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Biddle-Williams family. Papers, 1773-1862.

Title: Papers, 1773-1862.

The letters and miscellaneous papers of Alexander, Biddle, Rush, and Williams families in this section relate mostly to family and personal affairs with some business papers included. Of particular significance are the letters from the Scottish branch of the Alexanders reporting from Scotland, England, and France on politics, society, and family affairs. The Jonathan Williams, Jr., correspondence, 1773-1815 includes family letters. Mariamne Alexander Williams' correspondence, 1778-1816, includes letters from her sisters Bethia, Christine, and Jane Alexander and Isabelle Alexander Hankey, as well as from Henry Jonathan Williams, Margaret M. Craig, and Jonathan Williams, Jr. The Thomas Biddle papers, 1800-1846, consist primarily of business letters and related documents involving his brokerage firm. There are also some family letters from various Alexanders abroad and in Kentucky, his son Henry Jonathan Biddle, his brother John G. Biddle, and his wife Christine Williams Biddle. Christine Biddle's correspondence, 1794-1856 includes letters from the four Alexander aunts, Margaret Green, her "daughter," Apolline Agatha Alexander Hankey, and her "grandaughter," Apolline Alexander Blair of the Kentucky branch of the Alexanders, her five sons, particularly Henry Jonathan Biddle, as well as Thomas Biddle and Thomas Hankey, Jr. The Henry Jonathan Williams corrspondence, 1812-1862, includes letters from his four Alexander aunts, Thomas Hankey, Jr., concerning remittances, his parents, and from various others on legal, personal, and military matters. The Julia Rush Williams correspondence, 1823-1866, includes letters to her mother, Julia Stockton Rush, and letters from various relatives. Other family members are represented by small groups of miscellaneous papers: Clement Biddle, 1776, 1813, mostly as Deputy Quarter Master for the Pennsylvania and New Jersey militias; Benjamin Rush, 1768-1810, with letters from Alexander Leslie (Lord Balgonie) and others; and Julia Stockton Rush, 1813-1840, on social and family matters.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

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Deane, Silas, 1737-1789. Papers, 1740-1842.

Title: Papers, 1740-1842.

Correspondence, letterbooks, essays and drafts, contracts, expense records and accounts relating to his service as United States agent in France during American Revolution; account book of Franklin, Deane, and Arthur Lee (1776-1778); personal accounts and business papers; records of service in Continental Congress.

ArchivalResource: 7 ft. (1944 items, plus 7 v.)

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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. Power of attorney : Philadelphia, 1795 July 23.

Title: Power of attorney : Philadelphia, 1795 July 23.

Power of attorney granting to Alexander John Alexander authority to sell ten shares of Williams's stock in the Bank of the United States. Printed form filled in by hand and signed by Williams and notarized by Clement Biddle.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 24 cm.

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United States Military Academy. Regulations relative to the Military Academy at West Point.

Title: Regulations relative to the Military Academy at West Point. 1810.

Copy of regulations issued by W. Eustis, 1810; internal regulations issued by Lt. A. Partridge and approved by Col. Jonathan Williams.

ArchivalResource: 6 p. ; 35 x 21 cm.

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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Letter, 1779 Mar. 19, Passy, France, to Jonathan Williams.

Title: Letter, 1779 Mar. 19, Passy, France, to Jonathan Williams.

Discusses problems relating to fulfillment of contracts for supplies negotiated by Arthur Lee with Montieu and by Silas Deane with Beaumarchais.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. on 1 folded leaf ; 31 cm.

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North American Land Company ledger, 1795-1805, 1795-1805

Title: North American Land Company ledger, 1795-1805 1795-1805

The North Amercian Land Company ledger contains accounts with prominent men of the time; in additon to the ledger are numerous deeds and other documents involving Robert Morris.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

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Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813. Letter, 1809.

Title: Letter, 1809.

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 26 May 1809, and addressed to Jonathan Williams, commanding officer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Pike writes concerning the activities and accomplishments of his brother, George, at the academy.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 pages).

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Brock, Horace,. Papers, 1779-1957.

Title: Papers, 1779-1957.

Letters, wills, and other miscellaneous papers of the Alexander, Bent, Biddle, Brock, Coleman, and Williams families. Among the correspondents are Christine Alexander, 1833-1838, and Jonathan Williams, 1779-1815.

ArchivalResource: 100 items.

