Subject | • | Philadelphia History | [X] | | • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Miscellaneous |
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| | • | Pennsylvania History |
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| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| | • | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform |
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| | • | African American |
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| | • | Business Records and Accounts |
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| | • | Early National Politics |
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| | • | Family Correspondence |
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| | • | General Correspondence |
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| | • | Institutional Records |
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| | • | Legal Records |
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| | • | Native America |
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| | • | Science and Technology |
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| | • | Education |
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| | • | Literature, Arts, and Culture |
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| | • | Marriage and Family Life |
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| | • | Religion, religious organizations |
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| | • | Travel |
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| | • | American Revolution |
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| | • | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 |
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| | • | Business and Skilled Trades |
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| | • | Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 |
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| | • | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 |
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| | • | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 |
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| | • | Land and Speculation |
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| | • | Law |
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| | • | Literature |
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| | • | Maps and Surveys |
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| | • | Natural History |
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| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. |
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| | • | Race, race relations, racism |
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| | • | Religion |
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| | • | Social Life and Custom |
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| | • | Surveying and Maps |
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| | • | Travel Narratives and Journals |
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| | • | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. |
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| | • | Account books. |
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| | • | Accounts. |
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| | • | Adena culture--West Virginia |
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| | • | Advance (Brig) |
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| | • | Africa, West--Description and travel |
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| | • | African American churches--United States |
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| | • | Agriculture |
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| | • | American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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| | • | American Colonization Society |
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| | • | American Philosophical Society |
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| | • | Americans Abroad |
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| | • | Antebellum Politics |
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| | • | Antislavery movements--Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Archaeology--Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration |
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| | • | Artists -- United States. |
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| | • | Astronomy--18th century |
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| | • | Aztecs. |
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| | • | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Bartram, Moses, d. 1791 |
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| | • | Beale, Catherine C., 1857- |
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| | • | Beale, Charles Willing, 1845-1932 |
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| | • | Beale, Constance R., 1849- |
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| | • | Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1853- |
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| | • | Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield Jenks) |
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| | • | Bills (financial). |
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| | • | Binney, Horace, 1780-1875 |
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| | • | Bringhurst |
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| | • | Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 |
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| | • | Cadwalader, John |
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| | • | Carey , Henry Charles, 1793-1879 |
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| | • | Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876 |
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| | • | Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 |
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| | • | Cassin, John, 1813-1869 |
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| | • | Cherokee Indians |
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| | • | Choctaw Indians |
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| | • | Church records |
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| | • | Clark, John Innes |
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| | • | Colonial Politics |
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| | • | Colonization, repatriation |
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| | • | Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 |
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| | • | Culture, community, organizations |
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| | • | Deeds |
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| | • | Dercum, Francis X. , (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 |
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| | • | Diaries. |
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| | • | Dinosaurs--New Jersey |
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| | • | Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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| | • | Eastern Woodlands Indians |
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| | • | Educational Material |
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| | • | Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 |
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| | • | First Colored Wesley Methodist Church of Philadelphia. |
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| | • | Flint (Ship) |
