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1	Creator:	Williams, Henry Jonathan,1791-1879.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	A brief account of the family of General Jonathan Williams, 1751-1815
	Dates:	1873
	Abstract:	Jonathan Williams, a nephew of Benjamin Franklin, was chief of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and first superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. The genealogical material was "compiled from family records and his own personal knowledge by his son," H.J. Williams.
	Call #:	Mss.929.2.W672
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	American Revolution \| Engineering \| Family Correspondence \| Genealogies. \| Manuscript Essays \| Military History \| Williams family. \| Williams, Henry Jonathan,1791-1879. \| Williams, Jonathan.

2	Creator:	Girard family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Girard family papers, 1819-1880
	Dates:	1819-1880
	Abstract:	This is principally correspondence between Henriette Girard, niece of Stephen Girard, and her husbands, Henri Lallemand and John Yardly Clark. Correspondents include Stephen Girard and other members of the family.
	Call #:	Mss.B.G44
	Extent:	0.5 Linear feet
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Business Records and Accounts \| Clark, John Yardly \| Family Correspondence \| Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831 \| Lallemand, H., (Henri), 1777-1823 \| Marriage and Family Life \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. \| Philadelphia History

3	Creator:	Michaux, André, 1746-1802	Requires cookie*
	Title:	André Michaux letters and papers, 1783-1890
	Dates:	1783-1890
	Abstract:	Includes letters to his son, Francois André, and an act of New Jersey authorizing Michaux to purchase land in the state to establish a botanical garden. Also includes a letter from James MacPherson Le Moine to Henry Phillips, Jr. (1890).
	Call #:	Mss.B.M58
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
	Sections:	Background \| Scope and Contents Note \| Administrative Information \| Inventory
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	Subjects:	Botanical gardens -- New Jersey. \| Family Correspondence \| Le Moine, J. M., Sir, (James MacPherson), 1825-1912 \| Marriage and Family Life \| Michaux, André, 1746-1802 \| Michaux, Francois André, 1770-1855 \| New Jersey -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. \| Phillips, Henry, Jr.

4	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:	Background \| Administrative Information
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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

5	Creator:	Rush, Julia Stockton	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Julia Rush letters, (1759-1848)
	Dates:	1776-1809
	Abstract:	Letters written by Julia Rush, wife of Benjamin Rush, mainly to her husband, with one to Samuel Stockton and one to Mary Rush. Eight letters were written during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. The letters are not included in Lyman Butterfield's edition of Benjamin Rush's letters, vol. 30 of APS Memoirs (1951).
	Call #:	Mss.B.R894
	Extent:	0.5 Linear feet
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Correspondence. \| Family Correspondence \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine \| Philadelphia History \| Rush, Julia Stockton \| Rush, Mary \| Social Life and Custom \| Stockton, Samuel \| Women's History

6	Creator:	Williams, Jonathan.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Jonathan Williams Papers
	Dates:	1763-1802
	Abstract:	Born May 26, 1750, to the niece of Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Williams was a prominent merchant, scientist and soldier. Elected to the APS in 1787 as a result of his observations on temperature and barometrical readings, as well as work on sugar production, Williams had a distinguished military career highlighted by his appointment as first superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point. The Jonathan Williams Papers consists of 46 letters and documents, written by or to Jonathan Williams Sr. and Jr., dealing primarily with financial and legal matters. The collection includes five letters written by Benjamin Franklin and many of the others are signed by Williams' father-in-law and brother-in-law, William and Robert Alexander.
	Call #:	Mss.B.W6765
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Alexander, Robert \| Alexander, William \| Engineering \| Family Correspondence \| Law \| Legal Records \| Military History \| Political Correspondence \| Williams, Jonathan Sr \| Williams, Jonathan. \| Wine and wine making

7	Creator:	Edwards, Benjamin	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Benjamin Edwards Papers
	Dates:	1819-1827
	Abstract:	Benjamin Edwards was a minor figure on the Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains. His six letters addressed to his father Oliver Edwards briefly mention the expedition, including his attempts to collect pay for his part in the expedition. His letters also discuss his life in Louisiana after the expedition working on the Steamboat Hope and later as overseer of slaves in a sawmill.
	Call #:	Mss.B.Ed9
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	African American \| Edwards, Benjamin \| Edwards, Oliver \| Exploration \| Exploration. \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864 \| Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820) \| Travel \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| West (U.S.)-Description and travel

