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1	Author:	Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Victor Marie Du Pont de Nemours correspondence, 1795-1797
	Dates:	1795-1797
	Abstract:	This collection contains photocopies of correspondence from Victor Marie Du Pont Nemours, the brother of the patriarch of the DuPont family. Victor was a French diplomat who immigrated to Delaware in the early nineteenth century and became involved in politics and the family business. The correspondence is primarily from Dupont. The originals are held at Longwood Library, now the Hagley Museum. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.D938v
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Early National Politics \| International Affairs
	Genre:	General Correspondence

2	Author:	Azambuja, Jacob Frederico Torl	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Memoria sobre o valor das moedas
	Dates:	1833
	Abstract:	This bound volume contains an essay Jacob Frederico Torlade Pereira de Azambuja presented to the American Philosophical Society in 1833. Jacob Azambuja was the Portuguese charge d' affaires in the United States from 1829-1834. The essay describes the monetary history and system of Portugal. Presented after Andrew Jackson's election, banking and currency were important political topics at the time. This essay likely reflects the growing interest APS members had in the subject and in understanding alternative systems to the United States. The essay can offer insight into prevalent European ideas about currency and may offer insight into how these ideas may have influenced how Americans thought about reforming their system. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.332.4946.Az1m
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Business and Skilled Trades \| Diplomatic History \| Early National Politics \| Government Affairs \| International Affairs
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Manuscript Essays
	Subjects:	Money -- Portugal

3	Author:	Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sarah Franklin Bache Papers
	Dates:	1768-1807
	Abstract:	The Sarah Franklin Bache Papers, along with the various other Bache family papers, provides great insight into the family relations of the extended Franklin family. The correspondence in this collection ranges from 1768-1807 and thus traverses a number of significant historical events. Much of the correspondence relates to family life and is personal in nature. The letters provide a clear picture of Sally as the central figure in the Franklin family, corresponding with all members of the family, including her brother William after he had been disowned by his father. Notably, most of the letters are to and from other women, showing that Sally was also a central figure in a network of prominent women in the Atlantic World and early republic who corresponded about their lives and current events. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B1245
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Early National Politics \| International Affairs \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine \| Philadelphia History \| Social Life and Custom \| Women's History
	Genre:	Family Correspondence \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century.

4	Author:	Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Colonel Richard Gimbel Collection of Thomas Paine Papers
	Dates:	1692 - Circa 1921
	Abstract:	The Thomas Paine Collection is a very rich and diverse collection. Much of the early material is from Paine to others. The later material contains significant documents that Richard Gimbel Collected from the early national period (after 1800) that do not involve Paine but may be of interest to researchers of that period. Included in the documents are notes on Common Sense, letters on courtship and love, the American Revolution, and letters relating to his time in France after the Revolution. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.P165
	Extent:	176 items
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Americans Abroad \| Colonial Politics \| Early National Politics \| Engineering \| International Affairs \| Marriage and Family Life \| Printing and Publishing \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Manuscript Essays
	Subjects:	Bridges -- 18th century \| France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815 \| Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820 \| Ireland -- Foreign relations \| Lotteries -- New York (State) \| New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel -- 18th century \| Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 \| Roofing, Slate \| Schuylkill River Bridge \| United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783

5	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. View finding aid for a full description
	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