Collection, 1793-1860.

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Collection, 1793-1860.

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Lieutenant Burns' commission signed by John Adams, 1798; 3 manuscript booklets on naval signal flags, veering and shortening sail and ships' regulations and orders on the U.S.S. Ganges, Congress and Constellation, 1800-1802; miscellaneous letters and printed notes relate to his studies in the University of Pennsylvania, 1793-95; copy of South Carolina proclamation, The Union is Dissolved, 1860.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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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...

Adams, John, 1735-1826

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John Adams (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He served as defense counsel for British soldiers accused of Boston Massacre in 1770; as delegate to Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778; as member of committee charged with drafting Declaration of Independence in 1776; as congressional commissioner to France from 1778 to 1779; as minister to United Provinces in 1780; and negotiated a loan from Dutch bankers in 1782. Adams join...

Ganges

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Burns, James.

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Congress

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Constellation

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