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1Creator:  James Watt and Company (Birmingham, England)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Directions for using the machine for copying letters and other writings     
 Dates:  1780 
 Abstract:  Directions for using the machine for copying letters and other writings. With this is a recipe for making ink to use with the machine, signed: Fries. 
 Call #:  Mss.652.4.W34 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Beyond Early America | Copying processes. | Printing and Publishing 
2Creator:  The Virginia Gazette..Requires cookie*
 Title:  Virginia Gazette daybooks     
 Dates:  1750-1766 
 Abstract:  Daybooks for 1750-1752 and 1764-1766. 
 Call #:  Mss.071.V81d 
 Extent:  2.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Colony and State Specific History | Printing and Publishing 
3Creator:  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. 
4Creator:  Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798Requires cookie*
 Title:  Benjamin Franklin Bache diary, 1782-1785     
 Dates:  1782-1785 
 Abstract:  This volume is a record of a schoolboy's life in Switzerland, with comments on his life in Passy with his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.B122d 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Diaries | Diaries. | Diplomatic History | Education | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | International Travel | Printing and Publishing | Switzerland -- Description and travel. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals 
5Creator:  Royale, Joseph.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Joseph Royale account book, 1764-1766     
 Dates:  1764-1766 
 Abstract:  This account book records Royale's printing business transactions in Williamsburg (Va.). 
 Call #:  Mss.B.R81 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Account books. | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Colony and State Specific History | Printers -- Virginia -- Williamsburg. | Printing and Publishing | Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Royale, Joseph. 
6Creator:  Aitken, Jane, 1764-1832Requires cookie*
 Title:  Jane Aitken Papers     
 Dates:  1784-1814 
 Abstract:  Jane Aitken (1764-1832) is a significant historical figure for several reasons. One of the first American female printers, Jane Aitken was also a bookseller, bookbinder, businesswoman, and employer during the early nineteenth century, a time when the independence of women was actively discouraged. There is a dearth of personal information about Jane Aitken, an unfortunate fact that is reflected in her surviving papers. This small collection, 145 items, is representative of her severely compromised financial situation and her constant failed efforts to rectify the situation. Her correspondence consists primarily of appeals to John Vaughan, a member and librarian of the American Philosophical Society, for loans. Vaughan was evidently a reliable and sympathetic supporter. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.Ai9 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Aitken, Jane, 1764-1832 | Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802. | American Philosophical Society | Bookbinding | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Finance, Personal | Philadelphia History | Printers--Pennsylvania--History | Printing and Publishing | Printing--Pennsylvania--History | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Women Printers | Women's History 
7Creator:  De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Augustus De Morgan letters, 1841-1866     
 Dates:  1841-1866 
 Abstract:  These letters are to William Hepworth Dixon, who was editor of the "Athenaeum," a journal of literature, science, the fine arts, music, and drama, from 1871 to 1900. They concern current publications and publishing expenses, Michael Faraday, astronomy, perspective, M. F. Maury, P. B. Du Chaillu, all in relation to the "Athenaeum" or letters to the editor thereof. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.D396 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Beyond Early America | De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871. | Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879 | Du Chaillu, Paul B., (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 | Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867 | Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 | Printing and Publishing | Publishers and publishing. | Science publishing. | Scientific Correspondence 
8Creator:  Strahan, William, 1715-1785Requires cookie*
 Title:  William Strahan journals and accounts, 1751-1777     
 Dates:  1751-1777 
 Abstract:  The first three volumes contain journals of Strahan's travels in Scotland, with records of expenses along the way, for 1751, 1759, 1760, 1766, 1768, 1773, and 1777. Strahan and Benjamin Franklin were in Edinburgh at the same time in 1759. The fourth volume contains "The particulars of the estate of Wm Strahan as it stood on the first of January 1755," and also for 1759 and 1761, with some miscellaneous accounts. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.St83.St83x1 
 Extent:  4.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Accounts. | American Revolution | Business Records and Accounts | Diaries | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | International Travel | Journals (notebooks). | Printing and Publishing | Scotland -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Strahan, William, 1715-1785 | Travel Narratives and Journals 
9Creator:  Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798Requires cookie*
 Title:  Benjamin Franklin Bache papers, 1779-1793     
 Dates:  1779-1793 
 Abstract:  Letters of a dutiful child to his parents Richard Bache and Sarah Franklin Bache, and to his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin; also letters to William Jones, Robert Frazer, and Margaret H. Markoe, his fiancée. Also photostats of letters to Robert Alexander of Virginia, from the originals in University of Virginia Library. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.B122 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Alexander, Robert | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Diplomatic History | Education | Family Correspondence | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Frazer, R., (Robert) | General Correspondence | Jones, William, 1760-1831 | Markoe, Margaret Hartman | Printing and Publishing | Switzerland -- Description and travel. 
