Subject | • | Science and technology | [X] | | • | General Correspondence |
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| | • | Early National Politics |
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| | • | Education |
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| | • | Natural history |
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| | • | Scientific Correspondence |
(6)
| | • | Educational Material |
(4)
| | • | American Philosophical Society |
(3)
| | • | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 |
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| | • | Family Correspondence |
(3)
| | • | Institutional Records |
(3)
| | • | Natural history. |
(3)
| | • | Philadelphia History |
(3)
| | • | Travel Narratives and Journals |
(3)
| | • | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 |
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| | • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | African American |
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| | • | Americans Abroad |
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| | • | Antebellum Politics |
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| | • | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 |
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| | • | Audubon, Victor Gifford (1809-1860) |
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| | • | Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- United States. |
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| | • | Blowpipe. |
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| | • | Business Records and Accounts |
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| | • | Business and Skilled Trades |
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| | • | Chemistry |
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| | • | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 |
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| | • | Colonial Politics |
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| | • | Exploration. |
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| | • | Insects. |
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| | • | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 |
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| | • | Literature, Arts, and Culture |
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| | • | Manuscript Essays |
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| | • | Miscellaneous |
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| | • | Native America |
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| | • | Notebooks |
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| | • | Ord, George, 1781-1866 |
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| | • | Political Correspondence |
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| | • | Printing and Publishing |
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| | • | Religion |
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| | • | Scientific Data |
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| | • | Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 |
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| | • | Sketchbooks |
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| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| | • | Smithsonian Institution |
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| | • | Telegraph |
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| | • | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 |
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| | • | Abert, John James, 1788-1863 |
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| | • | Abolitionists -- United States -- Attitudes |
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| | • | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |
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| | • | Adams, John, 1735-1826 |
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| | • | Adams, Samuel |
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| | • | Adena culture -- West Virginia |
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| | • | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 |
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| | • | Algebra. |
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| | • | American Revolution |
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| | • | Animals -- Habits and behavior of |
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| | • | Anishinaabe |
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| | • | Annuities. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Art |
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| | • | Astronomy -- 18th century |
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| | • | Astronomy. |
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| | • | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America |
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| | • | Audubon, John Woodhouse, 1812- |
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| | • | Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell (1788-1874) |
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| | • | Azaïs, Pierre Hyacinthe, 1766-1845 |
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| | • | Aztecs. |
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| | • | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 |
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| | • | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 |
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| | • | Bachman, John (1790-1874) |
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| | • | Bakewell, William |
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| | • | Barnard, Frederick A. P. -- (Freder |
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| | • | Barnes, H. B. (Henry Broughton |
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| | • | Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield |
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| | • | Berger de Xivrey, Jules, 1801-1863 |
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| | • | Berthoud, Nicholas |
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| | • | Berzelius, Jons Jakob, Friherre, 1779-1848 |
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| | • | Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899 |
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| | • | Birds -- North America |
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| | • | Birds -- Study and teaching |
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| | • | Birds. |
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| | • | Blasting, Submarine |
