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Title: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de to William Temple Franklin, 1779 December 21; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de, 1757-1834. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24827
Description: Letter from Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette to William Temple Franklin. Has heard from M. de Laneuville that some papers have arrived from America for Dr. Franklin. Asks if they contain any news of interest. Inquires about Gen. Washington's health. Is very anxious to hear from M. Conrad Alexandre Gérard de Rayneval.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de, 1757-1834; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1779-12-21; 2022

Title: Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene, 1779 January 9; Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21580
Description: Letter from Udny Hay to Nathanael Greene. Fishkill - Smiths and wheelwrights determined to leave unless their wages are raised. By the offer of such extravagant wages, Mr. Simmons has a second time depreciated the money. He [Colonel Hay] is even suspected of pocketing that part of the wages which, by leaving the post, the artificers can easily get elsewhere. Suggests procuring artificers from the regiment. Matter of cordage. Need of a proper public tanner. Pay for teams. Concerning the completion of the works at West Point during the coming summer. Hopes General Greene is homeward bound, loaded with money. Enclosing two addresses, concerning the wages of workmen.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; Quartermasters; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Finance, Personal--United States; United States. Army--Pay, allowances, etc.; Hay, Udny; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-01-09; 2022

Title: Bayley, Jacob to Nathanael Greene, 1779 November 9; Bayley, Jacob, 1726-1815 to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:20078
Description: Letter from Jacob Bayley to Nathanael Greene. Sends by way of Major Whitcomb what accounts he has collected. Has orders to build a slaughter and storehouse at Charlestown (N.H.) to be used for an enterprise into Canada. His opinion of his plan. Thinks America's independence insecure until there is a union of Canada and the thirteen States. Must have ,000 at once.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Social networks--18th century; United States--Relations--Canada; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; Quartermasters; Bayley, Jacob, 1726-1815; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-11-09; 2022

Title: Lloyd, Richard Bennett to William Temple Franklin, 1780 April 7; Lloyd, Richard Bennett. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24896
Description: Letter from Richard Bennett Lloyd to William Temple Franklin. He and his family leave soon for America; reports relating to the armament going from Brest to Canada or New York; wishes to know if there is much danger, when he arrives at Sandy Hook, of being obliged to about-ship and go to Halifax or England.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; International travel; Lloyd, Richard Bennett (American patron, 1750-1787); Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-04-07; 2022

Title: Lloyd, Richard Bennett to William Temple Franklin, 1779 July 15; Lloyd, Richard Bennett. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24820
Description: Letter from Richard Bennett Lloyd to William Temple Franklin. Has received word that his friends in America have collected a considerable sum of money for him and are prepared to honor his drafts. Asks advice as to how he should proceed in the matter. Met Mr. Sir John Temple the other evening, he came from Boston by way of Holland.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; Commerce; Finance, Public--United States--History--To 1789; Finance, Personal--United States; Lloyd, Richard Bennett (American patron, 1750-1787); Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1779-07-15; 2022

Title: Presentation of Society Awards and Prizes
Identifier(s): video:1134; 2012_04_008
Description: A presentation of awards and prizes: 1) Jacques Barzun Prize (Peter E. Gordon);2) Patrick Suppes Prize (R. Duncan Luce);3) Karl Spencer Lashley Award (Eve Marder);4) The Moe Prize (William Chester Jordan)
Subject: APS Archives; Prizes, Societies; Gordon, Peter Eli; Luce, R. Duncan (Robert Duncan); Marder, Eve; Jordan, William C., 1948-; Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History; Patrick Suppes Prize; Karl Spencer Lashley Award; Henry Allen Moe Prize in the Humanities; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2012-04-20

Title: Notes of the Lectures of Samuel Jackson M.D. Philadelphia. 1840' 41.; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857. Medical lecture notes for course by Samuel Jackson
Identifier(s): text:333828
Subject: Science--United States--History--19th century; Medicine--Study and teaching--Pennsylvania; Medicine--Practice--Pennsylvania; Hospitals--Pennsylvania; Medicine; Medical sciences; Physiology; Chemistry; Biochemistry; Heat; Physiology; Fibrin; Gelatin; Connective tissue cells; Pathology; Inflammation; Death; Cancer; Rheumatism; Aneurisms; Cartilage; Bones--Diseases; Cysts; Heart; Pericardium; Peritoneum; Endocarditis; Skin; Central nervous system--Diseases; Skin absorption; Mucous membrane; Mucous membrane--diseases; Pancreas; Liver; Kidneys; Opium; Lungs; Respiration; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Jackson, Samuel 1787-1872
Date: 1840-1841; 2020

Title: Letters to Caspar Wistar, 1794-1893
Identifier(s): text:280565
Subject: Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818; American Philosophical Society; Botany; Medicine -- 19th century; Natural history; Yellow fever; Paleontology -- 19th century; Michaux, Francois André, 1770-1855; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Brown, Samuel, 1769-1830; Camper, Adriaan Gilles, 1759-1820; Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823; Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832; Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823; Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831; Palisot de Beauvois, Ambrose-Marie-François-Joseph, 1752-1820; Raffeneau-Delile, Alire, 1778-1850; Tilesius von Tilenau, Wilhelm Gottlieb; Warden, David Bailie (1772-1845)
Date: 1794-1893