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| | • | Foulke, William Parker, 1816-1865 |
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| | • | Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872 |
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| | • | Freemasons--Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Genealogy. |
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| | • | Geology--Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860 |
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| | • | Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) |
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| | • | Grinnell, Henry |
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| | • | Haines family |
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| | • | Haines, Ann, 1793-1869 |
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| | • | Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1762-1801 |
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| | • | Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1853-1935 |
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| | • | Haines, Hannah Marshall, 1765-1828 |
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| | • | Haines, Jane B., 1869-1937 |
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| | • | Haines, Jane Bowne, 1790-1843 |
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| | • | Haines, Jane Reuben, 1832-1911 |
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| | • | Haines, John Smith, 1820-1886 |
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| | • | Haines, Margaret Vaux Wistar, 1831-1917 |
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| | • | Haines, Margaret Wistar, 1728-1793 |
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| | • | Haines, Mary T., 1892- |
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| | • | Haines, Reuben, 1727-1793 |
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| | • | Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 |
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| | • | Haines, Robert B., 1827-1895 |
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| | • | Haines, Robert B., 1893-1967 |
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| | • | Hanson, Laura E. |
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| | • | Hare, Charles Willing, 1871-1942 |
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| | • | Hare, Ellen Mary Cassatt |
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| | • | Hare, Emily P. Beale, 1848-1935 |
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| | • | Hare, Esther Binney, 1873-1967 |
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| | • | Hare, Esther Coxe Binney |
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| | • | Hare, George Harrison |
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| | • | Hare, Horace Binney |
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| | • | Hare, Horace Binney, 1843-1879 |
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| | • | Hare, Horace Binney, 1876-1956 |
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| | • | Hare, John Innes Clark, 1816-1905 |
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| | • | Hare, Margaret Willing, 1753-1816 |
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| | • | Hare, Robert, 1752-1811 |
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| | • | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 |
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| | • | Hare, Robert, 1869-1875 |
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| | • | Hare, Thomas Truxtun, 1878-1956 |
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| | • | Hare-Willing family. |
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| | • | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 |
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| | • | Hart, George H. |
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| | • | Hartshorne, Catherine Haines, 1761-1809 |
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| | • | Harvard University. |
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| | • | Hassler, F. R, (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 |
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| | • | Haviland, John, 1792-1852 |
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| | • | Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881 |
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| | • | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 |
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| | • | Hill, Hannah Sellers |
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| | • | Hill, Peter, d. 1857 |
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| | • | History of science and technology. |
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| | • | Home economics--United States--Accounting |
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| | • | Horticulture |
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| | • | Indians of Mexico |
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| | • | Indians of North America |
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| | • | Indians of North America--Kentucky |
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| | • | Indians of North America--Mississippi |
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| | • | Indians of North America--Northwest Coast |
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| | • | Indians of North America--West Virginia |
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| | • | International Travel |
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| | • | Inventions. |
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| | • | Inventors -- United States. |
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| | • | Jansen family |
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| | • | Journals (notebooks). |
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| | • | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 |
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| | • | Keen, William W., (William Williams), b. 1837 |
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| | • | Lancaster (Penn.) County Prison |
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| | • | Land speculation |
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| | • | Landis, Henry D. |
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| | • | Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 |
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| | • | LeConte, John L., (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 |
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| | • | Legaux, Peter,1748-1827. |
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| | • | Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 |
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| | • | Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903 |
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| | • | Letterbooks. |
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| | • | Lingelbach , William E., (William Ezra), 1871-1962 |
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| | • | Lyceums--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |
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| | • | Mac Veagh, Margaret |
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| | • | Manuscript Essays |
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| | • | Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829 |
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| | • | Meigs, Ellen Mary Cassatt Hare |
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| | • | Mesmerism |
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| | • | Mineralogy. |
