| 1 | Creator: | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jared Sparks selected papers, 1819-1863 Franklin Bache S. D. Bradford William Duane Peter S. Du Ponceau J. Francis Fisher George Gibbs Henry D. Gilpin Edward D. Ingraham James Mease William B. Reed Henry Stevens, Sr. Henry Stevens, Jr. Benjamin Vaughan Petty Vaughan William Vaughan There are also extracts from Sparks's journal, 1831-1841, relating to his Franklin researches. Table of contents (11 pp.). (Film 570)
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1863 | | | | Abstract: | Letters and papers relating to Sparks's research on Benjamin Franklin and the publication of an edition of the latter's writings. There are also extracts from Sparks's journal, 1831-1841, relating to his Franklin researches. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.570 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Bradford, Samuel Dexter | Correspondence. | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Duane, William, 1760-1835 | Fisher, J. Francis, (Joshua Francis), 1807-1873 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Gibbs, George | Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860 | Ingraham, Edward D., (Edward Duncan), 1793-1854 | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Reed, William B. , (William Bradford), 1806-1876 | Research notes. | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Stevens, Henry | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Vaughan, Petty, 1788-1854 | Vaughan, William | |
| 2 | Creator: | Pennock, C. W.(Caspar Wistar),1799-1867. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C. W. (Caspar Wistar) Pennock papers, 1829-1891
| | | | Dates: | 1829-1891 | | | | Abstract: | These are primarily letters, with some receipts for medical services rendered included. They relate to the general social and intellectural life of Philadelphia and to publications on medical topics. Many of the letters are introductions to Europeans when Pennock first visited there. Letters dated post-1867 are to relatives and colleagues (?). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P3825 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Comstock, Andrew | Griscom, John, 1774-1852 | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Hays, Isaac,1796-1879. | International Travel | Manuscript Essays | Medicine | Medicine. | Michaux, Francois André, 1770-1855 | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Pennock, C. W.(Caspar Wistar),1799-1867. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Receipts. | Travel Narratives and Journals | Travers, Benjamin, 1783-1858 | Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836. | |
| 3 | Creator: | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Selected papers, [ca. 1819-1863], relating to Benjamin Franklin
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1819-1963 | | | | Abstract: | These selected papers include correspondence concerning Franklin, Franklin's descendants, and Franklin's papers, extracts from Philadelphia newspapers on Franklin, papers used in Sparks' biography, miscellaneous entries in his diary (1830-1854) relating to his search for Franklin manuscripts, and his preparation of an edition of Franklin's writings. Correspondents include Henry Stevens, Jr.; Henry Stevens, Sr.; Benjamin Vaughan; Petty Vaughan; James Mease; H. D. Gilpin; J. Francis Fisher; Franklin Bache; and others. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sp25 | | | | Extent: | 9.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Bradford, Samuel Dexter | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Duane, William J.(William John),1780-1865. | Fisher, J. Francis. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Gibbs, George, 1776-1833 | Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860 | Ingraham, Edward D., (Edward Duncan), 1793-1854 | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Miscellaneous | Printing and Publishing | Reed, William B. , (William Bradford), 1806-1876 | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Stevens, Henry, 1791-1867 | Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886 | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Vaughan, Petty, 1788-1854 | Vaughan, William, 1752-1850 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Castle-Bache Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1683-1922 | | | | Abstract: | A leading Jeffersonian journalist, Benjamin Franklin Bache was the eldest son of Richard and Sarah (Franklin) Bache, and grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Educated in France and Switzerland, Bache returned to the United States with his grandfather in 1785 and by 1790, had established himself as editor of the
Aurora, a newspaper that became one of the most important voices for radical Republicanism in early national Philadelphia. Bache died in the yellow fever epidemic of 1798. His son Franklin Bache became a noted physician and chemist, teaching at the Franklin Institute (1826-1832), the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (1831-1841), and at Jefferson Medical College.
