| 6 | Creator: | Great Britain.Board of Trade. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers on the West Indies, 1707-1709
| | | | Dates: | 1707-1709 | | | | Abstract: | These are miscellaneous documents relating to appointments, money acts, defense, etc., mostly addressed to Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, Secretary of State for the Southern Department. Contain signatures of important Englishmen, among whom are: Wm.Blathwayt, Jas. Craggs. Mitford Crow, Dartmouth, Herbert, Sir P.Meadows, Wm. Popple, Jr., Matthew Prior, John Smith, Stamford, Sunderland,etc. | | | | Call #: | Mss.972.9.G81 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration. | International Affairs | Military History | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | Sunderland, Charles Spencer, Earl of, 1674-1722 | West Indies, British -- History -- 18th century. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Mandrillon, Joseph,1743-1794. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Recherches philosophiques sur la découverte de l'Amérique, 1783
| | | | Dates: | 1783 | | | | Abstract: | Prepared for the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon. See also Mandrillon to APS; July 12, 1783. Cf. Minutes, Feb. 6, 1784,p.122. | | | | Call #: | Mss.973.1.M31 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon. | America -- Discovery and exploration -- English. | Beyond Early America | Foreign Language | International Affairs | Mandrillon, Joseph,1743-1794. | Manuscript Essays | |
| 9 | Creator: | Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Collection of Peruvian manuscripts,1790-1800, 1820
| | | | Dates: | Bulk, 1790-1800 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes nineteen documents relating principally to the revolt of Tupac Amaru II (José Gabriel Condorcanqui), the last claimant to the throne of the Incas (1780-1783). The materials refer to his rebellion, capture, and execution. Other documents in the collection concern medicine, manners, learned organizations, the making of wills, and the history of the Spanish conquest of Oran, 1505-1509. | | | | Call #: | Mss.980.P75 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Foreign Language | Incas. | Indians of South America | International Affairs | Latin America -- Politics and government -- To 1830. | Miscellaneous | Peru -- History -- Insurrection of Tupac Amaru, 1780-1781. | Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 | Tupac Amaru, Mariano, 1762-1784 | |
| 10 | 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 | | | | Sections: |
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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. | |
| 11 | 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 | | | | Sections: |
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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 | |
| 13 | 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 | |
| 14 | Creator: | Hall, David, 1714-1772 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Hall papers, 1745-1822
| | | | Dates: | 1745-1822 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes four letter books (1750-1767), containing principally business correspondence with Benjamin Franklin (42 letters), William Strahan (193 letters), and the stationers Bloss & Johnson, London, Johnson & Unwin, London, and Hamilton & Balfour, Edinburgh. There are also accounts current, 1748-1768 (2 vols.), of which one contains Edinburgh. There are also accounts current, 1748-1768 (2 vols.), of which one contains Franklin and Hall's account for printing done for the province of Pennsylvania, 1756-1767, with an index volume to these accounts; records of bills of exchange remitted to London, 1745-1752 (1 vol.); there are about 90 loose letters (some are photocopies) mainly from William Strahan to Hall, 1745-1775, concerning business matters, as well as English and American politics. Included in this group is correspondence relating to Hall and his publishing partnership, and his son William's partnership with Sellers. One additional volume is a photocopy of Franklin and Hall's "Work Book No. 2," 1759-1766, 1782-1789, from the original at the New York Public Library (B H142.lf). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H142.1-3 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Account books. | American Revolution | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | General Correspondence | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century. | Hall, David, 1714-1772 | International Affairs | Letter books. | Papermaking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century. | Printers -- United States -- Philadelphia -- 18th century. | Printing and Publishing | Printing industry -- Accounting -- United States -- 18th century. | Receipt books. | Sellers, William, 1725?-1804 | United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775. | |
| 15 | Creator: | Piggott, Edward,fl. 1758-1807. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Edward Piggott letterbook, 1802-1806
| | | | Dates: | 1802-1806 | | | | Abstract: | This volume was kept while Piggott was imprisoned by Napoleon at Fontainebleau. Subjects mentioned include astronomy, comets, and botanical gardens. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P62 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Bernardin, Alphonse Claude C. | Beyond Early America | Botanical gardens -- France. | Comets. | Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 | Delambre, J. B. J., (Jean Baptiste Joseph), 1749-1822 | Desfontaines, René Louiche, 1750-1833 | General Correspondence | Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822 | International Affairs | Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de,1748-1836. | Lacroix, S. F., (Silvestre François), 1765-1843 | Méchain, Pierre, 1744-1804 | Miscellaneous | Piggott, Edward,fl. 1758-1807. | Wollaston, William Hyde, 1766-1828 | |
| 16 | Creator: | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Colonel Richard Gimbel Collection of Thomas Paine Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1692 - Circa 1921 | | | | Abstract: | An important 18th century radical republican theorist and political writer, Thomas Paine was a leading figure in the American Revolution. Despite his humble beginnings and lack of formal education, his reasoned and persuasive writings not only influenced nascent American republican ideology, but profoundly affected the perception of government in England and France as well. His three most influential works are
Common Sense (1776),
The Rights of Man (1791-1792), and
The Age of Reason (1794, 1795, 1807).
The Richard Gimbel Collection is a heterogeneous mix of items connected only by the fact that they were all collected by Gimbel (1898-1970) and that most were written by, to, or about the revolutionary Paine. Of primary importance are the approximately sixty-five letters or manuscripts in Paine's own hand, including Paine's 1776 manuscript notes for
Common Sense, his letter of January 10, 1781, in which he takes leave of his former commanding officer, Nathanael Greene, and his January 6, 1789 letter to Kitty Nicholson Few, in which he writes of his view of matrimony and other personal matters. The collection includes a series of correspondence between Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams, which were originally marked "forgeries," these appear instead simply to be the letters of two men bearing famous names. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P165 | | | | Extent: | 0.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, Samuel | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Bridge Company of Philadelphia | Bridges--18th century | Clinton, George, 1739-1812 | Clymer, George, 1734-1813 | Colonial Politics | Cope, Thomas Pim, 1768-1854 | Drinker, Henry | Early National Politics | Engineering | Few, Kitty Nicholson | France--Politics and government--1789-1815 | General Correspondence | Great Britain--Politics and government--1789-1820 | Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 | Hall, John | International Affairs | Ireland--Foreign relations | Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 | Lotteries--New York (State) | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Manuscript Essays | Marriage and Family Life | McIntere, Archibald | Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 | New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel--18th century | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 | Parke, Thomas, 1749-1835 | Printing and Publishing | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Roofing, Slate | Schuylkill River Bridge | Science and Technology | United States--Politics and government--Revolution, 1775-1783 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 | Wolfe, James, 1727-1759 | |
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