| 5 | Creator: | Catholic Church | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Detmar Basse Müller Book of Hours
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1475 | | | | Abstract: | Books of hours were among the most common devotional texts of the Middle Ages. Produced throughout western Europe until the early 16th century, books of hours were important status items, often elaborately illuminated, that might be tailored to the specific tastes of well-heeled clients to reflect interests in particular saints or to incorporate other elements of their personal lives and religious, political, or social commitments.
Although the specifics of its origin remain uncertain, the APS Book of Hours is organized in a fairly typical fashion. Beginning with a calendar specifying feast days and other holy days, the book includes readings from the gospels, prayers (Obsecro te, O Intemerata), the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Cross, the seven penitential psalms (6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129), the litanies and prayers, the office for the dead, and additional prayers devoted to Saints Barbara, Anthony, Margaret, and Sebastian. Each of the 22 sections begins with a full-page illustration, many with additional vignettes. An additional vignette of a figure of death is included in the office of the dead. The volume was donated to the APS by Detmar Basse-Müller in 1806. | | | | Call #: | Mss.264.02.R66 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Basse Müller, Detmar, 1764-1836 | Beyond Early America | Books of Hours--France | Illuminated manuscripts | Manuscript Essays | Miscellaneous | Printed Material | Religion | |
| 6 | Creator: | Catholic Church | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Timothy Matlack Book of Hours
| | | | Dates: | ca. 1475? | | | | Abstract: | Books of hours were among the most common devotional texts of the Middle Ages. Produced throughout western Europe until the early 16th century, books of hours were important status items, often elaborately illuminated, that might be tailored to the specific tastes of well-heeled clients to reflect interests in particular saints or to incorporate other elements of their personal lives and religious, political, or social commitments.
Although the illuminated pages have been removed from this book of hours, the gift of Timothy Matlack in 1811, it remains an elegant and ornate manuscript, with initials and line fillers in prominent gilt, red, and blue. Only one page remains from the calendar (the last), however many of the major elements of the book can be identified, including the prayers to the Virgin, the Stabat Mater Dolorosa and stations of the cross, the penitential psalms, litanies, and prayers, and the office of the dead. | | | | Call #: | Mss.264.02.R662 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Books of Hours--France | Illuminated manuscripts | Manuscript Essays | Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829 | Miscellaneous | Printed Material | Religion | |
| 7 | Creator: | Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Opinion On A Project For Removing the Obstructions To A Ship Navigation To Georgetown, Col.
| | | | Dates: | 1812 | | | | Abstract: | Bound with this is: Union Canal Company. Report of the President and Managers to the stockholders ... 1813-1814 -- New York. Citizens. Memorial ... in favor of a canal navigation ... -- New Jersey. Legislature. Report of the Commissioners ... for ... a canal ... -- New York (State). Legislature. Report ... on the subject of the canals, from Lake Erie to the Hudson River ... -- New York (State). Canal Commissioners. Report ... on the canals from Lake Erie to the Hudson River ... -- Granger, Gideon. Speech ... on the subject of a canal from Lake Erie to Hudson's River ... -- New York (State). Laws of the state of New York, respecting navigable communications ... -- Considerations on the Great Western Canal ... -- Say, Jean Baptiste. Des Canaux de navigation ... -- Stevens, John. Documents tending to prove the superior advantages of rail-ways ... -- Annesley, William. A description of [his] new system of naval architecture ... | | | | Call #: | Mss.626.L35o | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Engineering | International Trade. | Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 | Potomac River. | Printed Material | Science and Technology | Trade | |
| 8 | Creator: | New York (State). Supreme Court. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Account pertaining to his appeal of a jury verdict, to the Privy council, ca. 1766
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1766 | | | | Abstract: | This item includes resolutions of the New York General Assembly. It is bound with T. Forsey, "The Report of an Action of Assault, Battery and Wounding, Tried in the Supreme Court of Judicature for the Province of New-York in the term of October 1764, between Thomas Forsey, Plaintiff, and Waddel Cunningham, Defendant" (John Holt: New York, 1764). | | | | Call #: | Mss.347.9.F77 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Colony and State Specific History | Cunningham, Waddel | Forsey, Thomas | Law | Legal Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Printed Material | Trials (Assault and battery) -- New York (State) | |
| 9 | Creator: | Roux de Rochelle, 1762-1849 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Etats-Unis d'amerique
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1837 | | | | Abstract: | A published first edition, 1837, of Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle’s History of the United States of America, in French, with a companion volume of original sketches used for the 96 engraved plates. Sketches are of American scenes and history, some apparently original, others after de Bry and other artists, all used in Roux de rochelle's book. | | | | Call #: | Mss.917.3.R76 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Art | Delaware Indians | Engravings. | Foreign Language | Illustrations. | Indians of North America--Florida | Indians of North America--North Carolina | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Lumbee Indians | Mohawk Indians | Oneida Indians | Printed Material | Roux de Rochelle, 1762-1849 | Seminole Indians | Sketchbooks | Sketches. | Southeast Indians | |
