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1	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Peter Adolph Grotjahn Memoir
	Dates:	1844-1846
	Abstract:	This collection is a typescript copy of a Peter Grotjahn's personal memoirs held at the HSP. The anecdotes, most of which date from the early republic, capture aspects of life in Philadelphia during this period. Grotjahn makes references to many prominent individuals. Grotjahn led an adventurous life, which included travel throughout the Mid-Atlantic states and to the Caribbean (where he was briefly impressed by British privateers). View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.G913
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Early National Politics \| International Travel \| Printing and Publishing \| Travel \| War of 1812
	Genre:	Autobiography \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Cholera -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Germans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Lemon Hill (Estate : Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Privateers -- Jamaica \| Woodlands (Estate : Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

2	Author:	Duane family	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Duane Family Collection
	Dates:	1764-1933
	Abstract:	The Duane Family Collection is a rich and diverse collection that includes papers from numerous prominent citizens from the colonial era to the antebellum period. The bulk of the collection is from 1800-1840. These letters often touch on political affairs as they relate to Duane's editorship of the Aurora. Also of particular note, the collection contains a series of letters on early national politics with some significant presidential correspondence. There are also family letters between William John Duane's son, also named William Duane, and his sisters Mary and Sarah Duane that discusses social events, courtship, and gossip about individuals, including details on the deaths of two of Duane's friends in a duel. Some of the early documents (before 1800) include records of Duane's newspaper business in India, where he operated in the 1790s as a dissenting voice against the East India Company's policies. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.SMs.Coll.2
	Extent:	2 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Early National Politics \| Government Affairs \| Printing and Publishing \| Social Life and Custom
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Aurora (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Jackson, Andrew -- 1767-1845 -- Correspondence. \| Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Presidents -- United States -- Correspondence.

3	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