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American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb, 1807-1825

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb 1807-1825

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. Receipt for 6000 signed : [n.p.], 1783 Apr. 10.

Title: Receipt for 6000 signed : [n.p.], 1783 Apr. 10.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (24mo)

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Williams, Henry Jonathan, 1791-1879. A brief account of the family of General Jonathan Williams, 1751-1815, 1873.

Title: A brief account of the family of General Jonathan Williams, 1751-1815, 1873.

Jonathan Williams, a nephew of Benjamin Franklin, was chief of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and first superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. The genealogical material was "compiled from family records and his own personal knowledge by his son," H.J. Williams.

ArchivalResource: [1] 30 p. ; v.

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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1785-1968.

Title: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1785-1968.

Letters received by Donald Agger, Mrs. Charles Bohassech, Ben Greet, Irene Kay Lionikis, Robert Lutz, Benjamin Silliman, Jr. and Sr., Grover Smith, and Jonathan Williams. Writers of letters include Grant Allen, Lambert Cadwalader, Sgt. Michael Coffas (from Vietnam), Mahlon Dickerson, J. Garnett, James Hervey Gulick, C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne, Samuel North, and Gen. Benjamin Smith. Places represented include Chicago, Ill., Delaware, Durham, N.C., Germany, Gwalior, India, Middle Haddam and New Haven, Conn., New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: 75 items.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Papers, 1775-1825.

Title: Papers, 1775-1825.

This collection includes several hundred miscellaneous letters and writings, much on science and linguistics. All items appear individually in the in-house catalog at the American Philosophical Society.

ArchivalResource: ca. 250 items.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Solution of a mathematics problem from Jonathan Williams, Thermometrical navigation [manuscript] post 1799.

Title: Solution of a mathematics problem from Jonathan Williams, Thermometrical navigation [manuscript] post 1799. 1826.

Clipping from Petersburg Intelligencer concerning Governor John Tyler's memorial oration for Jefferson.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Biddle, Clement, 1810-1879. Papers, 1769-1898.

Title: Papers, 1769-1898.

Thomas Biddle incoming correspondence, 1806-1871, consists primarily of letters from his father-in-law, Jonathan Williams, on his finances and from Isaac Abrahams (Peru, Ill.), Henry Lardner (Niles, Mich.), Charles Loeser (Pottsville, Pa.), Volney L. Maxwell (Wilkesbarre, Pa.), and other agents for Biddle's land transactions. Small groups of other family papers include: George Washington Biddle letters and documents, 1804-1809, concerning Stephen Girard's suit against Biddle over a tea shipment from Canton; Anne and Alexander W. Biddle incoming family and social notes, 1893-1898.

ArchivalResource: 450 items.

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Nicholas Fish papers 1775-1844 Fish, Nicholas papers

Title: Nicholas Fish papers 1775-1844 Fish, Nicholas papers

The Nicholas Fish papers (96 items) consist of letters and documents that span Fish's career as a Revolutionary War officer and New York City politician. The collection is made up of 87 letters and 9 documents and financial records.

ArchivalResource: 96 items

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American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.

Title: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

Though the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection is composed of items that do not fall readily into any other existing collection, the two dominant intellectual areas represented in the collection are Early American History and History of Science.

ArchivalResource: 25.0 Linear feet

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Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1800-1865.

General, U.S. Army. Correspondence, 1804-1865, including correspondence with Sylvanus Thayer, Jonathan Williams, Winfield Scott, Charles Gratiot, Joseph G. Totten, Alexander Macomb, and James Monroe; typed transcripts of correspondence received by Swift, 1804-1865; undated correspondence; "Sketch of plan for the conducting of a military academy", Jan. 1808; notes on St. Germain and Fontainebleau military schools; maps from War of 1812; Sodus canal papers; papers regarding presidential visit, 1817; military correspondence; cadet appointment, 1800; newspaper clippings; degrees; honorary titles; personal correspondence; family correspondence; family wills; papers concerning personal finances; tax returns; photos of the family home.

ArchivalResource: 13 boxes : ill. + photos.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8798817 View

Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799. Letterbook, 1774-1793.

Title: Letterbook, 1774-1793.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

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War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Title: War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift or purchase from a variety of sources, relating to the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 3181 items

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Gill, Moses, 1734-1800. Noddles Island papers, 1775-1814.

Title: Noddles Island papers, 1775-1814.