| 10 | Creator: | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Note nécrologique sur le Docteur Wistar, 1818
| | | | Dates: | 1818 | | | | Abstract: | This volume includes several printed and manuscript items related to the death of Caspar Wistar, in January 1818. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.W76c | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853 | Clippings. | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | General Correspondence | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Manuscript Essays | Medicine | Philadelphia History | Physicians | Printed Material | Science and Technology | Tilghman, William, 1756-1827 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Wistar, Elizabeth. | |
| 11 | Creator: | Various | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Pennsylvania Stamp Act and Non-Importation Resolutions Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1765-1775 | | | | Abstract: | From the Sugar Act of 1764 through the Tea Act of 1773, the British Parliament imposed a variety of taxes upon their American colonies in an effort to raise revenue to offset the enormous debts incurred during the Seven Years' (French and Indian) War. Far more efficiently than raising revenue, these duties raised the indignation of the colonits, contributing more than their share to the alienation that fueled the independence movement
The two volumes that comprise the Pennsylvania Stamp Act and Non-Importation Resolutions Collection contain 34 manuscript and printed items relating to the political crisis over taxation on goods imported into the American colonies between 1765 and 1773, with a focus on Philadelphia. The first volume is concerned exclusively with agitation over the Stamp Act of 1765 and its repeal, while the second volume relates more specifically to the Non-Importation agreements of the 1760s, the Townshend Duties, and the Tea Act of 1773. Among these are letters of Governor John Penn, correspondence between the Sons of Liberty at Philadelphia and those of New York, 1766, an address of the committee of Boston merchants to a committee of Philadelphia merchants, 11 August 1768. Among the more dramatic letters are those from John Hughes, the would-be Stamp Officer for Pennsylvania who resigned bis commission in the face of public protest, and a seies of threatening letters addressed to James and Drinker, consignees for the sale of tea in Pennsylvania in 1773. | | | | Call #: | Mss.973.2.M31 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Accounts. | American Revolution | Bradford, William, 1719-1791 | Broadsides. | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Great Britain--Commerce--Pennsylvania | Hawker, James | Hughes, John | Legal Records | Non-Importation agreements, 1768-1769 | Official Government Documents and Records | Penn, John, 1729-1795 | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania--Commerce--Great Britain | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Commerce--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | Philadelphia History | Political Correspondence | Printed Material | Sons of Liberty | Stamp Act, 1765 | Tea tax (American colonies) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes | Various | Wharton, Isaac | |
| 12 | Creator: | Penn, William,1644-1718. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Penn miscellaneous letters and documents, 1665-1801
| | | | Dates: | 1665-1801 | | | | Abstract: | Three volumes contain letters, laws, charters, reports, proclamations, petitions, and other official and semi-official documents relating principally to early Pennsylvania and New Jersey, signed by or addressed to William Penn, among others. A fourth volume is Penn's cash book, 1699-1703, which records expeditures, payments of quit rents, etc. Tipped in is "Catalogue of Goods left at Pensbury," and of goods left at Philadelphia, 1701. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P38 | | | | Extent: | 4.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Business Records and Accounts | Cashbooks. | Charters. | Claypoole, James, 1640-1694 | Colonial Politics | Eckley, John | Fletcher, Benjamin, 1640-1703 | Hamilton, Andrew, d. 1703 | Land speculation | Laws. | Lloyd, Thomas, 1640-1694 | Logan, James, 1674-1751 | Maps and Surveys | Markham, William, 1635 -1704 | Military History | New Jersey -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Norris, Isaac, 1671-1735 | Official Government Documents and Records | Penn, William,1644-1718. | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Pennsylvania History | Petitions. | Philadelphia History | Political Correspondence | Printed Material | Proclamations. | Roberts, Hugh, -- d. 1702. | Seven Years' War | Simcock, John | Sugar. | Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665 | Williams, Jonathan. | |
