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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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Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823. Papers, 1772-1827

Title: José Francisco Correia da Serra papers, 1772-1827

Transcripts and photocopies of Correia de Serra correspondence, made by Richard B. Davis for "The Abbé Correa in America," APS 45, 2 (1955). Seven mss. letters are also included. The collection consists primarily of letters and essays on matters related to botany as well as Correia's role as Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. They were written between 1772 and 1827. Also included are several letters and notes by Richard Beale and other persons about Davis's research on Correia, dated 1949 to 1957.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet, 200 items

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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.

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Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823. Papers, 1772-1827

Title: José Francisco Correia da Serra papers, 1772-1827

The collection consists primarily of letters and essays on matters related to botany as well as Correia's role as Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. They were written between 1772 and 1827. Also included are several letters and notes by Richard Beale and other persons about Davis's research on Correia, dated 1949 to 1957. The collection includes a typed table of contents (1958). The largest single group of letters (25) was written by Correa to John Quincy Adams between 1817 and 1820, when Correia served as Minister Plenipotentiary. They concern official business, including the appointment of various officials and, most prominently, the persistent troubles with American privateers and Correia's efforts to get the American government to do something about it. Other noteworthy items dealing with official business include a letter by Correia to James Monroe in which he protests a number of assaults by American privateers on Portuguese vessels (1816), and several letters to Secretary of State Richard Rush in which Correia expresses his displeasure about the support given by American citizens to "rebels" in the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco (1817). A letter by Rush to Madison testifies to Correia's persistence; Rush writes that among the foreign ministers, "the Abbe Correa was the one with whom my official relations were the least smooth" (1817). Correa, in turn, complained to John Quincy Adams in 1819 that "during more than two years, I have been obliged by my duty to oppose the systematic and organized depredations daily committed on the property of Portuguese subjects." Of interest is also a letter to the Count of Palmela in which Correia assesses the policies of various colonial governments in the West Indies (1820). Another significant body of letters is addressed to James Edward Smith, a botanist and founder of the Linnean Society in London. The letters, which are dated between 1795 and 1821, deal primarily with botanical matters, including news about fellow botanists, such as Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1800). The letters are friendly and frequently also include personal news. The letter of September 1801 deals with Correia's troubles in Portugal. The collection includes several letters by Correia to Thomas Jefferson. They are friendly letters that reflect their shared interests in the natural sciences. In one letter, for example, Correia writes about his pleasure of sending notes on Captain Lewis's papers to Jefferson (1816), and another one describes Correia's intention of visiting Monticello (1818). There is also an undated list of books forwarded to Jefferson. Items that reflect Correia's interest in the natural sciences generally, and botany specifically, include three letters by Correia to Carl Linnaeus when Correia was still a student in Rome (1772, 1773, 1774). Written in Latin, the letters deal with botanical topics. A letter to Joseph Banks, written while Correia resided in Philadelphia, refers to seeds and papers that Correia had sent to London (1803), and an undated note in French confirms Correia's dinner appointment with Alexander von Humboldt. Several letters shed light on Correia's interest in and affection for the United States. A letter to Fulwar Skipwith refers to Correia's idea of living in America as "the utmost of my wishes" and his belief that only an official invitation by the government would make this possible (1808). There is also a letter of introduction for Correia by J. Dauxion Lavaysse, addressed to Benjamin Rush (1811), and a letter of introduction for Robert M. Patterson by Correia, addressed to Smith (1811). A letter written in 1814 refers to Correia's difficulty of sending money to Paris during Jefferson's embargo. Also of note is a letter to President Madison in which Correia offers suggestions on how the United States could take advantage of its mineral resources as well as lands as sources of revenue (1814). Correia comments extensively on the "new faculty" of the University of Pennsylvania in a letter to William Rawle (1816). A letter of condolence to Elizabeth Mifflin Wistar speaks to his friendship with the Philadelphia physician Caspar Wistar (1818). The collection also includes an obituary of C. Wistar written by Correia (1818). Letters written by individuals other then Correia include one by Joseph Banks (1810, in French), and a letter by Joseph Rademaker, Consul general of Portugal, to Secretary of State James Monroe (1816?). There is a group of letters exchanged between Thomas Cooper and Thomas Jefferson which deal with the University of Virginia, including matters relating to the faculty and Cooper's efforts to secure minerals and works of art (1817-1819). One letter from John Vaughan to Jefferson suggests Landeren Vanapan, who had been recommended by Correia, for a position at the university (1821), and another one by Jefferson to Robert Walsh declines Walsh's request for material on Jefferson's life, due primarily to Jefferson's advanced age and poor health (1823). A friendly letter by Jefferson to Walsh mentions Correia as well as a book on skepticism that Jefferson had recently read (1818). There are also five letters by Henry Muhlenberg to Stephen Elliott, dealing with botanical matters (1812, 1813, 1814). Finally, a particularly heartfelt letter by Francis W. Gilmer informs Dabney Carr of Correia's departure from the United States in 1820. Also included in the collection are essays by Correia on several topics, including the "Natural Family of the Aurantia" (1799), the Doryantes (1800), botany (in Latin, undated), "The case of the Brazilian Indian," and "A description of great English houses and gardens." There are also reports that Correia prepared for the APS, and there is a dedication to several individuals, including Correia, that was included in Thomas Nuttall's Journal of the Travels (1821).

