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Mifflin, John F. (John Fishbourne), 1759-1813. Receipt book, 1800-1813.

Title: Receipt book, 1800-1813.

This volume includes receipts for payments of taxes, ground rents, rents, judgements, bills of exchange, and settlements of estates. Some are for monies collected for the American Philosophical Society, and for Major Zebulon Pike's expedition (1811). The names of Samuel Breck, James Mease, Robert Millegan, and John Vaughan appear.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 60 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154298199 View

Mease, James, 1771-1846. ALS : Philadelphia, to Julius Timoleon Ducatel, 1834 Apr. 10.

Title: ALS : Philadelphia, to Julius Timoleon Ducatel, 1834 Apr. 10.

Mease informs Ducatel that he had deposited letters between Thomas Jefferson and Stephen Girard in the cabinet of the American Philosophical Society, and asks Ducatel to send him a copy of his geological report.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122490278 View

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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Documents, 1728-1816, relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution, 1728-1816

Title: Documents, 1728-1816, relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution 1728-1816

This volume includes messages and proclamations of governors of the province, a petition to the King from the province of Georgia [n.d.], the draft of an address of the University of the State of Pennsylvania to George Washington (1781), a letter from Arthur Lee to Alexander Wedderburn (1774), letters of Timothy Matlack to Abiel Holmes (1819), and George Wythe's draft resolutions (1775).

ArchivalResource: 1.0 volume, 50 p.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.974.8.D65-ead.xml View

Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831. Letters, 1794-1827.

Title: Letters, 1794-1827.

Letter dated April 9, 1794 is addressed to Timothy Pickering and discusses Pickering's proposal to establish a state society of agriculture in Pennsylvania. Letter dated January 23, 1827 is addressed to James Measeand discusses several matters: publication of a book on the Canal celebration in 1825; a new variety of potatoes which he is sending to Mease; and the London Horticultural Society.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903797 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Selected papers relating to Benjamin Franklin, ca. 1819-1863

Title: relating to Benjamin Franklin. Selected papers, [ca. 1819-1863]

These selected papers include correspondence concerning Franklin, Franklin's descendants, and Franklin's papers, extracts from Philadelphia newspapers on Franklin, papers used in Sparks' biography, miscellaneous entries in his diary (1830-1854) relating to his search for Franklin manuscripts, and his preparation of an edition of Franklin's writings.

ArchivalResource: 9 notebooks : photostats.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122464822 View

Mease, James, 1771-1846. Letter, 1796, Sept. 6 : to Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia.

Title: Letter, 1796, Sept. 6 : to Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia.

ALS. Asks Rush to accept the enclosed check as payment of the teaching fee which Rush had waived for Mease in 1789.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31705715 View

Baily, Jeremiah. Letters, to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1821.

Title: Letters, to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1821.

Letter and testimonial regarding Jeremiah Baily's mowing machine signed by farmers of Chester County, Pa.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904174 View

Mease, James, 1771-1846. Letter, 1792 June 16, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to Thomas Jefferson, High Street, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania].

Title: Letter, 1792 June 16, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to Thomas Jefferson, High Street, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania].

After presenting him with copy of his dissertation and returning it from New York, found his favour waiting; thanks him for it; discussed efficacy of mercury in diseases; may enlarge on subject in second edition of his book.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. on 1 leaf ; 25 cm. x 41 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62276029 View

Hulme, Peter. Letter to Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1845.

Title: Letter to Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1845.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903662 View

Browne, Peter A. (Peter Arrell), 1782-1860. Letters to Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1844-1850.

Title: Letters to Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1844-1850.

Sends a new variety of seed to James Mease (1844). Sends announcement of the formation of the Society for the Development of the Mineral Resources of the United States (1848). Sends sample of the hair of the Rocky Mountain goat (Maxama americana) obtained from Samuel S. Halderman of Lancaster County, Pa. and letter about the possibility of domesticating the animal in the western states (1850).

ArchivalResource: 4 items (5 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904632 View

Barnard, Hannah, 1754?-1825. Letters to James Mease, 1825.

Title: Letters to James Mease, 1825.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904593 View

Taylor, John, 1753-1824. John Taylor of Caroline letters to James Garnett [manuscript], 1809.

Title: John Taylor of Caroline letters to James Garnett [manuscript], 1809.

In a letter, 1809 January 23, Taylor asks Garnett to pay Duane and Binns for paper subscriptions; notes that no one can predict what will happen next politically so are all "either singing or croaking...like frogs in muddy water"; hopes that Garnett will soon announce that he is seeking re-election to Congress; and asks if Key will argue his suit. In a letter, 1809 February 6, Taylor discusses the publishing of one of his letters by Ritchie, his refusal to have Stanard publish one, and two subsequent letters answering charges he had changed his politcs; his fears that the U.S. will be goaded into war with Great Britain and the form of government be subverted as people now think wise a war they earlier thought a folly; and a request to forward some money to Dr. Mease.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/433616141 View

Townsend, David, 1787-1858. Letter, to James Mease, 1821.

