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1Creator:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  H. I. Z., Advice and instruction to the Palatines newly arrived in the Province of Pennsylvania     
 Dates:  1727 
 Abstract:  In the hand of Benjamin Franklin, "from the manuscript. Translated from the High Dutch." 
 Call #:  Mss.171.6.Z1 
 Extent:  1.0 Item(s) 
 Sections:   Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Colonial Politics | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Manuscript Essays | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History 
2Creator:  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790Requires cookie*
 Title:  To the freeholders and freemen     
 Dates:  1727 
 Abstract:   none  
 Call #:  Mss.324.F85 
 Extent:  1.0 Item(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Colonial Politics | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Manuscript Essays | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History 
3Creator:  Philadelphia Museum Company .Requires cookie*
 Title:  Philadelphia Museum Company Minutes, 1821-1845     
 Dates:  1821-1845 
 Abstract:   none  
 Call #:  Mss.507.748.P53 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Business Records and Accounts | Institutional Records | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Minutes. | Philadelphia History 
4Creator:  Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791Requires cookie*
 Title:  Miscellaneous works, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This is a collection of Francis Hopkinson's prose writings, prepared by him for publication. These volumes are numbered 1-4 and 6. Volume 5, missing here, contains his verse. 
 Call #:  Mss.817.H77 
 Extent:  6.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791 | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Manuscript Essays | Philadelphia History 
5Creator:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Coates family. Account books, etc., 1678-1817     
 Dates:  1678-1817 
 Abstract:  This collection consists of six ms. books kept by members of the Coates family of Philadelphia, including two bank books, a day book, a receipt book, an account book, and a commonlace book. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.C632.1 
 Extent:  6.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Law | Philadelphia History | Trade 
6Creator:  St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia.Requires cookie*
 Title:  St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia minutes and accounts, 1749-1843     
 Dates:  1749-1843 
 Abstract:  The minutes cover 1749-1776, 1786-1833, and Treasurer's accounts, 1759-1843. 
 Call #:  Mss.361.Sa2 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Accounts. | Institutional Records | Minutes. | Miscellaneous | Philadelphia History | Social Life and Custom | Societies. 
7Creator:  Hughes, John. -1772Requires cookie*
 Title:  Letter to the Commisioners of the stamp office from the Pennsylvania Collector     
 Dates:  1765 
 Abstract:   none  
 Call #:  Mss.973.31.H87 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Hughes, John. -1772 | Official Government Documents and Records | Philadelphia History | Political Correspondence 
8Creator:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  William Parker Foulke account book, 1767-1775     
 Dates:  1767-1775 
 Abstract:  Account book, apprently kept by an ancestor of William P. Foulke. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.F826.1 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Account books. | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Foulke, William Parker, 1816-1865 | Philadelphia History 
9Creator:  Roach, Hannah Benner.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Research material on Elfreth's Alley history, 1835-1976     
 Dates:  1835-1976 
 Abstract:  This material includes a typescript of Roach's "An Account of Elfreth's Alley and Its People from the Earliest Times," an unpublished manuscript prepared for the Elfreth's Alley Association in 1958, and also research material related to this study, such as land and deed abstracts, and miscellaneous notes. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.R52e 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Dissertations | Elfreth family. | Elfreth's Alley (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History. | Philadelphia History | Research Records and Reports | Roach, Hannah Benner. 
10Creator:  Vaughan Club.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Vaughan Club papers, 1838-1841.     
 Dates:  1838-1841 
 Abstract:  There are letters, songs, menus, etc. Members included William Strickland, N. Chapman, A. D. Bache, R. Dunglison, and others, who brought their bottles already decanted and ready to drink. 
 Call #:  Mss.Temp5 .Misc Ms 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Correspondence. | General Correspondence | Institutional Records | Menus. | Music--Scores. | Philadelphia History | Social Life and Custom 
11Creator:  United States. Work Projects Administration.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Plan of Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)     
 Dates:  Circa 1736 
 Abstract:  Plan of the ground and lots belonging to the State House. Docketing by Benjamin Franklin. Housed in its own red case (17x19.5"). 
 Call #:  Mss.974.811.P53.1 
 Extent:  1.0 Drawing 
 Sections:   Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Architectural drawings. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Maps and Surveys | Philadelphia History | Surveying and Maps 
12Creator:  Zehnder, J. A.,recorder.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Bankruptcy notices, 1842-1845     
 Dates:  1842-1845 
 Abstract:  This volume is a listing of Philadelphia individuals claiming bankruptcy, with a corresponding list of their creditors. 
 Call #:  Mss.332.75.Z3 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Bankruptcy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Law | Legal Records | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | Philadelphia History | Zehnder, J. A.,recorder. 
