Kane Family Papers 1745-1955

Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914

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Silas Weir Mitchell was a Philadelphia physician and author. After graduating from medical school, he studied in Europe, joined his father's practice, and ran Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia during the Civil War, becoming the preeminent American neurologist of his generation. In addition to numerous medical papers and texts, he published popular novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. Born on 15 Feb. 1829, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a son of physician John Kear...

Indian Rights Association

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Zitkala is the Indian name for Gertrude Bonnin, 1876-1938. From the guide to the National Council of American Indians records, 1926-1938, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The Indian Rights Association was organized in Philadelphia in 1882. The early leaders of the association, including Herbert Welsh, sought to protect the interests and general welfare of the Indians. Through its monitoring and lobbying activities with executive agencies and Congress, the association, in i...

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

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Social reformer; founder of Hull House settlement, Chicago. From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Louis J. Keller, Chicago, 1912 May 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496308 From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Paul M. Angle, Springfield, Ill., 1932 June 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496294 Founder of Hull House in Chicago. From the description of Cor...

Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Peale's Museum was established by Charles Willson Peale in 1784. It was public rather than private in character and was governed initially by a Society of Visitors. The museum was moved to the Hall of the American Philosophical Society in 1794 and in 1802 by act of the Pennsylvania Assembly it ws granted the free use of the State House (Independence Hall) recently vacated by the legislature. It was subsequently incorporated as the Philadelphia Museum Company under the direction of a board of tru...

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

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George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...

Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867

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Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterpart. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America. On July 19, 1806 Alexander Dalla...

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Edward Everett was an American statesman, clergyman, and orator, as well as professor of Greek at Harvard University and president of Harvard University, 1846-1849. Everett was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard with highest honors in 1811, completing an M.A. in Divinity in 1814. After a brief stint as a minister, Harvard offered him the newly created position of Professor of Greek; brilliant but untrained, Everett went to Göttingen to prepare for...

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

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 ...

Vaughan, John, 1756-1841

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John Vaughan (1756–1841, APS 1784) was a wine merchant, philanthropist, and long-time treasurer and librarian of the American Philosophical Society. A native of England, Vaughan moved to Philadelphia in 1782. He soon was one of the most respected members of Philadelphia society, largely because of his tireless support of numerous literary, scientific and benevolent causes. Over the course of his five decades of service to the American Philosophical Society, Vaughan met and correspo...

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864

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George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829 and as the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. The son of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas, George Dallas attended elite preparatory schools before embarking on a legal career. He served as the private secretary to Albert Gallatin and worked for the Treasury Department and the Second Bank of the United Stat...

Grier, Robert Cooper, 1794-1870

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Grier practiced law in Danville, Pennsylvania from 1818, and served as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1846-1870. From the description of Letters, 1847, 1860. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339116 American jurist. From the description of Autograph note signed : to the President or Attorney General, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507991 ...

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...

Lawrence, William, Sir, 1783-1867

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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x0001fa English surgeon. From the description of Papers, 1840-1850. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35130871 Epithet: of Add MS 36190 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0000ca Epithet: of Battersea British Library Archives...

Guillon, Constant

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Saunders, R. M.

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Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893

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Leiper, William J.

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Kane, Elizabeth Wood, 1836-1909

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Henry, Morton P. (Morton Pearson), 1826-1901

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Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870

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Benjamin Franklin Peale was a son of Charles Willson Peale, and a naturalist, paleontologist, and traveler. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1833. From the description of Songs, 1822-1823, for guitar and piano. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122440418 From the guide to the Songs, 1822-1823, for guitar and piano, 1822-1823, (American Philosophical Society) ...

American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Grinnell, Cornelius

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Cope, Elizabeth Waln

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Heazlett, Charles T.

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Kane, Robert Patterson, 1827-1906.

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Robert Patterson Kane was a Philadelphia lawyer. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1830]-1900. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540757 ...

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 ...

Cope, Walter, 1860-1902.

