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Title: Catalogue d'abres d'arbustes et de plantes qui croissent en Amérique, & produisent des graines en maturité dans le Jardin de John Bartram, près de Philadephie; qui se vendent en plantes ou en graines, le tout à juste pris
Identifier(s): text:363; APSimg6543; Goodman Number: 190; 973 C683 No. 233
Description: French language version of broadside #245. The first sales catalogue of American plants issued in this country. After John Bartram, Sr.'s death in 1777, the family homestead and nursery business in Kingsessing, just outside of Philadelphia, passed on to the younger John Bartram who issued catalogues like this one for the next quarter of a century.; Possibly Franklin imprint, see also Livingston, Benjamin Franklin and his Press at Passy, New York (1914):192.
Creator: Bartram, John, 1743-1812
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Plants; Sales catalogs; Botany; Horticulture
Date: [1783]

Title: Antiquités helvétiennes de la forêt de Vernand-dessous près Lausanne
Identifier(s): APSimg6665; APSimg6665; Goodman Number: 265
Description: Description of the contents of an ancient tumulus excavated by Troyon in which he discovered the remains of human sacrifice victims.; Item call number: 571 P19, no. 6.
Creator: Troyon, Frédéric, 1815-1866
Source: Pamphlets relating to prehistoric archaeology (571 P19);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Archaeology and Antiquities; Archaeological sites; Mounds (Burials); Sacrifices
Date: 1856

Title: Notice sur la belle copie en marbre blanc du zodiaque circulaire de Denderah
Identifier(s): text:602; APSimg6613; Goodman Number: 262
Description: Offers for sale a marble copy of the zodiac from the Temple of Denderah executed by J.-J. Castex. The original, found during the French expedition to Egypt at the turn of the eighteenth century, was considered as "un des monumens les plus précieux des connaissances astronomiques des Egyptiens."
Creator: Michaux, André, 1746-1802
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/a/apsmc.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Archaeology and Antiquities; Antiquities & archaeological sites; Temples; Zodiac
Date: ca. 1819

Title: Cherokee translations
Identifier(s): text:375; APSimg6549; Goodman Number: 270-273; 973 C683 No. 474
Description: Includes four Cherokee translations of: the 8th Commandment, the 4th Commandment, the 10 Commandments, and the Prodigal Son.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Cherokee Indians--Language; Ten commandments; Biblical events
Date: n.d.

Title: The dreadful earthquake and the fatal spotted fever. A funeral sermon and a funeral Psalm, on the death of about ten or fifteen thousand of people killed by an earthquake on the twenty-sixth of March 1812, in South America: and on the death of an hundred and fifty killed in New-Hampshire it is expected in the same year, by the Spotted Fever. Written by Jonathan Plummer, a latter-day prophet, lay-bishop, travelling preacher, physician, poet and trader
Identifier(s): text:1213; local: APSimg6704; local: 340
Description: Among his insights in this document, Jonathan Plummer claims that a "vile book" written by "the infamous drunkard" Thomas Paine insulted God and was therefore responsible for outbreaks of fever in Philadelphia and an earthquake in South America.; Paine 73 P73d. Oversized box 2.
Creator: Plummer, Jonathan, 1761-1819et al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: "Pseudo Science"; Broadside Subdivision:; Pseudo science; Earthquakes; Communicable diseases; Prophecy; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Date: ca. 1812

Title: History of the Grinnell Exploring Expedition to the Arctic Ocean, in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853-4-5. Dr. E. K. Kane, U.S.N., commanding. By William Godfrey, one of the survivors of the expedition.
Identifier(s): text:347; APSimg6508; Goodman Number: 319; 973 C683 No. 94
Description: Prospectus from Godfrey, an ordinary seaman attached to the second Grinnell expedition, who claims in this broadside: "I saved Dr. Kane's life in the Arctic Ocean, and he denounces me in his book as a deserter."
Creator: Godfrey, Wm. C. (William C.)
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Discovery & exploration; Grinnell Expedition; Arctic regions
Date: ca. 1857

