Miscellaneous Manuscript Maps 1747-1948

Lesley, J. Peter, 1819-1903

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When J. Peter Lesley (1819-1903) graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1838, he intended for the Presbyterian ministry, but when ill health intervened, he was set off on a path that would make him one of the most influential geologists in 19th century Pennsylvania. In order to help rebuild his strength and restore his health, Lesley accepted an appointment with the first Pennsylvania Geological Survey under the direction of Henry Darwin Rogers and engaged in structural a...

Fisher, Joshua Francis, 1807-1873

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Joshua Fisher was a Philadelphia lawyer. From the description of Diary, 1848. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122465471 ...

Smith, David

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Epithet: of Postling British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x0002dc Epithet: Manager of the N British Insurance Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x0002da Epithet: bootmaker, of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x0002d9 ...

Greeg, Robert

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Bartram, John, 1699-1777

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John Bartram was the first native American botanist and made many journeys through the southern frontier, collecting seeds and bulbs for transplanting. From the description of Papers, 1738-1796. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122364926 From the description of Correspondence, 1735-1775. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122464663 From the guide to the John Bartram papers, 1738-1796, 1738-1796, (American Philo...

Pursh, Frederick, 1774-1820

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Pursh studied horticulture in Dresden, Germany; participated in botanical explorations in the United States, 1805-1806; published a flora of North America (1813) while living in England; and returned to continue exploration in Canada. From the description of Manuscript by Frederick Pursh, 1810-1811 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177498952 Frederick Pursh was a botanist, horticulturist, and explorer. From the description of Journal of a botanical excu...

Thom, George

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Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816

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Teacher of mathematics in Boston, Mass. From the description of Osgood Carleton autograph letter signed, 1795. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 228428454 ...

Pollard, William Wilson

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Blackwell, T. E., (Thomas E.)

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Harris, Caleb

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Craig, Thomas

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López, Juan 1765-1825

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Brobst, Christian

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Mintzer, William A.

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Bois St. Lys, Georges Joseph de

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Martinez, Juan J.

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Myers, Albert Cook, 1874-1960

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Albert Cook Myers (1874-1960) was a Pennsylvania historian, who dedicated his life’s work to the identification, study and organization of William Penn’s published writings and personal papers. Beginning in 1910, after securing an endorsement from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, he set out to publish: “The Complete Works of William Penn.” All told, Myers devoted fifty years of his life to this project. Though his publication goals were never realized, he assembled a massive ...

Brooke, Robert, 1770-1821

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Robert Brooke was a surveyor in Philadelphia, Pa. He worked with William Strickland and Charles Souder in 1805 and 1806. From the description of Accounts of surveys, 1805-1806. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122459552 ...

Howell, Reading, 1743-1827

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Puységur, A. -H. -A. de Chastenet, comte de, (Antoine-Hyacinthe-Anne), 1752-1807

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Taitt, David

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Narváez, José, b. 1768?

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Kneass, William, 1780-1840

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Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757

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Peter Jefferson (1708-1757), Virginia planter, cartographer and surveyor, father of Thomas Jefferson, married Jane Randolph 1739. In the 1740s, the family moved to Shadwell Plantation in Albemarle County. In 1744 Jefferson became the Goochland County surveyor. In 1745, he was appointed guardian of the children of his friend and kinsman, Col. William Randolph of Tuckahoe (1712-1745). The Jefferson family soon moved to Tuckahoe, in Goochland County, returning to Shadwell in 1752. Peter Jefferson d...

Strickland, William, 1787-1854

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Bauman, Sebastian

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Sebastian Bauman (1739-1803), a Revolutionary War cartographer, served as New York City postmaster from 1786 until the time of his death in 1803. He also commanded an independent company of New York artillery. From the description of Regimental orders, 1791, May 2. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 84657029 Sebastian Bauman (b. 17--?, d. 1803) was a revolutionary officer. From the description of Correspondence, 177...

Gorman, Fred J.

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Hills, John (Surveyor)

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Advenier de Breuilly, A. P.

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Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857

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Elisha Kent Kane was an American naval surgeon and explorer who commanded the second Grinnell Expedition to the Arctic, 1853-1855. From the description of Elisha Kent Kane letter, Philadelphia, Pa., to Bayard Taylor, 1856. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34242180 Elisha Kent Kane was a physician and explorer. From the description of Papers, 1830s-1860s. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616028 ...

Gray, G. W.

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000011 ...

Negrete, Pedro Celestino, 1777-1846

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Garcias, Diego

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Wilkins, Lieutenant

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Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823

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John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder was a Moravian missionary. From the description of Letters and manuscripts, 1741-1822. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523571 From the description of Journey with the commissioners to the Indian treaty, 1793. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122579018 From the description of Letters and papers, 1789-1796. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 1225...

Sword, James Brade, 1839-1915

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Portrait painter; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of James B. Sword letter, 1905 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122394840 ...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Du Creux, François, 1596? -1666

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De Berniere, Henry

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Fry, Joshua, 1700 (ca.)-1754.

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Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829

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Revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Capt. Callenden Irvine, 1803 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529279 Army officer, U.S. Secretary of War, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1800-1814. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972156 Major general, politician, and statesman. From the description of Papers, 1761-1826. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Sheafer, P. W. (Peter Wenrick), 1819-

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Peter W. Sheafer, a geologist and mining engineer, compiled the Historical Map of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1875). From the description of Papers, 1873-1875. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122589949 ...

Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930

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Epithet: Norwegian explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000249 Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer, oceanographer, and statesman, was noted for his Arctic expedition of 1893-1896, travelling closer to the North Pole than anyone had reached and using his specially-built vessel "Fram" to demonstrate the revolutionary concept of pack-ice drift. Frederick Sydney Parry was the grandson of Arctic explo...

Dreher, John

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Wheeler, J. B. (Junius Brutus), 1830-1886

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Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858

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Lewis, Samuel, 1753 or 1754-1822

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Ferrer, Jose Joaquin de

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Harney, William S. (William Selby), 1800-1889

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American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fort Bridger, Wyoming, to William W. Belknap, 1875 Sept. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270499364 From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Louis, Missouri, to an unidentified general, 1873 Sept. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503849 ...

Harris, Harding

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López de Vargas Machuca, Tomás (1731-1802).

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Dixon, Jeremiah

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Charles Mason (Oakridge Lynch, Gloucestershire, April 1728– Philadelphia, October 25, 1786) was an English astronomer who made significant contributions to 18th-century science and American history, particularly through his involvement with the survey of the Mason-Dixon line, which came to mark the division between the northern and southern United States (1764-1768). From the guide to the Correspondence and accounts of the Mason and Dixon survey, 1758-1769, 1758-1769, (American Philo...

Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

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James Wilkinson was born in Maryland and served as an officer in the American Revolution. In 1783 he settled in Kentucky, where he engaged in politics, land speculation, and trade. In 1805 he was appointed governor of Upper Louisiana. Wilkinson's activities in the West implicated him in the Spanish Conspiracy and the Burr Conspiracy; he was acquitted by a court of inquiry during the Burr investigation and by a court martial in 1811. He served as a military commander in the West during the War of...

Fahlberg, Samuel, 1758-1834

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Drake, N. F., (Noah Fields), b. 1864

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Romans, Bernard, 1741?-approximately 1784

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Engineer, naturalist, army officer, author, and surveyor. From the description of Papers of Bernard Romans, 1776. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015444 ...