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| | • | Minutes. |
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| | • | Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-1945 |
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| | • | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 |
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| | • | Mound builders |
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| | • | Native American Materials |
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| | • | Natural History--18th century |
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| | • | Natural History--19th century |
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| | • | New York Prison Association |
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| | • | Nicola, Lewis, 1717-1807 |
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| | • | Notebooks |
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| | • | Official Government Documents and Records |
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| | • | Olden, Charles Smith |
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| | • | Packard, Frederick A., (Frederick Adolphus), 1794-1867 |
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| | • | Patents. |
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| | • | Patterson, , Robert M., (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 |
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| | • | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 |
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| | • | Peale family. |
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| | • | Peale, Charles Linnaeus, 1794-1832 |
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| | • | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 |
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| | • | Peale, Franklin,1795-1870. |
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| | • | Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825 |
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| | • | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 |
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| | • | Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865 |
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| | • | Peale, Sophonisba Angusciola,1786-1859. |
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| | • | Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 |
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| | • | Pencil works |
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| | • | Pennsylvania -- Industries. |
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| | • | Pennsylvania--Description and travel--19th century |
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| | • | Perry-Smith, Oliver, 1884-1969 |
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| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs |
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| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.). -- Councils. -- Common Council. |
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| | • | Philadelphia Society For Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons |
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| | • | Philadelphia--History--19th century |
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| | • | Photoprints |
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| | • | Plains Indians |
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| | • | Political Correspondence |
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| | • | Priestly, Joseph R. |
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| | • | Prison reformers--Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Prisons--Design and construction |
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| | • | Prisons--New York (State) |
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| | • | Prisons--Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Quakers |
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| | • | Quakers -- Missions. |
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| | • | Quakers--Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Real property -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Receipt books. |
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| | • | Receipts |
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| | • | Reconstruction |
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| | • | Reformers--Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Rogers, Henry D., (Henry Darwin), 1806-1866 |
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| | • | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 |
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| | • | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 |
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| | • | San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel. |
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| | • | Science -- United States -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Scientific Correspondence |
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| | • | Scrapbooks. |
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| | • | Sellers, Ann,b. 1785. |
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| | • | Sellers, Anna,1824-1908. |
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| | • | Sellers, Coleman,1781-1834. |
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| | • | Sellers, Coleman,b. 1827. |
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| | • | Sellers, Elizabeth Coleman, 1751-1832 |
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| | • | Sellers, George Escol |
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| | • | Seneca Indians |
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| | • | Sheafer, Peter W. |
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| | • | Shryock, Richard Harrison, 1893-1972 |
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| | • | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Slavery -- United States. |
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| | • | Smith, Stuart Farrar, 1874-1951 |
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| | • | Social problems. |
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| | • | Society of Friends -- Doctrines. |
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| | • | Southeast Indians |
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| | • | Steam-engines. |
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| | • | Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 |
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| | • | Technology -- United States. |
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| | • | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 |
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| | • | Titantic (Steamship) |
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| | • | Trade |
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| | • | United States (Ship) |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
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| | • | United States History. |
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| | • | Valltravers, Johann Rodolph |
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| | • | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 |
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| | • | Vaux, George |
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| | • | Vaux, George, VI |
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| | • | Vaux, George, VII |
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| | • | Warden, David Baillie, 1772-1845 |
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| | • | Warder , Ann Head, 1758-1829 |