Title: Department of War, May 15, 1826. To -----[,] Sir: It is the intention of the government to collect and preserve such information as may be obtained concerning the Indian languages.... You will report to the Department, at as early a period as you can, the information required.
Identifier(s): text:1771; APSimg6496; Goodman Number: 281; 973 C683 No. 112
Description: Letter enclosed originally with the three following documents: 1) "uniform comparative vocabulary"; 2) "verbal forms and sentences" for translation; and 3) "an attempt," by Albert Gallatin, "to arrange the Indian tribes of the United States east of the Stony Mountains, according to languages and dialects" (for Gallatin's chart, see Goodman #275). Signed in type by James Barbour.
Creator: United States. War Dept.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Indians of North America--Language; Linguistics
Date: 1826

Title: Valuable real estate. Philadelphia Museum. Peremptory sale
Identifier(s): text:845; APSimg6707; Goodman Number: 79
Description: Faced with severe financial difficulties, the board of trustees of the Philadelphia Museum (more popularly known as Peale's Museum) was forced to sell the building it had erected in 1838 (see Goodman #73: 973 C683, no. 95). On August 5, 1841, Robert Patterson, acting on behalf of the American Philosophical Society, tendered the winning bid for the structure, the society having decided to sell its Philosophical Hall on Independence Square to the city of Philadelphia and move to the relatively new building which had been constructed for the Philadlephia Museum. Negotiations with the city fell through, however, and the Philadelphia Museum was given a temporary reprieve from its financial obligations, while the American Philosophical Society was forced to remain in its original home.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Wolbert, C. J. & Company, Auctioneers
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Museums and Menageries; American Philosophical Society; Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.); Auctions
Date: 1841

Title: Memorial. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled: The undersigned memorialists, members of the Maryland Institute and citizens of Baltimore generally...pray that an expedition of recovery be fitted out...[to search for Sir John Franklin and the lost crews of the Erebus and Terror].
Identifier(s): text:856; APSimg6715; Goodman Number: 328
Description: From the papers of John K. Kane, father of Elisha Kent Kane.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Maryland Institute
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Discovery & exploration
Date: n.d.

Title: Westminster Abbey. Wednesday, April 26th, 1882. Words of anthem composed by J. Frederick Bridge...for the funeral of Charles Darwin
Identifier(s): text:737; APSimg6730; Goodman Number: 252
Description: Cover page of a requiem with words composed by Bridge for the funeral of Charles Darwin. For other related funeral documents see Goodman #241-243.; Item call number: B D25.120
Creator: Bridge, Frederick, Sir, 1844-1924
Source: An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D25-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Funeral rites & ceremonies
Date: 1882

Title: Private circular. Dear Sir, I take the liberty of asking your aid in circulating the enclosed prospectus
Identifier(s): text:548; APSimg6651; Goodman Number: 235
Description: Cover letter for a prospectus (Goodman #234; 590 Pam. no. 28b). One copy was sent to Dr. M. H. Coates, one to W. H. Farquhar, and the third to Professor [John F.] Frazer. (See 590 Pam. no. 28d & B F865.a no. 11 for the other two copies.) All three contain autograph signatures of Agassiz.; Item call number: 590 Pam. no. 28e.
Creator: Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
Source: Zoological Pamphlet Collection (590 Pam.);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Natural history; Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873; Zoology
Date: 1855

Title: The late Robert Were Fox, F.R.S. (Reprinted from the "West Briton" of July 26th, 1877.)
Identifier(s): text:236; APSimg6469; Goodman Number: 181; 973 C683 No. 552
Description: Obituary for Fox who performed numerous experiments in physics and geology, especially relating to the electric currents and changes in temperature of the earth's crust.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Fox, Robert Were, 1789-1877; Geology; Physics
Date: 1877

Title: University of Pennsylvania. A course of lectures on natural history. by Benjamin Smith Barton
Identifier(s): text:694; APSimg6573; Goodman Number: 238
Description: Ticket for admission. Initialed by Barton. Immediately after returning from medical studies abroad in 1789, Barton became professor of natural history and botany at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1795 also assumed the responsibilities of the materia medica chair.; For similar tickets to other lectures offered by him, see Goodman #187, 188.
Creator: Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Source: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Natural history; Public speaking
Date: n.d.