Title: Letter, to James Mease, 1821.

Letter of introduction for Jeremiah Baily, inventor of a mowing machine.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904058 View

Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield Jenks). American manuscripts, 1703-1806, from the British Museum.

Title: American manuscripts, 1703-1806, from the British Museum.

This is a miscellaneous collection of manuscripts (ca. 35 items) from the British Museum, selected for filming by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. Included are letters, botanical lists, illustrations, and other types of documents.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122540877 View

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Miscellaneous letters, 1744-1894.

Title: Miscellaneous letters, 1744-1894.

Collection of 283 letters assembled and presented to the Academy by John Torrey.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17270600 View

Marshall, Humphry, 1722-1801. Humphry Marshall Papers, 1721-1863 (bulk: 1760-1800).

Title: Humphry Marshall Papers, 1721-1863 (bulk: 1760-1800).

Comprised predominantly of incoming correspondence of Quaker botanist and horticulturist, Humphry Marshall and his nephew, Moses Marshall. Two letter books kept by Moses Marshall in 1791 and 1793 provide a record of the Marshalls' responses to inquiries from clients seeking plants and seeds. Samuel Kramsh. These men were admirers and F/friends of Marshall's who exchanged specimens collected in distant parts of the country for native Pennsylvania species and species cultivated by Marshall in his garden. The unsuccessful search for wild Franklinia alatamaha is mentioned in three letters, while six letters outline plans for scientific expeditions to the west in the 1790's, mostly intended to involve Moses Marshall. While there is little in these letters to indicate the Marshalls' scientific. Abilities, per se, they help to delineate the complex network of family members, scientific associates and fellow Quakers used by the Marshalls to collect, sell and distribute plants. Morality of paying taxes during wartime (see Anthony Benezet and James Kenny), a letter relating to the North Carolina Regulator Insurrection, and one concerning the arrest and imprisonment of Quakers in Philadelphia as suspected loyalists. Finally, James Kenny's letters from the Pittsburg area, written in 1759-1760 provide an excellent account of plant collecting and life in the vicinity of Forts Pitt and Duquesne. A few letters concern Quaker doctrine and Quaker attempts to deal with the non-Quaker. World.

ArchivalResource: 1.6 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166587038 View

Busti, Paul. Letters to Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1821, n.d.

Title: Letters to Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1821, n.d.

A detailed account of raising silkworms using the Italian method of Count Dandoli[?] with observations on the effects of the American climate, the undated item is incomplete, missing the first leaf. In a pencilled comment S. Alexander disagrees with Mr. Busti's method of fumigating the cocoons, and suggests using heat.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904657 View

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.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523514 View

McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839. Papers, 1799-1835.

Title: Papers, 1799-1835.

Collection contains correspondence relating to surveys (1799-1813), letters from McArthur to his wife (1823-1825), and governor's correspondence (1830-1832.) The bulk concerns building the National Road in Ohio.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1 cubic foot.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13404665 View

Franks Family Papers, 1711-1821, [1965-1968]

Title: Franks Family Papers 1711-1821, [1965-1968]

Originally from England, the Franks family were colonial merchants who settled in New York City during the 1700s. By the end of the century, they had mainly disappeared as Jews. This collection documents parts of their life through correspondence, legal documents, and financial records. The correspondence is primarily written by Abigail Franks in New York to her son, Naphtali, in England. Also included in the Papers are notes and correspondence of Dr. Leo Hershkowitz, who co-edited a book on the letters of the family entitled the , written with Isadore S. Meyer in 1968. Lee Max Friedman Collection of American Jewish Colonial Correspondence: Letters of the Franks Family (1733-1748)

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Harrison, Benjamin. Letter to James Mease, 1825.

Title: Letter to James Mease, 1825.

Regarding remedies for the bloody murrain in cattle.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904318 View

Mease, James, 1771-1846. Letter, 1792 October 12, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] to Tho[ma]s Jefferson, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania].

Title: Letter, 1792 October 12, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] to Tho[ma]s Jefferson, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania].

Sends him Transactions of the Agricultural Society on New York to be given to Philosophical Society of the city by Dr. Mitchell; he is an authority on the Hessian fly and thinks the fly invades the "second" joint and is entirely an American product.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. on 1 leaf ; 24 cm. x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62276057 View

Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866. Papers, 1809-1840.

Title: Papers, 1809-1840.

These are copies of letters, chiefly relating to the American Philosophical Society, from Peter S. Du Ponceau, John Vaughan, and James Mease. There are a few original letters, one to Benjamin Franklin Peale.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122589320 View

Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Robert B. Haines III collection, 1793-1834.

