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 Author:  American Philosophical SocietyRequires cookie*
 Title:  American Philosophical Society Archives     
 Dates:  1743-1984 
 Abstract:  Naval historians may find the following items of interest:

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 Call #:  APS.Archives 
 Extent:  192.25 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Adena culture -- West Virginia | African American | American Philosophical Society | Anishinaabe | Astronomy -- 18th century | Aztecs. | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) | Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield | Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 | Cherokee Indians | Choctaw Indians | Colonial Politics | Dercum, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 | Early National Politics | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Education | Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) | Hanson, Laura E. | Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 | History of science and technology. | Indians of Mexico | Indians of North America -- Kentucky | Indians of North America -- Mississippi | Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast | Indians of North America -- West Virginia | Institutional Records | Keen, William W. (William Williams) | Lingelbach , William E. (William Ezra), 1871-1962 | Miscellaneous | Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-19 | Mound builders | Native America | Native American Materials | Natural history | Natural history -- 18th century | Natural history -- 19th century | Ojibwe people | Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Pencil works | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Plains Indians | Priestly, Joseph R. | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Shryock, Richard Harrison (1893-1972) | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Southeast Indians | United States History. | Vautravers, Jean-Rodolphe | Warden, David Baillie, 1772-18 | Wood, George Bacon, 1797-1879 
 Author:  Audubon, John James, 1785-1851Requires cookie*
 Title:  John James Audubon Papers     
 Dates:  1821-1845 
 Abstract:  The Audubon Papers contain at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Audubon, John James. Letter to Victor G. Audubon. 1842 July 17. Reports on travel in the United States. News of Washington. Saw Wilkes sketches, etc. 3 pages.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.Au25 
 Extent:  0.75 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Abert, John James, 1788-1863 | Art | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Audubon, John Woodhouse, 1812- | Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell (1788-1874) | Audubon, Victor Gifford (1809-1860) | Bachman, John (1790-1874) | Bakewell, William | Berthoud, Nicholas | Birds -- North America | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian Jule | Brewster, Thomas | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chetwynd, Henry John, Earl of | Children, John George, 1777-18 | Cooper, William | Family Correspondence | Gaston, William | General Correspondence | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Harris, Edward | Havell, Robert, Jr. 1793-1878 | Lehman, George | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Lizars, W. H. (William Home), | Martin, Maria, 1794-1863 | McCulloch, Thomas, Jr. | McMurtry, Henry | Natural history | Natural history -- North America | Naturalist | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Ornithologist | Ornithology -- North America | Printing and Publishing | Rathbone, William | Rothschild, Baron Nathan Mayer | Science and technology | Waller, J. Walthen | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813 
 Author:  Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867Requires cookie*
 Title:  A. D. Bache Collection     
 Dates:  1833-1873 
 Abstract:  The Bache Papers contain at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Bache, Alexander Dallas. Letter to Isaac Toucey. 1859 March 21. Recommends George C. Schaeffer to post at the U.S. Naval Academy. 2 pages.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.B123 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Antebellum Politics | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Barnes, H. B. (Henry Broughton | Bond, W. C. (William Cranch), | Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868 | Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 | Cheney, T. Apoleon (Theseus Ap | Combe, George, 1788-1858 | Cooper Union | Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883 | Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861 | Early National Politics | Education | Fessenden, W. P. (William Pitt | General Correspondence | Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey | Geology | Girard College | Hale, Charles, 1831-1882 | Hilgard, Julius Erasmus, 1825- | King, Horatio, 1811-1897 | Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-189 | Lighthouses | Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 | National Academy of Sciences | Natural history | Official Government Documents and Records | Paine, [Robert Treat], 1803-18 | Potter, Alonzo, 1800-1865 | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 | Redfield, W. C. (William C.), 1789-1857 | Ruggles, Samuel B. (Samuel Bulkley), 1800-1881 | Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 | Schumacher, Heinrich Christian | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 | Sparks, Jared (1789-1866) | Spencer, Charles Achilles, 181 | Stevenson, Alan, 1807-1865 | Stevenson, David, 1815-1886 | Stevenson, Robert, 1772-1850 | Tilghman, Tench, 1810-1874 | Toucey, Isaac, 1792-1869 | United States Coast Survey | Upsher, Able Percey | Vroom, Peter Dumont, 1791-1873 
 Author:  Bache, Albert Dabadie, 1832-1895Requires cookie*
 Title:  Albert Dabadie Bache diaries, 1862, 1867-1869     
 Dates:  1862-1869 
 Abstract:  This collection provides insight in to American naval history during the 1860s.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.B1223d 
 Extent:  3 volume(s) 
 Subjects:  Bache, Albert Dabadie, 1832-1895 | Diaries. | Hartford (Ship) | Hong Kong (China) -- Description and travel. | India -- Description and travel. | Iroquois (Ship) | Japan -- Description and travel. | Madagascar -- Description and travel. | Philippines -- Description and travel. | South Africa -- Description and travel. | United States. Navy - Cruise, 1867-1870 | United States. Navy - History - Civil War, 1861-1865. 
 Author:  Bancker, James A.Requires cookie*
 Title:  James A. Bancker papers, 1842-1849     
 Dates:  1842-1849 
 Abstract:  As a merchant in the China trade, Bancker was witness to the early efforts of the United States Navy to project its power into east Asia, especially in Macao, Canton, and Hong Kong.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.B22 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Americans -- China -- Social life and customs. | Americans Abroad | Bancker, James A. | Beyond Early America | British -- China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912. | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | China -- Foreign relations -- 1644-1912. | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia. | Hong Kong (China) -- Colonization. | International Trade. | International Travel | Marriage and Family Life | Merchants - United States | Philippines -- Description and travel. | Trade | Travel | Voyages and travels. 
 Author:  Bohlen, JohnRequires cookie*
 Title:  John Bohlen Collection     
 Dates:  1889-1912 
 Abstract:  The Bohlen Collection contains one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Perry, Oliver Hazard. Letter to Daniel Murray. 1818 March 1. "In reply to your inquiry respecting the affair which has...lately made so much noise, and which has brought upon me such a torrent of abuse and malignant calumny -- I shall only briefly state that [the circumstances as related] are all false with the exception of my having given personal chastisement to an impertinent and insolent fellow, -- who is destitute of truth and spirit -- and who has been base enough to circulate the most unfounded slander, and then deny it under his own hand." 1 item.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.B63 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Bank of the United States | Bohlen, John | Business and Skilled Trades | Dorsey, Elizabeth | General Correspondence | International Trade. | Murray, Daniel | Philadelphia History | Religion | Trade 
 Author:  Dale, Richard, 1756-1826Requires cookie*
 Title:  Richard Dale papers, 1780-1845     
 Dates:  1780-1845 
 Abstract:  Dating from the early republic and antebellum periods of American history, this collection contains materials of interest to naval historians.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.334 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Subjects:  Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833 | Barron, Samuel, 1809-1888 | Biddle, Charles, 1745-1821 | Biddle, James, 1783-1848 | Dale, Richard, 1756-1826 | Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853 | Eaton, William, 1764-1811 | Humphreys, David, 1752-1818 | Microfilm Collection 
 Author:  Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882Requires cookie*
 Title:  An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society     
 Dates:  1799-1882 
 Abstract:  The Darwin Papers contain at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Darwin, Charles. Letter to Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. 1836 October - 1836 November. Wishes to converse concerning Wilkes' "long...voyage." 1 page. (B D25.192).