Papers related to the claims for damages to the property of Henry Howell Williams on Noddles Island in Boston Harbor as a result of the Continental Army's burning of his property and removal of his livestock to prevent them from being acquired by the British Army. The papers contain testimonies by members of the Continental Army and others regarding Williams's property and its eventual destruction during the Revolution and a schedule of his furniture, stores, and stock with their monetary values, gathered for the purpose of petitioning for proper compensation for his losses. Correspondents include Artemas Ward, Israel Putnam, Moses Gill, and Jonathan Williams.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. ALS, 1780 September 12 : Nantes, to James Searle, Paris.

Title: ALS, 1780 September 12 : Nantes, to James Searle, Paris.

Acknowledges receipt of several bills drawn by F. Hopkinson, Dr. Franklin, Leray, and the minister at Madrid. Searle was attempting to obtain a loan for Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 24 x 19 cm.

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Brock, Pauline Biddle, 1880-1968. Papers, 1778-1954.

Title: Papers, 1778-1954.

Of particular interest in this section are the diaries: Julia Williams Rush, 1852; Horace Brock, 1877-1878; Anne McKennan Biddle, 1885, concerning a European trip; Alexander Biddle, 1889, 1897 of European trips; Pauline Biddle, 1892-1894, 1924 covering the years before and after her marriage to John Penn Brock in 1905, including two European tours; and Christine Biddle, 1917-1918, describing her activities with the American Red Cross at Toul, France. Present, too, are some Jonathan Williams family papers, 1779-1828; Alexander Biddle's letters to his wife written while he toured Europe, 1878 and other family correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 375 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122632978 View

Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792. Papers of John Paul Jones, 1775-1788.

Title: Papers of John Paul Jones, 1775-1788.

Chiefly letters received, holograph drafts of letters sent, and a journal (fair copy, in French) written for King Louis XVI of France relating to Jones' experiences during the American Revolution. Correspondents include John Adams, Edward Bancroft, the Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin, John G. Frazer, Esek Hopkins, the Marquis de Lafayette, Arthur Lee, John Manley, James Moylan, John De Neufville & Son, John Ross, Daniel Tillinghast, Jonathan Williams, and various French officials.

ArchivalResource: 800 items.10 containers.5 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79455281 View

Frazer, Robert. Papers, 1814.

Title: Papers, 1814.

These are letters to Thomas Clarke, Isaac Roberdeau, and Jonathan Williams, Jr., about the defense of Philadelphia against possible British attack.

ArchivalResource: 16 items ; 2 maps.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616208 View

Vaughan, John, 1755-1841. Papers, 1768-1922 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1768-1922 (inclusive).

This collection contains correspondence relating to French and English politics, business, and trade (ca. 1778-1782). There is also information on his immigration to America, Joseph Priestley, vaccines and innoculation (with Jefferson's comments on the same), Vaughan's business in Philadelphia, and the American Philosophical Society. There is correspondence with Pierre, Eleuthére Irénée, and Victor Marie du Pont, 1801-1816 (photostats from Eleutherian Mills Historical Library); and with George W. Featherstonhaugh (photostats from Mrs. Duane Featherstonhaugh).

ArchivalResource: ca. 450 items (8 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122584193 View

United States Military Philosophical Society. Records, 1789-1813.

Title: Records, 1789-1813.

Records, 1789-1813, consisting mainly of correspondence, and papers presented at meetings of the Society. The records include: minutes of meetings during 1802-1813, at West Point and New York City; constitution; list of members; ca. 210 letters, mostly to the president, Col. Jonathan Williams, accepting or declining membership, proposing new members, sending donations or remittances, etc.; accounts of the society. The papers include a few documents in French, and deal mainly with scientific or geographical issues of military significance, for example: an explanation of the theory of M. Pothenot (trigonometry); a description of the falls of the Ohio River; Capt. Richard Whiley's survey of the harbor of Michilimackinac;remarks on Edward Clark's project of harbor defense; plans for fortifying the harbor of New York; report and plan of defense relative to the harbor of Cape Fear River, Noth Carolina; plan of Fort McHenry; Lt. Alden Prtridge's barometrical and thermometrical observations at West Point; principles of marine batteries; indent of necessary supplies for a company of horse artillery; sketch of Fort Constitution, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; dimensions of a parallel ruler gun; courses of the meanders of French Creek, Pennsylvania; draft of military regulations for government of the army; papers and memoranda relative to the surveys for building a fortification near Black Rock, on the Niagara; memorandum of survey of the fort at Presque Isle; Gen. Alexander Hamilton's plan for the establishment of a military academy, 1799; memoir of a new construction of a floating battery or double gun boat; memoranda of experiments in the carrying power of long and short muskets; sketch of Fort Pickering, Salem, Massachusetts; plan of Fort Independence, Boston; plan of the blockhouse at Marblehead, Massachusetts; a fort at Smithville, Cape Fear River; sketch of a fort on Bedloe's Island, New York; sketch at Fort Lilly, Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts; memorandum of the measurement of the harbor of Charleston,South Carolina, and the forts there; general descriptions of sundry forts; etc.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes, ca 300 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58773120 View