10Creator:  Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886Requires cookie*
 Title:  Isaac Lea journals, 1832, 1852-1853     
 Dates:  1832-1853 
 Abstract:  The first fifteen volumes of these "Notes of Travel" are Lea's account of his trips to Europe during 1832 and 1852-1853. He met with naturalists, scientists, and did much sightseeing in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Austria. He records in detail visits and discussions with scientists, and makes sketches of many of the places he saw, particularly the Rhine River. The sixteenth volume is a memorandum book, 1853, containing accounts and expenses while in Europe. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.L462 
 Extent:  16.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Art | Austria -- Description and travel. | England -- Description and travel. | Europe -- Description and travel. | France -- Description and travel. | Germany -- Description and travel. | Italy -- Description and travel. | Journals (notebooks). | Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886 | Military History | Naturalists. | Printing and Publishing | Rhine River. | Science and Technology | Scientists. | Sketchbooks | Travel Narratives and Journals 
12Creator:  Hall, David, 1714-1772Requires cookie*
 Title:  David Hall papers, 1745-1822     
 Dates:  1745-1822 
 Abstract:  This collection includes four letter books (1750-1767), containing principally business correspondence with Benjamin Franklin (42 letters), William Strahan (193 letters), and the stationers Bloss & Johnson, London, Johnson & Unwin, London, and Hamilton & Balfour, Edinburgh. There are also accounts current, 1748-1768 (2 vols.), of which one contains Edinburgh. There are also accounts current, 1748-1768 (2 vols.), of which one contains Franklin and Hall's account for printing done for the province of Pennsylvania, 1756-1767, with an index volume to these accounts; records of bills of exchange remitted to London, 1745-1752 (1 vol.); there are about 90 loose letters (some are photocopies) mainly from William Strahan to Hall, 1745-1775, concerning business matters, as well as English and American politics. Included in this group is correspondence relating to Hall and his publishing partnership, and his son William's partnership with Sellers. One additional volume is a photocopy of Franklin and Hall's "Work Book No. 2," 1759-1766, 1782-1789, from the original at the New York Public Library (B H142.lf). 
 Call #:  Mss.B.H142.1-3 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Account books. | American Revolution | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | General Correspondence | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century. | Hall, David, 1714-1772 | International Affairs | Letter books. | Papermaking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century. | Printers -- United States -- Philadelphia -- 18th century. | Printing and Publishing | Printing industry -- Accounting -- United States -- 18th century. | Receipt books. | Sellers, William, 1725?-1804 | United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775. 
