| 2 | Creator: | Legaux, Peter,1748-1827. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journal of the Vine Company of Pennsylvania
| | | | Dates: | 1803-1827 | | | | Abstract: | Initially proposed by Peter Legaux at a meeting of the American Philosophical Society in 1793, the Vine Company of Pennsylvania was a stock company that encouraged the domestic production of grapes, wines, and brandy, and dissemination of knowledge about viticulture. After its incorporation in 1802, the Company operated vineyards on Legaux's farm at Spring Mill, 13 miles northwest of Philadelphia, until it failed in 1822. The three volumes of Journals of the Vine Company of Pennsylvania record the daily operations of America's first commercial vineyard bewteeen 1803 and 1814. Kept by the superintendent, Peter Legaux, the journals provide careful records of weather, planting, harvesting and other field work, as well as some of the doings of the officers and shareholders of the Company. The fourth volume is essentially a weather diary kept by Legaux at Spring Mill from 1822 until his death in 1827. The last volume of Vine Company records covering the last eight years of its operation, 1814-1822, has been lost. | | | | Call #: | Mss.974.8.L52 | | | | Extent: | 4.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Grapes | Legaux, Peter,1748-1827. | McMahon, Bernard, ca.1760?-1816 | Meteorology--Pennsylvania--Observations | Natural History | Pennsylvania--Climate | Vine Company of Pennsylvania. | Viticulture--Pennsylvania | Weather | Weather diaries | |
| 3 | Creator: | Various | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Meteorology Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1748-1822 | | | | Abstract: | Featuring the work of at least ten different authors, this collection includes several, unrelated meteorological observations from the mid-18th Century to the early 19th Century. While the majority of these records depict weather patterns in Philadelphia, there are also descriptions for Delaware, New England, London, and South America among others. | | | | Call #: | Mss.551.5.M56 | | | | Extent: | 30.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 | Hazard, Samuel, 1784-1870 | Legaux, Peter,1748-1827. | Meteorological Data | Meteorology - Delaware - Observations | Meteorology - New England - Observations | Meteorology - Observations | Meteorology - Pennsylvania | Meteorology - South America - Observations | Science and Technology | Various | Weather | Williams, Samuel, 1743-1817 | |
| 4 | Creator: | American Philosophical Society. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | American Philosophical Society Archives
| | | | Dates: | 1743-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, the American Philosophical Society was the first learned society in the United States. For over 250 years, the Society has played an important role in American cultural and intellectual life. Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Society fulfilled the role of a national academy of science, national library and museum, and even patent office. Early members of the Society included Thomas Jefferson, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Rush, Stephen Peter Du Ponceau, George Washington, and many other figures prominent in American history.
The Archives of the American Philosophical Society consists of 192.25 linear feet of material, organized into thirteen record groups dating back to 1743. The Society's archives extensively documents not only the organization's historical development but also its role in American history and the history of science and technology. | | | | Call #: | APS.Archives | | | | Extent: | 192.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Adena culture--West Virginia | African American | American Philosophical Society | Astronomy--18th century | Aztecs. | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Bartram, Moses, d. 1791 | Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield Jenks) | Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 | Cherokee Indians | Choctaw Indians | Colonial Politics | Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 | Dercum, Francis X. , (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 | Early National Politics | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Education | Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) | Hanson, Laura E. | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Hassler, F. R, (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | History of science and technology. | Indians of Mexico | Indians of North America--Kentucky | Indians of North America--Mississippi | Indians of North America--Northwest Coast | Indians of North America--West Virginia | Institutional Records | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Keen, William W., (William Williams), b. 1837 | Legaux, Peter,1748-1827. | Lingelbach , William E., (William Ezra), 1871-1962 | Miscellaneous | Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-1945 | Mound builders | Native America | Native American Materials | Natural History | Natural History--18th century | Natural History--19th century | Nicola, Lewis, 1717-1807 | Patterson, , Robert M., (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 | Pencil works | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Plains Indians | Priestly, Joseph R. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Shryock, Richard Harrison, 1893-1972 | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Southeast Indians | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | United States History. | Valltravers, Johann Rodolph | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Warden, David Baillie, 1772-1845 | Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Wood, George Bacon, 1797-1879 | |
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