| 1 | Creator: | Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Address on the impolicy of slavery, 1824
| | | | Dates: | 1824 | | | | Abstract: | This address was delivered in Philadelphia before an "association formed for the education of men of colour." Vaux shows how slavery adversely affects the interest, happiness, and safety of the owner, slave, society, and government. | | | | Call #: | Mss.371.974.As7 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | African American | Antebellum Politics | Association for the Education of Men of Colour.. | Manuscript Essays | Slavery -- United States. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | Speeches. | Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836. | |
| 2 | Creator: | Pennock, C. W.(Caspar Wistar),1799-1867. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C. W. (Caspar Wistar) Pennock papers, 1829-1891
| | | | Dates: | 1829-1891 | | | | Abstract: | These are primarily letters, with some receipts for medical services rendered included. They relate to the general social and intellectural life of Philadelphia and to publications on medical topics. Many of the letters are introductions to Europeans when Pennock first visited there. Letters dated post-1867 are to relatives and colleagues (?). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.P3825 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Americans Abroad | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 | Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Comstock, Andrew | Griscom, John, 1774-1852 | Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 | Hays, Isaac,1796-1879. | International Travel | Manuscript Essays | Medicine | Medicine. | Michaux, Francois André, 1770-1855 | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Pennock, C. W.(Caspar Wistar),1799-1867. | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. | Receipts. | Travel Narratives and Journals | Travers, Benjamin, 1783-1858 | Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836. | |
| 3 | Creator: | Morris, Anthony,1766-1860. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Anthony Morris papers, ca. 1690-1830
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1690-1830 | | | | Abstract: | This collection is primarily correspondence, accounts, bills, and receipts of Anthony Morris, but also included is older material on the Morris family (deeds, indentures, etc.). The correspondence centers on two major topics: the settlement of the estate of a Baron de Kalb, and information concerning Morris' proposal to set up the Fellenberg Institution for agricultural education, on his estate at Bolton Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M836 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agricultural colleges -- Pennsylvania. | Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812 | Bills. | Bucks County (Pa.) | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Deeds. | Education | Educational Material | Fellenberg Institution. | Fellenberg, Emanuel von, 1771-1844 | General Correspondence | Indentures. | Kalb, -- Baron de. | Morris family. | Morris, Anthony,1766-1860. | Price, Isaac | Receipts. | Roberts, Samuel | Sketchbooks | Skinner, John S., (John Stuart), 1788-1851 | Trade | Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836. | |
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