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Historical Letters and Manuscripts,
1747-1934
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Sept. 15, An Act to provide for the Safe-keeping of the Acts, Records, and Seal of the United States
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1791
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Apr. 20, French military
commission of the order of St. Louis, approved by Louis XVI |
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Dec. 5, report of Richard
Wells and Francis Gurney concerning plans for constructing a residence in
Philadelphia, Pa., for the president |
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1793, Mar. 2, An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States, signed by Thomas Jefferson
See Oversize
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1794
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Mar. 21, circular on public
service by Thomas Mifflin |
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June 20, field return report
of the Legion of the United States commanded by Anthony Wayne
See Oversize
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June 25, Robert Morris, John
Nicholson, and James Greenleaf confer power of attorney to Sylvanus
Bourne
See Oversize
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Oct.-Nov., war claims by the
committee of merchants of Philadelphia, Pa. |
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Dec. 29, Congressional
testimonial by John Beckley in honor of Anthony Wayne
See Oversize
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1795, Jan. 1, George
Washington's proclamation of public thanksgiving and prayer |
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1798
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Sept., protested promissory
notes used as evidence in legal proceedings against Robert Morris and
John Nicholson |
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Dec. 3, petition to James
Booth and James Riddle "...respecting measures to be adopted to prevent
the introduction of infectious diseases."
See Oversize
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1799, Dec., invitation from the
U.S. Congress to attend a funeral oration in honor of George
Washington |
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1800, Mar. 6, invitation from
the president of the United States to Mr. Gibson |
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1803, June 2, British military
commission approved by George III |
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1815, Feb. 20, military
commission of John Suter, signed by James Madison and James Monroe
See Oversize
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1829, Apr. 29, Revolutionary War
claims of Francis Postle |
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Undated
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Bill from Charles Willson Peale and the
committee of assembly to David Rittenhouse for repairing public
stables |
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Loyalist oath |
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BOX 56-57 |
Carson Family Papers, 1882-1994
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Carson's catalogs and checklists as well as correspondence, notes, printed matter,
and miscellaneous items pertaining to Carson and other family members. |
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Arranged alphabetically by name of family member. |
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BOX 56 |
Carson, Anna and Hampton L. |
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Correspondence, 1882-1885, 1891-1893,
1901-1926, undated
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Miscellany, 1900, 1917,
undated
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Writings, 1895, 1905-1908,
undated
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Carson, Joseph, 1884, 1910-1915,
1921-1932, 1939-1944, undated
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Carson, Marian S. |
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Catalogs and checklists |
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Marian S. Carson Collection,
undated
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(7 folders) |
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BOX 57 |
(1 folder) |
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Philadelphia imprints,
undated
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Correspondence, 1933, 1942-1948,
1957-1964, 1975, 1983-1994, undated
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Miscellany, 1937-1947, 1956-1960, 1969,
1977, 1991-1993, undated
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Notes, 1986, undated
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Writings, "A Washington Affair of Honor,
1779," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1941
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BOX 55-56 |
General Correspondence, 1794-1933
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Originals and copies of letters, including many items unrecorded by Carson in her
catalogs and checklists. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 55 |
1794-1796, 1803, 1824-1857, 1865-1889
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(3 folders) |
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BOX 56 |
1890-1897, 1912, 1933, undated
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BOX OV 1-OV 27 |
Oversize, 1682-1902
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Letters and manuscripts, correspondence, family and personal papers, military
records, land surveys, financial and legal documents, deeds and indentures,
government and legislative records, business records, illustrated and printed
ephemera and other printed matter, and miscellaneous items. |
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Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which
the items were removed. |
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BOX OV 1 |
Fine Arts and Literature |
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Decorative and domestic arts |
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American arts and crafts |
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Clocks and watches |
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Riggs, William H. C. |
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Deeds, indentures,
and other legal papers, 1836, 1846, 1852-1855
(Container 3)
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Auctions, estate sales, and
inventories |
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M. Thomas & Sons,
1892
(Container 3)
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BOX OV 2 |
Practical Arts |
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Advertising |
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Broadsides, illustrations,
and printed matter, undated
(Container 5)
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Industries and trades |
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Papermaking |
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Samples and watermarks,
undated
(Container 11)
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Law and government |
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Financial and legal documents |
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Deeds and indentures,
1807
(Container 11)
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BOX OV 3 |
Transportation |
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Railroads |
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Financial and legal
documents |
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Bond and stock
certificates, 1868-1869, 1871-1872, 1894-1902
(Container 15)
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BOX OV 4 |
Posters, 1855,
undated (Container 16) |
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Printed matter,
1884
(Container 16)
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Rates and schedules,
1853
(Container 16)
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BOX OV 5 |
Entertainment |
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Theater |
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Broadsides, posters, and
printed matter, 1860-1864
(Container 18)
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Printed Matter |
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Financial papers |
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Bank and promissory notes, checks, and
other financial items |
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Government and municipal
obligations, circa 1790
(Container 19)
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Confederate States of America |
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Bond certificates,
1862-1864
(Container 20)
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BOX OV 6 |
Currency |
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Foreign |
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Bills of exchange,
1808-1839
(Container 20)
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BOX OV 7 |
Printing and publishing |
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Advertisements, broadsides,
circulars, and trade cards, 1785, 1852, undated
(Container 24)
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Financial and legal documents |
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Miscellaneous,
1813
(Container 25)
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Sachse, Julius F., Ephrata
collection, undated (Container 25) |
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Ships and shipping |
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Agreement and regulation
of seamen in the merchant service, 1796-1799 (Container
25) |
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BOX OV 8 |
Social History |
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African-American history |
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Newspapers |
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The Liberator, 1843, 1852, 1865 (Container 26) |
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National Anti-Slavery Standard, 1866 (Container 26) |
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Staunton Vindicator, 1860 (Container 26) |
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BOX OV 9 |
Biography |
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Family and personal papers |
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Booth family |
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Booth, James C. |
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Miscellany,
1836-1842, 1869
(Container 30)
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Coates-Hornor family |
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Coates, Benjamin Hornor |
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Medical papers |
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Pennsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., 1806
(Container 31)
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Coates, Thomas |
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Will, 1719
(Container 32) |
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Franklin, Benjamin,
1787
(Container 33)
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BOX OV 10 |
McAllister family |
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McAllister and
Brother, 1854, undated
(Container 34)
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McAllister, W.
Mitchell, undated
(Container 35)
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McAllister, William Young |
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Advertisements and
broadsides, undated
(Container 35)
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James W. Queen &
Co., undated
(Container 35)
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BOX OV 11 |
Penn family |
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Appointments, bonds,
commissions, and other documents, 1725-1726, 1736, 1756-1763,
1771
(Container 36)
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BOX OV 12 |
Estate papers |
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Correspondence,
1814
(Container 36)
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Family members |
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Penn, John,
1743, 1783
(Container 36)
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BOX OV 13 |
Penn, William |
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"Laws Made and
Passed by William Penn, 1700-1709," undated
(Container 36) |
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