| 1 | Creator: | Vater, Johann Severin,1771-1826. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | An enquiry into the origin of the population of America from the old continent, [ca. 1820]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1820 | | | | Abstract: | This work was translated by Peter S. Du Ponceau from Vater's "Untersuchungen über Amerikas Bevölkerung aus dem alten Kontinente" (Leipzig, 1810). It was Du Ponceau's opinion that Vater was moved to write this book by Benjamin Smith Barton's "New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America," which Vater often quoted. Contains bibliographical notes. | | | | Call #: | Mss.572.97.V45d | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | America -- Antiquities. | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Manuscript Essays | Native America | Population -- History. | Vater, Johann Severin,1771-1826. | |
| 2 | Creator: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A comparative vocabulary of Indian languages
| | | | Dates: | 1798-1821 | | | | Abstract: | This volume contains extracts of Barton's "New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America" (Philadelphia, 1797), with additions by Peter S. Du Ponceau. 54 words have equivalents listed in columns of 50-70 languages. While Barton listed no authority, Du Ponceau cited sources. Includes sounds of the Othomi language; declension. Omaha, Kanzes, Otto; and symbol and sound. Also includes a review of Barton's book in "Göttingische Anzeigen von gelehrten Sachen," June 17, 1799. | | | | Call #: | Mss.497.B28 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Foreign Language | Indians of North America--Languages | Indians--Origin | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Native America | Native American Materials | |
| 3 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Rittenhouse family papers, 1774-1932
| | | | Dates: | 1774-1932 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include letters, broadsides, and other documents pertaining to various branches of the Rittenhouse family, in particular, David Rittenhouse. Included are references to Benjamin Smith Barton, and copies of documents concerning the Barton family, especially Thomas Barton, in Fanny Abbott's, "Family Records." | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R51f | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abbott, Fanny D. | Barton family. | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869 | Broadsides. | Family Correspondence | Genealogies. | Marriage and Family Life | Papermakers. | Rittenhouse family. | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen letters and documents, 1787-1888
| | | | Dates: | 1787-1888 | | | | Abstract: | These letters and documents concern primarily the American Colony of Göttingen, including a record book containing historical data on the group (1855-1888), and the Algonquin, Choctaw, Illinois, and Naragansett Indian languages. Includes letters of: B. A. Gould, F. R. Hassler, Gauss, Sir Joseph Banks, J. F. Blumenbach. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.8 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans -- Foreign countries. | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1752-1840 | Germany -- History -- 1848-1870. | Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896 | Hassler, F. R, (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 | Indians of North America--Languages | Microfilm Collection | Richmond, James Cook, 1808-1866 | Ticknor, George, 1791-1871 | |
| 5 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Rittenhouse Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1774-1932 | | | | Abstract: | David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) was one of the most prominent American men of science of the 18th Century. A skilled instrument maker, Rittenhouse was the an astronomer, playing a major role in recording the 1769 Transit of Venus, among many accomplishments. Rittenhouse also conducted important survey work for the state of Pennsylvania, establishing the state’s western border, as well as overseeing the completion of the Mason-Dixon survey. In addition to his scientific endeavors, Rittenhouse’s work for American independence places him among the important founding fathers. Subordinating his scientific interests for the greater good of Pennsylvania during the American Revolution, Rittenhouse served as a member of both the Pennsylvania Assembly and the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, and held powerful positions on the Pennsylvania Council of Safety and the subsequent Committee on Safety. Rittenhouse also served as the first director of the United States’ Mint, at the behest of President George Washington. Rittenhouse was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768 and played a major role in placing the Society on the scientific map. He held many positions in the Society, including serving as its President from 1791 until his death in 1796. The Rittenhouse papers span 1774 to 1932, and consist of 61 items, over 0.25 linear feet. The collection is comprised mainly of correspondence, but also includes receipts, genealogies and broadsides. | | | | Call #: | Mss.SMs.Coll.11 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abbott, Fanny D. | American Revolution | Barton family. | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869 | Broadsides. | Business Records and Accounts | Colonial Politics | Genealogies. | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Rittenhouse family. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Smith Barton journals ; notebooks, 1785-1806
