| | Author: | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,collector. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sol Feinstone Slavery collection, 1773-1888
| | | | Dates: | 1773-1888 | | | | Abstract: | A rich source of material for students of African American history. | | | | Call #: | Mss.326.F33 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African American | African Americans--History--To 1863 | Brown, John, 1800-1859 | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 | Early National Politics | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,collector. | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 | Legal Records | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Reconstruction | Slavery -- United States. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | |
| | 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: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Franklin Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1730-1791 | | | | Abstract: | The Franklin papers contain several letters which refer to African Americans, particularly in regards to the need to abolish slavery and the establishment of a school for African American children. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F85 | | | | Extent: | 48.5 Linear feet | | | | |
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| | | 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 Franklin, 1712-1794 | Military History | Pen works | Pencil works | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania--History--18th century | Pennsylvania--Politics and government--18th century | 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. | |
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