| 1 | Creator: | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Franklin correspondence, 1759-1812
| | | | Dates: | 1759-1812 | | | | Abstract: | These sixteen letters are principally to Sarah Franklin Bache, Joseph Galloway, and William Strahan. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.750 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803 | Microfilm Collection | Strahan, William, 1715-1785 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Adye, Stephen Payne, d. 1794 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Stephen Payne Adye correspondence, 1769-1783
| | | | Dates: | 1769-1783 | | | | Abstract: | Stephen Payne Adye, the Deputy Judge Advocate for the British Army in North America, wrote primarily to Sir Charles Gould, the Judge Advocate General in England, concerning British court martial proceedings in the Colonies, including references to the armed conflict in America. Also included are letters to John André, William Franklin and the Board of General Officers of the Army of Great Britain. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Ad95 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adye, Stephen Payne, d. 1794 | African American | American Revolution | Armies, Colonial. | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | Gould, Charles, Sir, 1726-1806 | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America. | John, Andre, 1751-1780 | Law | Military History | Trials (Military offenses) -- New York (State). | United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Williams, Jonathan. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jonathan Williams selected papers, 1771-1813
| | | | Dates: | 1771-1813 | | | | Abstract: | These papers related to Benjamin Franklin and the American Philosophical Society, and include correspondence among Benjamin Franklin, William Franklin, Jonathan Williams, Sr., and Jonathan Williams, Jr. Also included is Williams' journal of a trip through England with Benjamin Franklin, Jan Ingenhousz, and John Canton (1771), memoranda and essays by Williams on trade, meteorology, and sugar refining, and notes and drawings. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.455 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | Canton, John | Commerce. | England -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Essays. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799 | Journals (notebooks). | Memoranda. | Meteorology. | Microfilm Collection | Sugar -- Manufacture and refining. | Williams, Jonathan. | Williams, Jonathan. | |
| 4 | Creator: | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Franklin Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1757-1813 | | | | Abstract: | The only son of Benjamin Franklin, William Franklin served as Royal Governor of New Jersey during the critical years between 1762 and 1776. An ardent Loyalist, William split with his father over their political differences in the early days of the Revolution, and after enduring two years of imprisonment, became a leader in the Loyalist cause. He settled in London in 1782, where he worked as an agent for Loyalist claims.
The William Franklin Papers are a miscellaneous assemblage of letters and documents, dealing largely with Franklin's years as Royal Governor of New Jersey. The majority of the letters are perfunctory, however they provide some information on Franklin's land holdings in New Jersey and the Ohio country. The collection includes two letters relating to Franklin's imprisonment in Connecticut during the Revolution, two affectionate letters to his sister Sarah, and one to his son William Temple Franklin. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F861 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | American loyalists. | Americans Abroad | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1743-1808 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 | Colonial Politics | Colony and State Specific History | Family Correspondence | Ferguson, Elizabeth Graeme, 1737-1801 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803 | General Correspondence | Hughes, John, ca.1712-1772 | International Affairs | Marriage and Family Life | New Jersey--History--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | Wharton, Thomas, 1731-1782 | |
| 5 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Bache family papers, 1770-1890 (bulk), 1770-1923 (inclusive)
| | | | Dates: | Bulk, 1770-1890 | | | | Abstract: | The family correspondence of Richard and Sarah Franklin Bache on a variety of topics including references to Benjamin Franklin and his estate. There is also a family genealogy. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B121 | | | | Extent: | 50.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 | Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Bache, Theophylact, 1735-1807 | Bache, William, 1773-1818 | Family Correspondence | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | Genealogies. | General Correspondence | Hewson, M. S., (Mary Stevenson) | Hosack, Mary Eddy Wistar | Journalists -- Pennsylvania. | Law | Legal Records | Livingston, William, 1723-1790 | Marriage and Family Life | Miscellaneous | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Physicians -- Pennsylvania. | Printing and Publishing | Randolph, Thomas M., (Thomas Mann), 1768-1828 | United States - Armed Forces - Medical care | United States - Armed Forces - Medical personnel | United States - History - 1783-1865 | United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | United States - History - Revolution - 1775-1783 - Personal narratives | Wills. | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Women's History | |
| 6 | Creator: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Franklin Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1730-1791 | | | | Abstract: | The Calendar of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin prepared by Isaac Minis Hays for the bicentennial of Franklin's birth in 1906 provides access to the largest portion of the Franklin Papers at the APS. The items were originally bound into volumes in roughly chronological order, with letters to Franklin preceding those from Franklin and at the end of the collection, Franklin's letters owned by the University of Pennsylvania. Each manuscript is still identified by Hays's reference numbers, which include a roman numeral refering to the original volume followed by an arabic number to identify the folio. The electronic version of the finding replicates Hays's calendar, including the introductory material, but will be updated to reflect corrections. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F85 | | | | Extent: | 48.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Account books. | American Philosophical Society. | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Diaries. | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Electricity--Early works to 1800 | Family Correspondence | France--Foreign relations--United States | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | Hodge, Sarah Bache, 1798-1849 | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Manuscript Essays | Marriage and Family Life | Mecom, Jane Franklin, 1712-1794 | Military History | Pen works | Pencil works | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania--History--18th century | Pennsylvania--Politics and government--18th century | Political Correspondence | Postal service--United States | Printed Material | Printers--Pennsylvania | Printing and Publishing | Scientific Correspondence | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social Life and Custom | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | United States--Foreign relations--France | United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain | United States--History--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States--Politics and government--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States--Politics and government--Revolution, 1775-1783 | Williams, Jonathan. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections
| | | | Dates: | 1710-1822 | | | | Abstract: | Since publication of I. Minis Hays's Calendar of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin in 1908, the APS Library has acquired a large number of miscellaneous letters and other documents relating to the life, mind, and work of Franklin and his immediate family. The collections listed in this finding aid consist of letters and documents to and from Franklin organized into groupings based upon provenance or focal point. The largest grouping consists of miscellaneous materials acquired individually or in small groups over the years, including a number of important individual items. The other collections consist largely of correspondence between Franklin and individual friends and colleagues, including his friends Mme Brillon, Mary "Polly" Stevenson Hewson, and Catherine Ray Greene, the Whig agriculturist Richard Jackson, and the printer Francis Childs.