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 Call #:  Mss.B.D25 
 Extent:  2.5 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Adaptation (Biology) | Beyond Early America | Biology, genetics, eugenics | Bowerbank, James Scott, 1797-1877 | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Coral reefs and islands | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Darwin, Jane -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Evolution (Biology) | Evolution -- Religious aspects | Eyton, Thomas Campbell, 1809-1880 | Flower , William Henry, 1831-1899 | Forbes, David, 1828-1876 | Foster, M., Sir (Michael), 1836-1907 | Genetics | Geology -- Great Britain -- 19th century | Golden, Sybil Rebecca | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Gulick, John Thomas, 1832-1923 | Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914 | Hancock, Albany, 1806-1873 | Herbert, John Maurice, 1808-1882 | Heredity | Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 | Human evolution | Lankester, E. Ray, Sir (Edwin Ray), 1847-1929 | Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 | Lubbock, J. W. (John William), 1803-1865 | Natural history -- Great Britain -- 19th century | Natural selection | Naturalists -- England | Ogle, William, 1827-1912 | Phillips, John, 1800-1874 | Quatrefages, A. de (Armand de), 1810-1892 | Race, race relations, racism | Ramsay, A. C. (Andrew Crombie), 1814-1891 | Religion and science -- 1860-1899 | Romanes, George John, 1848-1894 | Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick, 1811-1882 | Transmutation of animals | Variation (Biology) | Walsh, B. D. (Benjamin Dann), 1808-1869 | Wyman, Jeffries, 1864- 
 Author:  Dawes, Elizabeth F.,collector.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Dawes Collection of Documents on American History     
 Dates:  1681-1921 
 Abstract:  There is at least one item in this collection which may be of interest to naval historians: Johnson, Richard M. Letter to the Secretary of the Navy. 1840 June 11. Makes a request. 1 pages.