13Creator:  Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866Requires cookie*
 Title:  Selected papers, [ca. 1819-1863], relating to Benjamin Franklin     
 Dates:  Circa 1819-1963 
 Abstract:  These selected papers include correspondence concerning Franklin, Franklin's descendants, and Franklin's papers, extracts from Philadelphia newspapers on Franklin, papers used in Sparks' biography, miscellaneous entries in his diary (1830-1854) relating to his search for Franklin manuscripts, and his preparation of an edition of Franklin's writings. Correspondents include Henry Stevens, Jr.; Henry Stevens, Sr.; Benjamin Vaughan; Petty Vaughan; James Mease; H. D. Gilpin; J. Francis Fisher; Franklin Bache; and others. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.Sp25 
 Extent:  9.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Bradford, Samuel Dexter | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Duane, William J.(William John),1780-1865. | Fisher, J. Francis. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Gibbs, George, 1776-1833 | Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860 | Ingraham, Edward D., (Edward Duncan), 1793-1854 | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Miscellaneous | Printing and Publishing | Reed, William B. , (William Bradford), 1806-1876 | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Stevens, Henry, 1791-1867 | Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886 | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Vaughan, Petty, 1788-1854 | Vaughan, William, 1752-1850 
14Creator:  Audubon, John James, 1785-1851Requires cookie*
 Title:  John James Audubon Papers     
 Dates:  1821-1845 
 Abstract:  John James Audubon (1785-1851), the American Woodsman, is a legendary naturalist and bird artist. His technique of painting North American birds dramatically as they appeared in their natural habitat was a major contribution to the emerging discipline of ornithology in the nineteenth century. His masterpiece, The Birds of America (1827-1838), elephant folio, was followed by a companion text edition, Ornithological Biography (1831-1849), a smaller octavo edition of Birds (1840-1844) and The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, published posthumously. This collection of original letters of publication information, ornithology, and some personal notes was sent primarily to Lucy Bakewell Audubon, his wife, from 1826-1834, and to Victor Gifford Audubon, his son, from 1833-1834, 1840-1844, with some sporadic contact with both between 1836-1839. Items in the collection relate to Audubon's Florida, Great Egg Harbor, and Great Pine Forest expeditions but not to his final expedition up the Missouri River. Of particular note, letters of 1833 and 1834 contain references to his response to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia president George Ord's attacks on his credibility. A partial journal entry from New Orleans in 1821 and a few letters to other correspondents, including John Bachman, round out the material. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.Au25 
 Extent:  0.75 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Abert, John James, 1788-1863 | Art | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Audubon, John Woodhouse, 1812-1862 | Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell, 1788-1874 | Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860 | Bachman, John, 1790-1874 | Bakewell, William | Berthoud, Nicholas | Birds--North America | Bonaparte, Charles Lucian Jule | Brewster, Thomas | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chetwynd, Henry John, Earl of Shrewsbury | Children, John George, 1777-1852 | Cooper, William, 1798?-1864 | Family Correspondence | Gaston, William | General Correspondence | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Harris, Edward | Havell, Robert, Jr. 1793-1878 | Lehman, George | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859 | Martin, Maria, 1794-1863 | McCulloch, Thomas, Jr. | McMurtry, Henry | Natural History | Natural History--North America | Naturalist | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Ornithologist | Ornithology--North America | Printing and Publishing | Rathbone, William | Rothschild, Baron Nathan Mayer de | Science and Technology | Waller, J. Walthen | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813 
15Creator:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Bache family papers, 1770-1890 (bulk), 1770-1923 (inclusive)     
 Dates:  Bulk, 1770-1890 
 Abstract:  The family correspondence of Richard and Sarah Franklin Bache on a variety of topics including references to Benjamin Franklin and his estate. There is also a family genealogy. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.B121 
 Extent:  50.0 Item(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 | Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Bache, Theophylact, 1735-1807 | Bache, William, 1773-1818 | Family Correspondence | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Franklin, William, 1731-1813 | Genealogies. | General Correspondence | Hewson, M. S., (Mary Stevenson) | Hosack, Mary Eddy Wistar | Journalists -- Pennsylvania. | Law | Legal Records | Livingston, William, 1723-1790 | Marriage and Family Life | Miscellaneous | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Physicians -- Pennsylvania. | Printing and Publishing | Randolph, Thomas M., (Thomas Mann), 1768-1828 | United States - Armed Forces - Medical care | United States - Armed Forces - Medical personnel | United States - History - 1783-1865 | United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | United States - History - Revolution - 1775-1783 - Personal narratives | Wills. | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Women's History 
16Creator:  Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809Requires 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 
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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 
17Creator:  Sellers, Nathan,1751-1830.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Nathan Sellers records, 1771-1844     
 Dates:  1771-1844 
 Abstract:  This collection contains records of Nathan Sellers' businesses and accounts of his surveys, travels, and daily life. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.P31.36-42 
 Extent:  14.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Anthony Wayne, 1745-1796 | Baltimore (Md.) -- Description and travel. | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Carpentry. | Commonplace Book | Early National Politics | FitzSimons, Thomas, 1741-1811 | Land and Speculation | Leiper, Thomas, 1745-1825 | Library Company of Philadelphia. | Literature | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Manuscript Essays | Miscellaneous | N. & D. Sellers (Firm) | Notebooks | Official Government Documents and Records | Paper industry. | Papermaking -- Pennsylvania. | Penn, John, 1760-1834 | Pennsylvania -- Surveys. | Pennsylvania. -- Committee of Safety. | Philadelphia (Pa.) | Philadelphia (Pa.). -- Councils. -- Common Council. | Philadelphia History | Printing and Publishing | Pyle, Ziba | Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Sayre, Stephen, 1736-1818 | Sellers, Nathan,1751-1830. | Sketches. | State House (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Surveys (land). | Technology. | United States. Continental Congress. | Watermarks. | Wire industry. | Wire netting. | Wiredrawing. 