Title: Robert B. Haines III collection, 1793-1834.

Correspondence, chiefly to Reuben Haines as corresponding secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences; also a few letters to Caspar Wistar Haines. Correspondents of Reuben Haines include John James Audubon, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Joseph Bonaparte, DeWitt Clinton, Thomas Forster, John Griscom, Robert Hare, Sir William Jackson Hooker, David Hosack, Thomas Jefferson, La Cepede, William Maclure, James Mease, George Ord, Rembrandt Peale, Richard Peters, C.S. Rafinesque, Thomas Say, Benjamin Silliman, Kaspar Sternberg, George Ticknor and others. Letters to Caspar Wistar Haines include those from Morris Birkbeck and Rebecca Jones (discussing yellow fever in Philadelphia).

ArchivalResource: ca. 359 items (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28717446 View

George William Featherstonhaugh papers, 1809-1840, 1809-1840

Title: George William Featherstonhaugh papers, 1809-1840 1809-1840

These are copies of letters, chiefly relating to the American Philosophical Society, from Peter S. Du Ponceau, John Vaughan, and James Mease. There are a few original letters, one to Benjamin Franklin Peale.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, 17 items, 15 items are photocopies

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F31-ead.xml View

Mease, James, 1771-1846. James Mease papers, 1794-1848.

Title: James Mease papers, 1794-1848.

The papers consist of two folio volumes, over fifty letters mostly addressed to Dr. Mease, and some newspapers and other miscellaneous materials. One of the folios volumes is a letterbook containing mostly précis, but sometimes entire copies, of outgoing correspondence over the years 1802-1836. The timing of entries is quite uneven, sometimes recording several letters a day, at other times indicating intervals of three or four months or even a year between entries. Dr. Mease noted the name of the recipient, the date, and occasionally a marginal note indicated how the letter was to be conveyed: the name of a ship, perhaps the captain's or the courier's name. The other volume is a register of Mease's agricultural notes, experiments, theories, plus notes on conversations and correspondence. The topics cover a wide range of agricultural and horticultural subjects, methods and theories. There is a fairly complete index to topics included. Aside from a few autobiographical pages, there is little trace of Dr. Mease's personal life in this collection. The correspondence contains only an occasional greeting to his wife; his letters rarely mention his own state of health or being, and almost never mention the family. There is also very little information on his activities as a clinical physician.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/738619454 View

Autograph letters of naturalists, 1744-1894, 1744-1894

Title: Autograph letters of naturalists, 1744-1894 1744-1894

Collection of 283 letters assembled and presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by John Torrey. Correspondents include: Louis Agassiz, Zaccheus Collins, Peter S. Du Ponceau, Elie M. Durand, Asa Gray, William Hembel, Alexander von Humboldt, William H. Keating, James Mease, Samuel G. Morton, George Ord, Charles Pickering, Constantine S. Rafinesque, Benjamin Silliman, Sr., John Torrey, Charles Waterton, Alexander Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.628-ead.xml View

James Mease Papers, 1794-1848

Title: James Mease Papers, 1794-1848

James Mease (1771-1846), physician, scientific thinker and author, was one of Philadelphia's most prominent citizens and an ardent booster of both the United States and Pennsylvania. His interests were wide-ranging, as were his contacts with notable figures in science, agriculture and natural history in the United States and abroad. The papers consist of two folio volumes, over fifty letters mostly addressed to Dr. Mease, and some newspapers and other miscellaneous materials. One of the folios volumes is a letterbook, containing mostly précis, but sometimes entire copies, of outgoing correspondence over the years 1802-1836. The other volume is a register of Mease's agricultural notes, experiments, theories, plus notes on conversations and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 linear feet; ( 2 document boxes)

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Garrigues, Edward, 1756-1845. Letter to James Mease, 1818.

Title: Letter to James Mease, 1818.

On the advantages of working oxen in preference to horses.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903603 View

Landwirthschaftlichen vereins in Bayern. Letters to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1821-1823.

Title: Letters to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1821-1823.

Letters signed by Joseph Ritter von Hazzi from the Agricultural Society in Munich, Bavaria to the Philadelphia Society. Letters dated 1821 are in German. Letter dated 10 February 1823 is in English and is addressed to James Mease.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904354 View

George Weedon Orderly Book, 1777-1778

Title: George Weedon Orderly Book 1777-1778

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.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s), 184 P.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.973.3.W41-ead.xml View

