| 1 | Creator: | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William Thornton papers, [ca. 1741-1804]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1741-1804 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include diaries (1777-1782), expense books (1794-1804), notebooks, a commonplace book, drafts of essays, excerpts from minutes of Friends' Monthly Meeting, Tortola (1741-1761), newspaper clippings, sketches, and correspondence. Also included are letters and papers of Mrs. Thornton. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.724 | | | | Extent: | 6.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Aitken, Robert | Architecture | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793 | Clippings. | Commonplace books. | Diaries. | Essays. | Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815 | Medicine. | Microfilm Collection | Minutes. | Notebooks. | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813 | Sketches. | Society of Friends -- Tortola. | Thornton, -- Mrs. | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | Trumbull, John | Volney, C.-F., (Constantin François), 1757-1820 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | |
| 2 | Creator: | American Philosophical Society. Historical & Literary Committee. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1784-1828 | | | | Abstract: | Beginning in the 1790s, the American Philosophical Society began to accumulate vocabularies and texts written in Native American languages, guided by Thomas Jefferson's idea of using comparative linguistics to reconstruct the histories of Indian peoples and discern their origins.
The American Indian Vocabularies Collection was initially assembled by the Historical and Literary Committee of the APS for publication in 1816. They include information on seventeen North American languages and one each from the Caribbean and Central America, collected between 1784 and 1828. A number of individuals were invovled in recording the vocabularies, including Benjamin Hawkins, William Thornton, David Campbell, Daniel Smith, Constantine Volney, Constantine Rafinesque, William Vans Murray, John Heckewelder, Martin Duralde, Campanius Holm, and Jefferson himself. Most followed the standardized word set established by Jefferson. | | | | Call #: | Mss.497.V85 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Atacapas language | Barbour, James, 1775-1842 | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Bromley, Walter | Butrick, Daniel S. | Campanius Holm, Johan, 1601-1683 | Campbell, David | Cherokee language | Chickasaw language | Chippewa language | Choctaw language | Chontal language | Creek language | Delaware language | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Duralde, Martin | Gambold, John | Gurley, George | Indians of North America--Languages | Izard, George | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Kells, Richard | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Lexica | Linguistics | Little Turtle, 1747-1812 | Massachusett language | Miami language (Ind. and Okla.) | Micmac language | Mohegan language | Munsee language | Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803 | Nanticoke language | Native America | Native American Materials | Osage language | Quapaw language | Quinnipiac language | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Senseman, Gottlob, 1745-1800 | Smith, Daniel, 1748-1818 | Taino language | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | Unquachog language | Volney, C.-F., (Constantin François), 1757-1820 | Wells, William | Zeisberger, John, 1721-1808 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825
| | | | Dates: | 1775-1825 | | | | Abstract: | The Thomas Jefferson papers contain a large number of correspondence both to and from Jefferson, as well as various other material related to American Revolutionary War and Early Republic. Includes correspondence with Patrick Henry, Charles Willson Peale, Richard Henry Lee, Horatio Gates, David Rittenhouse, Robert Patterson | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.J35 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Philosophical Society. | American Revolution | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Boundaries, State. | Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | Canals. | Chemistry | Colony and State Specific History | Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823 | Diplomatic History | Early National Politics | Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823 | General Correspondence | Government Affairs | Indians of North America--Languages | Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Linguistics. | Louisiana Purchase -- Enclopedias. | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Mitchill, Samuel L., (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831 | Native America | Natural History | Official Government Documents and Records | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Plants. | Political Correspondence | Presidents -- United States. | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Science -- United States -- 18th century. | Science and Technology | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Seeds. | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. | Virginia -- History. | Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Williams, Jonathan. | |
| 4 | Creator: | American Philosophical Society. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | American Philosophical Society Archives
| | | | Dates: | 1743-1984 | | | | Abstract: | Founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, the American Philosophical Society was the first learned society in the United States. For over 250 years, the Society has played an important role in American cultural and intellectual life. Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Society fulfilled the role of a national academy of science, national library and museum, and even patent office. Early members of the Society included Thomas Jefferson, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Rush, Stephen Peter Du Ponceau, George Washington, and many other figures prominent in American history.
The Archives of the American Philosophical Society consists of 192.25 linear feet of material, organized into thirteen record groups dating back to 1743. The Society's archives extensively documents not only the organization's historical development but also its role in American history and the history of science and technology. | | | | Call #: | APS.Archives | | | | Extent: | 192.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Adena culture--West Virginia | African American | American Philosophical Society | Astronomy--18th century | Aztecs. | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Bartram, Moses, d. 1791 | Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield Jenks) | Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 | Cherokee Indians | Choctaw Indians | Colonial Politics | Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 | Dercum, Francis X. , (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 | Early National Politics | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Education | Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) | Hanson, Laura E. | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Hassler, F. R, (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 | Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 | History of science and technology. | Indians of Mexico | Indians of North America--Kentucky | Indians of North America--Mississippi | Indians of North America--Northwest Coast | Indians of North America--West Virginia | Institutional Records | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Keen, William W., (William Williams), b. 1837 | Legaux, Peter,1748-1827. | Lingelbach , William E., (William Ezra), 1871-1962 | Miscellaneous | Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-1945 | Mound builders | Native America | Native American Materials | Natural History | Natural History--18th century | Natural History--19th century | Nicola, Lewis, 1717-1807 | Patterson, , Robert M., (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 | Pencil works | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Plains Indians | Priestly, Joseph R. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Shryock, Richard Harrison, 1893-1972 | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Southeast Indians | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | United States History. | Valltravers, Johann Rodolph | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | Warden, David Baillie, 1772-1845 | Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819 | Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 | Wood, George Bacon, 1797-1879 | |
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