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1	Creator:	Robertson, Henry Alphonso,1919-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	A critical analysis of William Byrd II and his literary technique in "The history of the dividing line," and "The secret history of the dividing line," 1966
	Dates:	1966
	Abstract:	This dissertation explores the heritage, life, and character of William Byrd II, which produced a writer of distinction.
	Call #:	Mss.975.5.B99.xr
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Byrd, William, 1674-1744 \| Robertson, Henry Alphonso,1919-

2	Creator:	Kaufmann, Emil,1891-1953,collector.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Papers, [ca. 1940s], relating to Filarete
	Dates:	Circa 1940s
	Abstract:	The photographs of the "Codex Marcianus" were collected by Kaufmann for his research on a book about Filarete.
	Call #:	Mss.B.F482
	Extent:	1.0 Linear feet
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Architects -- Italy. \| Architecture, Renaissance -- Italy. \| Biographies. \| Filarete, ca. 1400-ca. 1469 \| Kaufmann, Emil,1891-1953,collector.

3	Creator:	Cummings, Hubertis Maurice, 1884-1963	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Edward Shippen of Lancaster, 1936
	Dates:	1936
	Abstract:	This is a biographical sketch, without bibliography or citations.
	Call #:	Mss.B.Sh63
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Cummings, Hubertis Maurice, 1884-1963 \| Merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Shippen, Edward, ca. 1703-1781

4	Creator:	Hayward, Oliver Stoddard,1938-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	A life of Nathan Smith, 1762-1829, American medical pioneer, [n.d.]
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This is an unpublished manuscript.
	Call #:	Mss.B.Sm594
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Hayward, Oliver Stoddard,1938- \| Medicine. \| Physicians \| Smith, Nathan, 1762-1829

5	Creator:	Loos, John L.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	A biography of William Clark, 1770-1813
	Dates:	1953
	Abstract:	This dissertation deals with only the first forty-three years of Clark's life.
	Call #:	Mss.Film.1075
	Extent:	1.0 Microfilm reel(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Clark, William, 1770-1838 \| Discoveries in geography. \| Dissertations. \| Loos, John L.

6	Creator:	Weiner, Charles	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Joseph Henry's lectures on natural philosophy: teaching and research in physics, 1832-1847, 1965
	Dates:	1965
	Abstract:	This dissertation reveals how Joseph Henry's teaching related to his research, and how it reflected his overall scientific outlook and affected developments in physics.
	Call #:	Mss.Film.1241.Reel5
	Extent:	1.0 Microfilm reel(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Dissertations. \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 \| Physics. \| Weiner, Charles

7	Creator:	Quattrocchi, Anna Margaret.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Thomas Hutchins, 1730-1789, 1944
	Dates:	1944
	Abstract:	This dissertation is a biography of Thomas Hutchins, the military engineer, map-maker, and "Geographer of the United States."
	Call #:	Mss.Film.398
	Extent:	1.0 Microfilm reel(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Dissertations. \| Geographers -- United States. \| Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789 \| Quattrocchi, Anna Margaret.

8	Creator:	Quimby, Ian M. G.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Edward Duffield: artisan gentleman, 1963
	Dates:	1963
	Abstract:	This paper is a biographical sketch of Edward Duffield, an eighteenth-century Philadelphia clockmaker, who was a friend of Benjamin Franklin. Also included is a catalog of clocks made by Duffield, and photocopies of pictures of clocks.
	Call #:	Mss.B.D865
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Catalogs. \| Clock and watch makers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Duffield, Edward, -- 1720-1801. \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Quimby, Ian M. G.

9	Creator:	Dumas, J.-B., (Jean-Baptiste), 1800-1884	Requires cookie*
	Title:	La vie de J-B. Dumas, 1800-1884, par le Général J.-B. Dumas, son petit-fils 1924
	Dates:	1924
	Abstract:	none
	Call #:	Mss.B.D89d
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Chemistry \| Chemists -- France. \| Dumas, J.-B., (Jean-Baptiste), 1800-1884 \| Dumas, J.-B., (Jean-Baptiste), 1800-1884

10	Creator:	Kany, Robert Hurd.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	David Hall: Printing partner of Benjamin Franklin, 1963
	Dates:	1963
	Abstract:	This dissertation covers the time period from David Hall's arrival in Philadelphia as Franklin's employee and business partner, to Hall's purchase of Franklin's share of the printing business and later career. Kany shows that Franklin's printing reputation was enhanced by the work of David Hall.
	Call #:	Mss.B.H142.k
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Dissertations. \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Hall, David, 1714-1772 \| Kany, Robert Hurd. \| Printers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Printing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

11	Creator:	Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Life of William Henry, 1860
	Dates:	1860
	Abstract:	This is a sketch of the life of William Henry, who, in 1763, was the first person in America to experiment with steamboats.
	Call #:	Mss.B.H391
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862 \| Henry, William, 1729-1786 \| Inventors -- United States. \| Steamboats -- United States.

