Subject| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Arctic Indians |
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| | • | Baptists -- Missions. |
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| | • | Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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| | • | Botanists |
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| | • | Botany--Virginia |
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| | • | Cayuga Indians |
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| | • | Chemistry--18th century |
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| | • | Cherokee Indians |
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| | • | Cherokee language |
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| | • | Choctaw Indians |
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| | • | Congregationalists -- Missions. |
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| | • | Dakota Indians |
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| | • | Delaware Indians |
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| | • | Dysentery. |
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| | • | Eastern Woodlands Indians |
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| | • | Electricity--18th century |
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| | • | Ethnobotany |
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| | • | Genealogy. |
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| | • | Geology--18th century |
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| | • | Gout |
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| | • | History of science and technology. |
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| | • | Indians of North America |
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| | • | Indians of North America--Agriculture |
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| | • | Indians of North America--Languages |
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| | • | Indians of North America--Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Inuit--Canada |
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| | • | Iroquois Indians |
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| | • | Isleta Indians |
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| | • | Kaigana Indians |
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| | • | Kaskaskia Indians |
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| | • | Land speculation |
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| | • | Landscape -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Mammals--Classification |
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| | • | Mandan Indians |
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| | • | Mastodons |
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| | • | Materia medica |
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| | • | Medicine--Practice--18th century |
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| | • | Medicine--Study and teaching--18th century |
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| | • | Meteorology--United States--18th century |
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| | • | Meteors |
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| | • | Methodists -- Missions. |
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| | • | Mineralogy |
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| | • | Mineralogy. |
(1)
| | • | Missionaries |
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| | • | Mohawk Indians |
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| | • | Moravians -- Missions. |
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| | • | Nez Percé Indians |
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| | • | Ojibwa Indians |
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| | • | Oneida Indians |
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| | • | Onondaga Indians |
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| | • | Osage language |
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| | • | Ottawa Indians |
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| | • | Penobscot Indians |
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| | • | Physicians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |
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| | • | Physics |
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| | • | Physics -- History. |
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| | • | Presbyterians -- Missions. |
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| | • | Quakers -- Missions. |
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| | • | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 |
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| | • | Seminole Indians |
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| | • | Seneca Indians | [X] | | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| | • | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform |
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| | • | Southwest Indians |
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| | • | Tuscarora Indians |
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| | • | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 |
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| | • | University of Pennsylvania--Faculty |
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| | • | Venereal disease |
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| | • | Yellow fever |
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| | • | Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1793 |
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| | • | Yellow fever. |
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| | • | Zoology--18th century |
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| | 1 | Author: | Day, Sherman,1806-1884. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ephraim Dyer IV Collection, ca. 1842, of the sketches of Sherman Day
