| 2 | Creator: | Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Account of the robbery of the papers of Arthur Lee, American agent at Berlin, June 26, 1777 - July 5, 1777
| | | | Dates: | June 26, 1777 - July 5, 1977 | | | | Abstract: | The proceedings before the criminal judge, of the Government of Prussia, in relation to the robbery of Lee's official papers, while Minister at that court in the time of Frederick the Great (as described in letter from Richard Henry Lee to Dr. Mease, 1826 May 31). | | | | Call #: | Mss.973.3.Ac2 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Criminal law. | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 | Proceedings. | Prussia (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1740-1786. | |
| 4 | Creator: | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Chronological series of facts relating to Louisiana; its limits and bounds, 1804
| | | | Dates: | 1804 | | | | Abstract: | Two bound documents, "A chronological series of facts relative to Louisiana" and "An examination into the boundaries of Louisiana." Prepared by Jefferson for U.S. ministers at Paris and Madrid, as a means of determining the extent of the Louisiana Purchase. Jefferson sent these to the APS with a cover letter to Peter S. Du Ponceau, dated December 30, 1817; read in the Historical and Literary Committee, 1818. Printed in Thomas Jefferson,
Documents Relating to the Purchase and Exploration of Louisiana (New York, 1904). | | | | Call #: | Mss.973.4.J35c | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Colony and State Specific History | Diplomatic History | Exploration. | General Correspondence | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Language and Linguistics | Louisiana Purchase -- Discovery and exploration. | Manuscript Essays | Military History | |
| 8 | Creator: | Pennsylvania (Province). | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Minutes of Indian treaties and conferences, 1721-1760, [n.d.].
| | | | Dates: | 1721-1760 | | | | Abstract: | The first volume in the collection, "Particulars of an Indian treaty at Conestogoe between his excellency Sir William Keith, bart, governor of Pennsilvania and the deputies of the Five Nations [July 5-8, 1721]," is a manuscript copy of a printed work by Andrew Bradford, with a preface dated July 26. See
Colonial Records, 3: 121. The volume regards a meeting between Sinnekaes, Onondagoes, Cayoogoes, Keith, and James Logan. Freeman Guide: 138 and 1769. | | | | Call #: | Mss.970.5.P26 | | | | Extent: | 7.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Indians of North America--Treaties | Keith, William, 1680-1749 | Maps. | Native America | Native American Materials | Norris, Isaac, 1671-1735 | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Seven Years' War | Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 | Treaties. | Treaties. | |
| 10 | Creator: | Burrough, Marmaduke, ca. 1798-1844 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Marmaduke Burrough papers 1829-1847
| | | | Dates: | 1829-1847 | | | | Abstract: | The material in this collection is primarily the receipts for books, clothes, passages, a rhinoceros, etc., while he was in Calcutta. There is also a small volume (approximately 50 pages), a duplicate receipt book which he kept as the Consul for the U.S. in Vera Cruz, Mexico. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B946 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | Bills. | Burrough, Marmaduke, ca. 1798-1844 | Business Records and Accounts | Consuls -- United States. | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Diplomats -- United States. | General Correspondence | Official Government Documents and Records | Receipts. | Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation. | |
| 11 | Creator: | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Franklin Bache papers, 1779-1793
| | | | Dates: | 1779-1793 | | | | Abstract: | Letters of a dutiful child to his parents Richard Bache and Sarah Franklin Bache, and to his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin; also letters to William Jones, Robert Frazer, and Margaret H. Markoe, his fiancée. Also photostats of letters to Robert Alexander of Virginia, from the originals in University of Virginia Library. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B122 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Alexander, Robert | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Diplomatic History | Education | Family Correspondence | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Frazer, R., (Robert) | General Correspondence | Jones, William, 1760-1831 | Markoe, Margaret Hartman | Printing and Publishing | Switzerland -- Description and travel. | |
| 12 | Creator: | Short, William, 1759-1849 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Short correspondence, 1787-1838
| | | | Dates: | 1787-1838 | | | | Abstract: | This correspondence is chiefly of a personal nature between Short and the Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld concerning his desire to marry her and bring her to America. The Duchesse's letters describe life in a powerful, wealthy, and noble French family under the ancien régime, including events of the Revolution and the Reign of Terror, and life in France thereafter. The collection also includes letters from Lafayette, Count Luigi Castiglioni, Pauline Castiglioni, and the Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sh83 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | Castiglioni, Luigi, 1757-1832 | Castiglioni, Pauline | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799. | France -- Social life and customs -- 1789-1815. | La Rochefoucauld, Duchesse de. | La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747-1827 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Marriage and Family Life | Short, William, 1759-1849 | Social Life and Custom | |
| 13 | Creator: | Horsfield, Timothy, 1708-1773 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Timothy Horsfield Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1684, 1733-1771 | | | | Abstract: | An early settler and prominent citizen in the Moravian heartland near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Timothy Horsfield was named justice of the peace when Northampton County was formed out of Bucks in 1752, and was one of those given responsibility for the defence of the local white and Christian Indian populations during the French and Indian War.
