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Author:	Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857	Requires cookie*
Title:	Elisha Kent Kane Papers
Dates:	1810-1953
Abstract:	The diverse Kane Papers include the arctic explorer's correspondence, sketches of arctic and other scenes (there are many sketches scattered throughout the numerous bound volumes), notebooks of polar exploration, journals of trips to North Carolina, the Philippines, Africa, the Near East, Egypt, Mexico, logbooks, etc. The logbooks are catalogued separately and can be viewed at: Kane Logbooks (Mss.B.K132a). The Kane papers also include printed materials which may be of interest to naval historians. Printed sources include: The diverse Kane Papers include the arctic explorer's correspondence, sketches of arctic and other scenes (there are many sketches scattered throughout the numerous bound volumes), notebooks of polar exploration, journals of trips to North Carolina, the Philippines, Africa, the Near East, Egypt, Mexico, logbooks, etc. The logbooks are catalogued separately and can be viewed at: Kane Logbooks (Mss.B.K132a). The Kane papers also include printed materials which may be of interest to naval historians. Printed sources include: View finding aid for a full description
Call #:	Mss.B.K132
Extent:	6.75 Linear Feet
Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Africa \| Africa -- Description and travel \| Americans Abroad \| Arctic Indians \| Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration \| Arctic regions-Pictorial works \| Asia Minor -- Description and travel \| Bills. \| Blockley Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| China -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Colonization, repatriation \| Cracroft, Sophia, 1816-1892 \| Egypt -- Description and travel \| Engravings. \| Exploration \| Exploration. \| Explorers -- United States \| Family Correspondence \| Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893 \| Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 \| General Correspondence \| Geometry -- Study and teaching \| Grinnell Expedition, 1st, 1850-1851 \| Grinnell Expedition, 2d, 1853-1855 \| Grinnell, Henry, 1799-1874 \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 \| Hospitals -- Pennsylvania \| Indians of North America -- Nunavut \| International Travel \| Inuit -- Canada \| Inuit -- Greenland \| Inuit -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island \| Journals (notebooks) \| Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 \| Kane, Jane Duval Leiper \| Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795- \| Lectures \| Letterbooks \| Liberia -- Description and travel \| Logbooks \| Maps. \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine -- Practice -- Pennsylvania \| Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania \| Meteorology -- Arctic Regions \| Mexico -- Description and travel \| Mineralogy -- Study and teaching \| North Carolina -- Description and travel \| Northwest Passage \| Notebooks \| Obstetrics \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Hospitals \| Philadelphia. General Hospital \| Plantations \| Receipts \| Silhouettes \| Sketches. \| Slave trade -- Africa \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States -- Foreign relations -- China \| United States. Navy \| Watercolors

Author:	LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883	Requires cookie*
Title:	John L. (John Lawrence) LeConte papers, 1812-1897
Dates:	1812-1897
Abstract:	The LeConte Papers contain several items which may be of interest to naval historians: View finding aid for a full description
Call #:	Mss.B.L493
Extent:	7.7 Linear Feet
Subjects:	Audubon, Victor Gifford (1809-1860) \| Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 \| Barnard, Frederick A. P. -- (Freder \| Education \| Educational Material \| Entomology -- Europe. \| Entomology -- United States. \| Exploration. \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 -- Correspondence \| Hospitals -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| Insects. \| LeConte family. \| LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 \| Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908 \| Medicine \| Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century. \| Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, 1749-1814 \| Miscellaneous \| Natural history -- United States. \| Notebooks \| Osten-Sachen, Carl Robert, -- freih \| Science and technology \| Scientific Data \| Sketchbooks \| Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910 \| United States. -- Army. \| United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Author:	Ord, George, 1781-1866	Requires cookie*
Title:	George Ord Collection
Dates:	1831-1864
Abstract:	The Ord Collection contains a few items which may be of interest to naval historians: View finding aid for a full description
Call #:	Mss.B.Or2
Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
Subjects:	Abolitionists -- United States -- Attitudes \| Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia \| American Philosophical Society \| Animals -- Habits and behavior of \| Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 \| Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America \| Banks and banking -- United States. \| Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899 \| Birds -- Study and teaching \| Birds. \| Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 \| British Association for the Advancement of Science. \| Brown, John, 1800-1859 \| Cholic Acid \| Church buildings -- Pennsylvania-Philadelphia \| Cicada (Genus) \| Columbidia \| Cuba -- Insurrection, 1849-1851 \| Cuckoos \| Daguerreotypes \| Darlington, William, 1781-1863 \| Dictionary of the English language. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 \| Dove \| Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 \| Early National Politics \| English language -- Dictionaries \| Exploration. \| Famines -- Ireland \| France -- 19th century \| Frogs -- United States \| Frost -- Great Britain \| Garibaldi, Guiseppe, 1807-1882 \| Geese \| General Correspondence \| Gold mines and mining -- California -- 19th century \| Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 \| Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Russia \| Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 \| Heatstroke \| Hunter, John Dunn \| Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Influenza -- United States \| Irish -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Italy -- Revolution of 1848 \| Italy -- War of 1859 \| Jardine, William, Sir, 1800-1874 \| Kagoshima-shi (Japan) \| Kane, Paul, 1810-1871 \| Memorials -- Great Britain \| Mercury \| Mexican War, 1846-1848 \| Monk, Maria, d. 1850 \| National Gallery of Art (U.S.) \| National Institute for the Promotion of Science \| Natural history \| Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 \| Ord, George, 1781-1866 \| Partridges \| Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 -- Art collections. \| Philadelphia History \| Philological Society (Great Britain) \| Potatoes \| Railroads -- 19th century \| Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. \| Rattlesnake \| Religion \| Reptiles \| Roux de Rochelle, Jean Baptiste Gaspard, 1762-1849 \| Royal Society (Great Britain) \| Russia -- Foreign relations -- Germany-Prussia \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Sea monsters \| Secession -- Southern States \| Skin -- Diseases-Treatment \| Slaves -- Emancipation-America \| Smithsonian Institution \| Smoking -- Health aspects -- United States \| Soap trade -- Pennsylvania \| St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Steam-navigation -- Atlantic Ocean \| Steamboat disasters \| Stout Family \| Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's Cabin. \| Telegraph \| United States -- Civil War 1861 1865 -- Participation Foreign \| United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865 \| United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 \| United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). \| United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). \| Vaughan, William \| Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 \| Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867 \| Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872 \| Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. \| Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858

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