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| | • | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian Jule |
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| | • | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 |
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| | • | Bond, W. C. (William Cranch), |
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| | • | Bonhams (Firm) |
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| | • | Botany. |
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| | • | Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868 |
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| | • | Brewster, Thomas |
(1)
| | • | Bridge Company of Philadelphia |
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| | • | Bridges -- 18th century |
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| | • | British Association for the Advancement of Science. |
(1)
| | • | Brongniart, Alexandre-Theodore, 1739-1813 |
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| | • | Bronn, H. G., (Heinrich Georg), 1800-1862 |
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| | • | Brown, John, 1800-1859 |
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| | • | Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 |
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| | • | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 |
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| | • | Buckley, S. B., (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884 |
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| | • | Canals. |
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| | • | Capital punishment. |
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| | • | Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 |
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| | • | Chemical apparatus |
(1)
| | • | Chemists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
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| | • | Cheney, T. Apoleon (Theseus Ap |
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| | • | Cherokee Indians |
(1)
| | • | Chetwynd, Henry John, Earl of |
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| | • | Children, John George, 1777-18 |
(1)
| | • | Choctaw Indians |
(1)
| | • | Cholic Acid |
(1)
| | • | Church buildings -- Pennsylvania-Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Cicada (Genus) |
(1)
| | • | Clinton, George, 1739-1812 |
(1)
| | • | Clocks and watches. |
(1)
| | • | Clymer, George, 1734-1813 |
(1)
| | • | Coal. |
(1)
| | • | Columbidia |
(1)
| | • | Combe, George, 1788-1858 |
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| | • | Commonplace books. |
(1)
| | • | Cooper Union |
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| | • | Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883 |
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| | • | Cooper, William |
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| | • | Cope, Thomas Pim, 1768-1854 |
(1)
| | • | Coquerel, Athanase, 1795-1868 |
(1)
| | • | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 |
(1)
| | • | Cuba -- Insurrection, 1849-1851 |
(1)
| | • | Cuckoos |
(1)
| | • | Cyclones. |
(1)
| | • | Daguerreotypes |
(1)
| | • | Darlington, William, 1781-1863 |
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| | • | Delavan, Edward C., (Edward Cornelius), 1793-1871 |
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| | • | Dercum, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 |
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| | • | Diaries. |
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| | • | Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861 |
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| | • | Dictionary of the English language. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 |
(1)
| | • | Dove |
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| | • | Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 |
(1)
| | • | Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 |
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| | • | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 |
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| | • | Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée, 1771-1834 |
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| | • | Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827 |
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| | • | Durand, Elie M. |
(1)
| | • | Eastern Woodlands Indians |
(1)
| | • | Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 |
(1)
| | • | Electricity -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Electricity. |
(1)
| | • | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 |
(1)
| | • | Engineering |
(1)
| | • | English language -- Dictionaries |
(1)
| | • | Entomology -- Europe. |
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| | • | Entomology -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Epidemics -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Essays. |
(1)
| | • | Ether |
(1)
| | • | Famines -- Ireland |
(1)
| | • | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 |
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| | • | Federalist Party -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Fessenden, W. P. (William Pitt |
(1)
| | • | Few, Kitty Nicholson |
(1)
| | • | Fire extinction |
(1)
| | • | Fisher, John, 1806-1882 |
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| | • | Fisher, Richard |
(1)
| | • | France -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815 |
(1)
| | • | Frederick William -- IV, -- King of Prussia, -- 1795-1861. |
(1)
| | • | Freeman, Thomas,d. 1821. |
(1)
| | • | Frogs -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Frost -- Great Britain |
(1)
| | • | Gaggiotti-Richards, Emma, 1825-1912 |
(1)
| | • | Galunsky, Louis Charles |
(1)
| | • | Garibaldi, Guiseppe, 1807-1882 |
(1)
| | • | Gaston, William |
(1)
| | • | Geese |
(1)
| | • | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861 |
(1)
| | • | Geological Society of America. |
(1)
| | • | Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey |
(1)
| | • | Geology |
(1)
| | • | Geology -- New York (State) -- Surveys. |
(1)
| | • | Geology. |
(1)
| | • | Girard College |
(1)
| | • | Gold mines and mining -- California -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) |
(1)
| | • | Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875 |
(1)
| | • | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Russia |
(1)
| | • | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820 |
(1)
| | • | Green, Ashbel, 1762-1848 |
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| | • | Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 |
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| | • | Guano |