The Horsfield Papers offer a window onto the tumultuous history of northeastern Pennsylvania during the 1750s and 1760s. Comprised largely of correspondence and related documents between Horsfield, William Parsons, and provincial and military authorities, the collection includes important information on the Indian assaults on the region in 1756 and 1757 and the military and diplomatic response. | | | | Call #: | Mss.974.8.H78 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Colonial Politics | Delaware Indians | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Horsfield, Timothy, 1708-1773 | Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Government relations--To 1789 | Iroquois Indians | Maps | Miami Indians | Military History | Military Records | Moravian Indians | Moravians--Pennsylvania--History | Native America | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | Peters, Richard, 1704-1776 | Political Correspondence | Seven Years' War | Shippen, Edward, ca. 1703-1781 | Teedyuscung, ca. 1700-1763 | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | |
| 15 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Pershouse correspondence and papers, 1749-1899
| | | | Dates: | 1749-1899 | | | | Abstract: | This correspondence is principally concerned with business between Pershouse and his brother James in England, with comments on conditions and events in the United States, including anti-British feeling, Thomas Paine's return to America, Jefferson's administration, and immigration. The papers include Pershouse's journal (1800-1838), which includes accounts of travels in England, France, and the United States, letterbooks (1836-1862) of Henry Pershouse, nephew of John, chiefly on business matters, and two volumes of Pershouse genealogical data, compiled by B.M. Pershouse Bayley (1899). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P43 | | | | Extent: | 5.0 volumes; 62 items. | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bayley, B. M. Pershouse | Business Records and Accounts | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | England -- Description and travel. | Family Correspondence | Genealogies. | General Correspondence | International Travel | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Journals (notebooks). | Letterbooks. | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 | Pershouse, Henry | Pershouse, James. | Pershouse, John,1769-1841. | Philadelphia History | Political Correspondence | Social Life and Custom | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States -- Description and travel. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809. | |
| 16 | Creator: | Young, Aaron,b. 1819. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Aaron Young papers, [ca. 1839-1894]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1839-1894 | | | | Abstract: | This is primarily a collection of letters, with some additional documents, concerning Young's interest in botany, geology, mineralogy, and natural history. There is information about Bowdoin College, where he studied under Parker Cleaveland. There is also much on the natural history of Maine, where he was the State Botanist in 1847-1849, and also on the Bangor Natural History Society. There are materials on Brazil in relation to Young's service there as the U.S. consul to Rio Grande do Sul from 1863 to 1873. There are also letters from his brother, John C. Young, and his sister, Sarah Augusta Young. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Y81 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, George N. | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | Albumen prints | Americans Abroad | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Bangor Natural History Society. | Bartlett, John | Blake, Charles M. | Botany. | Bowditch, Henry I., (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892 | Bowdoin College -- Students. | Brazil -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | Chute, Ariel P. | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Education | Educational Material | Emerson, John | Geology. | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Holmes, Ezekiel, 1801-1865 | International Travel | Mead, S. B. | Mineralogy. | Natural history -- Maine. | Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | Science and Technology | Thurber, George, 1821-1890 | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Warren, John | Young, Aaron,b. 1819. | Young, John C. | Young, Sarah Augusta | |
| 17 | Creator: | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Vaughan Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1746-1900 | | | | Abstract: | Letters (including some transcripts and photostats) from and to Vaughan from many American and British correspondents, including: Also personal correspondence and business papers of Benjamin, Charles, Petty, Samuel Sr., Samuel Jr., William, William Oliver, and Sarah Vaughan (2 boxes); lectures, mostly in shorthand (3 vols.); a large number of notes and memoranda on a wide variety of topics, such as agriculture, architecture, astronomy, diplomacy, diseases, dueling, electricity, hieroglyphs, internal improvements, medicine, meteorology, land, manufactures, politics, punctuation, religion, silk-manufacturing, stock-breeding, taxation, Unitarianism, Benjamin Franklin, John Locke, Napoleon I, Joseph Priestley, Bowdoin College, town of Hallowell, Maine; notes on the peace negotiations, 1782-1783; miscellaneous legal papers; genealogy of the Abbott-Vaughan families. For a personal account of the collection, see Mrs. Mary Vaughan Marvin, "The Benjamin Vaughan Papers," APS