8	Creator:	LeConte family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	LeConte family papers, 1827-1901
	Dates:	1827-1901
	Abstract:	Principally letters from John Eatton LeConte, John Lawrence LeConte, Joseph LeConte, and Mrs. Jane LeConte Harden to Mrs. Matilda Jane Harden Stevens, Sumner Morrison Ramsey, Mrs. Ann LeConte Stevens, and Louis LeConte pertaining to family matters and natural history.
	Call #:	Mss.B.L493f
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
	Sections:	Background \| Scope and Contents Note \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Family Correspondence \| Harden, Jane LeConte \| LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901 \| LeConte, John Eatton, 1784-1860 \| LeConte, John L., (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 \| LeConte, Louis \| Marriage and Family Life \| Natural history. \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. \| Ramsey, Sumner Morrison \| Stevens, Ann LeConte \| Stevens, Matilda Jane Harden

9	Creator:	Moore, Ira.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Ira Moore papers, 1848-1856
	Dates:	1848-1856
	Abstract:	These papers include letters from relatives, friends, and former students, chiefly on family affairs, social events, and schools in Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Also included are receipts for personal expenditures, and letters of recommendation for teaching positions and from J. P. Lesley for admission to Yale College, where Moore received the Ph.B. degree in 1855. Moore was Lesley's assistant in preparing the Pennsylvania Railroad maps of western Pennsylvania.
	Call #:	Mss.B.M79
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Business Records and Accounts \| Education \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903 \| Moore, Ira. \| Receipts. \| Schools -- Connecticut. \| Schools -- Maine. \| Schools -- Massachusetts. \| Social Life and Custom \| Yale College (1718-1887)

10	Creator:	Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Charles Wilkins Short correspondence, 1813-1867
	Dates:	1813-1867
	Abstract:	These letters are principally to his brother John Cleaves Short, on personal, family, and general topics.
	Call #:	Mss.B.Sh81
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Botany. \| Family Correspondence \| Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 \| Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 \| Science and Technology \| Science. \| Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 \| Short, John Cleaves. \| Torrey, John, 1796-1873 \| Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 \| Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818

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:	Background \| Administrative Information \| Inventory
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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:	Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sarah Franklin Bache Papers
	Dates:	1768-1807
	Abstract:	Sarah Franklin Bache (1743-1808), a Revolutionary War patriot and daughter of Benjamin Franklin, led an active public life according to the standards of womanhood in the late eighteenth century. As the daughter of Benjamin Franklin she had an unusual access, for a woman, to the political life in revolutionary Philadelphia. Although her primary role was of caretaker of her family and home, Bache played an active role in the Revolution through her relief work and as her father's political hostess. The Sarah Franklin Bache papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence ranging from 1768 to 1807 mostly of a personal nature to and from friends and relatives. The correspondence of her relatives includes her nephew William Temple Franklin, her brother William Franklin and her children.
	Call #:	Mss.B.B1245
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	American Revolution \| Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 \| Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 \| Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de, 1725-1803 \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Greene, Catherine Ray, 1731-1794 \| International Affairs \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine \| Philadelphia (Pa.)-History--Revolution, 1775-1783. \| Philadelphia History \| Political Correspondence \| Social Life and Custom \| Washington, George, 1732-1799 \| Women's History \| Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century.

