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1Creator:  United States.Work Projects Administration (Pa.)Requires cookie*
 Title:  United States. Work Projects Administration (Pa.) 190 High Street, Philadelphia, Research Data, 1937-1938.     
 Dates:  1937-1938 
 Abstract:  This research data was compiled by the Work Projects Administration and was used in constructing a model of a house at 190 High Street for the Atwater Kent Museum in Philadelphia. The house served as the Executive Mansion for Presidents Washington and Adams. 
 Call #:  Mss.974.811.P53o 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Atwater Kent Museum.. | Bacon, , Edmund N. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 
2Creator:  Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860Requires cookie*
 Title:  Rembrandt Peale papers, 1808-1833     
 Dates:  1808-1833 
 Abstract:  These papers contain seven letters to his wife (1808-1833), a fragment of autobiography on his painting and studies, a notebook containing copies of correspondence about his portrait of Washington, John Godman's Ode suggested by Rembrandt Peale's National Portrait of Washington (1824), and a commonplace book containing kitchen and medicinal recipes. 
 Call #:  Mss.Film.1081 
 Extent:  1.0 Microfilm reel(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Autobiographies. | Commonplace books. | Godman, John D., (John Davidson), 1794-1830 | Microfilm Collection | Painting. | Peale, Eleanor May | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Poems. | Portraits. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 
3Creator:  Peale family.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Peale family papers, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  These papers include two pages by Rubens Peale concerning landscapes, a notebook by Rembrandt Peale relating to the portrait of Washington, and a commonplace and recipe book, with sketches of gas lights. 
 Call #:  Mss.Film.1081.1 
 Extent:  1.0 Microfilm reel(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Commonplace books. | Gas-lighting. | Landscape drawing, American. | Microfilm Collection | Notebooks. | Painting. | Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 | Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865 | Recipes. | Sketches. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 
4Creator:  Morris, Robert F.,comp.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Betsy Ross materials, 1742-1977 (inclusive)     
 Dates:  1742-1977 
 Abstract:  Assembled from several repositories between 1975-1978, this collection of documents, publications, letters, historical and genealogical data pertains to Betsy Ross, the American flag, and the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia. 
 Call #:  Mss.Film.1399 
 Extent:  1.0 Microfilm reel(s) 
 Sections:   Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Betsy Ross House (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Flags -- United States. | Microfilm Collection | Morris, Robert F.,comp. | Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Flags. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 
5Creator:  Weedon, George,1734-1793.Requires cookie*
 Title:  George Weedon Orderly Book     
 Dates:  1777-1778 
 Abstract:  A Brigadier General in the Continental Army, George Weedon served under the immediate command of his fellow Virginian George Washington from, 1776 until 1778. This orderly book was kept under Weedon's command during the fall and winter, 1777-1778, documenting the hardships suffered by the American soldiers during their bitter encampment at Valley Forge. 
 Call #:  Mss.973.3.W41 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry | Germantown, Battle of, 1777 | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Mercer, Hugh Tennant Weedon, 1776-1853 | Military History | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Orderly books | Stephen, Adam | United States--History--Revolution, 1776-1783 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Weedon, George,1734-1793. | Whitemarsh, Battle of, 1777 
6Creator:  Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808Requires cookie*
 Title:  Sarah Franklin Bache Papers     
 Dates:  1768-1807 
 Abstract:  Sarah Franklin Bache (1743-1808), a Revolutionary War patriot and daughter of Benjamin Franklin, led an active public life according to the standards of womanhood in the late eighteenth century. As the daughter of Benjamin Franklin she had an unusual access, for a woman, to the political life in revolutionary Philadelphia. Although her primary role was of caretaker of her family and home, Bache played an active role in the Revolution through her relief work and as her father's political hostess. The Sarah Franklin Bache papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence ranging from 1768 to 1807 mostly of a personal nature to and from friends and relatives. The correspondence of her relatives includes her nephew William Temple Franklin, her brother William Franklin and her children. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.B1245 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de, 1725-1803 | Early National Politics | Family Correspondence | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Greene, Catherine Ray, 1731-1794 | International Affairs | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine | Philadelphia (Pa.)-History--Revolution, 1775-1783. | Philadelphia History | Political Correspondence | Social Life and Custom | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Women's History | Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century. 
