| 1 | Creator: | Girard family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Girard family papers, 1819-1880
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1880 | | | | Abstract: | This is principally correspondence between Henriette Girard, niece of Stephen Girard, and her husbands, Henri Lallemand and John Yardly Clark. Correspondents include Stephen Girard and other members of the family. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.G44 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Business Records and Accounts | Clark, John Yardly | Family Correspondence | Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831 | Lallemand, H., (Henri), 1777-1823 | Marriage and Family Life | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Philadelphia History | |
| 2 | Creator: | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | André Michaux letters and papers, 1783-1890
| | | | Dates: | 1783-1890 | | | | Abstract: | Includes letters to his son, Francois André, and an act of New Jersey authorizing Michaux to purchase land in the state to establish a botanical garden. Also includes a letter from James MacPherson Le Moine to Henry Phillips, Jr. (1890). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M58 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botanical gardens -- New Jersey. | Family Correspondence | Le Moine, J. M., Sir, (James MacPherson), 1825-1912 | Marriage and Family Life | Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Michaux, Francois André, 1770-1855 | New Jersey -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. | Phillips, Henry, Jr. | |
| 3 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Rittenhouse family papers, 1774-1932
| | | | Dates: | 1774-1932 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include letters, broadsides, and other documents pertaining to various branches of the Rittenhouse family, in particular, David Rittenhouse. Included are references to Benjamin Smith Barton, and copies of documents concerning the Barton family, especially Thomas Barton, in Fanny Abbott's, "Family Records." | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R51f | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abbott, Fanny D. | Barton family. | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869 | Broadsides. | Family Correspondence | Genealogies. | Marriage and Family Life | Papermakers. | Rittenhouse family. | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | |
| 5 | Creator: | Shippen, Edward,1729-1806. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Edward Shippen receipts, 1754-1789
| | | | Dates: | 1754-1789 | | | | Abstract: | These are receipts from tradesmen, mechanics, and storekeepers for sewing, carriage work, the making and repair of shoes, madeira, fabrics, sugar, hair-dressing, and clothing. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sh621 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Household supplies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Marriage and Family Life | Receipts. | Shippen, Edward,1729-1806. | Social Life and Custom | Trade | |
| 6 | Creator: | Hewson family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Hewson family papers, 1767-1836
| | | | Dates: | 1767-1836 | | | | Abstract: | These are letters of William Hewson, Mary Stevenson Hewson, and Thomas Tickell Hewson, chiefly to members of the family on personal affairs. There are also a transcript of a draft of William Hewson's account of his quarrel with Dr. William Hunter and a letter from Barbeu Du Bourg to Mary Stevenson Hewson. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H492.h, .br, .b1, .b | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Barbeu Du Bourg, -- M. -- (Jacques) | General Correspondence | Hewson, Mary Stevenson, 1739-1795 | Hewson, Thomas T. | Hunter, William, 1718-1783 | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Physicians. | Poems. | Social Life and Custom | Women's History | |
| 7 | Creator: | LeConte family. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | LeConte family papers, 1827-1901
| | | | Dates: | 1827-1901 | | | | Abstract: | Principally letters from John Eatton LeConte, John Lawrence LeConte, Joseph LeConte, and Mrs. Jane LeConte Harden to Mrs. Matilda Jane Harden Stevens, Sumner Morrison Ramsey, Mrs. Ann LeConte Stevens, and Louis LeConte pertaining to family matters and natural history. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L493f | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Family Correspondence | Harden, Jane LeConte | LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901 | LeConte, John Eatton, 1784-1860 | LeConte, John L., (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | LeConte, Louis | Marriage and Family Life | Natural history. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Ramsey, Sumner Morrison | Stevens, Ann LeConte | Stevens, Matilda Jane Harden | |
| 8 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Wills, 1790-1822, of signers of the Declaration of Independence
| | | | Dates: | 1790-1822 | | | | Abstract: | This group includes wills for Benjamin Franklin Bache (B/B122.w), Richard Bache (B/B121.w), George Clymer (B/C625.w), Benjamin Franklin (B/F85.w), Francis Hopkinson (B/H768.w), Jared Ingersoll (Misc. Ms. Coll.), Thomas McKean (B/M195.w), Thomas Mifflin (B/M586.w), Robert Morris (B/M835.w), George Ross (B/R735.w), and Benjamin Rush (B/R89.w). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B122.w | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Bache, Richard, 1794-1836 | Clymer, George, 1739-1813 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791 | Ingersoll, Jared, 1749-1822 | Legal Records | Marriage and Family Life | McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 | Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 | Morris, Robert | Philadelphia History | Ross, George | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | United States. -- Declaration of Independence -- Signers. | Wills. | |
| 9 | 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. | |
| 10 | Creator: | Cassin, Charles Luke, 1846-1878 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Luke Cassin papers, 1745-1878
| | | | Dates: | 1745-1878 | | | | Abstract: | The correspondence (1869-1883) is primarily routine business, i.e. navy orders and letters of recommendation, and also includes some personal letters. In addition, there are several notebooks and diaries, including notes from Pennsylvania Hospital clinical lectures, 1867-1869 (2 v.); diaries, 1865-1875 (7 v.); a volume of poetry; and general study notes. There is also early material (1745-1813) on the Cassin family, including a letter of indenture dated 1758. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C274 | | | | Extent: | 70.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. | Cassin, Charles Luke, 1846-1878 | Cassin, Joseph | Diaries. | Family Correspondence | Lecture notes. | Legal Records | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine -- United States. | Military History | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Poems. | Trust indentures. | United States - Armed Forces - Medical personnel | United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 | Wills. | |
| 11 | Creator: | Clymer, George, 1739-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | George Clymer Papers, 1745-1848
| | | | Dates: | 1745-1848 | | | | Abstract: | George Clymer was a successful merchant, well-known politician, and a generous philanthropist, but is today most famous for being a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As a proponent of independence, he joined various local political committees including six of the seven Philadelphia resistance committees. From there, he entered the national political arena and in 1776 was elected to the Second Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence.