13	Creator:	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790	Requires cookie*
	Title:	James S. and Frances M. Bradford Collection
	Dates:	1749-1898
	Abstract:	The James S. and Frances M. Bradford Collection contains a wealth of letters to and from Polly Stevenson Hewson, intimate friend of Benjamin Franklin. At the heart of the collection are approximately 40 letters from Mary Stevenson to Franklin with a smaller number in return. Friendly, increasingly intimate, these provide a glimpse of the domestic life of Franklin and his warm personal relations with the Stevensons and Hewsons. Among the noteworthy individual items is the manuscript "Craven Street Gazette" (Sept. 22-26, 1770), the mock newspaper Franklin produced while in London. The collection also contains a series of unrelated miscellaneous manuscripts that includes correspondence from William Bradford, Patrick Henry, and George Washington.
	Call #:	Mss.B.F85.bra
	Extent:	0.5 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	American Revolution \| Bradford, Frances Mary \| Bradford, James S. \| Cadwalader, John, 1742-1786 \| Colonial Politics \| Craven Street Gazette \| Family Correspondence \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| General Correspondence \| Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century \| Hewson, Mary Stevenson, 1734-1795 \| International Affairs \| Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 \| Marriage and Family Life \| Social Life and Custom

14	Creator:	Cassin, Charles Luke, 1846-1878	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Charles Luke Cassin papers, 1745-1878
	Dates:	1745-1878
	Abstract:	The correspondence (1869-1883) is primarily routine business, i.e. navy orders and letters of recommendation, and also includes some personal letters. In addition, there are several notebooks and diaries, including notes from Pennsylvania Hospital clinical lectures, 1867-1869 (2 v.); diaries, 1865-1875 (7 v.); a volume of poetry; and general study notes. There is also early material (1745-1813) on the Cassin family, including a letter of indenture dated 1758.
	Call #:	Mss.B.C274
	Extent:	70.0 Item(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information \| Inventory
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	Subjects:	Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. \| Cassin, Charles Luke, 1846-1878 \| Cassin, Joseph \| Diaries. \| Family Correspondence \| Lecture notes. \| Legal Records \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine -- United States. \| Military History \| Military Records \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.). \| Poems. \| Trust indentures. \| United States - Armed Forces - Medical personnel \| United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 \| Wills.

15	Creator:	Montgomery family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Montgomery family papers, ca. 1650-1900
	Dates:	Circa 1650-1900
	Abstract:	These papers include correspondence, marriage settlements, legal papers, genealogical tables, and memoranda of William Montgomerie of Brigend, Scotland, who emigrated to East Jersey, ca. 1701. Also includes the pedigree of Alexander Forbes of Balogie; correspondence (to 1755) of John Burnet, who was a merchant of Edinburgh, London, and New York, and of John Burnet, Jr., of Perth Amboy, N.J., with Elizabeth Forbes; genealogy of the Montgomery family in the United States, prepared by Thomas H. Montgomery (1853); and a seventeenth-century copy of documents, accounts, and patents of East Jersey.
	Call #:	Mss.B.M763
	Extent:	0.5 Linear feet
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Burnet, John \| Burnet, John, Jr. \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Colony and State Specific History \| Family Correspondence \| Forbes, Alexander \| Forbes, Elizabeth \| Genealogies. \| Genealogy. \| International Trade. \| Memoranda. \| Miscellaneous \| Montgomerie, William \| Montgomery family. \| Montgomery, Thomas H. \| Pedigrees.

16	Creator:	Neagle, John, 1796-1865	Requires cookie*
	Title:	John Neagle Papers
	Dates:	1817-1865
	Abstract:	John Neagle was among the better known portrait painters in Philadelphia during the first half of the nineteenth century and was the husband of Thomas Sully's niece, Mary C. Sully. The Neagle Papers is a small assemblage of personal correspondence, documents, and notes assembled by Neagle during his career. The letters are primarily of a personal nature, but along with the five bound volumes, offer insight into Neagle's study of painting and the techniques he employed. Included among the bound volumes are recipes for varnish, megellup, and drying oils and notes on watercolor painting.
	Call #:	Mss.B.N125.p
	Extent:	0.5 Linear feet
	Sections:	Background \| Scope and Contents Note \| Administrative Information \| Inventory
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	Subjects:	Art \| Artists' materials \| Artists--Pennsylvania \| Autobiographies. \| Autobiography \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Landscape painting \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Manuscript Essays \| Neagle family \| Neagle, John, 1796-1865 \| Neagle, Mary Chester Sully \| Notebooks \| Painting--Study and teaching \| Recipes \| Sketchbooks \| Sully family \| Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 \| Valentines \| Varley, John, 1778-1842 \| Watercolor paintings \| Whist

