James Hutchinson papers, 1771-1928 1771-1928

University of Pennsylvania.

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The Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania was part of the Towne Scientific School until 1920, when a separate School of Fine Arts was established, teaching architecture and other fine arts. Teaching staff and courses of instruction of the Towne Scientific School, Department of Architecture were listed in the Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. The School of Fine Arts published its teaching staff, regulations, courses of study, competitons and, in some years, curre...

Pettit, Charles, 1736-1806

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Charles Pettit (1736 – September 4, 1806) was an American lawyer, merchant, and politician from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Confederation Congress from 1785 to 1787. Born near Amwell in Hunterdon County in the Province of New Jersey, Pettit received an English education. In 1767 Pettit accepted the first of many public service positions as a deputy surrogate for the province to assist his brother-in-law, Joseph Reed, who was Secretary. When Ree...

Bayard, John Bubenheim, 1738-1807

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John Bubenheim Bayard (11 August 1738 – 7 January 1807) was a merchant, soldier, and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He achieved the rank of colonel while serving with the Continental Army, and was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Congress of the Confederation in 1785 and 1786. Later he was elected as mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey. Born at Bohemia Manor in Cecil County in the Province of Maryland, Bayard moved to Philadelphia in 1755 and became a merchant. He began making hi...

Shippen, William, Jr., 1736-1808

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William Shippen Jr. (October 21, 1736 – July 11, 1808), was the first systematic teacher of anatomy, surgery and obstetrics in Colonial America and founded the first maternity hospital in America. He was the 3rd Director General of Hospitals of the Continental Army. Born in Philadelphia, he studied at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), graduating in 1754. He studied medicine first with his father, then went to England and Scotland and in 1761 earned his medical degree at th...

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a profess...

Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820

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Andrew Ellicott was a surveyor and mathematician; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1785. From the guide to the Astronomical journal, 1797-1801, 1797-1801, (American Philosophical Society) Ellicott (1754-1820) was a surveyor and matematician. He explored the Mississippi River Valley and the southern boundaries of the United States. The Clarke Historical Library has two books by Ellicott and microfilm of his papers which are housed in other institutions....

Townsend, John, 1757-1826

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Hunter, William, 1718-1783

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Anatomist, educator, and physician. From the description of Collection, 1718-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80915146 English anatomist and physician. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : to Mr. Baker, 1781 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520050 William Hunter was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767 and Professor of Anatomy to the Royal Academy in 1768. In 1768 he ...

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...

Bartram, Isaac

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John Bartram (1699-1777) was one of the towering figures of American botany during the 18th century, and founder of the longest-lived and most significant botanical gardens in the middle colonies. A committed Quaker, self-taught, Bartram established an international reputation in the field, earning notice for his acuity in locating, raising and describing the flora of the American colonies, as well as for his moral stance against war and slavery. John Bartram had two son...

United States. War Department

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Nezian, André

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Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815

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English Quaker physician and philanthropist. From the description of Papers, 1788, 1789, 1794, [1801], 1813. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31774500 ...

Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779

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Israel Pemberton was a Philadelphia Quaker merchant and philanthropist. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. From the description of Letterbook D, 1744-1747. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523459 Peter Collinson (1694 – 1768) was an English merchant and botanist. From the guide to the Peter Collinson papers, 1560-1811 (inclusive), 1713-1811 (bulk), Bulk, 1713-1811, 1560-1811, (American Philosophical Socie...

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820

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José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese scholar, naturalist and diplomat. From the guide to the José Francisco Correia da Serra letters, 1810-1823, 1810-1823, (American Philosophical Society) English naturalist From the guide to the Sir Joseph Banks letters, 1802, 1803, 1804, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Scientist and explorer. President of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters and pa...

Irwin, Nathaniel, 1746-1812

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Lewis, William, 1745? -1822

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Bartram, Isaac, 1725-1801

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Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery

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Pemberton, Mary Stanbury

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Kuhn, Adam, 1741-1817

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Dr. Adam Kuhn was a physician. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1806, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886088 ...