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear Feet, 200 items

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Thomas Jefferson, letters to and from various persons, 1791-1840, 1791-1840

Title: Thomas Jefferson, letters to and from various persons, 1791-1840 1791-1840

This collection consists almost entirely of letters, mostly written by Jefferson, to various people. The largest portion of the letters are from Jefferson to Louis Hue Girardin concerning the latter's work in completing . Of particular interest is Jefferson's notes on his colleges' role in that history, including the plot to establish a dictator of Virginia. The letters to Girardin also include discussions of plants, the building of the University of Virginia, and books. The history of Virginia: from its first settlement to the present day, Volume 4

ArchivalResource: 63.0 Item(s)

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Duane Family Collection, 1764-1933

Title: Duane Family Collection 1764-1933

A leading national opinion maker and influential regional politician, tied by marriage to the families of Benjamin Franklin and cognate families, William Duane (1760-1835) played key roles in the field of political journalism, as well as national, Pennsylvania and local Philadelphia politics. Editor of the , William Duane (1760-1835) assured himself gratitude from Jefferson and the Republicans and enmity from President Adams and the Federalists for his open and effective attacks on Federalist policies. His son William John Duane (1780-1865), was a prominent member of the Pennsylvania legislature, a legal advisor to Stephen Girard, Solicitor for many of Philadelphia's premier institutions, and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (June-September 1833). The Duane Family Collection contains a diverse assemblage of personal and professional correspondence relating to family members, with interesting material relating to William Duane (1760-1835), his son, William John Duane (1780-1865), grandson William Duane (1808-1882), great-grandson Charles Williams Duane (1837-1915), and other relations. The collection includes unique correspondence from and relating to Benjamin Franklin's family, as well as correspondence with Thomas Jefferson and other leading figures from the early nineteenth century. The collection also includes prints, photographs of family members, as well as some maps. Aurora

ArchivalResource: 2.0 Linear feet

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Accademia delle scienze di Torino correspondence with Philadelphia institutions, 1824-1912, 1824-1912

Title: Accademia delle scienze di Torino correspondence with Philadelphia institutions, 1824-1912 1824-1912

Correspondence with Philadelphia institutions, from Accademia delle Scienze. Letters, principally of a formal character, from the APS, Academy of Natural Sciences, Wistar Institute, Wagner Free Institute of Science, and other learned societies and institutions; also a letter from John Vaughan to Prospero Balbo, 1832; with drafts of some replies.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

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Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823. Letter, 1794.

Title: Letter, 1794.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835. Papers, 1746-1900

Title: Benjamin Vaughan Papers 1746-1900

Letters (including some transcripts and photostats) from and to Vaughan from many American and British correspondents, including: Also personal correspondence and business papers of Benjamin, Charles, Petty, Samuel Sr., Samuel Jr., William, William Oliver, and Sarah Vaughan (2 boxes); lectures, mostly in shorthand (3 vols.); a large number of notes and memoranda on a wide variety of topics, such as agriculture, architecture, astronomy, diplomacy, diseases, dueling, electricity, hieroglyphs, internal improvements, medicine, meteorology, land, manufactures, politics, punctuation, religion, silk-manufacturing, stock-breeding, taxation, Unitarianism, Benjamin Franklin, John Locke, Napoleon I, Joseph Priestley, Bowdoin College, town of Hallowell, Maine; notes on the peace negotiations, 1782-1783; miscellaneous legal papers; genealogy of the Abbott-Vaughan families. For a personal account of the collection, see Mrs. Mary Vaughan Marvin, "The Benjamin Vaughan Papers," APS 95 (1951): 246-249. Proceedings