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| | • | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. |
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| | • | Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819 |
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| | • | Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821 |
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| | • | Wilson, John Wall |
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| | • | Wistar family |
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| | • | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 |
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| | • | Women's History |
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| | • | Wood, George Bacon, 1797-1879 |
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| | • | World War I |
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| | • | World War II |
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| | • | Wyck House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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| | • | Yellow fever. |
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| | | Author: | American Philosophical Society. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | American Philosophical Society Archives
| | | | Dates: | 1743-1984 | | | | Abstract: | The APS archives does not contain a tremendous amount of African American history materials. Nevertheless, the following letter is significant:
Dearborn, Benjamin. Letter to the American Philosophical Society. 1803 February 4. Suggestions on the abolition of slavery. | | | | Call #: | APS.Archives | | | | Extent: | 192.25 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Adena culture--West Virginia | African American | American Philosophical Society | Astronomy--18th century | Aztecs. | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Bartram, Moses, d. 1791 | Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield Jenks) | Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 | Cherokee Indians | Choctaw Indians | Colonial Politics | Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 | Dercum, Francis X. , (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 | Early National Politics | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Education | Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) | Hanson, Laura E. | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Hassler, F. R, (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | 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 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Keen, William W., (William Williams), b. 1837 | Legaux, Peter,1748-1827. | Lingelbach , William E., (William Ezra), 1871-1962 | Miscellaneous | Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-1945 | Mound builders | Native America | Native American Materials | Natural History | Natural History--18th century | Natural History--19th century | Nicola, Lewis, 1717-1807 | Patterson, , Robert M., (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 | 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 | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | United States History. | Valltravers, Johann Rodolph | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Warden, David Baillie, 1772-1845 | Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Wood, George Bacon, 1797-1879 | |
| | Author: | Foulke, William Parker, 1816-1865 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Parker Foulke Papers, 1840-1865
| | | | Dates: | 1840-1865 | | | | Abstract: | Among his many interests, Foulke was concerned with the colonization of West Africa for settlement of ex-slaves. As an agent for the Pennsylvania Colonization Society, Foulke kept a
valuable diary of his activities in 1852. Colonization also appears as a theme in his correspondence with
Edward Everett (1794-1865),
Elliott Cresson (1796-1854),
John H. B. Latrobe (1803-1891),
William Francis Lynch (1801-1865), and
William McLain (1855-1857), among others. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F826 | | | | Extent: | 3.75 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Advance (Brig) | Africa, West--Description and travel | American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) | American Colonization Society | Antislavery movements--Pennsylvania | Archaeology--Pennsylvania | Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Bringhurst | Cadwalader, John | Carey , Henry Charles, 1793-1879 | Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876 | Cassin, John, 1813-1869 | Colonization, repatriation | Dinosaurs--New Jersey | Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 | Foulke, William Parker, 1816-1865 | Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872 | Freemasons--Pennsylvania | General Correspondence | Geology--Pennsylvania | Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860 | Grinnell, Henry | Hart, George H. | Haviland, John, 1792-1852 | Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881 | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 | Lancaster (Penn.) County Prison | Landis, Henry D. | Law | LeConte, John L., (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | Legal Records | Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 | Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903 | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Lyceums--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Manuscript Essays | Mesmerism | Miscellaneous | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Native America | New York Prison Association | Olden, Charles Smith | Packard, Frederick A., (Frederick Adolphus), 1794-1867 | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania--Description and travel--19th century | Philadelphia History | Philadelphia Society For Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons | Philadelphia--History--19th century | Political Correspondence | Prison reformers--Pennsylvania | Prisons--Design and construction | Prisons--New York (State) | Prisons--Pennsylvania | Reformers--Pennsylvania | Rogers, Henry D., (Henry Darwin), 1806-1866 | Science and Technology | Sheafer, Peter W. | Slavery -- United States. | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 | Wilson, John Wall | |
| | Author: | Hare-Willing family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Hare-Willing Family Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1724-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Of particular interest to students of African American history are records of the First Colored Wesley Methodist Church of Philadelphia (receipt book, 1820-1848; minute book, 1827-1844). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.104 | | | | Extent: | 52.0 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Account books. | African American | African American churches--United States | Americans Abroad | Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. | Beale, Catherine C., 1857- | Beale, Charles Willing, 1845-1932 | Beale, Constance R., 1849- | Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1853- | Binney, Horace, 1780-1875 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 | Clark, John Innes | Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 | Early National Politics | Education | Educational Material | Family Correspondence | First Colored Wesley Methodist Church of Philadelphia. | Flint (Ship) | General Correspondence | Hare, Charles Willing, 1871-1942 | Hare, Ellen Mary Cassatt | Hare, Emily P. Beale, 1848-1935 | Hare, Esther Binney, 1873-1967 | Hare, Esther Coxe Binney | Hare, George Harrison | Hare, Horace Binney | Hare, Horace Binney, 1843-1879 | Hare, Horace Binney, 1876-1956 | Hare, John Innes Clark, 1816-1905 | Hare, Margaret Willing, 1753-1816 | Hare, Robert, 1752-1811 | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Hare, Robert, 1869-1875 | Hare, Thomas Truxtun, 1878-1956 | Hare-Willing family. | Harvard University. | Institutional Records | International Travel | Journals (notebooks). | Law | Legal Records | Letterbooks. | Mac Veagh, Margaret | Meigs, Ellen Mary Cassatt Hare | Minutes. | Miscellaneous | Natural History | Notebooks | Perry-Smith, Oliver, 1884-1969 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Philadelphia (Pa.). -- Councils. -- Common Council. | Philadelphia History | Receipt books. | Religion | Religion, religious organizations | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 | San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel. | Science -- United States -- 19th century. | Science and Technology | Scrapbooks. | Smith, Stuart Farrar, 1874-1951 | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Steam-engines. | Titantic (Steamship) | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States (Ship) | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. | Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821 | Women's History | World War I | World War II | |