12	Creator:	Frazier, Arthur H.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Unpublished papers, 1967, pertaining to Joseph Saxton
	Dates:	1967
	Abstract:	These two papers were written by Arthur H. Frazier and are entitled, "Joseph Saxton's first sojourn at Philadelphia, 1818 to 1831, and his contributions to the Independence Hall clock" (57 p., n.d.), and "Joseph Saxton and his electrical devices" (77 p., 1967).
	Call #:	Mss.B.Sa93f
	Extent:	2.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information \| Inventory
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Clock and watch makers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Frazier, Arthur H. \| Inventors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Saxton, Joseph, 1799-1873

13	Creator:	Hayre, Charlotte Ruth Wright.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Samuel Jackson Pratt, novelist and poet (1747-1814), 1952
	Dates:	1952
	Abstract:	This dissertation describes Pratt as the first English novelist to introduce the theme of the American Revolution as material for fiction, and mentions that Pratt, using the name Courtney Melmoth, met Benjamin Franklin in Paris.
	Call #:	Mss.Film.1067
	Extent:	1.0 Microfilm reel(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Dissertations. \| Fiction -- Technique. \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Hayre, Charlotte Ruth Wright. \| Novelists, English. \| Pratt, -- Mr. -- (Samuel Jackson), -- 1749-1814.

14	Creator:	Richman, Irwin.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	The brightest ornament: a biography of Nathaniel Chapman, M.D., 1780-1853, 1965
	Dates:	1965
	Abstract:	This dissertation discusses Nathaniel Chapman's participation in and influence on the medical profession in Philadelphia.
	Call #:	Mss.Film.1241.Reel3
	Extent:	1.0 Microfilm reel(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853 \| Dissertations. \| Medicine. \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History. \| Physicians \| Richman, Irwin.

15	Creator:	Werkmeister, W. H.(William Henry),1901-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Driesch's philosophy, an exposition and a critical analysis, 1927
	Dates:	1927
	Abstract:	This dissertation traces Hans Driesch's development from a biologist to a philosopher.
	Call #:	Mss.Film.655.no. 16
	Extent:	1.0 Microfilm reel(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Biologists. \| Dissertations. \| Driesch, Hans, 1867-1941 \| Philosophy and science. \| Werkmeister, W. H.(William Henry),1901-

16	Creator:	Roth, Johann Ferdinand,d. 1814.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Ein Versuch: der Geschichte unsers Herrn u. Heylandes Jesu Christi in dass Delawarische übersezt der Unami von der Marter Woche an bis zur Himmalfahrt unsers Herrn, 1770-1772
	Dates:	1770-1772
	Abstract:	This volume is the fifth part of a life of Jesus from Passion Week to Ascension, compiled from Gospel sources and translated from the German into the Delaware Indian language by Roth, who was a Moravian missionary at Sheshequim on the Susquehanna River. The manuscript was discovered in the house of Roth's son, Rev. John Rhodes, in 1831. Fly-leaf title: "Ein versuch, etc. The History of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ from Passion Week to his Ascension to Heaven. Translated into the Unami Dialect of the Delaware Language in the years 1770 and 1772 at Tschektschequamink on the Susquehannah ... Translated by Mr. Rhodes."
	Call #:	Mss.232.9.R74
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Bible stories, German. \| Biographies. \| Jesus Christ. \| Language Material \| Language and Linguistics \| Manuscript Essays \| Missionaries. \| Native America \| Religion \| Roth, Johann Ferdinand,d. 1814.

17	Creator:	Panella, Silvia.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Benjamin Franklin, writer and humanist, 1962
	Dates:	1962
	Abstract:	This thesis (Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy, 1962) is a biography of Benjamin Franklin, including sections on his writings, family, and political involvement.
	Call #:	Mss.B.F85.p
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Panella, Silvia. \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. \| Theses. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.

18	Creator:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Materials for a biography, [ca. 1946-1962], of David Hosack
	Dates:	Circa 1946-1962
	Abstract:	David Hosack (1769-1835, APS 1810) was a physician and botanist active in medical education, as well as cultural life of New York City. Hosack founded Elgin Botanic Gardens, the first botanical gardens in America, co-founded the New York Historical Society and the short-lived Rutgers Medical School in New York City.
	Call #:	Mss.B.H78
	Extent:	0.5 Linear feet
	Sections:	Background \| Scope and Contents Note \| Administrative Information \| Inventory
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	Subjects:	Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 \| Biographies. \| Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 \| Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 \| Park, Thomas, 1766-1844 \| Physicians \| Robbins, Christine Chapman \| Torrey, John, 1796-1873 \| Vaughan, John, 1756-1841

19	Creator:	Pasti, George,1923-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Consul Sherard: amateur botanist and patron of learning, 1659-1728, 1950
	Dates:	1950
	Abstract:	This dissertation is a biography of William Sherard, the man whose bequest to Oxford established the Sherardian Chair of botany.
	Call #:	Mss.Film.1068
	Extent:	1.0 Microfilm reel(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Botanists -- Great Britain. \| Botany. \| Dissertations. \| Natural history. \| Pasti, George,1923- \| Sherard, William, 1659-1728 \| University of Oxford.

20	Creator:	Gregg, David M.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Three Pennsylvania statesmen of the olden times, 1932
	Dates:	1932
	Abstract:	This paper contains biographical accounts of Joseph Hiester, Frederick A. Muhlenberg, and Andrew Gregg, and includes genealogical tables.
	Call #:	Mss.Film.481
	Extent:	1.0 Microfilm reel(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Biographies. \| Genealogies. \| Gregg, Andrew \| Gregg, David M. \| Hiester, Joseph, 1752-1832 \| Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750-1801 \| Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, 1711-1787 \| Statesmen -- Pennsylvania.

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