7Creator:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Andre, Major John, Letter Regarding the Battle of Germantown     
 Dates:  1777 (September 28 and October 8) 
 Abstract:  Major John André (1750-1780) was a British officer during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known in America for his attempt to facilitate Benedict Arnold’s surrender of West Point to the British in 1780, but was known in his time as a capable, cosmopolitan officer, who served an interesting and varied career until his death in 1780. A participant in many of the Revolutionary War’s most famous battles, André was twice captured by the American army, and served well enough to earn two promotions and numerous important assignments during the conflict. This eight-page letter chronicles the Philadelphia campaign of 1777 and includes descriptions of the Battles of Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown. 
 Call #:  Mss.SMs.Coll.7 
 Extent:  1.0 Item(s) 
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 Subjects:  Agnew, James, 1719-1777 | American Revolution | Bird, John, ?-1777 | Brandywine, Battle of, 1777 | British Landing at Head of Elk, Maryland, 1777 | Germantown, Battle of, 1777 | Grey, Charles, 1729-1807 | Howe, William Howe, 5th Viscount, 1729-1814 | Knyphausen, Wilhelm zu Innhausen und, Reichsfreiherr, 1716–1800 | Military History | Military Records | Musgrave, Thomas, ?-1777 | Paoli Massacre, 1777 | Philadelphia History | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 
8Creator:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Keugh, Lieutenant William, Report of British Officer to His Majesty from Camp at German Town 28th of Setptemr. 1777     
 Dates:  1777 September 28- October 7 
 Abstract:  Lieutenant William Keugh (b. 1732) was an Irish-born officer in the British army during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. Serving as Adjutant for the 44th Regiment of Foot, Keugh wrote Report of British Officer to His Majesty from Camp at German Town 28th of Setptemr. 1777, which chronicles the Philadelphia campaign of 1777, including descriptions of the Battles of Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown. 
 Call #:  Mss.SMs.Coll.8 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Brandywine, Battle of, 1777 | British Landing at Head of Elk, Maryland, 1777 | Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 | Germantown, Battle of, 1777 | Grey, Charles, 1729-1807 | Howe, William Howe, 5th Viscount, 1729-1814 | Knyphausen, Wilhelm zu Innhausen und, Reichsfreiherr, 1716–1800 | Military History | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Paoli Massacre, 1777 | Philadelphia History | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 
9Creator:  Hiltzheimer, Jacob, 1729?-1798Requires cookie*
 Title:  Jacob Hiltzheimer Diaries     
 Dates:  1765-1798 
 Abstract:  Jacob Hiltzheimer, farmer and assemblyman, emigrated from Germany to Philadelphia in 1748 and lead a moderately active political and social life. He was a successful farmer and raised select livestock in the city of Philadelphia. He also boarded horses including those of John Penn and George Washington. He served in the Pennsylvania Assembly for 11 consecutive years beginning in 1786. He was an active contributor in civil affairs and took a remarkable enthusiastic interest in events, in persons, and in every day life all of which he wrote down in his diary. As a result of his Revolutionary War and political acquaintances his contacts were numerous. Hiltzheimer's record of social affairs are for the most part routine daily events such as buying and trading horses, attending barbecues and funerals, and drinking punch. However it is his every day accounts that also records significant events such as the Revolutionary War, transactions of the Pennsylvania Assembly, and Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemics, as well as the dealings of significant people including George Washington, Thomas Mifflin, and John Hancock. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.H56d 
 Extent:  28.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Diaries | Diaries. | Francis, Tench, 1730-1800 | German Society of Pennsylvania. | Hiltzheimer, Jacob, 1729?-1798 | Horses | Medicine | Meteorological Data | Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 | Miles, Samuel, 1740-1805 | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs | Philadelphia History | Social Life and Custom | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States--Politics and government--1775-1783 | United States--Politics and government--1783-1809 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia 
10Creator:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  George Weedon military correspondence, 1777-1786     
 Dates:  1777-1786 
 Abstract:  George Weedon (1734-1793) was Captain in the French and Indian War and a General in the American Revolutionary War. Between the two conflicts he was a prominent citizen of Fredericksburg, Virginia, operating a tavern in that city which served as a meeting place for George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Marshall and others to discuss politics and the future course of the American colonies. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.W41 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Colonial Politics | Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806 | General Correspondence | Green, Nathaniel, 1710-1758 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 | Military History | Military Records | Military history, Modern -- 18th century. | Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807 | Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789 | Political Correspondence | Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 | United States. -- Army -- Records and correspondence. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Weedon, George,1734-1793. 