| | Author: | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Rush memorandum book, 1805-1813
| | | | Dates: | 1805-1813 | | | | Abstract: | The account of Daphne Peterson, a freed African American, may be of particular interest. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R89m | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Business Records and Accounts | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Land and Speculation | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Real property -- Pennsylvania. | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | |
| | Author: | Sellers family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sellers family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive)
| | | | Dates: | 1675-1928 | | | | Abstract: | There is at least one item in this collection which may be of interest to students of African American history: Carre, John Thomas. Letter to Charles Willson Peale. Circa 1792. Describes Carre's escape from the slave uprising in Saint Domingue. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P31.50 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | American Revolution | Artists -- United States. | Education | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Hill, Hannah Sellers | Hill, Peter, d. 1857 | Inventions. | Inventors -- United States. | Land and Speculation | Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 | Legal Records | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Maps and Surveys | Marriage and Family Life | Official Government Documents and Records | Patents. | Peale family. | Peale, Charles Linnaeus, 1794-1832 | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Peale, Franklin,1795-1870. | Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825 | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865 | Peale, Sophonisba Angusciola,1786-1859. | Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 | Pennsylvania -- Industries. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Philadelphia History | Race, race relations, racism | Sellers, Ann,b. 1785. | Sellers, Anna,1824-1908. | Sellers, Coleman,1781-1834. | Sellers, Coleman,b. 1827. | Sellers, Elizabeth Coleman, 1751-1832 | Sellers, George Escol | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social Life and Custom | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Surveying and Maps | Technology -- United States. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | |
| | Author: | Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Book of Discipline
| | | | Dates: | 1719 (1820) | | | | Abstract: | The manuscript contains the church's position on marriage, smoking, Native Americans, African Americans, backsliding, etc. It entreats church members not to participate in the slave trade, and that if members have slaves, that they treat them "with humanity and in a Christain manner." | | | | Call #: | Mss.289.6.So1 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | African American | Church records | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Indians of North America | Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829 | Miscellaneous | Native America | Philadelphia History | Quakers--Pennsylvania | Religion | Religion, religious organizations | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Society of Friends -- Doctrines. | |
| | Author: | Vaux, George | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Vaux papers, 1738-1985
| | | | Dates: | 1738-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The collection may contain materials of interest relating to the family's involvement with the anti-slavery movement. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.73 | | | | Extent: | 3.5 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African American | American Revolution | Antebellum Politics | Business Records and Accounts | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Genealogy. | General Correspondence | Institutional Records | Land speculation | Legal Records | Maps and Surveys | Marriage and Family Life | Mineralogy. | Native America | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Quakers -- Missions. | Seneca Indians | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social Life and Custom | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Surveying and Maps | Travel | Vaux, George | Vaux, George, VI | Vaux, George, VII | Warder , Ann Head, 1758-1829 | Yellow fever. | |
| | Author: | Wyck Association. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Wyck Association Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1663-1972 | | | | Abstract: | With emphases on religion, education, and social concerns, the correspondence in the Wyck collection contains numerous references to African Americans. These issues emerge in the correspondence of Caspar Wistar Haines I, Hannah Marshall Haines, Reuben Haines III, Jane Bowne Haines I, Robert Bowne Haines I, and Caspar Wistar Haines II.See below for more specific subject references within the letters. The collection also contains a series of writings: diaries, essays, journals, notebooks, and poetry. Of particular interest are the
papers describing the exploits of a runaway slave, Henry Hudson, in 1819. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.52 | | | | Extent: | 151.5 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | Accounts. | Agriculture | Bills (financial). | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Culture, community, organizations | Deeds | Diaries. | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Haines family | Haines, Ann, 1793-1869 | Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1762-1801 | Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1853-1935 | Haines, Hannah Marshall, 1765-1828 | Haines, Jane B., 1869-1937 | Haines, Jane Bowne, 1790-1843 | Haines, Jane Reuben, 1832-1911 | Haines, John Smith, 1820-1886 | Haines, Margaret Vaux Wistar, 1831-1917 | Haines, Margaret Wistar, 1728-1793 | Haines, Mary T., 1892- | Haines, Reuben, 1727-1793 | Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 | Haines, Robert B., 1827-1895 | Haines, Robert B., 1893-1967 | Hartshorne, Catherine Haines, 1761-1809 | Home economics--United States--Accounting | Horticulture | Institutional Records | Jansen family | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Marriage and Family Life | Miscellaneous | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs | Philadelphia History | Photoprints | Quakers | Race, race relations, racism | Receipts | Reconstruction | Religion, religious organizations | Science and Technology | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Social problems. | Trade | Wistar family | Wyck House (Philadelphia, Pa.) | |
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