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Title: Charles Willson Peale, petition to the president of Pennsylvania to hold services for war dead, 1779 July 1; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Petition to the president of Pennsylvania to hold services for war dead
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9194
Description: Charles Willson Peale, Francis Bailey, and Edward Pole petition the president of Pennsylvania to hold services and ceremonies in honor of the dead ("the brave men, who have fallen in the context".) They suggest including the minister of France and a Spanish man residing in Pennsylvania. They also off a "bad of military instruments of music" for the ceremony and perhaps a company of "the Militia under arms".; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1779-07-01; 2022

Title: Peale, Charles Willson diary, 1765-1826; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Diaries
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8324
Description: Charles Willson Peale's diary beginning in October 1775. The diary covers a wide range of topics, including Peale's painting career, his family, and current events. The diary also includes sketches with a variety of subjects--a seated woman, architectural details, and a group of seated figures.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Portrait painting--18th century; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Drawing
Date: 1765 - 1826; 2022

Title: Thomas Paine
Identifier(s): : Paine 74 P16p.14
Description: Title page with engraved portrait of Paine, after Peale, holding an open book inscribed "Die rechte des menschen".; Gimbel: 207. Title page of: Paine, Tom. 1793. Die Rechte des Menschen.: Eine Antwort auf Herrn Burke's Angriff gegen die französische Revolution. Kopenhagen: bey Christ. Gottl. Proft, Sohn u. Compagnie. Zweite verbesserte Auflage, 2nd revised edition.
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Rights of man
Date: 1793

Title: Concerning the Expenses of Excavating the Mammoth
Identifier(s): text:235218
Subject: Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Date: 1801-06

Title: T. Paine.
Identifier(s): : Paine 74 P16p.12
Description: Bust-length portrait of Thomas Paine, after Peale.; Gimbel: 222. "Published. Sept. 21: 1812, by G. Smeeton, 139 St. Martin's Lane."
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Date: 1812-09-21

Title: Charles Wilson Peale to Benjamin Franklin Peale, and Ramsey Peale, 1824 June 15
Identifier(s): text:163761
Description: Baltimore, A.L.S. 2p.and add. Concerning the Baltimore museum and its collection.
Subject: Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827; Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870; Peale’s Museum (Baltimore, Md.)
Date: 1824-06-15

Title: Peale, Charles Willson letter book, 1767-1782; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Letterbooks
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8232
Description: Charles Willson Peale's letterbook from 1767 to 1782. The letters, written by Charles Willson Peale, cover a variety of topics including his art production, the war, and family. Drawings, primarily sketches are also included in the letterbook.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Portrait painting--18th century; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Drawing; Finance, Personal--United States
Date: 1767 - 1782; 2022

Title: Thomas Paine
Identifier(s): : Paine 74 P16p.17; graphics:7732
Description: Portrait of Paine, after Peale, holding an open book inscribed "Rights of Man".; Gimbel: 190. " The Picture by Peel of Philadelphia in the Possession of T. B. Hollis Esq. Published as the Act directs July. 25. 1791 for J. Ridgway, York Street, St. James's Square."
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Rights of man; Hollis, Thomas Brand, 1719-1804
Date: 1791-07-25

Title: Thomas Paine Esqr. Late Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the American Congress: author of The Rights of Man, Common Sense &c
Identifier(s): : Paine 74 P16p.22
Description: Portrait of Paine, after Peale, holding an open book inscribed "Rights of Man".; Gimbel: 195. " The Picture by Peel of Philadelphia in the Possession of T. B. Hollis Esq. " . Appeared in Exshaw's Gentleman's and London magazine, August 1791.
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Rights of man; Hollis, Thomas Brand, 1719-1804
Date: 1791-08

Title: Gentlemen, I thank you for the honor you do me in the favor of this visit; and I will endeavor to explain to you in as few words as possible, my design in forming this museum, and the motive which induced me to request you, gentlemen, to take on yourselves the trouble of becoming visitors and directors of it
Identifier(s): text:1749; APSimg6523; Goodman Number: 70; 973 C683 No. 358
Description: Describes purpose and present state of Peale's Museum. Peale's attempt to create a public institution of his museum began with the creation of a board of "visitors" or trustees who were to initially provide advice and financial support, and later completely oversee the museum's operation. Signed in type by Charles Willson Peale.
Creator: Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Museums and Menageries; Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.); Natural history; Specimens; Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
Date: 1792

Title: Thomas Paine
Identifier(s): : Paine 74 P16p.16; graphics:7731
Description: Portrait of Paine, after Peale, holding an open book inscribed "Rights of Man".; Gimbel: 189. 4 copies. " The Picture by Peel of Philadelphia in the Possession of T. B. Hollis Esq. Published as the Act directs July. 25. 1791 for J. Ridgway, York Street, St. James's Square."
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Rights of man; Hollis, Thomas Brand, 1719-1804
Date: 1791-07-25

Title: [Thomas Paine]
Identifier(s): : Paine 74 P16x.16; graphics:7786
Description: Portrait of Paine, after Peale, hand supporting chin, holding an open book.
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809

Title: Tommaso Paine
Identifier(s): : Paine 74 P16p.25; graphics:7737
Description: Portrait of Paine, after Peale, hand supporting chin, elbow resting on closed book.; Gimbel: 213
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809

Title: Peale, Charles Willson diary, 1765-1826; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Diaries
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8296
Description: American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Date: 1765 - 1826; 2022

Title: Diary, 1818 November 5 - 1819 January 29
Identifier(s): text:282126
Description: Provenance: Presented to APS by Charles Coleman Sellers, May 1945
Subject: Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Date: 1818 -1819

Title: Peale, Charles Willson diary, 1777-1778; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Diaries
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8955
Description: Charles Willson Peale's diary from 1777-1778. The diary covers a wide range of topics, including Peale's painting career, his family, the Revolutionary War and other events. The diary also includes sketches with a variety of subjects--landscapes and portraits of George Washington as well as Saint George Peale.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Portrait painting--18th century; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Drawing
Date: 1777 - 1778; 2022

Title: Charles Willson Peale to Thomas Jefferson, 1801 June 29
Identifier(s): text:235222
Description: Draft. Concerning the excavation of the mammoth. On same sheet is letter from C.W.Peale to Grayham; June 30, 1801.
Subject: Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Date: 1801-06-29

Title: Thomas Paine
Identifier(s): : Paine 74 P16p.13
Description: Title page with engraved portrait of Paine, after Peale, holding an open book inscribed "Die rechte des menschen".; Gimbel: 207. Title page of: Paine, Thomas. 1793. Die Rechte des Menschen. Zweiter Theil. Worin Grundsatz und Ausübung verbunden sind. Copenhagen: Christian Gottlob Proft. "Zweyte Auflage", 2nd edition.
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Rights of man
Date: 1793

Title: Peale, Charles Willson diary, 1778-1779; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Diaries
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8922
Description: Charles Willson Peale's diary from October 1778 to April 1779. The diary covers a wide range of topics, including Peale's painting career, his family, descriptions of slavery and its effects, the Revolutionary War and other events. The diary also includes sketches of a canon.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Portrait painting--18th century; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Drawing; Slavery--United States--History--18th century
Date: 1778 - 1779; 2022

Title: Charles Wilson Peale to Benjamin Franklin Peale, 1817 June 17
Identifier(s): text:189577
Description: Concerning the settlement of William De Peyster's estate.
Source: Peale-Sellers Family Collection, 1686-1963 (Mss.B.P31); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.P31-ead.xml
Subject: Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827; Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870
Date: 1817-06-17