Title: Scientia in bello pax. The United States Military Philosophical Society instituted for the purpose of improving and disseminating military science...have elected _____ a member thereof
Identifier(s): text:302; APSimg6739; Goodman Number: 60; 973 C683 No. 369
Description: Membership certificate filled in for John Vaughan. Illustrated broadside, including numerous symbols of military science and warfare. The United States Military Philosophical Society held its last recorded meeting November 1, 1813. For more information on the Society, see also Sidney Forman, "The United States Military Philosophical Society, 1802-1813." William and Mary Quarterly. 3rd ser., vol. 2, no. 3 (July 1945): 273-285.; Extra oversized.
Creator: United States Military Philosophical Society
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Military organizations; Military art & science; Vaughan, John, 1755-1841
Date: ca. 1803-1810

Title: A great curiosity. There is a man at present at Mr. Leech's Tavern, the sign of the black horse, in Market-Street ...
Identifier(s): text:985; local: APSimg6690; local: 342
Description: This copy was found pasted into Benjamin Rush's commonplace book and describes a man afflicted with vitiligo, a relatively common familial disease in which areas of depigmentation appear on the skin. In its advanced stages, the depigmentation may spread over the entire body.; Pasted onto pg. 92.
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Miscellaneous; Broadside Subdivision:; Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813; Cancer; Skin; Human curiosities
Date: 1796

Title: Tillkånna gifves att...Peter Jonas Bergius, dog i Stockholm. den 10 Julii 1790
Identifier(s): text:235; APSimg6474; Goodman Number: 205; 973 C683 No. 221
Description: Notification of death of famous Swedish physician and botanist. Includes list of the scientific societies of which Bergius was a member. Read at APS meeting January 24, 1791.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Botany and Horticulture; Bergius, Peter Jonas, 1730-1790; Announcements
Date: 1790

Title: [Fragment missing] and real estate. C. J. Wolbert & Co. invite attention to their sale which will take place on Thursday evening next[,] the 5th August, 1841
Identifier(s): text:130; APSimg6419; Goodman Number: 80; 973 C683 No. 187
Description: Advertisement for an auction. Item number seven to be auctioned is the Philadelphia Museum (see also Goodman #79).
Creator: Wolbert, C. J. & Company, Auctioneers
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Museums and Menageries; Auctions; Peale’s Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: 1841

Title: From the Winchester Virginian. Interesting galvanic experiments. Winchester, June 27, 1833
Identifier(s): text:605; APSimg6607; Goodman Number: 137
Description: Sent to Peter Du Ponceau, president of the American Philosophical Society by John R. W. Dunbar, and read before the society on July 19, 1833. Includes manuscript note in the margin signed by Dunbar who performed a series of electrical experiments on the body of a recently executed criminal. By applying shocks from a battery supplied by Dr. [Julius Timoleon] Ducatel of the University of Maryland, and belonging to Mr. Edmondson, Dunbar was able evoke severe muscular contractions in the corpse.
Creator: Dunbar, John R. W. (John Richard Woodcock), 1805-1871
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives, Manuscript Communications (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/a/apsmc.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Electricity; Electricity--Experiments; Electric shocks; Dead persons
Date: 1833

Title: Entrance to freshman class. June 22, 1883. [Examination in] Euclid [and]...arithmetic
Identifier(s): text:844; APSimg6706; Goodman Number: 156
Description: Includes five questions in each section. From the papers of John K. Kane. Now housed among the Elisha Kent Kane papers.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Mathematics and Surveying; Examinations; Universities & colleges; Geometry; Mathematics
Date: 1883

Title: Circular of the Joint Committee on Meteorology of the American Philosophical Society and Franklin Institute
Identifier(s): text:607; APSimg6609; Goodman Number: 168
Description: Requests receiver to transmit answers to questions regarding a storm which struck Philadelphia between March 16 and 19, 1838, to William Hamilton, actuary of the Franklin Institute. Signed in type by Robley Dunglison, chairman of the committee and Gouverneur Emerson, secretary. Manuscript note signed by J[ames] P. Espy and added to bottom of the circular requests reader to transmit the circular "to some persons in your district whom you think most likely to furnish the desired information."
Creator: American Philosophical Society and Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Joint Committee on Meteorology
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Meteorology; American Philosophical Society; Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.); Meteorology; Storms
Date: March 20, 1838