Resources in Early American History

1	Author:	Pursh, Frederick, 1774-1820	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Journal of a botanical excursion in the Northeastern parts of Pennsylvania and in the state of New York, 1807
	Dates:	1807
	Abstract:	This volume contains the travel journal of Frederick Pursh, a patron of Benjamin Smith Barton, during his journey from Philadelphia throughout northeastern Pennsylvania and New York. Although the excursion was for botanical research, Pursh's diary entries record many other details, including comments on the state of roads, the people he met, the towns he visited, and the natural environment. There are two sketches in the volume. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.580.P97
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Colony and State Specific History \| Natural history \| Pennsylvania History \| Travel
	Genre:	Scientific Data \| Sketchbooks \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Botany -- New York (State) \| Botany -- Pennsylvania.

2	Author:	Day, Sherman,1806-1884.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Ephraim Dyer IV Collection, ca. 1842, of the sketches of Sherman Day
	Dates:	Circa 1842
	Abstract:	This collection contains the proofs of images for Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania. The book is over 700 pages long with more than 200 images. The book and images capture Pennsylvania life past and present and can provide insight into the customs of the period. Days' engravings provide detailed images of towns and areas of Pennsylvania circa 1840. Some of the over 250 images included in this collection are: Pittsburgh with steamboats traveling up the rivers and smoke spouting in the sky from factories, a redoubt at Fort Pitt, a vista of Reading, mines in western Pennsylvania, Native American engravings found on a rock, the public squares at Chambersburg, Lancaster and Erie, and Ephrata's houses. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.917.48.D33
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Pennsylvania History \| Social Life and Custom
	Genre:	Art \| General Correspondence \| Sketchbooks
	Subjects:	Architecture -- Pennsylvania. \| Delaware Indians \| Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania \| Landscape -- Pennsylvania. \| Seneca Indians

3	Author:	Bancker family	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Charles Nicoll Bancker family papers, 1733-1894
	Dates:	1733-1894
	Abstract:	This extensive collection (13 boxes) contains a range of correspondence, although the bulk of it relates to Charles Nicoll Bancker, a prominent Philadelphia businessman in the 1800s. The letters provide a picture of the family life and business career of Bancker from his earliest beginnings to his success later in life. Aside from the Charles Bancker portion of the collection, the holdings contain a wide variety of other documents, ranging from colonial era documents written in Dutch in Albany to letters from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson from the nineteenth century on religious education. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B22.c
	Extent:	3.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Antebellum Politics \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Colonial Politics \| Colony and State Specific History \| Early National Politics \| Education \| Land and Speculation \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Social Life and Custom \| Trade \| Travel \| Women's History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Literature \| Manuscript Essays \| Political Correspondence \| Sketchbooks \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Insurance agents -- United States.

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