ArchivalResource: 13.25 Linear feet

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American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection, 1784-1828

Title: American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection 1784-1828

Beginning in the 1790s, the American Philosophical Society began to accumulate vocabularies and texts written in Native American languages, guided by Thomas Jefferson's idea of using comparative linguistics to reconstruct the histories of Indian peoples and discern their origins. The American Indian Vocabularies Collection was initially assembled by the Historical and Literary Committee of the APS for publication in 1816. They include information on seventeen North American languages and one each from the Caribbean and Central America, collected between 1784 and 1828. A number of individuals were invovled in recording the vocabularies, including Benjamin Hawkins, William Thornton, David Campbell, Daniel Smith, Constantine Volney, Constantine Rafinesque, William Vans Murray, John Heckewelder, Martin Duralde, Campanius Holm, and Jefferson himself. Most followed the standardized word set established by Jefferson.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet

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William Temple Franklin Papers, 1775-1819

Title: William Temple Franklin Papers 1775-1819

The son of William Franklin, Royal Governor of New Jersey, William Temple Franklin worked as aide to his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin, when the latter served as minister to France during the American Revolution. A bonvivant, Temple received his highest public appointment as Secretary to the American delegation at the Treaty of Versailles in 1782-1783, largely through the influence of his famous grandfather, but never again attained a significant post. As Franklin's literary heir, he edited and published a three volume set of his grandfather's writings in 1817. He married his long time mistress a few months before his death in Paris in 1823. The William Temple Franklin Papers provides a richly detailed portrait of the life of the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, and consists largely of letters received during the years that Temple served as his grandfather's aide in France, 1776-1785. Although much of the correspondence is routine, during this period, Temple received regular reports from friends and diplomatic colleagues relaying information on the American Revolution, the course of diplomatic and peace negotiations, and French public opinion on Benjamin Franklin and the new United States. The collection is also a rich resource for information on the personal lives of the Franklins, including interesting correspondence from Temple's relatives William Franklin, Elizabeth Franklin, Sarah Franklin Bache, and Jonathan Williams, and his mistress Blanchette Caillot.

ArchivalResource: 4.75 Linear feet

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Joseph Priestley Papers, 1771-1803

Title: Joseph Priestley Papers 1771-1803

Correspondence of Joseph Priestley, scientist, Unitarian minister, and republican theorist. The collection includes 41 letters written to John Vaughan, 1791-1800, 5 letters to other correspondents, and manuscripts and photostats of 68 items in the Municipal Library, Warrington, England, on theological issues, the internal development of the United States, the French Revolution and its aftermath, Unitarianism, science, his publications, and American Philosophical Society.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1775-1796.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1775-1796.

Consists of four holograph lines with Burns' signature, undated; in 1835 it was presented to John Vaughan, librarian of the American Philosophical Society, as a specimen of Burns' handwriting. In 1969 it was presented to the University of Pennsylvania by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., librarian of the Society.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 leaves)

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Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 3 -- Letters to Franklin, 1778 April-December

Title: Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 3 -- Letters to Franklin 1778 April-December

This is part of the large inventory for the Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss B F85). For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

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Autograph File, V, 1476-1947.

Title: Autograph File, V, 1476-1947.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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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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Kane, Thomas Leiper, 1822-1883. Papers, [ca. 1840]-1878.

Title: Papers, [ca. 1840]-1878.

These letters and documents relate primarily to family matters, mostly for the 1850-1860 period, but there is material pertaining to Kane's expedition to Utah to help avert war between the Mormons and the U.S. There is also a portion of the manuscript of his book, "The Mormons," published in 1850.

ArchivalResource: ca. 450 items.