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| | • | Gummere, John, 1784-1845 |
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| | • | Hale, Charles, 1831-1882 |
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| | • | Hall, John |
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| | • | Hanson, Laura E. |
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| | • | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 |
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| | • | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 |
(1)
| | • | Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 |
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| | • | Harris, Edward |
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| | • | Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 |
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| | • | Hassler, F. R, (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 |
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| | • | Havell, Robert, Jr. 1793-1878 |
(1)
| | • | Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 |
(1)
| | • | Heatstroke |
(1)
| | • | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 -- Correspondence |
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| | • | Hilgard, Julius Erasmus, 1825- |
(1)
| | • | History of science and technology. |
(1)
| | • | Hollinshead, Benjamin M |
(1)
| | • | Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 |
(1)
| | • | Hospitals -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
(1)
| | • | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 |
(1)
| | • | Hunter, John Dunn |
(1)
| | • | Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Indians of Mexico |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Kentucky |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Mississippi |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast |
(1)
| | • | Indians of North America -- West Virginia |
(1)
| | • | Influenza -- United States |
(1)
| | • | International Affairs |
(1)
| | • | Ireland -- Foreign relations |
(1)
| | • | Irish -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| | • | Italy -- Revolution of 1848 |
(1)
| | • | Italy -- War of 1859 |
(1)
| | • | Jardine, William, Sir, 1800-1874 |
(1)
| | • | Jomard, M., (Edme-François), 1777-1862 |
(1)
| | • | Kagoshima-shi (Japan) |
(1)
| | • | Kane , John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 |
(1)
| | • | Kane, Paul, 1810-1871 |
(1)
| | • | Keen, William W. (William Williams) |
(1)
| | • | King, Horatio, 1811-1897 |
(1)
| | • | Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 |
(1)
| | • | LeConte family. |
(1)
| | • | LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 |
(1)
| | • | Lectures |
(1)
| | • | Lectures. |
(1)
| | • | Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-189 |
(1)
| | • | Lehman, George |
(1)
| | • | Lighthouses |
(1)
| | • | Lingelbach , William E. (William Ezra), 1871-1962 |
(1)
| | • | Literature |
(1)
| | • | Lizars, W. H. (William Home), |
(1)
| | • | Lotteries -- New York (State) |
(1)
| | • | Lowell Institute. |
(1)
| | • | Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 |
(1)
| | • | Madeira family. |
(1)
| | • | Madison, James, 1751-1836 |
(1)
| | • | Magnetism. |
(1)
| | • | Marriage and Family Life |
(1)
| | • | Martin, Maria, 1794-1863 |
(1)
| | • | Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908 |
(1)
| | • | Mathematics. |
(1)
| | • | Mather, W. W., (William Williams), 1804-1859 |
(1)
| | • | McCulloch, Thomas, Jr. |
(1)
| | • | McIntere, Archibald |
(1)
| | • | McMurtry, Henry |
(1)
| | • | Medicine |
(1)
| | • | Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | Medicine. |
(1)
| | • | Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, 1749-1814 |
(1)
| | • | Memorials -- Great Britain |
(1)
| | • | Mercury |
(1)
| | • | Mesmerism |
(1)
| | • | Meteorology -- Observations. |
(1)
| | • | Mexican War, 1846-1848 |
(1)
| | • | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 |
(1)
| | • | Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 |
(1)
| | • | Military History |
(1)
| | • | Mineralogy. |
(1)
| | • | Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 |
(1)
| | • | Money |
(1)
| | • | Monk, Maria, d. 1850 |
(1)
| | • | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 |
(1)
| | • | Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-19 |
(1)
| | • | Mound builders |
(1)
| | • | National Academy of Sciences |
(1)
| | • | National Gallery of Art (U.S.) |
(1)
| | • | National Institute for the Promotion of Science |
(1)
| | • | Native American Materials |
(1)
| | • | Natural history -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Natural history -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Natural history -- North America |
(1)
| | • | Natural history -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Naturalist |
(1)
| | • | Navigation (Astronautics) |
(1)
| | • | New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel -- 18th century |
(1)
| | • | Norris, William, 1802-1867 |
(1)
| | • | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 |
(1)
| | • | Official Government Documents and Records |
(1)
| | • | Ojibwe people |
(1)
| | • | Optics. |
(1)
| | • | Ornithologist |
(1)
| | • | Ornithology -- North America |
(1)
| | • | Orr, Andrew |
(1)
| | • | Osten-Sachen, Carl Robert, -- freih |
(1)
| | • | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 |
(1)
| | • | Paine, [Robert Treat], 1803-18 |
(1)
| | • | Paper money -- United States -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Parke, Thomas, 1749-1835 |
(1)
| | • | Partridge, Charles |
(1)
| | • | Partridges |
(1)
| | • | Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 |
(1)
| | • | Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(1)
| | • | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 -- Art collections. |
(1)
| | • | Pemberton, Phineas |
(1)
| | • | Pencil works |
(1)
| | • | Pennsylvania History |
(1)
| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce. |
(1)
| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. |
(1)
| | • | Philological Society (Great Britain) |
(1)
| | • | Physics. |
(1)
| | • | Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875 |
(1)
| | • | Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 |
(1)
| | • | Plains Indians |
(1)
| | • | Planetariums. |
(1)
| | • | Poems |
(1)
| | • | Potatoes |
(1)
| | • | Potter, Alonzo, 1800-1865 |
(1)
| | • | Powel, Samuel, Jr. |
(1)
| | • | Priestly, Joseph R. |
(1)
| | • | Quarries and quarrying -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| | • | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 |
(1)
| | • | Race, race relations, racism |
(1)
| | • | Railroads |
(1)
| | • | Railroads -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. |
(1)
| | • | Rathbone, William |
(1)
| | • | Rattlesnake |
(1)