18Creator:  Duane familyRequires cookie*
 Title:  Duane Family Collection     
 Dates:  1764-1933 
 Abstract:  A leading national opinion maker and influential regional politician, tied by marriage to the families of Benjamin Franklin and cognate families, William Duane (1760-1835) played key roles in the field of political journalism, as well as national, Pennsylvania and local Philadelphia politics. Editor of the Aurora, William Duane (1760-1835) assured himself gratitude from Jefferson and the Republicans and enmity from President Adams and the Federalists for his open and effective attacks on Federalist policies. His son William John Duane (1780-1865), was a prominent member of the Pennsylvania legislature, a legal advisor to Stephen Girard, Solicitor for many of Philadelphia's premier institutions, and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (June-September 1833). The Duane Family Collection contains a diverse assemblage of personal and professional correspondence relating to family members, with interesting material relating to William Duane (1760-1835), his son, William John Duane (1780-1865), grandson William Duane (1808-1882), great-grandson Charles Williams Duane (1837-1915), and other relations. The collection includes unique correspondence from and relating to Benjamin Franklin's family, as well as correspondence with Thomas Jefferson and other leading figures from the early nineteenth century. The collection also includes prints, photographs of family members, as well as some maps. 
 Call #:  Mss.SMs.Coll.2 
 Extent:  2.0 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  Aurora (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Bache family | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Beyond Early America | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Franklin family | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Ireland - Politics and government - 19th century | Jackson, Andrew--1767-1845--Correspondence. | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--1783-1815 | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--19th century. | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs | Political Correspondence | Presidents--United States--Correspondence. | Printing and Publishing | Social Life and Custom | United States - History - 1815-1861 | United States--Politics and government--1783-1815 | United States--Politics and government--1816-1861 | United States--President (1829-1837 : Jackson) | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 
19Creator:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Peter Adolph Grotjahn Memoir     
 Dates:  1844-1846 
 Abstract:  After emigrating from Germany to Philadelphia in 1796, Peter Adolph Grotjahn established himself within the city's mercantile community, trading opportunistically both inland and coastwise as far as the Caribbean. In 1812, he began publishing a commercial newspaper, Grotjan's Philadelphia Public Sale Reports and he became increasingly active in local Democratic Party politics. The APS copy of Peter Grotjahn's memoir is a typescript copy of an original volume held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Written for his grandchildren, the memoir begins with a relatively brief genealogical discussion, but concentrates on his personal and political life and commercial experiences prior to 1817. The last section of the autobiography was completed posthumously from notes, and includes extracts from Grotjahn's diary as late as 1844. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.G913 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Autobiographies | Autobiography | Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 | Cholera--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Cuba--Description and travel--19th century | Early National Politics | Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 | Germans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | International Travel | Jamaica--Description and travel--19th century | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westpahlia, 1784-1860 | Lemon Hill (Estate : Philadelphia, Pa.) | Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Pennsylvania--Description and travel--18th century | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--19th century | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--19th century | Printing and Publishing | Privateers--Jamaica | Reading (Pa.)--Description and travel | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | War of 1812 | Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel--19th century | West Indies--Description and travel--19th century | Woodlands (Estate : Philadelphia, Pa.) | Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia 
20Creator:  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790Requires 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 
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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. 
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