| 3 | Creator: | Martin de La Bastide,M. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Mémoire sur la possibilité, les avantages, et les moyens douvrir un canal dans l'Amérique septentrionale, pour communiquer de la mer Atlantique, ou du Nord, à la mer Pacifique, ou du Sud, [ca. 1785]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1785 | | | | Abstract: | This copy was secured by Thomas Jefferson, 30 June 1817, and was presented by him to the American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, 6 November 1817. | | | | Call #: | Mss.386.M36 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | International Travel | Manuscript Essays | Martin de La Bastide,M. | Nicaragua Canal (Nicaragua) | Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) | Travel Narratives and Journals | |
| 4 | Creator: | Gliddon, George R.(George Robins),1809-1857. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Analecta hieroglyphica, 1839-1841
| | | | Dates: | 1839-1841 | | | | Abstract: | This volume was compiled in Egypt, where Gliddon lived for 23 years, and was copied from his original manuscripts for Samuel G. Morton by Edward M. Kern in Philadelphia in 1842. It includes drawings and illustrations. | | | | Call #: | Mss.493.1.G491 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | Drawings. | Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic | Gliddon, George R.(George Robins),1809-1857. | International Travel | Kern, Edward Meyer, 1823-1863 | Manuscript Essays | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Sketchbooks | |
| 5 | Creator: | Smith, Thomas P., (Thomas Peters), 1777 or 8-1802 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | List of minerals, 1801
| | | | Dates: | 1801 | | | | Abstract: | This list was kept on Smith's travels in France and Switzerland, and includes notes by John Vaughan from whose scrapbook these sheets were removed in 1959. | | | | Call #: | Mss.549.Sm7 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | International Travel | Lists. | Mineralogy -- France -- History -- 18th century. | Mineralogy -- Switzerland. | Minerals -- Classification. | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Smith, Thomas P., (Thomas Peters), 1777 or 8-1802 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | |
| 6 | Creator: | Billings, William, 1746-1800 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journals of the Ship Apollo, 1789-1791
| | | | Dates: | 1789-1791 | | | | Abstract: | These logbooks record two voyages (to Corunna, Spain, 1789-1790, and to Oporto, Portugal, 1791, and returns to Philadelphia), with observations of differences in temperature between air and water, especially when passing the Gulf Stream or any land or banks. | | | | Call #: | Mss.656.B49 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Apollo (Ship). | Billings, William, 1746-1800 | Business and Skilled Trades | Charts. | International Travel | Logbooks. | Meteorological Data | Meteorology -- Observations. | Scientific Data | Trade | Voyages and travels. | |
| 9 | Creator: | Welch, George,fl. 1671. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journal, 1671, of a voyage to the West Indies
| | | | Dates: | 1671 | | | | Abstract: | This journal describes Welch's journey from his home in England to the coast, the long wait for the wind, the voyage, preparations against possible attack by pirates, visits to Barbados, Nevis, and other islands, and his arrival at Port Royal in Hispaniola. | | | | Call #: | Mss.917.29.W46j | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Hispaniola. | International Travel | Journals (notebooks). | Manuscript Essays | Pirates. | Religion | Travel Narratives and Journals | Voyages and travels. | Welch, George,fl. 1671. | West Indies -- Description and travel. | |
| 11 | Creator: | Strahan, William, 1715-1785 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Strahan journals and accounts, 1751-1777
| | | | Dates: | 1751-1777 | | | | Abstract: | The first three volumes contain journals of Strahan's travels in Scotland, with records of expenses along the way, for 1751, 1759, 1760, 1766, 1768, 1773, and 1777. Strahan and Benjamin Franklin were in Edinburgh at the same time in 1759. The fourth volume contains "The particulars of the estate of Wm Strahan as it stood on the first of January 1755," and also for 1759 and 1761, with some miscellaneous accounts. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.St83.St83x1 | | | | Extent: | 4.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Accounts. | American Revolution | Business Records and Accounts | Diaries | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | International Travel | Journals (notebooks). | Printing and Publishing | Scotland -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Strahan, William, 1715-1785 | Travel Narratives and Journals | |
