| 1 | Creator: | Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Quincy Adams material from the administrative and chancellery files, 1809-1816
| | | | Dates: | 1809-1816 | | | | Abstract: | The papers, from originals in the Archives of Foreign Ministry, U.S.S.R., contain mostly correspondence, with a few printed statements and articles. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.695.1 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Microfilm Collection | Monroe, James, 1758-1831 | Russia -- Foreign relations -- 1801-1825. | United States Foreign relations 1809-1817 | |
| 2 | Creator: | University of Virginia.Board of Visitors. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | University of Virginia. Board of Visitors. Minutes, 1814-1828
| | | | Dates: | 1814-1828 | | | | Abstract: | These are copies of the Board of Visitors minutes of the Albemarle Academy (25 March-17 June 1814), and Central College (5 May 1817-1819), both of which were forerunners of the university. There are also minutes of the reconstituted university (29 March 1819-7 April 1826, 10-24 July 1828). Among the members of the Board were Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison. Partly in hand of William C. Rives (?). | | | | Call #: | Mss.378.755.V8lbo | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Albemarle Academy (Va.). | Central College (Va.). | Colony and State Specific History | Education | Educational Material | Institutional Records | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Monroe, James, 1758-1831 | |
| 3 | 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 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Hosack correspondence, 1804-1891
| | | | Dates: | 1804-1891 | | | | Abstract: | This is a collection of autograph letters, principally to Hosack, but also between other correspondents. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.842 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848 -- Inauguration. | Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 | Horticulture. | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Medicine. | Microfilm Collection | Statesmen -- United States. | Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 | |
| 5 | Creator: | Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Catharine Wistar Bache Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1788-1822 | | | | Abstract: | Catherine Wistar Bache (1805-1886) was the point of connection between two of Philadelphia's most illustrious families of the late eighteenth century. Daughter of the physician Caspar Wistar, in November 1797 she married Dr. William Bache, who was the son of Richard Bache and the grandson of Benjamin Franklin.
Primarily letters to Mrs. Bache (wife of Dr. William Bache) of Philadelphia, from Mrs. David Hosack (nee Mary Eddy), Mrs. Elizabeth Trist, and Mary Jones. The letters are personal and concern family life, activities of husbands, etc., with many references to Caspar Wistar, There are comments on diseases, education (at William and Mary College), war, and politics. References are also made to the deaths of Richard Bache and Caspar Wistar, and to Benjamin Franklin's Stockado (a musical instrument). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B124 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 | Bache, William, 1773-1820 | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Hosack, Mary Eddy, d. 1824 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Jones, Mary Trist | Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870 | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Marriage and Family Life | Native America | Philadelphia History | Social Life and Custom | Trist, Elizabeth | United States--History--War of 1812 | United States--Politics and government--1783-1809 | War of 1812 | William and Mary College | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Women's History | Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | |
| 6 | Creator: | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | José Francisco Correia da Serra papers, 1772-1827
| | | | Dates: | 1772-1827 | | | | Abstract: | Transcripts and photocopies of Correia de Serra correspondence, made by Richard B. Davis for "The Abbé Correa in America," APS
Transactions 45, 2 (1955). Seven mss. letters are also included. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C81.1 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | Beyond Early America | Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Corrêa da Serra, Edward J. | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Linnaeus , Carl | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Monroe, James, 1758-1831 | Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Henrich Ernst, 1753-1815 | Natural history. | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Rawle, William, 1759-1836 | Rush, Richard | Skipwith, Fulwar, 1765-1839 | Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759-1828 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | |
| 7 | 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 | |
| 8 | Creator: | Peale-Sellers families. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peale-Sellers Family Collection, 1686-1963