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Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824

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T. P. Bennett, transcriber of these notes, received his A.B. from U. Pennsylvania in 1811 and A.M. in 1816. Robert Patterson was prof. of math. and nat. philosophy at U. Pennsylvania, 1779-1813. From the description of Compends of Spheric Geometry and Trigonometry, 1811(?). (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122527908 Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854, APS 1809) was a professor of chemistry and natural philosophy at the University of Pen...

Cope, Eliza Middleton Kane, approximately 1862-1952

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Purviance, John N.

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Kane, Elizabeth Francis Fisher

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Ritter, Frank M.

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Baynard, Edward, 1641-?

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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001091.0x0000db ...

Hood, Samuel, 1800?-1875

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Caldwell, Thomas

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Cadwalader, Sophia Francis

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Cope, Elizabeth Frances, 1898-1977

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Wharton, Geo. M. (George Mifflin), 1808-1870

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George Wharton was a Philadelphia attorney and counselor. From the description of Legal records, 1826-1866. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122465432 ...

Philadelphia Voluntary Defender Association

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Hubbell, Horace

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Laird, Warren Powers, 1861-1948

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Great-great-nephew of Abigail Powers Fillmore. From the description of A forgotten president : typescript, 1940 Jan. 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 38289400 Although Warren P. Laird did comparatively little in the way of conventional architectural design, his career as an "advisor" on architectural competitions and projects greatly influenced many important commissions in the United States before the Depression. Laird also played a crucial rol...

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

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Epithet: US President British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000128 James Buchanan, Jr. (1791-1868) was the 15th President of the United States, serving from 1857–1861. Prior to his presidency, Buchanan represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives and later the Senate, and served as Secretary of State under President James K. Polk (1845-1849). Source : About the White Hous...

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

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Drawn by R.D. Cutts. From the description of Pulgas base : map, 1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398096 Historical Background The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, me...

Kane, Jane Duval Leiper

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Robinson, Henry Mauris, 1868-1937

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Henry Mauris Robinson (1868-1937), lawyer and banker. He was born in Ravenna, Ohio, son of George Foreman Robinson (1844-1917), judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the 2nd subdivision of the othe Judicial District of Ohio. Henry Mauris Robinson was educated at Western Reserve Academy and Cornell University and practiced law in Ohio and New York City before moving to Southern California in 1905. He was chairman of the board of Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles and also was on board of...

Patterson, Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854

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Robert Maskell Patterson was a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the U.S. Mint. His father, Robert Patterson, was a revolutionary soldier and mathematician. He taught mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, 1779-1814, and was the director of the U.S. Mint, 1805-1824. From the description of Papers, 1775-1853. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616093 Robert Maskell Patterson was a professor ...

Shunk, Francis R.

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Brewster, Benjamin Harris, 1816-1888

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U.S. attorney general. From the description of Benjamin Harris Brewster correspondence, 1850-1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451368 U.S. attorney general from 1881-1885. From the description of Benjamin Harris Brewster letters, 1882-1886. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936782 ...

Giretti, Edoardo, b. 1864

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Cain family.

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Dow, Margaret Elder

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Cope, Thomas Pim, 1897-1977

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Green, John P. (John Pugh), 1839-1924

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St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.)

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Wood, William, 1745-1808

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Epithet: ironmaster, of Wolverhampton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000439.0x000184 Epithet: Captain; of Add MS 33085 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000439.0x000180 Epithet: MD; of Add MS 39768 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000439.0x000186 ...

Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858

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John Kintzing Kane was a Philadelphia lawyer and Pennsylvania politician. He was appointed Attorney General of Pennsylvania in 1845, a position he resigned in 1846 to serve until his death as a U. S. District Court Judge for eastern Pennsylvania. From the description of Legal papers, 1824-1919. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589123 From the description of Papers, 1826-1860. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat recor...

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

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James Knox Polk followed a career path which was blazed by Andrew Jackson. Both men hailed from southwestern North Carolina. Both migrated to Tennessee, where they practiced law and entered politics, and both were elected president of the United States. As similar as their paths were, James Polk was a different personality from his fiery predecessor. His life and career were marked by a relentless pursuit of his goals instead of the dramatic aura that perpetually surrounded Jackson. The effect...