The collections include photostats of selected materials held by other institutions or that were in private hands. These are available for reference only. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F85.misc | | | | Extent: | 5.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | African Americans--Education | American Philosophical Society. | Bingham, William, 1752-1804 | Brillon, Mme | Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de, 1725-1803 | Childs, Francis, 1763-1830 | Cook, James, 1728-1779 | Electricity--Early works to 1800 | France--Foreign relations--United States | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803 | Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States | Greene, Catherine Ray, 1731-1794 | Greene, William, 1731-1809 | Hartley, David, ca.1730-1817 | Helvetius, Anne Catherine de Ligniville d'Autricourt, 1719-1800 | Hewson, Mary Stevenson, 1734-1795 | Ingersoll, Jared, 1722-1781 | Jackson, Richard, ca.1721-1787 | Junto | Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 | Le Roy, Jean Baptiste | Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 | Pennsylvania--Politics and government--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | Postal service--United States | Price, Richard, 1723-1791 | Printers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Stamp Act, 1765 | Stevenson, Margaret, ca.1706-1763 | United States--Foreign relations--France | United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain | United States--History--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 1717-1787 | Waring, John, 1716-1794 | Williams, Jonathan. | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | |
| 8 | Creator: | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Temple Franklin Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1775-1819 | | | | Abstract: | The son of William Franklin, Royal Governor of New Jersey, William Temple Franklin worked as aide to his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin, when the latter served as minister to France during the American Revolution. A bonvivant, Temple received his highest public appointment as Secretary to the American delegation at the Treaty of Versailles in 1782-1783, largely through the influence of his famous grandfather, but never again attained a significant post. As Franklin's literary heir, he edited and published a three volume set of his grandfather's writings in 1817. He married his long time mistress a few months before his death in Paris in 1823.
The William Temple Franklin Papers provides a richly detailed portrait of the life of the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, and consists largely of letters received during the years that Temple served as his grandfather's aide in France, 1776-1785. Although much of the correspondence is routine, during this period, Temple received regular reports from friends and diplomatic colleagues relaying information on the American Revolution, the course of diplomatic and peace negotiations, and French public opinion on Benjamin Franklin and the new United States. The collection is also a rich resource for information on the personal lives of the Franklins, including interesting correspondence from Temple's relatives William Franklin, Elizabeth Franklin, Sarah Franklin Bache, and Jonathan Williams, and his mistress Blanchette Caillot. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F86 | | | | Extent: | 4.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John, 1735-1826 | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 | Balloons--Early works to 1800 | Barclay, Thomas, 1728-1793 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Family Correspondence | Fox, George, 1759-1828 | Fox, Joseph Mickle, 1757-1784 | France--Foreign relations--United States | France--History--Louis XVI, 1774-1793 | France--Social life and customs--18th century | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | General Correspondence | Grand, Henri Maximilien, 1757-1827 | International Travel | Jay, John, 1745- 1829 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792 | Land and Speculation | Le Veillard, Louis-Guillaume, -- 1733-1794. | Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de,1721-1794. | Marriage and Family Life | Mayo, Joseph, d.1785 | Mesmerism | Military History | Morrelet, Abbé André, 1727-1819 | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--1783-1815 | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Revolution, 1775-1783 | Political Correspondence | Ross, John, 1729-1800 | Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785 | United States--Foreign relations--France | United States--History--1783-1815 | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace | United States--Politics and government--1783-1815 | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | |
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