Resources in Early American History

1	Author:	Voight family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Voight family papers 1788-1839
	Dates:	1788-1839
	Abstract:	The Voight Collection is a relatively small collection reflecting the interests of this Philadelphia family of clockmakers. It has documents relating to the property owned by the Voight family and their business interests. There is a series of documents relating to scales that banks asked the Voights to make. There is also a detailed order from Elias Boudinot, director of the U.S. Mint, on what to do should the Mint be closed because of fever. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.V87
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Early National Politics \| Philadelphia History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Miscellaneous
	Subjects:	Banks and banking -- Equipment and supplies. \| Real property -- Pennsylvania. \| Scales (Weighing instruments) -- Pennsylvania. \| Weights and measures. \| Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

2	Author:	Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872	Requires cookie*
	Title:	John Fries Frazer papers, 1834-1871
	Dates:	1834-1871
	Abstract:	John Fries Frazer was a prominent Pennsylvania scientist in nineteenth century America, serving as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and very active in both the Franklin Institute and the APS. This large collection of his correspondence provides a snapshot of the growing scientific community in mid-nineteenth century America. Frazer's correspondence involves a wide range of topics: science and scientific institutions (shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, geology, geography, astronomy, chemistry, among others), although there are fragments of personal correspondence. His range of correspondents is as diverse as the topics, but there is a notably large collection of letters from scientific heavyweights Titian Ramsey Peale, Louis Aggasiz, Joseph Henry, and Alexander Dallas Bache. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.F865
	Extent:	3 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Education \| Philadelphia History \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Boilers. \| Education -- United States. \| Electricity. \| Geology -- United States. \| Haida Indians \| Magnetism. \| Natural history. \| Paleontology. \| Scientific apparatus and instruments. \| Scientists -- United States. \| Solar eclipses. \| Tsimshian Indians \| Weights and measures.

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