| | | | Dates: | 1785-1806 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes notes and an unpublished manuscript (275 pages), entitled "Journals and Note-books of Benjamin Smith Barton, 1785-1806," by Waldo L. McAtee. The manuscript includes an introduction with biographical and bibliographical notes, an annotated glossary-index, and an indexed bibliography of works referred to in the various journals. The photocopies of journals and notebooks by Barton include his survey of the boundary of western Pennsylvania and Ohio, 1785; a commonplace book, 1789; journey through New York to Niagara Falls, 1797; Pennsylvania journal, 1798; visit to Virginia, 1802 (published); Salt Pond Mountain, Virginia, 1806; notes on vertebrates and miscellany. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B284.1 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Colony and State Specific History | Commonplace Book | Maps and Surveys | New York (State) -- Description and travel. | Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) | Ohio -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania History | Surveying -- Ohio. | Surveying -- Pennsylvania. | Surveying and Maps | Travel Narratives and Journals | Virginia -- Description and travel. | |
| 8 | Creator: | Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Manasseh Cutler papers, 1787-1806
| | | | Dates: | 1787-1806 | | | | Abstract: | Miscellaneous letters from and to Benjamin Smith Barton, Nicholas Collin, Henry Muhlenberg, Jeremy Belknap, Monsieur Le Roi, and a broadside by Robert Aitken. These letters concern botany and zoology in the U.S., England, and on the Continent, and mention contemporary figures as well as the American Philosophical Society. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C974m | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 | Botany -- England. | Botany -- Europe. | Botany -- United States. | Collin, Nicholas, 1746-1831 | Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823 | Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Henrich Ernst, 1753-1815 | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | Natural History | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Zoology -- England. | Zoology -- Europe. | Zoology -- United States. | |
| 9 | Creator: | Wellcome Historical Medical Society. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Wellcome Historical Medical Society selected letters, 1731-1871, relating to American medicine
| | | | Dates: | 1731-1871 | | | | Abstract: | These letters, from the Wellcome Historical Medical Society's collections, are on a variety of topics, primarily natural history and medicine. | | | | Call #: | Mss.509.W44 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1752-1840 | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 | Boscovich, Roger Joseph, 1711-1787 | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 | Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 | Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823 | Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782 | Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798 | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Medicine -- England -- London. | Michaux, Francois André, 1770-1855 | Microfilm Collection | Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826 | Natural history. | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Priestley, Joseph, -- 1733-1804. -- Unitarianism explained and defended. | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | |
| 10 | Creator: | Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Joseph Carson letters, 1789-1858
| | | | Dates: | 1789-1858 | | | | Abstract: | These letters of American Philosophical Society members and prominent early American scientists were selected from Carson's extra-illustrated draft of "A History of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania" (Philadelphia, 1869). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1116 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Alison, Francis, 1705-1779 | American Philosophical Society. Membership. | Bard, John, 1716-1799 | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Bond, Thomas, 1712-1784 | Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876 | Clayton, John, 1686-1773 | Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776 | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 | Currie, William, 1754-1828 | Darlington, William, 1782-1863 | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | Hewson, William, 1739-1774 | McClurg, James, ca. 1746-1823 | Medical education -- United States. | Medicine | Microfilm Collection | Middleton, Peter, 1752-1781 | Mitchill, Samuel L., (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831 | Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 | Physicians | Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 | Ramsay, David, 1749-1815 | Scientists. | Smith, William, 1727-1803 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | |
| 11 | Creator: | American Philosophical Society. Historical & Literary Committee. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1784-1828 | | | | Abstract: | Beginning in the 1790s, the American Philosophical Society began to accumulate vocabularies and texts written in Native American languages, guided by Thomas Jefferson's idea of using comparative linguistics to reconstruct the histories of Indian peoples and discern their origins.