The George Clymer Collection is a small one and not reflective of his varied pursuits. There are twenty-seven documents, most of which are not signed by Clymer; those that are signed by Clymer are dated between May 3, 1800 and January 22, 1813. The items represent not Clymer's political activities but his ordinary legal and real estate transactions. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C625 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Account books. | Business and Skilled Trades | Cadwalader, Lambert | Clymer, George, 1739-1813 | Education | Educational Material | Estate--Valuation | Finance,Personal | Francis, Tench, 1730-1800 | General Correspondence | Heysham, John, 1753-1834 | Knox, William, 1732-1810 | Land and Speculation | Legal Records | Maps | Marriage and Family Life | Patents--Pennsylvania | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Boundaries | Power of Attorney--Pennsylvania | Trust indentures-United States | Wharton, Charles Henry, 1748-1833 | |
| 12 | 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: | Short, William, 1759-1849 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Short correspondence, 1787-1838
| | | | Dates: | 1787-1838 | | | | Abstract: | This correspondence is chiefly of a personal nature between Short and the Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld concerning his desire to marry her and bring her to America. The Duchesse's letters describe life in a powerful, wealthy, and noble French family under the ancien régime, including events of the Revolution and the Reign of Terror, and life in France thereafter. The collection also includes letters from Lafayette, Count Luigi Castiglioni, Pauline Castiglioni, and the Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sh83 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | Castiglioni, Luigi, 1757-1832 | Castiglioni, Pauline | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799. | France -- Social life and customs -- 1789-1815. | La Rochefoucauld, Duchesse de. | La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747-1827 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Marriage and Family Life | Short, William, 1759-1849 | Social Life and Custom | |
| 14 | 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 | |
| 17 | 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 | |
| 18 | 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 | |
| 19 | Creator: | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Travels through life:or an account of sundry incidents and events in the life of Benjamin Rush...written for the use of his children, [1800]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1800 | | | | Abstract: | This autobiography relates Rush's experiences in college and medical school; his meetings with notable doctors; his life in Scotland, England, and France; his medical views; the military and politics during the Revolutionary War; and brief sketches of personalities of that period. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R89t | | | | Extent: | 8.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Autobiographies. | Autobiography | Diaries | Early National Politics | England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Epidemics--United States | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Indians of North America | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine | Medicine. | Philadelphia History | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Social Life and Custom | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal histories. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. | Yellow fever -- United States. | |
| 20 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jasper Yeates Papers
| | | | Dates: | Bulk, 1760-1816 | | | | Abstract: | Jasper Yeates (1745-1817) was a lawyer and Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice, one of the state's most successful colonial-era legal practitioners. After moving to Lancaster County in 1765, he became active in colonial and early federal affairs, first by supporting the Revolutionary struggle and later by serving as one of Lancaster's delegates to the State Convention of 1787, which ratified the U.S. Constitution. The Jasper Yeates Papers (1728-1910, bulk 1760-1816) consist mainly of correspondence and business and court/legal records related to the Yeates family. The bulk of this three linear foot collection reflect Yeates’ personal life as husband, father, son, and friend, as well as his professional life as lawyer and judge in Pennsylvania; much of the material dated after Yeates’ death was created by children and/or grandchildren. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.151 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | African American | Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848 | Burd, Elizabeth | Burd, Joseph | Business Records and Accounts | Cox, Tench | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Lancaster County (Pa.)--History | Law | Legal Records | Marriage and Family Life | Pennsylvania --History --French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania Supreme Court | Political Correspondence | Seven Years' War | Shippen, Edward Jr. | Shippen, Joseph Jr. | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. | Social Life and Custom | Tilghman, Edward, 1750-1815 | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | Whelan, William | Yeates, Elizabeth | Yeates, Jasper | Yeates, John | Yeates, Margaret | Yeates, Sarah Burd | |
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