Hiester, Joseph, 1752-1832

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Joseph Hiester was a merchant, soldier, and politician from Pennsylvania during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was born in 1752 to German immigrants living in Pennsylvania. As a young man, Hiester worked as a clerk in Whitman's general store in Reading, PA and subsequently married the owner's daughter, Elizabeth Whitman, in 1771. Hiester served in the Revolutionary War and was a commander in the battle of Long Island in 1776 when he was captured and held for ...

Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814

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Revolutionary patriot. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1792 July 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874585 Army officer and merchant. From the description of Clement Biddle correspondence, 1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450649 Biddle informs Wharm that he is going to advertise in Washington and Philadelphia newspapers for a missing letter he sent to Wharm containing two certificates of transfer to General Pinckney. ...

Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798

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Benjamin Franklin Bache was a journalist and printer and grandson of Benjamin Franklin. From the description of Papers, 1779-1793. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122439972 From the description of Diary, 1782-1785. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380097 American journalist, grandson of Benjamin Franklin, son of Richard Bache, 1737-1811, cousin of Alexander Dallas Bache, 1806-1867. From the gu...

Pemberton family.

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Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820

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José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese scholar, naturalist and diplomat. From the guide to the José Francisco Correia da Serra letters, 1810-1823, 1810-1823, (American Philosophical Society) English naturalist From the guide to the Sir Joseph Banks letters, 1802, 1803, 1804, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Scientist and explorer. President of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters and pa...

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780

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John Fothergill was an English Quaker physician and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1770. From the description of Letters, 1737-1750, to Charles Alston. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165478 Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. ...

Barclay, John & Robert

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Pennsylvania Hospital

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Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853

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Physician. He developed Transylvania University's medical school into one of the nation's strongest and was co-founder of the Louisville Medical Institute. From the description of Letter, 1820 Dec. 9. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46763925 Philadelphia physician. From the description of ALS : to James Ewell, 1816 Aug. 13. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122490275 Surgeon and professor of medicine. ...

Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council

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Hutchinson, James, 1752-1793

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James Hutchinson was a Philadelphia physician. From the description of Papers, 1771-1928. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122489504 From the description of Diary, 1777 Feb. 26-March 16. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122624377 James Hutchinson (1752-1793, APS 1779). Physician and a surgeon, Surgeon General of Pennsylvania, 1778-1784, born in Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Hutc...

McKean and Elk Land and Improvement Co.

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St. Bartholomew's Hospital (London, England)

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Evans, Cadwallader, 1762-1841

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Crafton & Colson

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Paulmier, Charles François Adrien le, chevalier d'Annemours, 1742-1809.

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Paulmier (aka: d'Annemours, d'Anemours, and Danmours) was the consul general of France for Virginia and Maryland. James Patriot Wilson was a clergyman, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1814. From the guide to the Mémoire sur le district du Ouachita dans la province de la Louisianne, [1803], Circa 1803, (American Philosophical Society) ...

McKean and Elk Land and Improvement Company

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Hutchinson family.

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Hutchinson, Charles Hare, 1833-1902.

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Townsend, John, 1757-1826

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Hare family.

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Annemours, Charles Francois Adrien le Paulnier, Chevalier d'

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Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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Revolutionary War officer. From the description of Papers, 1778-1786. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19593641 Army officer. From the description of Nathanael Greene papers, 1775-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979865 Nathanael Greene was a major general in the Continental Army. He was promoted to Quartermaster General in 1778. From the description of Papers, 1778-1780. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat ...

Hutchinson, S. Pemberton (Sydney Pemberton), 1861-1929

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Hiester, Daniel, 1747-1804

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Daniel Hiester was a farmer, businessman, and political leader of Pennsylvania and Maryland, as well as U.S. Representative from both states. From the description of Papers, 1739-1822. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 151377064 Farmer, businessman, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania. From the description of Letter, 1789 August 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122364413 Daniel Hiester was a brigadier general of the Pennsylvania ...

Corbyn, Thomas

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Ewing, John, 1732-1802

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Presbyterian minister and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. A vice-president of the American Philosophical Society, he contributed articles on astronomy to their Transactions. Ewing served on commissions with D. Rittenhouse to settle boundary disputes. The 1784 notebook contains astronomical observations made during an expedition in the summer of 1784 to settle such a dispute. Ewing's lectures on natural philosophy were published, posthumously, as "A Plain Elemen...