11Creator:  Thornton, William, 1759-1828Requires 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:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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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 
12Creator:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Samuel Miles Papers, 1776-1802     
 Dates:  1776-1802 
 Abstract:  Correspondence and an autobiographical sketch of the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War service of Samuel Miles. A native Pennsylvanian, Miles raised and commanded a regiment of riflemen, but was captured near Flatbush in August 1776, during the battle of Long Island. He was held as a prisoner of war in New York until his exchange in April 1778. Miles subsequently served as Mayor of Philadelphia and was a presidential elector in 1796. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.M589 
 Extent:  16.0 Item(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Scope and Contents Note  |  Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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 Subjects:  American Revolution | Autobiographies. | Autobiography | Early National Politics | Howe, William Howe, 5th Viscount, 1729-1814 | Long Island (N.Y.), Battle of, 1776 | Miles, Samuel, 1740-1805 | Military History | Military Records | Nicholson, John | Pennsylvania--Politics and government | Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785 | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Seven Years' War | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Personal narratives | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons | Washington, George, 1732-1799 
13Creator:  Shippen, William, 1736?-1808Requires cookie*
 Title:  William Shippen prescription book, 1789 Oct. 1-1791 July 10     
 Dates:  1789-1791 
 Abstract:  This item is a daily record of professional visits and prescriptions. Some of Shippen's patients were eminent Philadelphians and visitors to the city. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.Sh61.1 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Andreani, Paolo, 1763-1823 | Barbé-Marbois, Francois, marquis de, 1745-1837 | Beckley, John James, 1757-1807 | Bretagne, -- Baron de. | Business Records and Accounts | Chew, Benjamin, 1758-1844 | Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 | Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 | Medicine | Medicine. | Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. -- (Médéric Louis Elie), -- 1750-1819. | Scientific Data | Shippen, William, 1736?-1808 | Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821 
14Creator:  Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862Requires cookie*
 Title:  Recollections of my acquaintance with deceased members of the American Philosophical Society, 1862     
 Dates:  1862 
 Abstract:  This volume contains short sketches of prominent American and European scholars, diplomats, and statesmen. "These short memoirs were composed in the heat of the summer of 1862; and the concluding page written on the 15th of August of that year, when I was about one month advanced in my ninety second year; my birthday being July 17th, 1771." Signed Saml. Breck. Persons discussed include Talleyrand Perigord; M. Volney; Rochefoucauld Liancourt; Louis Philippe, King of the French; Joel Barlow; William Bingham; Robert Morris; Alexander Hamilton; General Henry Knox; Doctor Benjamin Rush; Doctor Rush and William Cobbett. 
 Call #:  Mss.920.B74 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
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 Subjects:  Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848 -- Inauguration. | American Philosophical Society. | American Revolution | Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812 | Bingham, William, 1752-1804 | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788 | Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 | Diplomats. | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Holyoke, Edward Augustus, 1728-1829 | Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 | La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747-1827 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Letombe, Philippe Joseph, d. 1833 | Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 | Manuscript Essays | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 | Penn, John, 1729-1795 | Philadelphia History | Physicians. | Presidents. | Raguet, Condy, 1784-1842 | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Scholars. | St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813 | Statesmen. | Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, -- prince de Bénévent, -- 1754-1838. | United States -- Biography. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 
15Creator:  Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862Requires cookie*
 Title:  Historical Sketch of the Continental Bills of Credit, from 1775 to 1781, with Specimens thereof     
 Dates:  1840, 1862 
 Abstract:  Born in Boston and educated there and in France, Samuel Breck (1771-1862) was a major figure in the mercantile, philanthropic, and political life of Philadelphia during the first hald of the nineteenth century. With an interest in historical and literary affairs, Breck was an active member of the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Phialdelphia Athenaeum, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the American Philosophical Society (elected 1838). The Breck Collection is comprised of two manuscripts written by Samuel Breck. The first, "Historical Sketch of the Continental Bills of Credit, from 1775 to 1781, with Specimens Thereof" (1840), includes an essay and 153 specimens of Continental Currency. The second essay, "Recollections of My Acquaintance and Association with Deceased Members of the American Philosophical Society" (1862) includes the 92 year-old Breck's reminiscences of his personal relationships with the nationally and internationally prominent membership of the APS. 