| 12 | Creator: | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Caspar Wistar Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1794-1817 | | | | Abstract: | This is primarily a collection of letters and manuscripts sent to Wistar by prominent men who were among his many correspondents. These documents reflect his broad interests, including botany, paleontology, medicine, the American Philosophical Society, and André Michaux's plans for exploring the Missouri. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.W76 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Ambroise M. F. J., Baron de Palisot de Beauvois | American Philosophical Society | Botany | Camper, Adrien Gilles, 1759-1820 | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | General Correspondence | International Travel | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Medicine | Medicine--19th century | Natural History | Paleontology--19th century | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Tilesius von Tilenau, Wilhelm Gottlieb | Travel | Warden, David Bailie, 1772-1845 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Yellow fever | |
| 13 | Creator: | Marchant, Henry,1741-1796. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Henry Marchant diary, 1771-1772
| | | | Dates: | 1771-1772 | | | | Abstract: | This diary is an account of a voyage from Newport (R.I.) to London, with descriptions of Boston, Dover, Edinburgh, and London. There are also many references to Benjamin Franklin in the diary. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M332 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Beyond Early America | Boston (Mass.) -- Description and travel. | Diaries. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | International Travel | London (England) -- Description and travel. | Manuscript Essays | Marchant, Henry,1741-1796. | Science and Technology | Scotland -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Travel Narratives and Journals | |
| 14 | Creator: | Pennock, C. W.(Caspar Wistar),1799-1867. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C. W. (Caspar Wistar) Pennock papers, 1829-1891
| | | | Dates: | 1829-1891 | | | | Abstract: | These are primarily letters, with some receipts for medical services rendered included. They relate to the general social and intellectural life of Philadelphia and to publications on medical topics. Many of the letters are introductions to Europeans when Pennock first visited there. Letters dated post-1867 are to relatives and colleagues (?). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P3825 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Comstock, Andrew | Griscom, John, 1774-1852 | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Hays, Isaac,1796-1879. | International Travel | Manuscript Essays | Medicine | Medicine. | Michaux, Francois André, 1770-1855 | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Pennock, C. W.(Caspar Wistar),1799-1867. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Receipts. | Travel Narratives and Journals | Travers, Benjamin, 1783-1858 | Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836. | |
| 15 | Creator: | Shippen, William, 1736?-1808 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Shippen journal, July 19, 1759 - January 22, 1760
| | | | Dates: | 1759-1760 | | | | Abstract: | This journal was kept while Shippen was a student of medicine in London under Dr. Colin McKenzie and Dr. William Hunter. Notable people mentioned are Dennys De Berdt, Mark Akenside, George Whitefield, John Fothergill, David Garrick, and Thomas Penn. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sh61 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Akenside, Mark, 1721-1770 | Americans Abroad | De Berdt, Dennys, 1694-1770 | Diaries | Education | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | Garrick, David, 1717-1779 | Hunter, William, 1718-1783 | International Travel | McKenzie, Colin | Medical education -- England. | Medicine | Medicine -- England. | Penn, Thomas,1702-1775. | Science and Technology | Shippen, William, 1736?-1808 | Travel Narratives and Journals | Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 | |
| 17 | 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. | |
| 18 | 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: |
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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 | |
| 19 | Creator: | Smith, Thomas P., (Thomas Peters), 1777 or 8-1802 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas P. Smith journal in Europe, 1800-1802
| | | | Dates: | 1800-1802 | | | | Abstract: | This set of journals, copied legibly but with many excisions into the last volume, 914 Sm61, is from a tour of Germany, Denmark, Sweden, France, and England, to inspect technological improvements in manufacturing and mining. There are accounts of visits with C.D. Ebeling, Friedrich Klopstock, J.A.J. Reimarus, Anders Sparmann, and Karl P. Thunberg. Smith bequeathed this journal to the American Philosophical Society with the request that it be published if found to contain information "useful to the manufactories of my country." | | | | Call #: | Mss.914.Sm6 | | | | Extent: | 5.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | Denmark -- Description and travel. | Ebeling, Christophe Daniel, 1741-1817 | England -- Description and travel. | France -- Description and travel. | Germany -- Description and travel. | International Travel | Journals (notebooks). | Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1724-1803 | Manufacturing processes -- Europe. | Mines and mineral resources -- Europe. | Reimarus, Johann Albert Heinrich, 1729-1814 | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Smith, Thomas P., (Thomas Peters), 1777 or 8-1802 | Sparmann, Anders | Sweden -- Description and travel. | Thunberg, Carl Peter, 1743-1828 | Travel Narratives and Journals | |
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