Subject | • | Early National Politics |
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| | • | Science and technology |
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| | • | Colonial Politics |
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| | • | Education |
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| | • | Miscellaneous |
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| | • | Natural history |
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| | • | Scientific Correspondence |
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| | • | American Philosophical Society |
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| | • | American Revolution |
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| | • | Business and Skilled Trades |
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| | • | Native America |
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| | • | Official Government Documents and Records |
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| | • | Pennsylvania History |
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| | • | Philadelphia History |
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| | • | Political Correspondence |
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| | • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Adams, John, 1735-1826 |
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| | • | Adams, Samuel |
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| | • | African American |
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| | • | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 |
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| | • | Americans Abroad |
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| | • | Anishinaabe |
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| | • | Antebellum Politics |
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| | • | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 |
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| | • | Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- United States. |
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| | • | Business Records and Accounts |
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| | • | Colony and State Specific History |
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| | • | Edison , Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 |
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| | • | Educational Material |
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| | • | Family Correspondence |
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| | • | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
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| | • | History of science and technology. |
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| | • | Institutional Records |
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| | • | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 |
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| | • | Literature, Arts, and Culture |
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| | • | Madison, James, 1751-1836 |
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| | • | Manuscript Essays |
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| | • | Marriage and Family Life |
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| | • | Military History |
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| | • | Ojibwe people |
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| | • | Ord, George, 1781-1866 |
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| | • | Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 |
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| | • | Religion |
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| | • | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 |
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| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| | • | Smithsonian Institution |
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| | • | Sparks, Jared (1789-1866) |
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| | 2 | 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 | |
| 3 | 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 | |
| 4 | Author: | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle | Requires 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) | |
| 5 | 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 | |
| 6 | 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 | |
| 7 | 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 | |
| 8 | Author: | Peale-Sellers families. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peale-Sellers Family Collection, 1686-1963
| | | | Dates: | 1686-1963 | | | | Abstract: | There are at least two letters in the Peale-Sellers Correspondence which may be of interest to naval historians:
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P31 | | | | Extent: | 19 Linear Feet | | | | Subjects: | Art -- United States. | Business and Skilled Trades | Cassatt, Alexander J. (Alexander Johnston), 1839-1906 | Civil engineering -- United States. | De Peyster, John | Drawing. | Early National Politics | Edison , Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Engineering. | Family Correspondence | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 | Genealogies. | General Correspondence | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861 | Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 | Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903 | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Locomotives. | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Maps and Surveys | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine, Military. | Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 | Natural history. | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Peale family. | Peale, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1849-1914 | Peale, Franklin,1795-1870. | Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825 | Peale-Sellers families. | Philadelphia History | Political Correspondence | Portraits, American. | Sketches. | Social Life and Custom | Stetson, Charles Augustus, 1810-1888 | Technology. | United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical personnel. | United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865. | United States -- Civilization -- To 1783. | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Washington, George (1732-1799) | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | |
| 9 | Author: | Various authors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1668-1983
| | | | Dates: | 1668-1983 | | | | Abstract: | There are numerous items in this collection which may be of interest to students of naval history:
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.200 | | | | Extent: | 25 Linear Feet | | | | Subjects: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Anishinaabe | Appointments, Military | Arctic Indians | Autopsy. | Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 | Beyond Early America | Brasseur | Cayuga Indians | Charles J., Rosenberg | Colonial Politics | Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 | Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 | Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 | Cytology. | Darlington, William, 1782-1863 | Early National Politics | Edison , Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Egyptians | Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 | Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Gelatin silver prints | General Correspondence | Genetics. | Genth, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893 | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Greeley , Horace, 1811-1872 | Harding, Warren G. | Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 | History of science and technology. | History, Ancient. | Inuit -- Canada | Iroquois Indians | Isleta Indians | Micmac language | Miscellaneous | Mohawk Indians | Morgan, Thomas Hunt | Mythology, Egyptian. | Natural history | Negatives | Newcomb, Simon | Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 | Ojibwa Indians | Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore | Ojibwa language | Ojibwe people | Oneida Indians | Onondaga Indians | Ottawa language | Penobscot Indians | Photomechanical prints | Physics -- History. | Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Sacco-Vanzetti case | Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 | Scientific Correspondence | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Seneca Indians | Seybert, Adam,1773-1825. | Slides. | Southwest Indians | Sparks, Jared (1789-1866) | Stevens, Henry | Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 | Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 | Tuscarora Indians | Tyrrhenians | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States -- History -- Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) | Various authors | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 | Women -- Education | World War, 1939-1945 | Wyoming Valley (Pa.) | |
| 10 | 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 | |
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