| 1 | Creator: | Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1703-1845]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1703-1845 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include correspondence, itineraries, literary diaries, meteorological journals, sermons, and miscellaneous papers. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1397 | | | | Extent: | 22.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Itineraries. | Meteorological records. | Meteorology -- Observations. | Microfilm Collection | Religion. | Sermons. | Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795 | |
| 7 | Creator: | Spencer, William George,1790-1866. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William George Spencer letters, 1839-1849, to Caroline Watts
| | | | Dates: | 1839-1849 | | | | Abstract: | In these letters to Caroline Watts, a young friend and teacher in Durham, England, Spencer writes principally about the teaching of geometry and astronomy. He also comments on current political and literary events in England, including John Bright's defeat, the Corn Laws, and theories about health and religion. There is frequent mention of his brother Thomas Spencer, and his son Herbert Spencer. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sp32 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy -- Study and teaching. | Beyond Early America | Bright, John, 1811-1889 | Corn laws (Great Britain) | General Correspondence | Geometry -- Study and teaching. | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901. | Health. | Religion. | Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 | Spencer, Thomas, 1796-1853 | Spencer, William George,1790-1866. | Watts, Caroline | |
| 8 | 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 | |
| 9 | 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 | |
| 10 | Creator: | Buxtorf, Johann, 1564-1629 | Requires cookie* | | | | Phillips, Jonas Altamont, tr. | | | | Title: | Hebrew grammar
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | This is a manuscript translation into English by Jonas Altamont Phillips. Inside the cover is written "Translation of Buxtorf's Hebrew Grammar commenced 9th December 1824 Philadelphia" and "continued at intervals until".... | | | | Call #: | Mss.492.4.B98th | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Buxtorf, Johann, 1564-1629 | Hebrew language | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Phillips, Henry, Jr. | Phillips, Jonas Altamont, tr. | Religion | |
| 17 | Creator: | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Benjamin Rush commonplace book, 1792-1813
| | | | Dates: | 1792-1813 | | | | Abstract: | This item contains entries about prominent people (primarily accounts of their deaths); Philadelphia events and gossip; the Pennsylvania Hospital; questions for Meriwether Lewis on Indian physical history, medicine, morals, and religion; and his views on marriage, religion, physicians, etc. Also includes meeting with Captain Wells and Little Turtle; speculations on Indian skin color at the equator. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R89c | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Business and Skilled Trades | Commonplace Book | Diaries | Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 | Early National Politics | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Hay, John | Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Indians of North America | Land and Speculation | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 | Marriage. | Medicine | Medicine. | Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.). | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Philadelphia History | Physicians. | Priestley, Joseph, -- 1733-1804. -- Unitarianism explained and defended. | Religion. | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Science and Technology | Woodhouse, James, 1770-1809 | |
| 18 | Creator: | Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Observations & remarks tending to explain certain parts of the sacred scriptures, 1812-1813
| | | | Dates: | 1812-1813 | | | | Abstract: | This item also contains some newspapers clippings and a manuscript obituary of Julian Halliday Coxe (1833-1834), infant son of Daniel T. Coxe. | | | | Call #: | Mss.220.2.C836 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Coxe, Daniel T. | Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864 | Coxe, Julian Halliday, 1833-1834 | Manuscript Essays | Natural History | Religion | Science and Technology | |
| 19 | Creator: | Roth, Johann Ferdinand,d. 1814. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ein Versuch: der Geschichte unsers Herrn u. Heylandes Jesu Christi in dass Delawarische übersezt der Unami von der Marter Woche an bis zur Himmalfahrt unsers Herrn, 1770-1772
| | | | Dates: | 1770-1772 | | | | Abstract: | This volume is the fifth part of a life of Jesus from Passion Week to Ascension, compiled from Gospel sources and translated from the German into the Delaware Indian language by Roth, who was a Moravian missionary at Sheshequim on the Susquehanna River. The manuscript was discovered in the house of Roth's son, Rev. John Rhodes, in 1831. Fly-leaf title: "Ein versuch, etc. The History of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ from Passion Week to his Ascension to Heaven. Translated into the Unami Dialect of the Delaware Language in the years 1770 and 1772 at Tschektschequamink on the Susquehannah ... Translated by Mr. Rhodes." | | | | Call #: | Mss.232.9.R74 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Bible stories, German. | Biographies. | Jesus Christ. | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Manuscript Essays | Missionaries. | Native America | Religion | Roth, Johann Ferdinand,d. 1814. | |
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