Penn, William, 1644-1718. Miscellaneous letters and documents, 1665-1801.

Title: Miscellaneous letters and documents, 1665-1801.

Three volumes contain letters, laws, charters, reports, proclamations, petitions, and other official and semi-official documents relating principally to early Pennsylvania and New Jersey, signed by or addressed to William Penn, among others. A fourth volume is Penn's cash book, 1699-1703, which records expeditures, payments of quit rents, etc. Tipped in is "Catalogue of Goods left at Pensbury," and of goods left at Philadelphia, 1701.

ArchivalResource: 4 v. (125 items).

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1790-1808.

3rd President of the U.S. Document, 2nd session of U.S. Congress granting Washington the right to purchase West Point for the U.S. to use as a fortification or garrison, signed by Thomas Jefferson, 1790; letter to Col. Williams, 28 Oct. 1808, regarding Kozciusko's "Treatise on the flying artillery."

ArchivalResource:

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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. ALS : New York, to W. C. Leffingwell, 1810 Mar. 25.

Title: ALS : New York, to W. C. Leffingwell, 1810 Mar. 25.

Williams accepts Leffingwell's resignation from the army.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122525040 View

Thomas Jefferson Papers, 1606-1943, (bulk 1775-1826)

Title: Thomas Jefferson Papers 1606-1943 (bulk 1775-1826)

United States president, vice president, and secretary of state; diplomat, architect, inventor, planter, and philosopher. Correspondence, official statements and addresses, including a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, plantation and personal accounts, notebook, fee book, case book, garden book, farm book, calculations of interest, records of early Virginia laws and history and other writings on political, legal, educational, and scientific matters, newspaper clippings, and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 25,000 items; 225 containers plus 9 oversize; 90 linear feet; 65 microfilm reels

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Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829. Henry Dearborn letter, 1803 Mar. 16.

Title: Henry Dearborn letter, 1803 Mar. 16.

The letter to Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Williams contains instructions for the completion of carriages and platforms for guns and cannon at Fort Nelson and the construction of Fort Adams, a frontier post on the Mississippi River.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 21 x 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122372579 View

Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825, 1775-1825

Title: Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825 1775-1825

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

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet, Ca. 250 items

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William L. Clements Library. Nicholas Fish papers, 1775-1844.

Title: Nicholas Fish papers, 1775-1844.

The Nicholas Fish papers (96 items) consist of letters and documents that span Fish's career as a Revolutionary War officer and New York City politician. The collection is made up of 87 letters and 9 documents and financial records.

ArchivalResource: 96 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758450037 View

Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792. Typescript, [19--].

Title: Typescript, [19--].

Typescript, probably created in the early twentieth century, from a 19th century transcription of a letterbook, 1778 March 5-1779 July 30, of Admiral John Paul Jones, to which has been added additional correspondents and extracts from letters and logbooks in the possession of the Naval History Society. Letters, principally written while Jones was engaged in operations in Brest, concern his movements, naval engagements, requests for money and supplies, disposition of captured vessels and prisoners, attempted capture of the Earl of Selkirk, care of the wounded, conditions on shipboard, and outbreaks of smallpox among his crew. Many of the letters additionally touch on Jones's desire for professional preferment and recognition for his accomplishments. Correspondents include: Edward Bancroft, Le Ray de Chaumont, Benjamin Franklin, James Moylan, John Ross, Antoine de Sartine, Jonathon Williams, and many others. Includes partial index.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (358 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58758919 View

Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825. [Autograph letter unsigned, addressed to Jonathan Williams.

Title: [Autograph letter unsigned, addressed to Jonathan Williams. Aug. 28, 1800]

ArchivalResource: [4] p. 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41515552 View