Tilghman, Benjamin, 1785-1850

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Philadelphia Society for the Employment and Instruction of the Poor

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DeVries, William Levering, 1865-1937.

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Taylor, Robert, 1940 June 1-

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Epithet: of Rockington, county Lincolnshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000350 Epithet: shipping agent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000372 Epithet: brother of W Taylor, the elder British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000340...

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company

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Formed in 1802 to dig a canal across the Delmarva Peninsula to join the Delaware Bay and the Chesapeake Bay. Engineering surveys were done by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and work actually began but the company ran out of money and abandoned the project in late 1805. In 1822 the company was revived and a canal was completed which opened in 1829. In 1919 the canal, which ran from Delaware City, Del., to Chesapeake City, Md., was purchased by the federal government. From the description of C...

Fisher, Eliza Middleton, 1815-1890

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Artist Thomas Sully was born in London, although his actor parents soon emigrated to the United States. A trip back to England to study painting expanded his horizons, and upon his return to the United States he developed a reputation as a first rate painter. He specialized in portraits, especially portraits of women, and painted full-length portraits of many public and private figures. He is perhaps most closely associated with his portrait of Queen Victoria and for his painting, Washington cro...

American Institute of Architects. Philadelphia Chapter

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Professional society of Philadelphia area architects; founded 1869. From the description of American Institute of Architects Philadelphia Chapter minute books, 1869-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122950 ...

Snowden, James Ross, 1809-1878

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Molzhan, Kurt

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Harding, George

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T Square Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Organized in 1883, the T-Square Club was a Philadelphia, Pa. architects club which sponsored exhibitions, provided student scholarships and held other activities. From the description of Minutes, 1883-1937. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625436 ...

Miller, Jesse

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Patterson, Robert, 1802-1872

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Workers' Defense League

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In 1936, Norman Thomas proposed the formation of a national labor and socialist defense committee to coordinate the defense of striking unionists, sharecroppers and other workers caught up in the labor crisis of the Great Depression. An earlier (1918) organization, called the Workers Defense Union, was not related to it, though their goals were similar. From the description of Collection, 1936-1970, 1937-1949. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 29546111 ...

Phillips, Henry M. (Henry Myer), 1811-1884

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Henry Myer Phillips (June 30, 1811 – August 28, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1857 to 1859. Born in Philadelphia, he attended Philadelphia schools and the Franklin Institute before studying law. Admitted to the bar in 1832, he commenced practice in Philadelphia, serving as clerk of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. P...

McAllister, Richard, M.A.

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Pennsylvania Prison Society

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The Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons was organized in 1787 to promote penal reform. Its early members included: William White, Benjamin Rush, Roberts Vaux, Dorthea Lynde Dix, and Rose Steadman. In 1886 the Society's name was changed to the Pennsylvania Prison Society, by which name it continues to call itself today. From the description of Records, 1787-1966. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122540320 ...

Wharton, Francis, 1820-1889

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Jurist and clergyman. From the description of Francis Wharton notes, 1886-1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981343 American jurist and clergyman. From the description of Letter & print, n.d. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812249 ...

Cope, Oliver, 1902-1994

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Walnut, T. Henry

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Collegiate Anti-Militarism League

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Grinnell, Henry, 1799-1874

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Businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Signature of Henry Grinnell, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450582 Henry Grinnell was born on 13 February 1799 at New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was educated at the New Bedford Academy and, at the age of nineteen, was employed as a clerk in the commission house of H D and E B Sewell in New York City. In 1825, he joined his brothers, Joseph and Moses, and whaling captain Preserved Fish, to form th...

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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Painter, inventor; New York, N.Y. and London, England. From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599940 From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007074 Author of account concerning deportation of 1100 workers and I.W.W. sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus, N.M., July 12, 1917. From the description of The truth about Bisbee...

Cadwalader, Thomas, 1707 or 1708-1779

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Cope, Anne Francis, 1900-1982

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Leiper, Samuel M.