Vaughan, John, 1755-1841. Papers, 1768 - ca. 1936

Title: John Vaughan papers, 1768 - Circa 1936

The collection of about 850 items covers the period from 1782 to c. 1936, with the bulk dating to the 1780s to 1840s. The collection is divided into four series. Series I contains correspondence relating to a wide variety of topics, including French and English politics, business, trade, religious matters, and personal affairs. Many of the items are letters of introduction. There is also information on John Vaughan’s immigration to America, Joseph Priestley, vaccines and inoculation (with Jefferson's comments on the same), Vaughan's business in Philadelphia, and the American Philosophical Society. Also included in this series are 2 boxes with copies of Vaughan correspondence as well as miscellaneous notes by E. W. Madeira, gathered in the course of his research on Vaughan in the 1930s. Series II consists of three volumes. Included are two of Vaughan's commonplace books. One, entitled, "J. Vaughan's book," May 17, 1779 (47 pp., in Latin; 870/L34), includes mostly Latin notations. The other commonplace book, dated 1783 (ca. 66 pp.; B V 462.c), includes comments on several prominent Americans, such as Benjamin Rush and David Rittenhouse, as well as American society generally. The third volume is a copybook with thirty letters spanning the period 1784 to 1801 (B V462.1). Series III includes material relating to Vaughan's administration of the estate of the Philadelphia merchant Samuel Merrick, 1796-1822 (Vaughan-Merrick Papers, B V462.m; 2 boxes). Series IV consists of correspondence between Vaughan and the DuPont Co. for which he served as agent (B V462.4; photocopies of 73 letters).

ArchivalResource: 5.0 Linear feet, Ca. 850 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.V462-ead.xml View

Howell, Samuel Ladd, 1787-1835. Letter to James Mease, 1814.

Title: Letter to James Mease, 1814.

On raising merino sheep.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (5 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904329 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Correspondence regarding horticulture, and especially, gardening at Monticello [manuscript] 1796-1824.

Title: Correspondence regarding horticulture, and especially, gardening at Monticello [manuscript] 1796-1824.

Correspondents include Thomas Appleton, John Adlum, John Banister, James Barbour, Joel Barlow, John Bartram, Samuel Brown, William Brown, William Caruthers, Stephen Cathalan, J. Chambers, James Powell Cooke, William Coolidge, Tristram Dalton, John David, James Dinsmore, John Dortie, William Drayton, William Few, Anthony Giannini, David Hosack, William Johnson, Honoré Julien, Nicholas Lewis, William G. Maclure, James Madison, Thomas Main, James Mease, John Milledge, Julien Ursini Niemcewicz, Charles Wilson Peale, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Thomas Mann Randolph, James Ronaldson, Philip Tabb, John Taylor, André Thoüin, James W. Wallace, James Wilkinson, William Warden, and Williamson and Cowling, Savannah, Ga.

ArchivalResource: 60 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647934771 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIa, 1743-1806

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIa 1743-1806

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

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IIa-ead.xml View

American manuscripts, 1703-1806, from the British Museum, 1703-1806

Title: American manuscripts, 1703-1806, from the British Museum 1703-1806

This is a miscellaneous collection of manuscripts (ca. 35 items) from the British Museum, selected for filming by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. Included are letters, botanical lists, illustrations, and other types of documents.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.503-ead.xml View

Mease, James, 1771-1846. Papers, 1811-1842, Philadelphia.

Title: Papers, 1811-1842, Philadelphia.

ALS. Mease writes to John Jones of New York, on business matters; to Thomas Young of Savannah, on horticulture; to John Thompson, regarding the life of Charles Thomson; and to John F. Watson, with a reference to William D. Williamson.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35201001 View

John F. (John Fishbourne) Mifflin receipt book, 1800-1813, 1800-1813

Title: John F. (John Fishbourne) Mifflin receipt book, 1800-1813 1800-1813

This volume includes receipts for payments of taxes, ground rents, rents, judgements, bills of exchange, and settlements of estates. Some are for monies collected for the American Philosophical Society, and for Major Zebulon Pike's expedition (1811). The names of Samuel Breck, James Mease, Robert Millegan, and John Vaughan appear. Under date of Feb. 11, 1804 is receipt signed by Jn. Vaughan for admission fee to the American Philosophical Society.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 60 p.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.M585-ead.xml View

Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1840. Letters to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1822.

Title: Letters to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1822.

Letter dated 1 December 1822 is addressed to James Mease and describes cotton cultivated in Maryland and Delaware and ripening as late as December. Letter dated 2 December 1822 describes the cultivation of rutabagas.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (4 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155904287 View

Mease, James, 1771-1846. Letters, 1803-1846.

Title: Letters, 1803-1846.

James Mease's letters to William Bell on Pennsylvania barns and farm yards (1803); to George Clymer (1807); to Samuel Hogdon (1807); and to Samuel L. Mitchill (1820). Six items dated 1826-1830 refer to various matters that came before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Two items dated 1846 are resolutions on the death of Mease.

ArchivalResource: 12 items (12 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903776 View

John Holker Papers, 1777-1822

Title: John Holker Papers 1777-1822