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1	Author:	Adair, William	Requires cookie*
	Title:	William Adair meteorological notebook, 1776-1788
	Dates:	1776-1788
	Abstract:	This collection contains meteorological data for Lewes, Delaware from 1776-1788. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.551.5.Ad1
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Science and technology
	Subjects:	Meteorology -- Delaware -- Observations. \| Weather.

2	Author:	Legaux, Peter, 1748-1827	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Observations météorologiques faites à Springmill [Pennsylvania], 1787-1800
	Dates:	1787-1800
	Abstract:	These two volumes contain the meteorological records Peter Legaux kept for fourteen years in Spring Mill, Pennsylvania. One portion contains his correspondence to the American Philosophical Society in which he explains his methods for recording data. The materials dated 1801 were addressed to Thomas Jefferson, then president of the APS. The second part of the collection contains the raw data. Also included in the data collection are records from the 1740s to the 1770s for Philadelphia that are believed to be done by Phineas [possibly Israel] Pemberton. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.551.5.L52
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Science and technology
	Genre:	Meteorological Data
	Subjects:	Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Observations. \| Weather.

3	Author:	Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Selected papers, 1687-1947, in the Friends Historical Library
	Dates:	1687-1947
	Abstract:	This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Film.1307
	Extent:	6 microfilm_reel(s)
	Genre:	Microfilm Collection
	Subjects:	Genealogy. \| Society of Friends. \| Weather. \| Women's rights. \| Yellow fever.

4	Author:	Legaux, Peter, 1748-1827	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Journal of the Vine Company of Pennsylvania
	Dates:	1803-1827
	Abstract:	This journal details Peter Legaux's attempt to create an American vineyard. The MOLE description contains a wealth of information about the journal, the vineyard's undertaking, and the APS's involvement with it. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.974.8.L52
	Extent:	4 volume(s)
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Natural history
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts
	Subjects:	Grapes \| Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Observations \| Viticulture -- Pennsylvania \| Weather

5	Author:	Bartram, William, 1739-1823	Requires cookie*
	Title:	William Bartram meteorological diary, January 1, 1790 - September 13, 1791
	Dates:	1790-1791
	Abstract:	The William Bartram meteorological diary is part of the Barton collection. It is a small journal that contains weather records for Philadelphia, 1790-1791. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B284.d.vol.15
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Natural history \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Meteorological Data
	Subjects:	Ice on rivers, lakes, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Icing (Meteorology) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Observations. \| Weather.

6	Author:	Various	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Meteorology Collection
	Dates:	1748-1822
	Abstract:	This collection contains a group of metrological observations made between the 1750-1800. The data was compiled at different locations and by different people. There are fifteen volumes kept by a member of the Pemberton family in the collection. These contain weather data for Philadelphia from the colonial and revolutionary era. There are also observations from England and elsewhere. Some of the data includes graphs and other detailed information. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.551.5.M56
	Extent:	30 volume(s)
	Topics:	Science and technology
	Genre:	Meteorological Data
	Subjects:	Meteorology - Delaware - Observations \| Meteorology - New England - Observations \| Meteorology - Observations \| Meteorology - Pennsylvania \| Meteorology - South America - Observations \| Weather