 Call #:  Mss.332.5.B74h 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
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 Subjects:  Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812 | Bingham, William, 1752-1804 | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788 | Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 | Diplomats | Early National Politics | Hall & Sellers. | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Holyoke, Edward Augustus, 1728-1829 | Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 | La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747-1827 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Letombe, Philippe Joseph, d. 1833 | Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 | Miscellaneous | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 | Official Government Documents and Records | Paper money | Paper money--United States--Forgeries | Paper money--United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | Penn, John, 1729-1795 | Photographs | Physicians | Presidents | Raguet, Condy, 1784-1842 | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Scholars | St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813 | Statesmen | Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice | United States--Biography | Volney, C.-F. (Contantin-François), 1857-1820 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 
16Creator:  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:   Administrative Information  |  Inventory  

 
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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 
17Creator:  Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794Requires cookie*
 Title:  Richard Henry Lee Papers     
 Dates:  1763-1823 
 Abstract:  A politician and arch revolutionary, Richard Henry Lee was an impassioned supporter of American independence from the mid-1760s. Born into one of the most prominent families in the colony on January 20, 1732, Lee was bred to a political life, serving in the Virginia House of Burgesses during the Stamp Act and Non-importation crises, helping convey his state into the revolutionary camp. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, Lee was the first to officially move that a declaration of independence be drafted, and he ended his public career as a principled opponent of ratification of the Constitution and as Virginia's first U.S. Senator. He died at home in Virginia in June 1794. A small, but highly valuable collection, the papers of Richard Henry Lee document the political life and activities of one of the most ardent revolutionaries in Virginia. The 0.5 linear feet of letters (193 items), most addressed to Lee, are an important resource for study of pre-Revolutionary political agitation in Virginia, the increasing connections forged between the colonies, and the political course of the war. To a lesser degree the collection documents Lee's late-life anti-federalism. Among the major correspondents are Lee's brothers Arthur and William, and such leaders in the revolutionary cause as George Washington, Samuel Adams, Charles Lee, John Adams, and Thomas Paine. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.L51 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear feet 
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 Subjects:  Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803 | American Revolution | De Kalb, Johann, 1721-1780 | Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 | Early National Politics | Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788 | Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century | Henry, Patrick, 1726-1799 | Holker, John, 1719-1786 | Jay, John, 1745- 1829 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819 | Lee, John | Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 | Lee, William, 1739-1795 | Martin, John | Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 | Military History | Non-importation agreements, 1768-1769 | Political Correspondence | Stamp Act, 1765 | Sullivan, James, 1744-1808 | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes | United States--Politics and government--1783-1789 | United States--Politics and government--To 1775 | Virginia--Politics and government--Revolution, 1775-1783 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Weedon, George,1734-1793. | Whipple, William, 1730-1785 | Wythe, George, 1726-1806 
18Creator:  Muhlenberg family.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Muhlenberg family papers, 1769-1866     
 Dates:  1769-1866 
 Abstract:  The papers include miscellaneous letters, letterbooks, books, certificates, and diplomas of various members of the Muhlenberg family. Among them are photostats of letters and papers of General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and officers of the Continental Army on military affairs in the Southern Department during the American Revolution (1772-1804); photostats of letters to Albert Gallatin, Nathanael Greene, Edward Hand, Winthrop Sargent, Baron von Steuben, William Alexander, and George Washington; photostat of General Muhlenberg's journal of trips to the Ohio (1784, 1797); photostats of letters and notes of Gotthilf H. E. Muhlenberg, including a diary kept at Halle (1771) and extracts of thirty letters to Stephen Elliott of Beaufort and Charleston, South Carolina (1808-1815); photostats of letters of Henry A. Muhlenberg about his biography of General Muhlenberg (1848-1849); and photostats of letters of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787). Also included is an original letterbook of Peter Muhlenberg, paymaster of the United States Army, kept at Augusta and Savannah, Georgia (1836-1842). Henry Muhlenberg's notebooks (1784-1813), written in Latin or German script, in a small hand, includes a wealth of botanical observations, with a focus on Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Henry Muhlenberg journals are a record of daily occurrences, with many features of a commonplace book, containing prescriptions, notes of questions asked candidates for the Lutheran ministry, and the plan of a barn. There is also a biographical account of Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787). 