17	Creator:	Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Catharine Wistar Bache Papers
	Dates:	1788-1822
	Abstract:	Catherine Wistar Bache (1805-1886) was the point of connection between two of Philadelphia's most illustrious families of the late eighteenth century. Daughter of the physician Caspar Wistar, in November 1797 she married Dr. William Bache, who was the son of Richard Bache and the grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Primarily letters to Mrs. Bache (wife of Dr. William Bache) of Philadelphia, from Mrs. David Hosack (nee Mary Eddy), Mrs. Elizabeth Trist, and Mary Jones. The letters are personal and concern family life, activities of husbands, etc., with many references to Caspar Wistar, There are comments on diseases, education (at William and Mary College), war, and politics. References are also made to the deaths of Richard Bache and Caspar Wistar, and to Benjamin Franklin's Stockado (a musical instrument).
	Call #:	Mss.B.B124
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 \| Bache, William, 1773-1820 \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Hosack, David, 1769-1835 \| Hosack, Mary Eddy, d. 1824 \| Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 \| Jones, Mary Trist \| Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870 \| Madison, James, 1751-1836 \| Marriage and Family Life \| Native America \| Philadelphia History \| Social Life and Custom \| Trist, Elizabeth \| United States--History--War of 1812 \| United States--Politics and government--1783-1809 \| War of 1812 \| William and Mary College \| Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 \| Women's History \| Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

18	Creator:	Bancker, James A.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	James A. Bancker papers, 1842-1849
	Dates:	1842-1849
	Abstract:	Written from China to his family, the letters of James Bancker contain descriptions of the social life of the Americans and English in China, of Hong Kong after the British acquisition of that place, and of anti-British riots in Canton. A long letter describes the outward voyage from New York to Canton; several letters given an account of a visit to the Philippines; and there is a partial journal of Bancker's return home through the Red Sea.
	Call #:	Mss.B.B22
	Extent:	0.25 Linear feet
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Americans -- China -- Social life and customs. \| Americans Abroad \| Bancker, James A. \| Beyond Early America \| British -- China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912. \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| China -- Foreign relations -- 1644-1912. \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia. \| Hong Kong (China) -- Colonization. \| International Trade. \| International Travel \| Marriage and Family Life \| Merchants - United States \| Philippines -- Description and travel. \| Trade \| Travel \| Voyages and travels.

19	Creator:	Fisher family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Fisher family papers, 1797-1825
	Dates:	1797-1825
	Abstract:	none
	Call #:	Mss.B.F530-F532
	Extent:	1.0 Linear feet
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Americans Abroad \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Daybooks. \| Diaries. \| Diplomatic History \| Diplomatic Material \| Family Correspondence \| Fisher family. \| Fisher, Miers, 1748-1819 \| Fisher, Miers, 1786-1813 \| Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834 \| General Correspondence \| International Affairs \| International Trade. \| Lawyers. \| Letterbooks. \| Marriage and Family Life \| Merchants. \| Meteorological Data \| Meteorology -- Observations -- Europe. \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce -- 1815-1861. \| Social Life and Custom \| Soviet Union -- Description and travel. \| Spain -- Description and travel. \| Travel \| Travel Narratives and Journals

20	Creator:	Fox family	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Fox Family papers, ca. 1690-1915
	Dates:	1690-1915
	Abstract:	The collection contains information on Fox family speculation in western lands, two manuscript maps from the 1790's and 1830's depicting the family's holdings in northwestern Pennsylvania, and a photograph album from the 1890's documenting Chestnutwold, the Fox estate adjacent to Andalusia. Chief correspondents are Samuel and George Fox.
	Call #:	Mss.B.F832f
	Extent:	2.0 Linear feet
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Americans Abroad \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Commonplace Book \| Correspondence. \| Diaries \| Education \| Educational Material \| Family Correspondence \| Fox, George, 1759-1828 \| Fox, Samuel, 1794-1874 \| General Correspondence \| International Travel \| Land and Speculation \| Law \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Maps and Surveys \| Maps. \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine \| Pennsylvania History \| Photographs \| Social Life and Custom \| Surveying and Maps \| Travel Narratives and Journals

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