| | • | Redfield, W. C. (William C.), 1789-1857 |
(1)
| | • | Reptiles |
(1)
| | • | Richards, John S. |
(1)
| | • | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 |
(1)
| | • | Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities |
(1)
| | • | Roofing, Slate |
(1)
| | • | Rothschild, Baron Nathan Mayer |
(1)
| | • | Roux de Rochelle, Jean Baptiste Gaspard, 1762-1849 |
(1)
| | • | Royal Society (Great Britain) |
(1)
| | • | Ruggles, Samuel B. (Samuel Bulkley), 1800-1881 |
(1)
| | • | Russia -- Foreign relations -- Germany-Prussia |
(1)
| | • | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 |
(1)
| | • | Sampson (Ship) |
(1)
| | • | Schlagintweit-Sakünlunski, Hermann Rudolph Alfred von, -- 1826-1882. |
(1)
| | • | Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 |
(1)
| | • | Schumacher, Heinrich Christian |
(1)
| | • | Schuylkill River Bridge |
(1)
| | • | Science publishing. |
(1)
| | • | Scientific expeditions. |
(1)
| | • | Sea monsters |
(1)
| | • | Secession -- Southern States |
(1)
| | • | Sergeant, John, 1779-1852 |
(1)
| | • | Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 |
(1)
| | • | Shryock, Richard Harrison (1893-1972) |
(1)
| | • | Skin -- Diseases-Treatment |
(1)
| | • | Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- United States -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| | • | Slaves -- Emancipation-America |
(1)
| | • | Smoking -- Health aspects -- United States |
(1)
| | • | Snider, Jacob |
(1)
| | • | Soap trade -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | Sound. |
(1)
| | • | South America -- Discovery and exploration -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | Southeast Indians |
(1)
| | • | Sparks, Jared (1789-1866) |
(1)
| | • | Spencer, Charles Achilles, 181 |
(1)
| | • | Spiritualism -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| | • | St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(1)
| | • | Steam-navigation -- Atlantic Ocean |
(1)
| | • | Steamboat disasters |
(1)
| | • | Stevenson, Alan, 1807-1865 |
(1)
| | • | Stevenson, David, 1815-1886 |
(1)
| | • | Stevenson, Robert, 1772-1850 |
(1)
| | • | Storms |
(1)
| | • | Stout Family |
(1)
| | • | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
(1)
| | • | Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Mauric |
(1)
| | • | Temperance. |
(1)
| | • | Tilghman, Tench, 1810-1874 |
(1)
| | • | Time clocks. |
(1)
| | • | Tornadoes |
(1)
| | • | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 |
(1)
| | • | Toucey, Isaac, 1792-1869 |
(1)
| | • | Travel |
(1)
| | • | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. |
(1)
| | • | Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910 |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Civil War 1861 1865 -- Participation Foreign |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century |
(1)
| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(1)
| | • | United States Coast Survey |
(1)
| | • | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). |
(1)
| | • | United States History. |
(1)
| | • | United States Mint. |
(1)
| | • | United States. -- Army. |
(1)
| | • | United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Topographical Engineers. |
(1)
| | • | United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). |
(1)
| | • | University of Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| | • | University of Virginia. |
(1)
| | • | Upsher, Able Percey |
(1)
| | • | Vaughan, William |
(1)
| | • | Vautravers, Jean-Rodolphe |
(1)
| | • | Verses. |
(1)
| | • | Vroom, Peter Dumont, 1791-1873 |
(1)
| | • | Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, 1794-1868 |
(1)
| | • | Waller, J. Walthen |
(1)
| | • | War of 1812 |
(1)
| | • | Warden, David Bailie, 1772-1845 |
(1)
| | • | Warden, David Baillie, 1772-18 |
(1)
| | • | West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 |
(1)
| | • | Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867 |
(1)
| | • | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872 |
(1)
| | • | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. |
(1)
| | • | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 |
(1)
| | • | Willdenow, Karl Ludwig, 1765-1812 |
(1)
| | • | Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 |
(1)
| | • | Williams, Jonathan |
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| | | Author: | American Philosophical Society | Requires 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, 1785-1851 | Requires 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), 1806-1867 | Requires 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, 1781-1858 | Requires 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, 1769-1859 | Requires 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: | 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:
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| | | | 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:
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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, 1737-1809 | Requires 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, 1779-1864 | Requires 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, 1756-1841 | Requires 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 | |
| | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | 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 | |
| | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert M. (Robert Maskell) Patterson papers, 1775-1853
| | | | Dates: | 1775-1853 | | | | Abstract: | The Patterson Papers contain at least two letters with references to Oliver Hazard Perry:
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P274 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear Feet | | | | Subjects: | Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Algebra. | Americans Abroad | Annuities. | Astronomy. | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Canals. | Clocks and watches. | Coal. | Early National Politics | Education | Educational Material | Electricity. | Freeman, Thomas,d. 1821. | General Correspondence | Gummere, John, 1784-1845 | Hassler, F. R, (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 | Institutional Records | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Lectures. | Magnetism. | Mathematics. | Meteorology -- Observations. | Military History | Native America | Navigation (Astronautics) | Notebooks | Optics. | Pemberton, Phineas | Physics. | Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 | Political Correspondence | Quarries and quarrying -- Pennsylvania. | Science and technology | Sergeant, John, 1779-1852 | Sound. | Time clocks. | Travel Narratives and Journals | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. | United States Mint. | University of Pennsylvania. | University of Virginia. | War of 1812 | |
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