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1	Author:	Aitken, Jane, 1764-1832	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Jane Aitken Papers
	Dates:	1784-1814
	Abstract:	This collection consists of Aitken family papers and correspondence. The bulk of the collection relates to Jane Aitken's life and dates from 1800 to 1814, the height of Jane Aitken's business career. Much of the correspondence is between Aitken and John Vaughan, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant who served as Jane's investor and benefactor when she fell on hard times. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.Ai9
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Philadelphia History \| Printing and Publishing \| Women's History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts
	Subjects:	American Philosophical Society \| Bookbinding \| Finance, Personal \| Printers -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Printing -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Women Printers

2	Author:	Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Caspar Wistar Papers
	Dates:	1794-1817
	Abstract:	This bound volume contains approximately forty-four content rich letters written to Caspar Wistar, a prominent Philadelphian and scientist. Wistar's wide-ranging scientific interests are captured in the broad content of these letters. Topics of discussion include APS business, distillation, fossils and skeletons, scientific expeditions, and various letters of introductions sent to Wistar. A significant number are written in French. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.W76
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	International Travel \| Medicine \| Natural history \| Science and technology \| Travel
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	American Philosophical Society \| Botany \| Medicine -- 19th century \| Paleontology -- 19th century \| Yellow fever

3	Author:	Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Joseph Priestley Papers
	Dates:	1771-1803
	Abstract:	The Joseph Priestley Collection contains a series of original letters (about 40) from this leading scientist and thinker. The letters date to the 1790s. The MOLE entry contains a detailed inventory of the original letters. There is also a box of photostats in a separate box. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.P931
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Early National Politics
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Legal Records \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	American Philosophical Society \| Chemistry -- 18th century \| Church and State -- Great Britain -- 18th century \| Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 \| France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 \| Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820 \| Oxygen \| Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 \| Phlogiston \| Riots -- England -- Birmingham \| Science and technology \| Taxation \| Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835

4	Author:	American Philosophical Society	Requires cookie*
	Title:	American Philosophical Society Archives
	Dates:	1743-1984
	Abstract:	The APS Archives contain a wide range of material on early American history. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	APS.Archives
	Extent:	192.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	African American \| Colonial Politics \| Early National Politics \| Native America \| Natural history \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Institutional Records \| Miscellaneous \| Native American Materials \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Adena culture -- West Virginia \| American Philosophical Society \| Anishinaabe \| Astronomy -- 18th century \| Aztecs. \| Cherokee Indians \| Choctaw Indians \| Eastern Woodlands Indians \| Education \| History of science and technology. \| Indians of Mexico \| Indians of North America -- Kentucky \| Indians of North America -- Mississippi \| Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast \| Indians of North America -- West Virginia \| Mound builders \| Natural history -- 18th century \| Natural history -- 19th century \| Ojibwe people \| Plains Indians \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Southeast Indians \| United States History.

5	Author:	Price, Richard, 1723-1791	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Richard Price Papers
	Dates:	1767-1790
	Abstract:	This collection contains a series of letters from Richard Price, a prominent English minister who was also a prominent supporter of the American Revolution. There are several letters that are written in code. Prominent correspondents include Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Chauncy, and Benjamin Rush. Some Price correspondence also discusses his opposition to slavery. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.P93
	Extent:	90 items
	Topics:	African American \| American Revolution \| Colonial Politics \| Religion
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| American Philosophical Society \| Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 \| Ethics -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1850 \| France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787 \| Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789 \| Harvard College \| Howard, John, 1726-1790 \| Italy -- Description and travel -- 18th century \| Lexington, Battle of, 1775 \| Life expectancy \| Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Pensions -- Massachusetts \| Prisons \| Slavery. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 \| Smith, Isaac, 1744-1817 \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Religious aspects \| United States -- Politics and government, 1783-1788

6	Author:	Hare, Robert, 1781-1858	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858
	Dates:	1764-1858
	Abstract:	The Robert Hare collection is a large, diverse, and rich collection. The collection contains essays, lectures, and letters to and from Robert Hare, the preeminent chemist in the United States during much of the nineteenth century. But as this collection shows, Hare was far more than a chemist. His essays and lectures touch on an array of topics, including discussions of democracy, currency, history, slavery, among others. The APS collection captures the sophistication of Hare's thought. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.H22
	Extent:	3 Linear Feet
	Topics:	African American \| Antebellum Politics \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Early National Politics \| Education \| Literature, Arts, and Culture
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Educational Material \| General Correspondence \| Literature \| Manuscript Essays \| Scientific Data \| Sketchbooks \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| American Philosophical Society \| Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania \| Banks and banking -- United States. \| Blasting, Submarine \| Blowpipe. \| Capital punishment. \| Chemical apparatus \| Chemistry \| Chemists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Cyclones. \| Electricity -- 19th century \| Epidemics -- United States \| Federalist Party -- Pennsylvania \| Fire extinction \| Guano \| Mesmerism \| Money \| Paper money -- United States -- 19th century \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century \| Race, race relations, racism \| Railroads \| Religion \| Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities \| Science and technology \| Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- United States -- 19th century \| Slavery -- Pennsylvania. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Smithsonian Institution \| Spiritualism -- Pennsylvania \| Storms \| Tornadoes \| United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century

7	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.