Proceedings 95 (1951): 246-249. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.V46p | | | | Extent: | 13.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture | American Revolution | Animal magnetism. | Architecture | Astronomy | Beyond Early America | Blake, Anne Susannah | Bowdoin College | Breeding. | Colonial Politics | Diplomacy. | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Diseases | Dueling. | Early National Politics | Electricity | Family Correspondence | Genealogies | General Correspondence | Hallowell (Me.) | Harlowe, Harris | Hunter, John, 1728-1793 | Hunter, John, d. 1809 | Land and Speculation | Lectures | Littlefield, William B. | Locke, John, 1632-1704 | Manufactures | Maps and Surveys | Medicine | Mesmerism | Meteorology | Mitchill, Samuel L., (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831 | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 | Notes | Pennell, Jacob | Plantations | Punctuation | Raymond, Edward | Religion | Science and Technology | Silk industry. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Taxation | Unitarianism | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | |
| 18 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Indian and Military Affairs of Pennsylvania, 1737-1775
| | | | Dates: | 1737-1775 | | | | Abstract: | Reports on conferences and treaties with the Indians and miscellaneous Indian affairs in Pennsylvania, with emphasis upon the French and Indian War. Correspondents include: John Armstrong Thomas Barton Edward Braddock Daniel Claus George Croghan James Hamilton James Logan Hugh Mercer Andrew Montour Robert Hunter Morris Robert Orme Ferdinand J. Paris Thomas Penn Horatio Sharpe Joseph Shippen William Shirley John Stanwix Robert Stobo William Trent Conrad Weiser | | | | Call #: | Mss.974.8.P19 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Armstrong, John | Barton, Thomas | Braddock, Edward, 1695-1755 | Claus, Christian Daniel, 1727-1781 | Colonial Politics | Croghan, George, d.1782 | Delaware Indians | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Government Affairs | Hamilton, James, 1710-1783 | Indians of North America--Pennsylvania | Logan, Jim, (James) | Mercer, Hugh, 1726-1777 | Military History | Military Records | Montour, Andrew | Morris, Robert Hunter, 1713-1764 | Native America | Official Government Documents and Records | Orme, Robert, 1728-1801 | Paris, Ferdinand John | Penn, Thomas | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Seven Years' War | Sharpe, Horatio, 1718-1790 | Shippen, Joseph | Shirley, William, 1694-1771 | Social Life and Custom | Stanwix, John, 1690?-1766 | Stobo, Robert, 1726-1770 | Surveying and Maps | Teedyuscung, ca. 1700-1763 | Trent, William | United States--History--French and Indian war, 1755-1763 | Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760 | |
| 19 | Creator: | Woodruff, Robert. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert Woodruff journal. December 17, 1785 - May 1, 1788
| | | | Dates: | 1785-1788 | | | | Abstract: | Robert Woodruff was secretary to John Anstey, Loyalists' Claims Commissioner. This journal relates his travels with John Anstey. He describes the towns he visited, and comments on episodes of the American Revolution and on the Federal Convention and state ratifying conventions. The journal covers a trip through New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Thode Island, Massachusetts, South Carolina and Georgia. He and Anstey spent a night at Mount Vernon in 1786. Mentions B. Franklin, G. Washington, APS Hall. Also refers to Five Nations country, Georgia's warfare with Creek Indians, and Chief McGillivray. For identification, see G. Washington's Diary, Dec.11, 1786. | | | | Call #: | Mss.917.4.W852 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Anstey, John, d. 1819 | Constitutional conventions -- United States. | Delaware -- Description and travel. | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Early National Politics | Georgia -- Description and travel. | Indians of North America | Journals (notebooks). | Maryland -- Description and travel. | Massachusetts -- Description and travel. | Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) | Native America | New Jersey -- Description and travel. | New York (State) -- Description and travel. | North Carolina -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel. | Rhode Island -- Description and travel. | South Carolina -- Description and travel. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal histories. | Virginia -- Description and travel. | Woodruff, Robert. | |
| 20 | Creator: | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,collector. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1760s-1850s | | | | Abstract: | This rich collection of letters and documents, which was assembled by Sol Feinstone (1888-1980) over a period of fifty years, includes material on almost all notable Americans of that era, as well as prominent Europeans, and there are documents relating to military affairs. There are substantial groups of letters from: John Adams, Henry Dearborn, Alexander Hamilton, Jedediah Huntington, Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette, George Washington, and a long run of letters from a Massachusetts military surgeon named Samuel Adams. Many letters, though written by Revolutionary figures, relate to events that occurred before or after the War. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F327 | | | | Extent: | 2.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Adams, Samuel | American Revolution | Business and Skilled Trades | Colonial Politics | Colony and State Specific History | Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,collector. | General Correspondence | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Military History | Military Records | Miscellaneous | New Jersey -- History -- 1775-1865. | New Jersey -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Political Correspondence | Presidents. | Printed Material | Statesmen. | United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. | United States -- History -- 1775-1865. | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | United States -- History, Military. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | |
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