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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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Robert M. (Robert Maskell) Patterson papers, 1775-1853, 1775-1853

Title: Robert M. (Robert Maskell) Patterson papers, 1775-1853 1775-1853

Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854, APS 1809) was a professor of chemistry and natural philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania (1812-1828) and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Virginia (1828-1835). He was director of the U.S. Mint from 1835 to 1851. His father, Robert Patterson, was a revolutionary soldier, professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania (1779-1814), and director of the U.S. Mint (1805-1824).

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet; Ca. 450 items.

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Joel Barlow papers, 1779-1936

Title: Joel Barlow papers 1779-1936

Joel Barlow (1754-1812) was an American poet, businessman, and diplomat. The collection consists of miscellaneous autograph material, transcripts and printed matter reflecting Joel Barlow's personal, business and literary affairs, and his diplomatic post as U.S. Minister to France, 1812. Present are three letters by Barlow to various recipients regarding personal and literary matters, 1788-1807; a letter to Mr. Fitzgerald, a merchant in Alexandria, Va.,regarding the Scioto Land Company, 1790; Barlow's autograph translation of an agreement employing Etienne Sulpice Hallet with the Scioto Land Company, 1790; and two documents signed as U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France dated 28 Feb. 1812 and 13 Aug. 1812. Also, a printed decree giving Barlow the title and rights of French citizenship, 23 Feb. 1793; two engraved portraits, one with a clipped autograph receipt dated 1779; a signed check, 1811; and a binding cover with signed fly leaf. Transcripts include Barlow's correspondence regarding the purchase of wine for the Scioto Company, 1789-1790; a Bible inscription for his sister Huldah, 1805; a letter to his brother Jacob, 1809; and a photostat copy of a letter to H.P. Dering, 1809. With clippings of material by and about Barlow from periodical literature, auction catalogs and newspapers, 1787-1936.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

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Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810. Letter : Boston, to John Vaughan, Philadelphia, 1793 Feb. 7.

Title: Letter : Boston, to John Vaughan, Philadelphia, 1793 Feb. 7.

Autograph letter signed.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 23 cm.

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Wollstonecroft, Charles, 1770-1817. Letter, 1795.

Title: Letter, 1795.

Item comments on business matters

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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Benjamin Silliman correspondence, 1808-1859, 1808-1859

Title: Benjamin Silliman correspondence, 1808-1859 1808-1859

Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864, APS 1805) was a scientist and educator. As a professor of chemistry at Yale University from 1802 to 1853, and pioneering teacher of chemistry, mineralogy and geology, Silliman was largely responsible for the conversion of Yale College to Yale University, with strong medical and scientific departments.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, 31 items

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Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 9 -- Letters to Franklin, 1787-1790

Title: Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 9 -- Letters to Franklin 1787-1790

This is part of the large inventory for the Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss B F85). For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

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Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815. Correspondence, 1786-1815.

Title: Correspondence, 1786-1815.

These letters are to and from many of the scientists and naturalists of the period and concern all of Barton's interests.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft.

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Vaughan, Charles, 1759-1839. Letter, to John Vaughan, 1820.

Title: Letter, to John Vaughan, 1820.

Regarding patent rights for a new beehive.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

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Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888. Additional correspondence, 1787-1886

Title: James Freeman Clarke additional correspondence, 1787-1886

Letters written to the Unitarian clergyman and author James Freeman Clarke and his family.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

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Vaughan, John, 1756-1841. Letter, to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1786.

Title: Letter, to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1786.

Description of making hedge fences.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. Additional papers, 1779-1910

Title: Thomas Wentworth Higginson additional papers, 1779-1910

These additional papers contain correspondence of Thomas Wentworth Higginson as well as of his father Stephen Higginson and other members of the Higginson family. There are compositions by Thomas Wentworth Higginson including articles about the South Carolina Loyal Regiment, poems, and a draft of Monarch of dreams. There is also a diary kept by Higginson during his army service and diaries kept by his mother describing daily life in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Finally, there are texts of Negro spirituals transcribed by Higginson, among other items.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft)

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Boylston, Ward Nicholas, 1749-1828. Letter, 1793.

Title: Letter, 1793.

Consists of two separate letters written on the same leaf, both by Boylston.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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Felton, C. C. (Cornelius Conway), 1807-1862. Letter, 1834.

