| 4 | Creator: | Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791 | Requires 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: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791 | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Manuscript Essays | Philadelphia History | |
| 13 | Creator: | 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: |
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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. | |
| 14 | Creator: | 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: |
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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 | |
| 15 | Creator: | Binny, Archibald, 1762-1838 | Requires 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: |
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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. | |
| 18 | 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 | |
| 19 | Creator: | 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: |
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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. | |
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