The American Indian Vocabularies Collection was initially assembled by the Historical and Literary Committee of the APS for publication in 1816. They include information on seventeen North American languages and one each from the Caribbean and Central America, collected between 1784 and 1828. A number of individuals were invovled in recording the vocabularies, including Benjamin Hawkins, William Thornton, David Campbell, Daniel Smith, Constantine Volney, Constantine Rafinesque, William Vans Murray, John Heckewelder, Martin Duralde, Campanius Holm, and Jefferson himself. Most followed the standardized word set established by Jefferson. | | | | Call #: | Mss.497.V85 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Atacapas language | Barbour, James, 1775-1842 | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Bromley, Walter | Butrick, Daniel S. | Campanius Holm, Johan, 1601-1683 | Campbell, David | Cherokee language | Chickasaw language | Chippewa language | Choctaw language | Chontal language | Creek language | Delaware language | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Duralde, Martin | Gambold, John | Gurley, George | Indians of North America--Languages | Izard, George | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Kells, Richard | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Lexica | Linguistics | Little Turtle, 1747-1812 | Massachusett language | Miami language (Ind. and Okla.) | Micmac language | Mohegan language | Munsee language | Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803 | Nanticoke language | Native America | Native American Materials | Osage language | Quapaw language | Quinnipiac language | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Senseman, Gottlob, 1745-1800 | Smith, Daniel, 1748-1818 | Taino language | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | Unquachog language | Volney, C.-F., (Constantin François), 1757-1820 | Wells, William | Zeisberger, John, 1721-1808 | |
| 12 | Creator: | Patterson family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Patterson-Lord papers, [ca. 1809]-1876
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1809-1876 | | | | Abstract: | This collection of Robert Patterson family papers is composed primarily of the letters of Robert Maskell Patterson, but includes some of the business and personal papers of his father, Robert, and a series of letters written from Europe in 1855 by Helen Patterson. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P274.2 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Berger, Francis E. | Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 | Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853 | Education | Education -- Europe -- 19th century. | Ewing, Thomas | Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 | General Correspondence | Hassler, F. R, (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 | Hazard, Samuel, 1714-1758 | Institutional Records | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 | Jardin des plantes (Montpellier, France) | Moore, Samuel, 1737?-1810 | Palisot de Beauvois, Ambrose-Marie-François-Joseph, 1752-1820 | Patterson family. | Patterson, , Robert M., (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Patterson, Helen | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 | Peale, Franklin,1795-1870. | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865 | Russell, Jonathan, 1771-1832 | Science and Technology | Strickland, William, 1787-1854 | Tilghman, Richard Albert, 1824-1899 | United States Mint. | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851 | |
| 13 | Creator: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1783-1817 | | | | Abstract: | A physician, natural historian, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815) was one of the central figures in Philadelphia's early national scientific establishment. Having received his medical training in European universities, Barton was appointed Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1789, lecturing on botany, materia medica, natural history. A prolific author, he established his reputation as one of the nation's preeminent botanists through his botanical text book
The Elements of Botany (1803), but his contribtions to zoology, ethnology, and medicine were equally noteworthy. Barton's monograph on the "fascinating faculty" of the rattlesnake and his efforts in historical linguistics (
New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America, 1798) were widely read, and his
Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal (1804-1809) was one of the nation's first medical journals and an important outlet for natural historical research.
The Barton Papers offer a comprehensive view of the professional work of Benjamin Smith Barton from the time of his return to the United States in 1789 until his death. The collection is divided into five series: Correspondence, Subject Files, Bound Volumes, Graphic Materials, and Printing Plates. The collection includes a particularly valuable series of botanical, medical, and natural historical drawings collected by Barton for research, reference, and publication. Among the many artists represented are William Bartram, Frederick Pursh, Pierre Turpin, and Benjamin Henry Latrobe. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B284d | | | | Extent: | 10.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Art | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Bartram, John, 1699-1777 | Bartram, William, 1739-1823 | Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809 | Botanists | Botany--Study and teaching--19th century | Botany--Virginia | Buffalo (N.Y.)--Description and travel | Business and Skilled Trades | Chemistry--18th century | Cherokee Indians | Cherokee language | Choctaw Indians | Diaries. | Drawings. | Dysentery. | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Education | Electricity--18th century | Engravings. | Ethnobotany | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Geology--18th century | Gout | Harden, Jane LeConte | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 | Hopkins, John Henry, 1792-1868 -- Pictorial works | Hudson River (N.Y.)--Description and travel--18th century | Indians of North America | Indians of North America--Agriculture | Indians of North America--Languages | Kaigana Indians | Kaskaskia Indians | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Mammals--Classification | Mandan Indians | Mastodons | Materia medica | Medicine | Medicine--Practice--18th century | Medicine--Study and teaching--18th century | Meteorology--United States--18th century | Meteors | Mineralogy | Native America | Natural History | Natural history--18th century | Natural history--19th century | New Jersey--Description and travel--18th century | New York (State)--Description and travel--18th century | Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Description and travel | Notebooks | Osage language | Pennsylvania--Description and travel--18th century | Physicians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Physics | Political Correspondence | Printing and Publishing | Printing plates | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Science and Technology | Seminole Indians | Seneca Indians | Sketchbooks | Sketches. | Tlaxcala (Mexico) | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Turpin, P. J. F., (Pierre Jean François), 1775-1840 | Tuscarora Indians | University of Pennsylvania--Faculty | Venereal disease | Virginia--Description and travel--18th century | Watercolors | Yellow fever | Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1793 | Zoology--18th century | |
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