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| | • | American Revolution |
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| | • | Philadelphia History |
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| | • | Travel Narratives and Journals |
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| | • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | American Philosophical Society |
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| | • | Colonial Politics |
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| | • | Diplomatic History |
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| | • | Educational Material |
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| | • | Exploration. |
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| | • | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
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| | • | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 |
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| | • | Literature, Arts, and Culture |
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| | • | Ord, George, 1781-1866 |
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| | • | Pennsylvania History |
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| | • | Printing and Publishing |
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| | • | Religion |
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| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| | • | Social Life and Custom |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
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| | • | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 |
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| | • | Adams, John, 1735-1826 |
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| | • | Adams, Samuel |
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| | • | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 |
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| | • | Antebellum Politics |
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| | • | Arctic Indians |
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| | • | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 |
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| | • | Audubon, Victor Gifford (1809-1860) |
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| | • | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 |
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| | 4 | 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 | |
| 5 | 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 | |
| 6 | 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) | |
| 7 | 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 | |
| 8 | 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 | |
| 9 | 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. | |
| 10 | 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 | |
| 11 | 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 | |
| 12 | 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 | |
| 13 | 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 | |
| 14 | 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 | |
| 15 | 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 | |
| 16 | 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 | |
| 17 | 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.) | |
| 18 | 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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