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Title: Report on proposed exchange of duplicates in the Poinsett collection with duplicates in the Princeton archaeological collection
Identifier(s): text:271547
Date: 1876-11-03

Title: Report on the Peale Stone Age collection given to the A.P.S. by C. E. G. Peale
Identifier(s): text:271550
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Date: 1877-10-05

Title: Receipt for fossil remains, bones, etc. received from administrators of estate of Caspar Wistar, April 15, 1818
Identifier(s): text:326540
Description: Philadelphia, document signed: Jno. Vaughan. Copy Endorsed: The original in handwriting of Dr Horner & with a receipt similar to this was sent to James Gibson. General physical description: 10x7-1/2
Subject: Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818; Fossils
Date: 1818-04-15

Title: 29, 30: Report of committee to which George Izard's letter requesting data to guide his inquiries in Arkansas was referred, with notes for his guidance
Identifier(s): text:277316
Description: Freeman and Smith 3092
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Izard, George, 1777-1828; Quapaw Indians
Date: 1825-05-06

Title: Report of Committee on Vauquelin's Papers, 1810 March 16
Identifier(s): text:352187
Description: Document signed: S. Godon. 1p. and end. General physical description: 11x8. See Vauquelin, A.: "Analysis of the Nicotina Latifolia" 1809 Jan 12, and "Analysis of Snuff" 1809 Sept. 15 Natural History
Subject: Vauquelin, Louis Nicolas, 1763-1829; Tobacco
Date: 1810-03-16

Title: Loan Book, Volume 1, 1803-1835
Identifier(s): text:324322
Description: Record of borrowings from the Library of members and others. The first and third volumes, 1803-1835 and 1889-1941, are in the form of printed promissory notes to return the volume or forfeit a sum of money (the financial forfeiture was disregarded after about 1900). The first volume is indexed by borrower. This volume also contains a copy of the library regulations drawn from the minutes and by-laws, 1802-1816, and several pages headed "Account of Importation of Journals by the Treasurer," 1803-1831.
Subject: American Philosophical Society
Date: 1803-1835

Title: Report of committee on [Richard] Harlan's papers on fossils, 1832 November 2
Identifier(s): text:320347
Description: D.S.: S.G. Morton, W.E. Horner and William Hembel. 1p.and end. Cf. Minutes, p.628. Printed: APS Transactions, n.s., IV, 397 ff. General physical description: 8x7-1/2
Subject: Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843; Fossils
Date: 1832-11-02

Title: At a meeting at the Philosophical Society's hall on Friday, June 10th ... of the committee ... called in from all societies in town, to devise ... propositions, to be laid before the general meeting of the inhabitants [re Boston port bill]; 5. American Philosophical Society.At a meeting at the Philosophical Society's hall on Friday, June 10th ... of the committee ... called in from all societies in town, to devise ... propositions, to be laid before the general meeting of the inhabitants [re Boston port bill
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7002
Description: A broadside that describes the propositions devised by a committee at American Philosophical Society in relation to the act of Parliament that shut down the port of Boston. They propose numerous things including a "congress of deputies from the said colonies", raising monetary relief for the inhabitants of Boston, and that the propositions be printed as "hand-bills".; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Declaring Independence; Mobilizing the Populace; Broadsides; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes; American Philosophical Society; England. Parliament
Date: 1774-06-10; 2022

Title: Report of committee on the memoir of Dr. [Charles Delucena] Meigs on bones;, 1827 December 21
Identifier(s): text:320359
Description: [read] D.S.: R.M.Patterson, Sam, Brown, and Nath. A. Ware. 4p. end. cf. Minutes, p.572. Printed: APS Transactions, n.s., III, 285ff. General physical description: 10x8
Subject: Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena), 1792-1869
Date: 1827-12-21

Title: Invitation to the Franklin Bi-Centenary.
Identifier(s): text:166125
Source: Isaac and I. Minis Hays papers (Mss.B.H334); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.H334-ead.xml
Subject: American Philosophical Society
Date: 1906-04-20

Title: List of Contributors to Library Hall
Identifier(s): text:166972
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: American Philosophical Society
Date: n.d.

Title: Report of committee on donation of fossils by Judge Bry;, 1832 September 21
Identifier(s): text:320350
Description: Philadelphia, D.S.: Rich[ar]d Harlan. 1p.and end. Cf. Minutes, p.627. General physical description: 10x8
Subject: Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843
Date: 1832-09-21

Title: American Philosophical Society Minutes, 1802 June 18
Identifier(s): text:235214
Description: Concerning Rembrandt's proposed trip to Europe with the bones of the mammoth.
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860
Date: 1802-06-18