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Woodward, George W. (George Washington), 1809-1875

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U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and lawyer. From the description of George W. Woodward correspondence, 1848 July 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984110 ...

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

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Martin Van Buren (b. Kinderhook, New York, December 5, 1782-d. July 24, 1862, Kinderhook, New York), studied law, was admitted to bar, New York, 1803; moved to Huson surrogate of Columbia Co.; member of State Senate, 1813-1820; attorney general of New York, 1815-1819; delegate to state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Senate Democrat, March 4, 1821-1828; Governor of New York, 1828-1829; U.s. Secretary of State, March 12, 1829 - August 1, 1831; Vice President, 1832; President, 1836-1840....

Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854

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Founder of packet ship line in 1821 that sailed from Philadelphia to Liverpool; Cope travelled from Philadelphia to Niagara Falls, Montreal, and Quebec with his son Alfred on July 12, 1820, visiting Nantucket from Sept. 9-15, 1820. From the description of Thomas Pym Cope diary/J. Morris Evans collection, 1820 Sept. 9-15. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 70953345 William Carvill was Haverford College's first landscape architect. Jonathan Richards was principa...

Ingersoll, Joseph R. (Joseph Reed), 1786-1868

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American statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : So. 4th Street, to Benjamin Etting, Esq., 1824 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269535798 Epithet: American lawyer; Minister to Great Britain 1852-1853 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x000392 U.S. representative from Pennsylvania and diplomat. From the description of Letter of Joseph R. Ingersoll...

American League to Abolish Capital Punishment

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Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1948

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Green, Rowland

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Saint George's Society

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Girard Bank

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After the charter of the First Bank of the United States expired in 1811, the merchant Stephen Girard established a private bank, called "Girard's Bank", in the former BUS headquarters in order to maintain adequate banking facilities for Philadelphia. Girard died in 1831, and a group of local businessmen continued the institution as the "Girard Bank." In 1832 they received a state charter as the "Girard Bank of the City of Philadelphia." The bank was forced to suspend payment in January 1842 in ...

Coxe, Sophia

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Shields, James K. (James Kurtz), 1867-

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Kane, Francis Fisher, 1866-1955.

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Francis Fisher Kane was a Philadelphia lawyer and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1913-1920. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1880s]-1955. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122489491 ...

Leiper, George Gray, 1786-1868

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Congressman from Pennsylvania; judge in Delaware County. From the description of Letters : from various correspondents, 1822-1867. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28885956 ...

Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883

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Thomas Leiper Kane was a law clerk and Army officer. From the description of Thomas Leiper Kane papers, 1846-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387534 In 1852, Thomas Kane traveled to the West Indies to improve his health and to study the effects of the emacipation of slaves there. This pocket diary contains his observatioins in both writing and sketches. In July 1859, Kane asked Brigham Young to give information to the US Attorney General J. Black, an account of his ac...

Say, Benjamin, 1755-1813

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Wanamaker, Rodman, 1863-1928

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Wanamaker, John, 1838-1922

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John Wanamaker was founder of a Philadelphia department store. From the description of Collection, 1779-1892. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122632980 John Wanamaker, 1838-1822. Born Philadelphia, created first department store, pioneered use of price tags, money back guarantees, newspaper ads, and white sales. Instituted employee health care, pensions, and fringe benefits. Samuel Sydney McClure, 1857-1949. Founder, editor,...

Taylor, John

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Epithet: of Liverpool; of Add MS 42582 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x0002ad Epithet: Merchant of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x00027d Epithet: of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x0002af Epithet: of ...

Leiper, Mary B.

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Kane, Florence Bayard, 1868-1943

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Florence Bayard Kane, member of the prominent Kane family of Pennsylvania, was a Philadelphia volunteer worker and much travelled individual who briefly worked as a librarian and as a processor of manuscripts. She was a woman of many associations and activities, but withal a woman whose life was peripatetic and unfocussed. From the description of Papers, 1886-1943. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 151372098 ...

Cope & Stewardson

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University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Architecture

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Strickland, William, 1787-1854

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