Title: Letter, 1834.

Item contains an analysis of paintings on an Etruscan vase.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Benjamin Franklin notes and memoranda, 1836-1840

Title: Benjamin Franklin notes and memoranda, 1836-1840

ArchivalResource: .1 linear feet (1 volume)

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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

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. ALS : Washington, [D.C.], to John Vaughan, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 1808 June 22.

Title: ALS : Washington, [D.C.], to John Vaughan, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 1808 June 22.

Sends Vaughan money to pay for Philadelphia newspaper subscriptions; asks that he purchase and send white lead paint; expects to meet Dr. Wistar.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.

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Wragg, John. Letter, to John Vaughan, 1818.

Title: Letter, to John Vaughan, 1818.

On raising sap sago and making sap sago cheese. Note on verso signed R. P. [Richard Peters].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

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A note on the history of the Jefferson manuscript draught of the Declaration of Independence in the Library of the American Philosophical Society, 1898, 1898

Title: A note on the history of the Jefferson manuscript draught of the Declaration of Independence in the Library of the American Philosophical Society, 1898 1898

Accompanying this reprint from A.P.S. "Proceedings" 37(1898):88-107, are facsimilies of the Jefferson draft of the Declaration of Independence; 3 original letters from Richard Henry Lee, Jr., to John Vaughan, 1836 and 1840; an original letter from Isaac Lea to Vaughan, 1840; a note on the manuscript by Vaughan; and two original letters between Vaughan and George Combe, 1841.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s)

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Du Pont de Nemours family. Papers relating to the American Philosophical Society, 1800-1894

Title: Du Pont de Nemours family. Papers relating to the American Philosophical Society, 1800-1894

This collection consists mostly of letters to and from members of the Du Pont de Nemours family. They are dated between 1800 and 1894, with the bulk of material from 1800 to 1821. Generally, the letters are related to APS business. In one letter Jefferson informs P. S. Du Pont de Nemours of his election to the APS (1800). Additional letters by Jefferson refer to his mouldboard plough (1806) and Robert M. Patterson (1809). Several additional letters, including those written by John Vaughan, deal with issues such as scientific experiments, papers submitted by P. S. Du Pont, APS publications, and books ordered for the APS.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, 44 items

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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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Patterson-Lord papers, [ca. 1809]-1876, Circa 1809-1876

Title: Patterson-Lord papers, [ca. 1809]-1876 Circa 1809-1876

This collection of Robert Patterson family papers is composed primarily of the letters of Robert Maskell Patterson, but includes some of the business and personal papers of his father, Robert, and a series of letters written from Europe in 1855 by Helen Patterson.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet, Ca. 600 items

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Peters, Richard, 1743-1828. Letters, 1808-1825.

Title: Letters, 1808-1825.

Judge Richard Peters, Continental Congressman from 1782-1783, was born and farmed at Belmont now in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These folders include his letters to Nicholas Biddle, James M. Broom, General Lafayette, John Vaughan, Roberts Vaux, William S. Warder, and Richard Wistar. There are five promissory notes to James Mease, dated 1808-1810 and three manuscript fragments. Richard Peters writes on a variety of agricultural topics, including draining salt marshes and using machinery for dressing flax and hemp, as well as letters related to the business of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, which he served as president from 1805 until 1828. Item dated 18 June 1823 is signed Richard Peters, Junior.

ArchivalResource: 28 items (28 leaves).

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Vìdua, Carlo, 1785-1830. Letter, 1826.

Title: Letter, 1826.

The letter, written from Mexican city of Tepic, outlines some matters of business with Vaughan and a Mr. Gandolfi. It also describes Vidua's intended journey to Peru (which he aborted when his father fell ill) and solicits help in finding contacts in Calcutta for another proposed trip, which he later carried out in 1827.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823. Note nécrologique sur le Docteur Wistar, 1818.

Title: Note nécrologique sur le Docteur Wistar, 1818.

In addition to Correia da Serra's obituary of Caspar Wistar, this volume contains letters about Wistar written to John Vaughan by Catherine Wistar Bache, Elizabeth Wistar, and others; printed eulogies on Wistar by William Tilghman and Charles Caldwell; and newspaper clippings about his death.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (9 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122539921 View

Michaux, François André, 1770-1855. Papers, 1802-1911.