The Castle-Bache Collection contains a diverse assemblage of both personal and professional correspondence relating to the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin Bache, with interesting material relating to Bache's son, Franklin, and later generations of the Bache family. The collection also includes genealogical materials on the Franklins, Baches, Markoes, and cognate families, as well as a selection of miscellaneous printed materials. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1506 | | | | Extent: | 9.0 Reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Aurora (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Bache family | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Bache, Franklin, 1869-1946 | Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Bache, Thomas Hewson, 1826-1890 | Dabadie family | Duane family | Duane, Margaret Hartman Markoe Bache | Duane, William, 1760-1835 | Fox, George, 1759-1828 | Franklin family | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Markoe family | Microfilm | Microfilm Collection | Moral philosophy | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--1783-1815 | Physicians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care | United States--Politics and government--1783-1815 | |
| 5 | Creator: | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858
| | | | Dates: | 1764-1858 | | | | Abstract: | Personal and professional correspondence of the chemist Robert Hare, including drafts of letters to editors of journals on such varied topics as fish guano, slaughterhouses, paper money, and the meaning of the term "Yankee annexations." The collection originally contained over 300 scrolls, since disbound, which contained drafts of letters, essays, and lectures, composed by Hare on ordinary sheets of paper, then pasted end to end, and rolled up. The essay and lecture topics include: chemistry, storms, slavery, currency, fire-fighting, capital punishment, railroads, the Smithsonian Institution, Michael Faraday, religion and Spiritualism, riots in Philadelphia, epidemics, underwater blasting, and Ralph W. Emerson; there is some verse. The collection also contains an account book of Hare and his wife, 1806-1829 (180 pp.; B/H22#3); a volume by Hare on Cyclones (tornadoes), n.d. (ca. 60 pp.; B/H22#4); and Samuel Powel, Jr.'s "Short notes on a course of antiquities at Rome... under M. Byre Antiquarian," 1764. (60 pp.). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H22 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | 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, Sr., 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 | |
| 6 | Creator: | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825
| | | | Dates: | 1775-1825 | | | | Abstract: | The Thomas Jefferson papers contain a large number of correspondence both to and from Jefferson, as well as various other material related to American Revolutionary War and Early Republic. Includes correspondence with Patrick Henry, Charles Willson Peale, Richard Henry Lee, Horatio Gates, David Rittenhouse, Robert Patterson | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.J35 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | American Revolution | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Boundaries, State. | Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | Canals. | Chemistry | Colony and State Specific History | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823 | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Indians of North America--Languages | Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Linguistics. | Louisiana Purchase -- Enclopedias. | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Mitchill, Samuel L., (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831 | Native America | Natural History | Official Government Documents and Records | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Plants. | Political Correspondence | Presidents -- United States. | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Science -- United States -- 18th century. | Science and Technology | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Seeds. | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. | Virginia -- History. | Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Williams, Jonathan. | |
| 7 | Creator: | American Philosophical Society. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | American Philosophical Society Archives
| | | | Dates: | 1743-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, the American Philosophical Society was the first learned society in the United States. For over 250 years, the Society has played an important role in American cultural and intellectual life. Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Society fulfilled the role of a national academy of science, national library and museum, and even patent office. Early members of the Society included Thomas Jefferson, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Rush, Stephen Peter Du Ponceau, George Washington, and many other figures prominent in American history.
The Archives of the American Philosophical Society consists of 192.25 linear feet of material, organized into thirteen record groups dating back to 1743. The Society's archives extensively documents not only the organization's historical development but also its role in American history and the history of science and technology. | | | | Call #: | APS.Archives | | | | Extent: | 192.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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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 | |
| 8 | Creator: | Hays, Isaac,1796-1879. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Isaac and I. Minis Hays papers
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1820-1925 | | | | Abstract: | These papers reflect Isaac Hays' interests and activities in the medical profession and as an editor. His interest in paleontology, especially in the controversy with G. W. Featherstonhaugh, is also represented. There is one separate volume (77 letters) containing correspondence about natural history and naturalists, written to Hays by C. L. Bonaparte, George Ord, Thomas Say, and Charles A. Lesueur. The correspondence in the larger collection, however, contains much material on the
American Journal of the Medical Sciences, particularly illuminated in the correspondence with John D. Godman. The I. Minis Hays material consists of letters from doctors, relating to medicine and medical publications and editing, as well as medical organizations. Most significant of the correspondence is that with John Shaw Billings (ca. 60 letters). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H334 | | | | Extent: | 1.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869 | Beck, John B., (John Brodhead), 1794-1851 | Bertin, G. | Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879 | Billings, John S., (John Shaw), 1838-1913 | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Bowditch, Henry I., (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892 | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Brigham, Amariah, 1798-1849 | Brongniart, Alexandre, 1770-1847 | Cabell, J. L., (James Lawrence), 1813-1889 | Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853 | Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 | Crittenden, John J., (John Jordan), 1787-1863 | Dewees, William, 1768-1841 | Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852 | Draper, John William, 1811-1882 | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Fisher, John D., (John Dix), 1797-1850 | Flint, Austin | Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 | General Correspondence | Godman, John D., (John Davidson), 1794-1830 | Gross, Samuel D., (Samuel David), 1805-1884 | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | Hays, Isaac,1796-1879. | Hayward, George, 1791-1863 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 | Jackson, James, 1796-1870 | Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919 | Jusserand, J. J., (Jean Jules), 1855-1932 | Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 | Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 | Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846 | Lewell, Thomas | Longmore, Robert | Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882 | Meddlemore, Richard | Medical publishing -- United States -- 19th century. | Medical publishing -- United States. | Medicine -- Societies, etc. | Medicine -- United States -- 19th century. | Medicine -- United States. | Natural History | Natural history. | Naturalists. | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Paleontology. | Physicians -- United States. | Reed, William B. , (William Bradford), 1806-1876 | Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Sewall, Thomas, 1786 or 7-1845 | Smith, N. R., (Nathan Ryno), 1797-1877 | Social Life and Custom | Stillé, Alfred, 1813-1900 | Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856 | Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934 | |
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