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| | • | Early National Politics |
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| | • | Exploration. |
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| | • | France -- Foreign relations -- United States |
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| | • | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
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| | • | Ord, George, 1781-1866 |
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| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
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| | • | Abert, John James, 1788-1863 |
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| | • | Adams, John, 1735-1826 |
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| | • | Africa |
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| | • | Africa -- Description and travel |
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| | 3 | 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 | |
| 4 | 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 | |
| 5 | 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) | |
| 6 | Author: | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Temple Franklin Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1775-1819 | | | | Abstract: | The William Temple Franklin Papers contain several letters which may be of interest to naval historians:
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F86 | | | | Extent: | 4.75 Linear Feet | | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Balloons -- Early works to 1800 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Family Correspondence | Fox, Joseph Mickle, 1757-1784 | France -- Foreign relations -- United States | France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793 | France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | General Correspondence | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Marriage and Family Life | Mesmerism | Military History | Morrelet, Abbé André, 1727-1819 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1815 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | Political Correspondence | Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785 | United States -- Foreign relations -- France | United States -- History -- 1783-1815 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Peace | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1815 | |
| 7 | 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. | |
| 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: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Requires 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 | |
| 10 | 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:
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| | | | 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 | |
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