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1842 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains the proofs of images for Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania. The book is over 700 pages long with more than 200 images. The book and images capture Pennsylvania life past and present and can provide insight into the customs of the period. Days’ engravings provide detailed images of towns and areas of Pennsylvania circa 1840. Some of the over 250 images included in this collection are: Pittsburgh with steamboats traveling up the rivers and smoke spouting in the sky from factories, a redoubt at Fort Pitt, a vista of Reading, mines in western Pennsylvania, Native American engravings found on a rock, the public squares at Chambersburg, Lancaster and Erie, and Ephrata’s houses.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.917.48.D33 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Topics: | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Pennsylvania History | Social Life and Custom | | | | Genre: | Art | General Correspondence | Sketchbooks | | | | Subjects: | Architecture -- Pennsylvania. | Delaware Indians | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Indians of North America--Pennsylvania | Landscape -- Pennsylvania. | Seneca Indians | |
| 2 | Author: | Vaux, George | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Vaux papers, 1738-1985
| | | | Dates: | 1738-1985 | | | | Abstract: | The George Vaux Papers is a new and massive collection at the APS. The papers are focused on the business and financial interests of this very prominent Philadelphia family. What follows is a list of some of the more notable parts of this expansive collection: - Correspondence: There is a massive amount of correspondence, much of which is personal and familial in nature. Nonetheless, the letters often discuss politics, current affairs, and society. The earliest records date to 1701, although the great bulk are focused on the revolutionary era to the first quarter of the nineteenth century. - Almanacs, 1790-1870: The collection contains a large collection of small pocket almanacs from Philadelphia. Some of the earliest ones contain records of financial transactions and diaries. - Charles Thomson Correspondence: The collection has a series of letters from Charles Thomson, the Secretary of the Continental Congress. These letters are from the 1780s, after Thomson had largely retired from the political arena. - Legal and Estate Documents: This portion of the collection is extensive and difficult to summarize. The family owned a huge amount of property throughout the state. These papers contain deeds, information on rents, surveys of land, and other transactions. Moreover, the Vaux family had ties through marriage and friendship to other prominent families, and some of their estate business is included in this collection. Among the notable papers are documents pertaining to John and Sally Norris Dickinson's properties and the estates of the Emlens and the Sansoms. One document complements the Jane Aitken Collection, as it has an accounting of the Bible that she printed. - Travel Accounts: Most notably, George Vaux VII made a trip to "Indian Country" in 1802-1803. He wrote numerous letters home and kept a small and incomplete travel journal. - Philadelphia City Affairs: The Vaux were active in civic life. The collection contains information on city improvements, with specific letters and records relating to the water supply. The collection has letters that discuss building the Water Works, records of a Committee on the Sewers, and an agreement between the city and Peale's Museum. - Business Affairs: The record of the Vaux's diverse business interests is contained in this collection. In addition to their land holdings, the Vaux's were very active in internal improvements, with records from numerous navigation companies held in the collection. The Vaux's were also involved in mining and mineralogy, including Pennsylvania's oil lands, which is also reflected in the content of this collection. Finally, there are partial records of some prominent Philadelphia institutions, such as the Bank of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Contributorship. - Native American Documents - In addition to George Vaux's travels into Indian Country, there are extracts from Indian Treaties and some records of the Friendly Association in this collection.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.73 | | | | Extent: | 3.5 Linear feet | | | | Topics: | African American | American Revolution | Antebellum Politics | Early National Politics | Marriage and Family Life | Native America | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Social Life and Custom | Surveying and Maps | Travel | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Institutional Records | Legal Records | Maps and Surveys | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Genealogy. | Land speculation | Mineralogy. | Quakers -- Missions. | Seneca Indians | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Yellow fever. | |
| 5 | Author: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1783-1817 | | | | Abstract: | The extensive Benjamin Smith Barton collection contains six sections: Correspondence, Bound Volumes (including notebooks), Subject Files, and Graphic Materials. The material includes numerous images, sketches, notes, printed material, and other correspondence. The collection also has numerous copper plates that were used to print images drawn by Barton. Although a collection this large touches on a variety of interesting and important subjects, the collection’s strength is its wealth of data on nineteenth century medical, botanical, and Native American studies.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B284d | | | | Extent: | 10.0 Linear feet | | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Education | Language and Linguistics | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Medicine | Native America | Natural History | Printing and Publishing | Science and Technology | Travel | | | | Genre: | Art | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Language Material | Notebooks | Political Correspondence | Sketchbooks | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Botanists | Botany--Study and teaching--19th century | Botany--Virginia | Chemistry--18th century | Cherokee Indians | Cherokee language | Choctaw Indians | Dysentery. | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Electricity--18th century | Ethnobotany | Geology--18th century | Gout | Indians of North America | Indians of North America--Agriculture | Indians of North America--Languages | Kaigana Indians | Kaskaskia Indians | Mammals--Classification | Mandan Indians | Mastodons | Materia medica | Medicine--Practice--18th century | Medicine--Study and teaching--18th century | Meteorology--United States--18th century | Meteors | Mineralogy | Natural history--18th century | Natural history--19th century | Osage language | Physicians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Physics | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Seminole Indians | Seneca Indians | Tuscarora Indians | University of Pennsylvania--Faculty | Venereal disease | Yellow fever | Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1793 | Zoology--18th century | |
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