Title: Papers, 1802-1911.

Relating especially to American Philosophical Society business, these papers contain letters to and from men of science and institutions in Europe on the purchase and shipment of books and on the pubications of the Society. Many of the letters are to or from John Vaughan.

ArchivalResource: ca. 300 items.

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Charles Willson Peale letterbooks, 1767-1827, 1767-1827

Title: Charles Willson Peale letterbooks, 1767-1827 1767-1827

This collection contains copies of outgoing business and personal correspondence on a wide variety of topics with a great many persons. Subjects include events in Philadelphia, his museum and its exhibits, Peale's hopes for the museum's acquisition by the city or state, the exhumation and exhibition of the mastodon, construction and promotion of the polygraph, agricultural concerns (including the operation of his farm Belfield), natural history, and false teeth.

ArchivalResource: 18.0 Volume(s)

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Toulmin, Harry, 1766-1823. Letter, 1796.

Title: Letter, 1796.

Item discusses Toulmin's involvement in the creation of an unspecified treaty or law, his views on the partisans of his day, and his life in Kentucky. A typed transcript of the letter is included (3 leaves).

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213470974 View

American Philosophical Society selected records

Title: American Philosophical Society selected records

The microfilmed American Philosophical Society selected records contain art related letters; committee reports; registrar's and curators' records; pamphlets; and exhibition catalogs from the archives of the American Philosophical Society. Many of the letters are to the Society's secretary and librarian John Vaughan; a few are to the Society's presidents Thomas Jefferson and Peter S. Du Ponceau, and officials John K. Kane and J. Peter Lesley. Among the correspondents are Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin West, Charles Willson Peale, Jacob Perkins, Philip Tidyman, Charles B. Lawrence, John Trumbull, Thomas Sully, Joseph Delaplaine, Robert Patterson, John Quincy Adams, Titian Ramsay Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Victor G. Audubon, and Robert Fulton. Also included are copies of the registrar's cards for portraits and busts owned by the Society, arranged alphabetically by sitter; "Preliminary Notes, Biographical Sketches, and Memoranda chronologically arranged, for insertion in the <emph render="italic"> Curator's Catalog of Portraits, Busts, and Bas-Reliefs in the Collection of the American Philosophical Society</emph>. Illustrated by photographs taken from the originals by Mrs. Julius A. Sachese, member APS"; circa 25 exhibition catalogs and pamphlets (1811-1840) for exhibitions of the Society of Artists of the United States, Columbian Society of Artists, Artists' Fund Society, Artists' and Amateurs' Association, and for works by Thomas Sully, Gilbert Stuart, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Joseph Delaplaine, and others; and newspaper clippings (1917) about the controversy surrounding portraits by Albert Rosenthal hung in Independence Hall (reel P36, frames 372-401).

ArchivalResource:

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Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864. Correspondence, 1808-1859.

Title: Correspondence, 1808-1859.

These letters cover a variety of topics, and include the Geological Society of America, blowpipes, chemistry, the Lowell Institute, geology, and natural history.

ArchivalResource: 26 items.

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Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859. Papers, 1801-1859.

Title: Papers, 1801-1859.

This collection contains miscellaneous letters and papers relating to his explorations in South America, Cuba, and Mexico, his scientific investigations, and his publications.

ArchivalResource: ca. 250 items.

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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.

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Ord, George, 1781-1866. Letters, 1832-1864, to Charles Waterton.

Title: Letters, 1832-1864, to Charles Waterton.

This collection contains correspondence of a lifetime friendship, with much incidental material on the life of a wealthy Philadelphia gentleman of the time. The following persons, institutions, and topics figure prominently: natural history, ornithology, John James Audubon (especially his deficiencies as a scholar and a gentleman and the defects of "Birds of America"), John Vaughan, the United States South Seas Exploring Expedition, Peale's Museum, American Philosophical Society, Bank of the United States, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Titian Ramsay Peale, Louis Agassiz, Sir Charles Lyell, Paul Du Chaillu, and current events. A recently acquired letter is to Charles Lucian Bonaparte.

ArchivalResource: 74 items.

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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

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Lewis and Clark Journals, 1804-1806

Title: Lewis and Clark Journals 1804-1806