| | | | Dates: | 1686-1963 | | | | Abstract: | The Peale family is best known as a family of artists; however, family interests and activities were much more wide-ranging. The best known Peale is Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827, APS 1786), who produced more than one thousand paintings, including hundreds of portraits of leading Americans during the colonial and early national periods. Peale was married three times, to Rachel Brewster (1744-1790), Elizabeth de Peyster (1765-1804), and Hannah More (1755-1821). He had eighteen children, eleven of whom reached adulthood. Three of Charles Willson Peale’s sons became artists: Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825), Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), and Rubens Peale (1784-1865). A fourth son, Titian Ramsay Peale (1799-1885, APS 1833), was a naturalist (who made drawings on the exploring expeditions he accompanied) and pioneer in photography, and another son, Benjamin Franklin Peale (1795-1870), became a naturalist and paleontologist. Peale’s daughter Sophonisba Angusciola was married to Coleman Sellers (1781-1834), an inventor and manufacturer of machinery, including locomotives. Two of their sons, George Escol Sellers (1808-1899) and Coleman Sellers (1827-1907, APS 1872), were inventors and engineers. The latter served as director of the construction of the hydro-electric power development at Niagara Falls. He was married to Cornelia Wells Sellers (1831-1909). One of their grandsons was Charles Coleman Sellers (1903-1980, APS 1979), a librarian and historian and the author of several studies of the Peale family, including a Charles Willson Peale biography. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P31 | | | | Extent: | 19.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Art -- United States. | Business and Skilled Trades | Cassatt, Alexander J., (Alexander Johnston), 1839-1906 | Civil engineering -- United States. | Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945 | Crèvecoeur de Perthes, Jacques Boucher de. | Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 | De Peyster, John, 1765-ca. 1849 | Drawing. | Early National Politics | Edison , Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Engineering. | Family Correspondence | Fraley, F., (Frederick), 1804-1901 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 | Genealogies. | General Correspondence | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, 1805-1861 | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935 | Langley, S. P., (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906 | Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 | Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903 | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Locomotives. | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Maps and Surveys | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine, Military. | Mitchell, S. Weir, (Silas Weir), 1829-1914 | Natural history. | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Patterson, , Robert M., (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Peale family. | Peale, Franklin,1795-1870. | Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825 | Peale-Sellers families. | Philadelphia History | Political Correspondence | Portraits, American. | Sketches. | Social Life and Custom | Stetson, Charles Augustus, 1810-1888 | Technology. | United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical personnel. | United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865. | United States -- Civilization -- To 1783. | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | |
| 9 | Creator: | Bancker family | Requires cookie* | | | | Bancker, Charles Nicoll, 1778-1869 | | | | Title: | Charles Nicoll Bancker family papers, 1733-1894
| | | | Dates: | 1733-1894 | | | | Abstract: | In addition to correspondence, the collection contains various documents, such as a furniture inventory volume (30pp.); a Daybook, 1795-1800 (120pp.); and a very interesting journal (unidentified, but by one of the Banckers, and filed under "Description of a trip..."), from New York to Albany and back, between July 20-Aug. 15, 1793 (1 vol., 31 pp.). It contains detailed observations of the Hudson River and the towns along the way. C.N. Bancker was in business and trade prior to 1826, and in the insurance business after that date, so there is material relating to those topics in this collection. He owned a substantial library of the period, which was used by Charles Wilkes's Expedition after 1837 (see Reynell Coates to Bancker). This library, along with Bancker's notable scientific instrument collection, was sold after his death and there are published auction catalogues in the collection. There is much family correspondence from: Anne E. Bancker, Charles Gerard Bancker, Evert Bancker, Sarah U. Bancker, Violetta Bancker Talbot, Elizabeth Bancker Teackle, and John Teackle. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B22.c | | | | Extent: | 3.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John, 1735-1826 | American Revolution | Antebellum Politics | Bancker, Anne E. | Bancker, Charles Gerard | Bancker, Charles Nicoll, 1778-1869 | Bancker, Evert, b. 1734 | Bancker, Sarah U. | Beasley, Frederick, 1777-1845 | Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Catalogs. | Colonial Politics | Colony and State Specific History | Daybooks. | Early National Politics | Education | Family Correspondence | Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 | Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 | General Correspondence | Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831 | Hazard, Samuel, 1784-1870 | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | Insurance agents -- United States. | Inventories. | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Journals (notebooks). | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Land and Speculation | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Madison, James, 1751-1836 | Manuscript Essays | Marriage and Family Life | Marshall, John G., (John George), 1789-1880 | McIlvaine, H. M. | Merchants - United States | Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850 | Montgomery, James C. | Montgomery, John T., (John Teackle), 1817 | Muhlenberg, William Augustus, 1796-1877 | New York (State) -- Description and travel. | Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 | Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 | Political Correspondence | Politicians -- United States. | Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 | Sketchbooks | Smith, Christopher | Social Life and Custom | Stevens, John, 1749-1838 | Talbot, Violetta Bancker | Teackle, Elizabeth Bancker | Teackle, John | Trade | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States - Commerce - To 1865 | United States - Social conditions - To 1865 | Upshur, Abel Percy | Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829 | Women's History | |
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