Subject | • | Scientific Correspondence |
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| | • | Natural history |
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| | • | Science and technology |
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| | • | General Correspondence |
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| | • | Early National Politics |
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| | • | American Philosophical Society |
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| | • | Education |
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| | • | Philadelphia History |
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| | • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 |
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| | • | Anishinaabe |
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| | • | Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 |
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| | • | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 |
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| | • | Colonial Politics |
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| | • | Diaries. |
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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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| | • | Miscellaneous |
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| | • | Natural history. |
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| | • | Ojibwe people |
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| | • | Pencil works |
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| | • | Pennsylvania History |
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| | • | Political Correspondence |
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| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| | • | Sparks, Jared (1789-1866) |
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| | • | Telegraph |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
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| | • | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 |
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| | • | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 |
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| | • | Abolitionists -- United States -- Attitudes |
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| | • | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |
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| | • | Account books. |
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| | • | Adena culture -- West Virginia |
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| | • | African American |
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| | • | American Revolution |
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| | • | Americans Abroad |
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| | • | Animals -- Habits and behavior of |
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| | • | Antebellum Politics |
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| | • | Appointments, Military |
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| | • | Arctic Indians |
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| | • | Astronomy -- 18th century |
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| | • | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 |
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| | • | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America |
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| | • | Autopsy. |
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| | • | Aztecs. |
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| | • | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 |
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| | • | Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 |
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| | • | Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) |
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| | 1 | 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 | |
| 2 | 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 | |
| 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: | 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 | |
| 5 | 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 | |
| 6 | 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 | |
| 7 | 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.) | |
| 8 | 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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