| 13 | Creator: | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,collector. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1760s-1850s | | | | Abstract: | This rich collection of letters and documents, which was assembled by Sol Feinstone (1888-1980) over a period of fifty years, includes material on almost all notable Americans of that era, as well as prominent Europeans, and there are documents relating to military affairs. There are substantial groups of letters from: John Adams, Henry Dearborn, Alexander Hamilton, Jedediah Huntington, Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette, George Washington, and a long run of letters from a Massachusetts military surgeon named Samuel Adams. Many letters, though written by Revolutionary figures, relate to events that occurred before or after the War. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F327 | | | | Extent: | 2.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Adams, Samuel | American Revolution | Business and Skilled Trades | Colonial Politics | Colony and State Specific History | Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,collector. | General Correspondence | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Military History | Military Records | Miscellaneous | New Jersey -- History -- 1775-1865. | New Jersey -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Political Correspondence | Presidents. | Printed Material | Statesmen. | United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. | United States -- History -- 1775-1865. | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | United States -- History, Military. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | |
| 14 | Creator: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Franklin Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1730-1791 | | | | Abstract: | The Calendar of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin prepared by Isaac Minis Hays for the bicentennial of Franklin's birth in 1906 provides access to the largest portion of the Franklin Papers at the APS. The items were originally bound into volumes in roughly chronological order, with letters to Franklin preceding those from Franklin and at the end of the collection, Franklin's letters owned by the University of Pennsylvania. Each manuscript is still identified by Hays's reference numbers, which include a roman numeral refering to the original volume followed by an arabic number to identify the folio. The electronic version of the finding replicates Hays's calendar, including the introductory material, but will be updated to reflect corrections. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F85 | | | | Extent: | 48.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Account books. | American Philosophical Society. | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Diaries. | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Electricity--Early works to 1800 | Family Correspondence | France--Foreign relations--United States | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | Hodge, Sarah Bache, 1798-1849 | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Manuscript Essays | Marriage and Family Life | Mecom, Jane Franklin, 1712-1794 | Military History | Pen works | Pencil works | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania--History--18th century | Pennsylvania--Politics and government--18th century | Political Correspondence | Postal service--United States | Printed Material | Printers--Pennsylvania | Printing and Publishing | Scientific Correspondence | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social Life and Custom | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | United States--Foreign relations--France | United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain | United States--History--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States--Politics and government--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 | United States--Politics and government--Revolution, 1775-1783 | Williams, Jonathan. | |
| 15 | Creator: | Braddock, Edward, 1695-1755 | Requires cookie* | | | | Logan, Deborah Norris, 1761-1839 | | | | | Post, Christian Frederick,1710?-1785. | | | | | Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 | | | | | Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760 | | | | Title: | Manuscripts on Indian affairs, 1755-1792, [n.d.]
| | | | Dates: | 1755-1792 | | | | Abstract: | The first volume includes extracts from the journals of Conrad Weiser and Christian Frederick Post (1757), Charles Thomson's "An Enquiry into the causes of the alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British interest" (1759), and a printed version of Judge Bradford's "Statement of facts and observations respecting the penal laws" (1792). The second volume contains selected letters and documents in the Pennsylvania state records on Indian relations, including transcriptions of several treaties between the Province of Pennsylvania and the Delawares and other Indians (1755-1758); the French and Indian War; and Braddock's campaign. Some manuscripts are written by Deborah Norris Logan and Charles Thomson. | | | | Call #: | Mss.970.4.M415 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Armstrong, John | Barton, Thomas, 1730-1780 | Braddock's Campaign, 1755. | Braddock, Edward, 1695-1755 | Bradford, William, 1755-1795 | Claus, Christian Daniel, 1727-1781 | Croghan, George, d.1782 | Delaware Indians | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Hamilton, James, 1710-1783 | Indians of North America--Pennsylvania | Indians of North America--Treaties | Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880 | Law | Logan, Deborah Norris, 1761-1839 | Logan, James, 1674-1751 | Manuscript Essays | Mercer, Hugh, 1726-1777 | Montour, Andrew | Morris, Robert Hunter, 1713-1764 | Native America | Official Government Documents and Records | Orme, Robert, 1728-1801 | Paris, Ferdinand John | Penn, Thomas,1702-1775. | Pennsylvania History | Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Post, Christian Frederick,1710?-1785. | Printed Material | Seven Years' War | Sharpe, Horatio, 1718-1790 | Shawnee Indians | Shippen, Joseph,1706-1793. | Shirley, William, 1694-1771 | Social Life and Custom | Stanwix, John, 1690?-1766 | Stobo, Robert, 1726-1770 | Teedyuscung, ca. 1700-1763 | Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Trent, William, 1715-1787? | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763. | Walsh, John | Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760 | |
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