeting (they record being asked to "walk out") and their formation, which began at the house of Samuel Wetherhill. A letter authored by the women of the Free Society of Friends that contains Elizabeth Calypoole's name is included in the earliest minutes and what appears to be her signature is part of the Membership Book for 1785. John Calypoole is listed as a regular recipient of Society funds. The financial records contain various donations made by members and the expenditures of the meeting, particularly on the upkeep of their meetinghouse. In addition to the records directly relating to the Society, the collection also has a large collection of currency from the revolutionary era.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.289.6.So22p | | | | Extent: | 3 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Philadelphia History | Religion | Women's History | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Miscellaneous | | | | Subjects: | Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Quaker church buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Religious institutions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Sepulchral monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | |
| 11 | Author: | Wyck Association | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Wyck Association Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1663-1972 | | | | Abstract: | The Wyck Collection is a massive collection that touches upon a number of early American themes. MOLE contains an extensive inventory of the collection. There are also binders with the collection that contain item level descriptions of the contents. The collection is particularly notable for its family correspondence, business records, and information on the operations of some Philadelphia institutions, such as the Academy of Natural Sciences.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.52 | | | | Extent: | 151.5 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Early National Politics | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Marriage and Family Life | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Science and technology | Trade | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Family Correspondence | Institutional Records | Miscellaneous | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Agriculture | Culture, community, organizations | Home economics -- United States -- Accounting | Horticulture | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs | Quakers | Race, race relations, racism | Reconstruction | Religion, religious organizations | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Social problems. | |
| 12 | Author: | Smith Family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Smith-Houston-Morris-Ogden Family papers, 1659-1985
| | | | Dates: | 1659-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The Smith-Houston-Morris-Ogden Collection is the APS's largest collection. It has a vast array of materials from early America. The APS has on file a 303-page survey of the collection that scholars may want to consult before beginning their research. In general, the collection contains information on business, politics, family and social life, Philadelphia history, land expansion, and estates. A good part Morris portion of the collection comes from Governeur Morris and his wife. The bulk of this material begins with his time as an emissary to France during the early republic and continues to his death. There is also a fairly extensive collection of his wife's correspondence, most of which follows Governeur's death. Her letters touch on issues relating to his estate and to other affairs. It includes discussions of slavery in Virginia and contains correspondence from memebers of the extended Jefferson family. The Ogden's were surveyors and land speculators in the late colonial and early national period. This portion of the collection contains discussion of land, business, politics, and family matters. A significant amount of these papers focus on the operations of a grist mill in New York. There are papers from numerous other prominent families, such as the Clemsons, Morgans, and Lewises, who were related through marriage.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.76 | | | | Extent: | 350 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Colony and State Specific History | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | International Affairs | Land and Speculation | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Surveying and Maps | Trade | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Diplomatic Material | Family Correspondence | Miscellaneous | Political Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Land speculation | |
| 13 | 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 | |
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