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American Philosophical Society Archives, 1743-1984

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives 1743-1984

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.

ArchivalResource: 192.25 Linear feet

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Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

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Nichols, Francis. A journal of a cruise on board the United States Frigate Chesapeake / by Francis Nichols, 1812 Dec. 17-1813 March 20.

Title: A journal of a cruise on board the United States Frigate Chesapeake / by Francis Nichols, 1812 Dec. 17-1813 March 20.

Entries primarily document the details of sailing, including wind direction, temperature, water temperature, and changes to the sail and mast. Nichols also noted whenever any other ships were encountered. On Jan. 1, the British merchant ship Julia was seized and during the next five weeks the Volunteer, Liverpool Hero, and Earl Percy were similarly taken. When the Chesapeake entered the Boston harbor upon its return from these forays, a top mast and several men who were aloft were lost during a violent storm.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (96 p.) ; 33 cm.

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