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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:  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:  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 
 Author:  Ord, George, 1781-1866Requires cookie*
 Title:  George Ord Collection     
 Dates:  1831-1864 
 Abstract:  The Ord Collection contains a few items which may be of interest to naval historians:

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 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 
 Author:  Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809Requires cookie*
 Title:  Colonel Richard Gimbel Collection of Thomas Paine Papers     
 Dates:  1692 - Circa 1921 
 Abstract:  The Paine Papers contain at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Thomas Paine. 1788 July 28. Discusses a battle between Admiral Paul Jones and the Prince of Nassau on the 18th of June, the "forerunner of the great decissive action... which took place on the 26th..." Mentions also a "less bloody war" between the Pope and the King of Naples. 4 pages.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.P165 
 Extent:  176 items 
 Subjects:  Adams, Samuel | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Bridge Company of Philadelphia | Bridges -- 18th century | Clinton, George, 1739-1812 | Clymer, George, 1734-1813 | Colonial Politics | Cope, Thomas Pim, 1768-1854 | Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 | Early National Politics | Engineering | Few, Kitty Nicholson | France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815 | General Correspondence | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820 | Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 | Hall, John | International Affairs | Ireland -- Foreign relations | Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 | Lotteries -- New York (State) | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Manuscript Essays | Marriage and Family Life | McIntere, Archibald | Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 | New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel -- 18th century | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 | Parke, Thomas, 1749-1835 | Printing and Publishing | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Roofing, Slate | Schuylkill River Bridge | Science and technology | United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 | Wolfe, James, 1727-1759 
 Author:  Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864Requires cookie*
 Title:  Benjamin Silliman correspondence, 1808-1859     
 Dates:  1808-1859 
 Abstract:  The Silliman Correspondence contains at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Silliman, Benjamin. Letter to Captain Charles Wilkes. 1845 December 20. Wants sample of spring water for study. Dr. C. T. Jackson's analysis of sea water has been published. 2 pages.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.Si4 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Berzelius, Jons Jakob, Friherre, 1779-1848 | Blowpipe. | Bonhams (Firm) | Brongniart, Alexandre-Theodore, 1739-1813 | Bronn, H. G., (Heinrich Georg), 1800-1862 | Chemistry | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 | Education | Educational Material | Ether | Geological Society of America. | Geology. | Green, Ashbel, 1762-1848 | Lowell Institute. | Mather, W. W., (William Williams), 1804-1859 | Natural history. | Orr, Andrew | Richards, John S. | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 | Telegraph | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 
 Author:  Vaughan, John, 1756-1841Requires cookie*
 Title:  John Vaughan papers, 1768 - Circa 1936     
 Dates:  1768 - Circa 1936 
 Abstract:  There is at least one item in the Vaughan Papers which may be of interest to naval historians: Biddle, James. Letter to John Vaughan. 1826 May 11. Naval appointments. 3 pages.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.V462 
 Extent:  5 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Commonplace books. | Diaries. | Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée, 1771-1834 | Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827 | Family Correspondence | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | General Correspondence | Hollinshead, Benjamin M | Institutional Records | Madeira family. | Medicine. | Natural history | Norris, William, 1802-1867 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Philadelphia History | Planetariums. | Political Correspondence | Sampson (Ship) | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Snider, Jacob | Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Mauric | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Verses. | Williams, Jonathan 
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 Title:  John Torrey papers, 1819-1864     
 Dates:  1819-1864 
 Abstract:  The Torrey Papers contain at least two items which may be of interest to naval historians:

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 Call #:  Mss.B.T63.1 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Subjects:  Botany. | Buckley, S. B., (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884 | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 | Delavan, Edward C., (Edward Cornelius), 1793-1871 | Durand, Elie M. | Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 | Geology -- New York (State) -- Surveys. | Insects. | Mineralogy. | Natural history | Natural history. | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Temperance. | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877