 Call #:  Mss.B.M891 
 Extent:  4.25 Linear feet 
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 Subjects:  Agriculture -- United States. | Alexander, William, 1726-1783 | American Revolution | Barns. | Botany | Certificates. | Delaware Indians | Diaries. | Diplomas. | Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830 | Family Correspondence | Foreign Language | Fungi. | Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 | General Correspondence | Grasses. | Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 | Hand, Edward, 1744-1802 | Herbaria. | Journals (notebooks). | Lancaster (Pa.) -- Description and travel. | Letterbooks. | Lichens. | Lutheran Church -- Clergy. | Meteorology - Observations | Military History | Military Records | Muhlenberg family. | Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807 | Native America | Natural History | Natural history. | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania History | Plants. | Religion | Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820 | Shrubs. | Sketches. | Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 | Travel Narratives and Journals | Trees. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal histories. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Zoology -- Vermont. 
19Creator:  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 
20Creator:  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790Requires cookie*
 Title:  Franklin-Bache Papers     
 Dates:  1707-1799 
 Abstract:  Containing over 4 linear feet of letters and documents, the Franklin-Bache Papers comprises the second largest collection of letters and documents relating to Benjamin Franklin in the APS Library. Although the scope of the collection is broad, including materials from the time of Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia to his death, the heart of the collection documents the period of Franklin's ministry in France (1776-1785) and his diplomatic efforts to win financial and military support for the revolutionary cause, as well as less intensive coverage of his ministry in England before the Revolution. Franklin's correspondence with American and French officials, financiers (personal and otherwise), and savants provides tantalizing details on the social context of Franklin's ministry in France, his intellectual life, and his growing celebrity. Much of the correspondence documents the efforts to convince French officials early in the war to support the American cause, but there is valuable material relating to the peace negotiations as well. The collection is equally rich in personal correspondence, including a rich set of letters from Mary Stevenson Hewson, Georgiana Shipley, Catherine Ray Greene, Jane Mecom, Deborah Franklin, and a number of Franklin's other relatives. The collection is arranged chronologically. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.F85.ba 
 Extent:  4.0 Linear feet 
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 Subjects:  Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Bache, Richard, 1737-1811 | Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Blunt, Dorothea, 1733-1809 | Business Records and Accounts | Colonial Politics | Colony and State Specific History | France--Foreign relations--United States | Franklin, Abiah Folger, 1667-1752 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Greene, Catherine Ray, 1731-1794 | Hewson, Mary Stevenson, 1734-1795 | Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791 | Jay, John, 1745- 1829 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792 | Laurens, John, 1754-1782 | Le Ray de Chaumont, J. (James), 1760-1841 | Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 | Logan, James, 1674-1751 | Lotbinière, Michael Alain Chartier de, 1723-1798 | Mecom, Jane Franklin, 1712-1794 | Miscellaneous | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 | Pen works | Pencil works | Penn, William,1644-1718. | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Postal service--United States | Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 | Printing and Publishing | Printing--France | Todd, Anthony, 1717-1798 | Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques, baron de l'Aulne, 1727-1781 | United States--Foreign relations--France | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--French participation | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 1717-1787 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 
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