| 2 | Creator: | Potocki, Jan,hrabia,1761-1815. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journal, 1797-1798, of travels in Russia
| | | | Dates: | 1797-1798 | | | | Abstract: | Part of Potocki's journey was made to search for the origins of the ancient Scythians. In 1828 the German Orientalist and traveler Heinrich Julius Klaproth asked the American Philosophical Society's permission to have an additional copy made of this manuscript, from which he prepared the work for publication, entitled "Voyage dans les steps dAstrakhan et du Caucase . . . Histoire primitive des peuples qui ont habité anciennement ces contrées (2 v., Paris, 1829). | | | | Call #: | Mss.914.79.P85 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Journals (notebooks). | Klaproth, Julius von, 1783-1835 | Potocki, Jan,hrabia,1761-1815. | Scythians. | Soviet Union -- Description and travel. | |
| 3 | Creator: | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Henry Muhlenberg journals, 1777-1815
| | | | Dates: | 1777-1815 | | | | Abstract: | A record of daily occurrence, with many features of a commonplace book, for this contains prescriptions, notes of questions asked candidates for the Lutheran ministry, the plan of a barn, etc. There is also a biographical account of Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M892 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Barns. | Botany. | Journals (notebooks). | Lutheran Church -- Clergy. | Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, 1711-1787 | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Vaughan, Samuel,18th cent. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journal, 1787, of a tour through Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
| | | | Dates: | 1787 | | | | Abstract: | This journal begins with a visit to Germantown (Pa.), and continues through Pennsylvania to Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. Also included are expenses on the road for Vaughan, his horse, and servants. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.V464 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Journals (notebooks). | Maryland -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel. | Vaughan, Samuel,18th cent. | Virginia -- Description and travel. | |
| 7 | Creator: | Post, Christian Frederick,1710?-1785. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journal, 1760, of the great council of the different Indian nations
| | | | Dates: | 1760 | | | | Abstract: | This journal of Post's, who was in the company of Teedyuscung, John Hays, Isaac Still, and Moses Tattamy, relates to the Indian conference held near the Ohio River. Copy in clerk's hand. Concerning message carried to Mingoes and other Ohio Indians. Includes description of conjuring ceremony. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.204 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Hays, John | Indian councils | Journals (notebooks). | Microfilm Collection | Post, Christian Frederick,1710?-1785. | Still, Isaac | Tattamy, Moses | Teedyuscung, ca. 1700-1763 | |
| 10 | Creator: | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Meteorological journals, 1784-1788, 1789-1793
| | | | Dates: | 1784-1793 | | | | Abstract: | These journals, kept at Madison's plantation, also contain notes on sowing and harvesting, and migration of birds. Some notes are in Dolley Madison's hand. | | | | Call #: | Mss.551.5.M26 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture | Birds -- Migration -- United States. | Journals (notebooks). | Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849 | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Meteorological Data | Meteorology -- Observations. | Natural History | Science and Technology | |
| 13 | 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. | |
| 16 | Creator: | Smith, Erwin F., (Erwin Frink), 1854-1927 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Erwin F. (Erwin Frink) Smith papers, 1865-1940
| | | | Dates: | 1865-1940 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, data on Smith's studies on plant pathology, photographs of diseased plants, and some genealogical data. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sm53 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany -- Experiments. | Botany -- Michigan. | Diaries. | Europe -- Description and travel. | Ink. | Journals (notebooks). | Michigan -- Botany. | Photoprints. | Plant diseases. | Plants -- Disease and pest resistance. | Smith, Erwin F., (Erwin Frink), 1854-1927 | |
| 17 | Creator: | Trudeau, Jean Baptiste,1748-1827. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journal among the Arikara Indians, and other papers, 1794-1796
| | | | Dates: | 1794-1796 | | | | Abstract: | Includes "Description abrègée du Haut-Missouri adressé: a Monsieur don Zénon Trudeau," an account of a journey up the Missouri River, with descriptions of the life and manners of the Indian tribes, prepared for Don Zenon Trudeau, Lieutenant Governor of the Country East of the Illinois (n.d., [after 1795]). Extracts from journals, June 7, 1794-June 1796 (part printed from copy in Department of State Archives, Washington), 190 pages. Approximately 200 pages of letters. Materials contain descriptions of the culture of the Plains Indians (Cheyenne, Arikara, Mandan, Pawnee, Gros Ventres, Sioux, Poncas), dress, customs, marriage, birth; calumet dance, sun dance, buffalo dance; warfare. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1036 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America--Social life and customs | Journals (notebooks). | Microfilm Collection | Missouri River. | Trudeau, Jean Baptiste,1748-1827. | Trudeau, Zenon | United States -- Discovery and exploration. | |
| 18 | Creator: | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George William Featherstonhaugh papers, 1771-1856
| | | | Dates: | 1771-1856 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include correspondence, legal documents, financial records, family material, maps and plats, pictures, printed materials, diaires, and journals of geological expeditions. Also included are undated materials. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1431 | | | | Extent: | 10.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- United States. | Diaries. | Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 | Geology -- United States. | Indians of North America--Languages | Journals (notebooks). | Maps. | Microfilm Collection | Pictures. | Railroads -- United States. | |
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