13Creator:  Miller, Peter,1724?-1794.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Register Book H, 1765-1777     
 Dates:  1765-1777 
 Abstract:  This volume contains copies of depositions sworn before Peter Miller, letters of attorney, bonds, receipts, bills of sale, and contracts of marriage, etc. There is an index of names, which lists, among many others, George Glentworth, John Kearsley, Reese Meredith, Frederick Phile, and James Ralph. See date of 18 May 1768 for B. Franklin; 30 October 1773 for Kearsley. Film 54-67 Frame 136. 
 Call #:  Mss.347.96.M615 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Depositions. | Glentworth, George | Kearsley, John, -- d. 1772. | Legal Records | Legal documents. | Meredith, Reese | Miller, Peter,1724?-1794. | Notaries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Philadelphia History | Phile, Frederick | Ralph, James | Receipts. 
14Creator:  Philological Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Philological Society (Philadelphia, Pa.) papers, 1809-1811     
 Dates:  1809-1811 
 Abstract:  These papers consist chiefly of essays presented by the members, with such titles as "Ambition," "On Avarice," "State of Literature in the United States," and "Consequences of the French Revolution." Also included are several letters, including one from Benjamin Say, Jr. 
 Call #:  Mss.405.P5o 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Essays. | Institutional Records | Learned institutions and societies -- Pennsylvania. | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Manuscript Essays | Miscellaneous | Philadelphia History | Philology. | Say, Benjamin, 1755-1813 | Social Life and Custom 
15Creator:  Binny, Archibald, 1762-1838Requires cookie*
 Ronaldson, James, 1768-1842
 Title:  Binny & Ronaldson ledgers, 1796-1798, 1798-1800, 1800-1801     
 Dates:  1796-1801 
 Abstract:  The transactions of Binny and Ronaldson's Philadelphia type foundry are recorded in the volumes. 
 Call #:  Mss.655.21.B51 
 Extent:  3.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Binny & Ronaldson . | Binny, Archibald, 1762-1838 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Philadelphia History | Printing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Printing and Publishing | Ronaldson, James, 1768-1842 | Type and type-founding -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. 
16Creator:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Journal of a voyage in the Ship Sampson, May 23, 1819 - August 23, 1819     
 Dates:  1819 
 Abstract:  This manuscript is by an unknown author who was coming to America to live. It records his voyage from Liverpool, England, to Philadelphia. 
 Call #:  Mss.910.J82 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Anonymous | Emigration and immigration. | Journals (notebooks). | Philadelphia History | Sampson (Ship). | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Voyages and travels. 
17Creator:  Frazer, R., (Robert)Requires cookie*
 Title:  R.(Robert) Frazer papers, 1814     
 Dates:  1814 
 Abstract:  These are letters to Thomas Clarke, Isaac Roberdeau, and Jonathan Williams, Jr., about the defense of Philadelphia against possible British attack. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.F868 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Frazer, R., (Robert) | Maps and Surveys | Maps. | Military History | Military Records | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- War of 1812. | Philadelphia History | United States -- History -- War of 1812. | War of 1812 
18Creator:  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:   Administrative Information

 
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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 
19Creator:  Jones, Robert Strettel,1745-1792.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Robert Strettel Jones papers, 1761-1779     
 Dates:  1761-1779 
 Abstract:  These papers include a catalog of his library (1 v., 67 p.); Narative of the difference between Dr. Alison, vice provost of the college of Philadelphia & Robert Strettell Jones late student in the senior class of the said College; Hugh Williamson to Isaac Jones, dated May 7, 1763; An abridgement of metaphysicks, written March 20,1761 & A system of rhetoric wrote Nov. & Dec. 1762, by Robert Strettell Jones; Depositions in re indictment for high treason against Robert Strettell Jones, Sept. 28, 1779; Certificate naming R.S. Jones as one of the Corporation of Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital, dated Dec. 3, 1773; and a copy of the will of his aunt Ann Strettell, Aug. 6, 1767. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.J732 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Education | Educational Material | General Correspondence | Jones, Robert Strettel,1745-1792. | Legal Records | Metaphysics. | Philadelphia History | Rhetoric. | Strettell, Ann | Treason -- United States. 
20Creator:  Rush, Julia StocktonRequires cookie*
 Title:  Julia Rush letters, (1759-1848)     
 Dates:  1776-1809 
 Abstract:  Letters written by Julia Rush, wife of Benjamin Rush, mainly to her husband, with one to Samuel Stockton and one to Mary Rush. Eight letters were written during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. The letters are not included in Lyman Butterfield's edition of Benjamin Rush's letters, vol. 30 of APS Memoirs (1951). 
 Call #:  Mss.B.R894 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Correspondence. | Family Correspondence | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine | Philadelphia History | Rush, Julia Stockton | Rush, Mary | Social Life and Custom | Stockton, Samuel | Women's History 
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