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Title: Foulke, John to William Temple Franklin, 1781 October 1; Foulke, John, 1757-1796. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27333
Description: Letter from John Foulke to William Temple Franklin. Gives an account of his journey through Holland and part of Germany. Is racked and fatigued after a long and arduous journey.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; International travel; Foulke, John, 1757-1796; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-10-01; 2022

Title: Foulke, John to William Temple Franklin, 1782 January 12; Foulke, John, 1757-1796. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27102
Description: Letter from John Foulke to William Temple Franklin. Denies authorship of a letter attributed to him, written to the Journal de Paris, concerning the Anatomical Cabinet of M. [Jean Joseph] Sue, of which he encloses a copy; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Foulke, John, 1757-1796; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-01-12; 2022

Title: Foulke, John to William Temple Franklin, 1783 April 12; Foulke, John, 1757-1796. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27060
Description: Letter from John Foulke to William Temple Franklin. London. Introducing Mr. Moseby who is to spend some time in Paris. Congratulates him on his name being attached to the Treaty. Inquires about Comtesse de La Marck and Dr. Du Breuil. Saw Governor William Franklin recently. Refers to an old friend, Benjamin Baynton.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Influence--Congresses; Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789; Foulke, John, 1757-1796; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-04-12; 2022

Title: To the public. ...Conditions...upon which said annual [Magellanic] premiums will be awarded. ...Published by order of the society, at Philadelphia, the 19th day of November, 1786
Identifier(s): text:994; APSimg6748; Goodman Number: 10
Description: Signed in type by James Hutchinson, Robert Patterson, Samuel Magaw, and John Foulke, secretaries of the American Philosophical Society. Originally enclosed in letter from Samuel Vaughan to [Jean] Hermann, professor of medicine at the University of Strasbourg, March 20, 1788. The Magellanic premium was begun in 1786 with a 200-guinea donation from John Hyacinth Magellan, a Portuguese member of the Royal Society, and was awarded periodically to "the author of the best discovery, or most useful improvement relating to navigation, astronomy or natural philosophy, mere natural history only excepted."; Located in folder: 1788 March 20. Samuel Vaughan to Professor Hermann.
Creator: American Philosophical Society
Source: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; American Philosophical Society; Awards; Astronomy; Navigation; Physics
Date: 1786