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 Call #:  Mss.973.D32 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  American Revolution | Biddle, Clement C. (Clement Cornell), 1784-1855 | Business Records and Accounts | Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 | Colony and State Specific History | Dawes, Elizabeth F.,collector. | Early National Politics | General Correspondence | Miscellaneous | Musical scores. | Native America | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century. | Pennsylvania History | Publishers and publishing. | Ticknor and Fields. 
 Author:  Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colleRequires cookie*
 Title:  The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s     
 Dates:  Circa 1760s-1850s 
 Abstract:  The David Library Collection includes miscellaneous letters of high interest pertaining to all aspects of the American Revolution, including naval concerns. Among topics covered are privateers and privateering, prize cases, the British and Continental Navies, and the United States Navy and Marine Corps. There are also letters from John Barry, Francois-Joseph-Paul comte de Grasse, John Paul Jones, and Sir Richard Howe.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.F327 
 Extent:  27 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Adams, Samuel | American Revolution | Business and Skilled Trades | Colonial Politics | Colony and State Specific History | Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle | General Correspondence | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de, 1757-1834 | Military History | Military Records | Miscellaneous | New Jersey -- History -- 1775-1865. | New Jersey -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Political Correspondence | Presidents. | Printed Material | Statesmen. | United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. | United States -- History -- 1775-1865. | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | United States -- History, Military. | Washington, George (1732-1799) 
 Author:  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790Requires cookie*
 Title:  Benjamin Franklin Papers, 1642-1841     
 Dates:  1642-1841 
 Abstract:  The Franklin papers contain numerous letters which may be of interest to naval historians. The following are organized by subject:

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 Call #:  Mss.B.F85 
 Extent:  85.5 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Account books. | American Philosophical Society | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Diaries. | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 | Family Correspondence | France -- Foreign relations -- United States | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States | Hays, I. Minis (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | Hodge, Sarah Bache, 1798-1849 | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Manuscript Essays | Marriage and Family Life | Mecom, Jane, 1712-1794 | Military History | Pen works | Pencil works | Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 18th century | Pennsylvania History | Political Correspondence | Postal service -- United States | Printed Material | Printers -- Pennsylvania | Printing and Publishing | Scientific Correspondence | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social Life and Custom | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | United States -- Foreign relations -- France | United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | Williams, Jonathan, 1719-1796 | Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 
 Author:  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790Requires cookie*
 Title:  Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections     
 Dates:  1710-1822 
 Abstract:  The Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections contain a few items which may be on interest to naval historians:

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 Call #:  Mss.B.F85.misc 
 Extent:  5 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Education | American Philosophical Society | Bingham, William, 1752-1804 | Brillon de Jouy, Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt, 1744-1824 | Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de, 1725-1803 | Childs, Francis, 1763-1830 | Cook, James, 1728-1779 | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 | France -- Foreign relations -- United States | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803 | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States | Greene, William, 1731-1809 | Hartley, David | Helvétius, Anne-Catherine | Ingersoll, Jared, 1722-1781 | Junto | Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 | Le Roy, Jean Baptiste, 1720-1800 | Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | Postal service -- United States | Price, Richard, 1723-1791 | Printers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Stamp Act, 1765 | Stevenson, Margaret | United States -- Foreign relations -- France | United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 1719-1787 | Waring, John, 1716-1794 | Williams, Jonathan | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 
 Author:  Goodfellow, Henry.Requires cookie*
 Title:  The facts relating to the separation of the ship's company of the Brig Advance in the Fall of 1854...by command of Miss Bessie Kane, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  An account of mutiny on board the Brig Advance during the Grinnell expedition.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.K132g 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Subjects:  Advance (Ship) | Arctic Regions -- Discovery and exploration | Goodfellow, Henry. | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 | Mutiny. | Northwest Passage. | Voyages and travels. 
 Author:  Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875Requires cookie*
 Title:  John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884     
 Dates:  1783-1884 
 Abstract:  The Gray Papers contain at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Maury, Matthew Fontaine. Letter to John Gray. 1853 September 29. Sends chart of the North Atlantic. 2 pages.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.G784 
 Extent:  5 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900 | Andrews, William (1802-1880) | Assyria -- Antiquities. | Autographs. | Balard, Antoine-Jérôme (1802-1876 ) | Bate, C. Spence (Charles Spence), 1818-1889 | Berkeley, M. J. (Miles Joseph), 1803-1889 | Beyond Early America | Blainville, H.-M. Ducrotay de (Henri-Marie Ducrotay) | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Bonomi, Joseph | British Museum (Natural History) -- Natural history collections. | Brookes, Joshua, -- 1754-1821. | Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 | Duméril, C. (Constant), 1774-1860 | Florida -- Discovery and exploration. | Flower , William Henry, 1831-1899 | Geological Society of London | Geology. | Gray, John Edward | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 | Hoeven, Jan van der | Lefèvre, Jean-Jacques, 1779-1858 | Mollusks. | Müller, Joh., 1801-1858 | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- England. | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- United States. | Nineveh (Extinct city) -- Antiquities. | Pfeiffer, Ludwig Georg Karl | Schomburgk, Robert H., Sir (Robert Hermann), 1804-1865 | Shells. | Société des sciences naturelle de France. | Steenstrup, J. Japetus Sm. -- (Joha | Valenciennes, M., 1794-1865 
 Author:  Hare, Robert, 1781-1858Requires cookie*
 Title:  Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858     
 Dates:  1764-1858 
 Abstract:  The Hare Papers contain a few items which may be of interest to naval historians:

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 Call #:  Mss.B.H22 
 Extent:  3 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African American | American Philosophical Society | Antebellum Politics | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania | Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) | Banks and banking -- United States. | Blasting, Submarine | Blowpipe. | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Capital punishment. | Chemical apparatus | Chemistry | Chemists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Cyclones. | Early National Politics | Education | Educational Material | Electricity -- 19th century | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 | Epidemics -- United States | Essays. | Federalist Party -- Pennsylvania | Fire extinction | Fisher, John, 1806-1882 | Fisher, Richard | General Correspondence | Guano | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Kane , John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 | Lectures | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Manuscript Essays | Mesmerism | Money | Paper money -- United States -- 19th century | Partridge, Charles | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century | Poems | Powel, Samuel, Jr. | Race, race relations, racism | Railroads | Religion | Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities | Science and technology | Scientific Data | Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 | Sketchbooks | Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- United States -- 19th century | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Smithsonian Institution | Spiritualism -- Pennsylvania | Storms | Tornadoes | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century 
 Author:  Hayes, Patrick.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Patrick Hayes letters, 1796-1840     
 Dates:  1796-1840 
 Abstract:  Naval historians may find the following correspondence of interest: Bainbridge, William. Letter to Patrick Hayes. October 23, 1811. Concerning their accounts. 1 page. Barron, James. Letter to Patrick Barry Hayes. October 31, 1823. He knows nothing of the command in question. 1 page. Bainbridge, William. Letter to Patrick Hayes. May 26, 1824. Inquires of Thomas Hayes. 1 page. Bainbridge, William. Letter to Barry Hayes. July 27, 1830. Friendly letter. 3 pages.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.505 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Subjects:  Caribbean Area -- Commerce -- 19th century. | Cuba -- Commerce -- 19th century. | Hayes, Patrick. | Microfilm Collection | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce. 
 Author:  Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859Requires cookie*
 Title:  Alexander von Humboldt papers, 1801-1859     
 Dates:  1793-1859 
 Abstract:  The Alexander von Humboldt Papers contain at least one letter which may be of interest to naval historians: Humboldt, Alexander von. Letter to Matthew Fontaine Maury. n.d. Concerning his work on hydrography, refers to Gay-Lussac. 2 pages. (B H88.39).

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 Call #:  Mss.B.H88 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Azaïs, Pierre Hyacinthe, 1766-1845 | Berger de Xivrey, Jules, 1801-1863 | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Coquerel, Athanase, 1795-1868 | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Frederick William -- IV, -- King of Prussia, -- 1795-1861. | Gaggiotti-Richards, Emma, 1825-1912 | Galunsky, Louis Charles | General Correspondence | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861 | Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Jomard, M., (Edme-François), 1777-1862 | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Natural history. | Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875 | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 | Schlagintweit-Sakünlunski, Hermann Rudolph Alfred von, -- 1826-1882. | Science and technology | Science publishing. | Scientific expeditions. | South America -- Discovery and exploration -- 19th century. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, 1794-1868 | Warden, David Bailie, 1772-1845 | Willdenow, Karl Ludwig, 1765-1812 
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