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Title: Map showing as near as possible Location of the Shuswap Tribe and Divisions, with approximate Boundaries of neighboring Tribes.
Identifier(s): graphics:6294
Description: Annotation by Teit: "This map shows the boundaries of the Shuswap, Thompson, Nicola Tinne & Okanagon more correctly than the one I sent with first report on the Thompson Indians part IV vol II." Map also signed "JAT".; Base map: "Map of the Province of British Columbia. Compiled and drawn by Edward Mohun, C.E., by direction of the Honorable W. Smythe, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Victoria, B.C. 1884." Engraved and printed, J. Bartholomew, Edinburgh. Dawson Brothers, Montreal.
Subject: maps; Washington (State)--Maps; British Columbia--Maps; Alberta--Maps; Siksika Indians; Carrier Indians; Chilcotin Indians; Chipewyan Indians; Cree Indians; Kainah Indians; Kaska Indians; Klikitat Indians; Kootenai Indians; Lillooet Indians; Métis; Nahane Indians; Ntlakyapamuk Indians; Okanagan Indians; Piegan Indians; Sarsi Indians; Sekani Indians; Shuswap Indians; Tahltan Indians; Tsattine Indians; Tsetsaut Indians; Wet'suwet'en Indians; Yakama Indians; Dënesųłiné people; Tsuut'ina people; Secwepemc people; Nlaka'pamux people; St'at'imc people; Nlaka'pamux; Ts'ets'aut

Title: A Chart of Delaware Bay and River, 1776
Identifier(s): graphics:10289
Description: Miller Map 18.
Subject: Maps; Drury, Andrew; Fisher, Joshua, 1707-1783; Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.); Delaware Bay Watershed (Del. and N.J.); Delaware River
Date: 1776

Title: Great Alachua - Savana, East Florida
Identifier(s): graphics:853; APSimg1446; Negative Number: 661.016
Description: Oversized.
Creator: Bartram, William, 1739-1823
Source: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml
Subject: Natural history; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Bartram, William, 1739-1823; Maps; Florida--Description and travel; Discovery & exploration
Date: 1766?

Title: Western Washington Map (7). Distribution of Tribes (& Languages) about 1850 or slightly earlier.
Identifier(s): graphics:6292
Description: Hand-colored and annotated map depicting the tribal and linguistic regions of numerous tribes. [On the map, the map number was originally given as Map (3), but was crossed out.]; Base map: “Rand, McNally & Co.’s Indexed County and Township Pocket Map and Shippers’ Guide of Washington...." 1909.
Subject: maps; Washington (State)--Maps; Oregon--Maps; British Columbia--Maps; Athapascan Indians; Chehalis Indians; Chemakum Indians; Chinook Indians; Clatskanie Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Cowichan Indians; Cowlitz Indians; Klikitat Indians; Lekwungen Indians; Lummi Indians; Makah Indians; Nooksack Indians; Nootka Indians; Ntlakyapamuk Indians; Quinault Indians; Shahaptian Indians; Sinkiuse-Columbia Indians; Skagit Indians; Snohomish Indians; Tillamook Indians; Tlakluit Indians; Twana Indians; Walla Walla Indians; Wasco Indians; Yakama Indians; Nlaka'pamux

Title: Map (3) showing northern boundaries of the Kalispels, & territories of the Lakes & the Kootenays, and positions of other Interior Tribes
Identifier(s): graphics:6286
Description: Hand-colored and annotated map delineating tribal regions. Colors delineate [as spelled] Pend d’Oveille, Blackfoot, Stony, Lake, Kootenay, Kalispel, Shuswap, Colville.; Base map: “Rand, McNally & Co.’s Indexed Pocket Map and Shippers’ Guide of British Columbia....” 1909.
Subject: maps; Alberta--Maps; British Columbia--Maps; Siksika Indians; Carrier Indians; Chilcotin Indians; Colville Indians; Cree Indians; Kalispel Indians; Kootenai Indians; Lillooet Indians; Ntlakyapamuk Indians; Okanagan Indians; Sanpoil Indians; Sekani Indians; Senijextee Indians; Shuswap Indians; Spokane Indians; Wenatchi Indians; Wet'suwet'en Indians; Secwepemc people; Nlaka'pamux people; St'at'imc people; Nlaka'pamux

Title: Cadwalader, Lambert to Samuel Meredith, 1782 September 13
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1414
Description: Letter from Lambert Cadwalader to Samuel Meredith about properties and Cadawalader's family's health.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Women--History--18th century; Real property--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps; Cadwalader, Hannah Lambert
Date: 1782-09-13; 2021

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1756 June 10; No. 920 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353679
Description: Discusses various maps of Virginia and North America, including [Joshua] Fry and [Peter] Jefferson's and Lewis Evans's, and remarks that the latter map gives a clear idea of the "immensly valuable" land contested between Britain and France; describes the method by which canoes are lashed together in order to carry heavy hogsheads of tobacco from upland streams; discusses explorations of the Mississippi River and expands upon the "vast Importance of that prodigious River"; mentions "the present troubles" [the Seven Years' War] and complains that the Virginia frontier has been left "naked and exposed" by legislators who knew nothing about the backcountry; comments that "the Possibility of the Children doing well without the Parent" is a subject that must be treated with "Reserve & delicacy"; discusses family matters.; Erratum on microfilm: last page not filmed; includes a transcription of an extract from the letter, 11 pp.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Maps; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Great Britain--Relations--France; Canoes and canoeing; Tobacco; Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757
Date: 1756-06-10; 2023

Title: Cadwalader, Lambert to Samuel Meredith, 1779 October 23
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1421
Description: Letter from Lambert Cadwalader to Samuel Meredith. Cadwalader details his father's properties in Philadelphia, currency, and taxation. He also writes about his thoughts on current events in the war.; Numerous mathematical equations are scribbled on the last page.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; Taxation--United States--History; Real property--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Cadwalader, Thomas, 1707 or 1708-1779; Cadwallader, John, 1760 or 1761-1807; Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794
Date: 1779-10-23; 2021

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1755 August 9; No. 919 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353617
Description: Discusses a map of Virginia, points out where their relatives reside, and mentions the place on the map "where our brave [George] Washington was last Year attacked by the French & Indians" and the fort from which the "brave but unfortunate. . . & imprudent" Gen. [Edward] Braddock marched; discusses the "suffering & calamitous Condition" of society because of the war between Britain and France and also problems of debt, taxes, drought, and attacks on frontier settlements by Indians and "papists"; argues that France's resources in America compare unfavorably with Britain's except in regard to "Wisdom & Prudence"; points out the desirability of a defensive coalition of the British colonies in America and remarks that Americans do not want British soldiers to fight for them, but instead want money and supplies to equip themselves; complains about an official who recently infringed on the liberties of the people and the constitution of the government.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Maps; Taxation; Droughts; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Great Britain--Relations--France; Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of--North America; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Braddock, Edward, 1695?-1755
Date: 1755-08-09; 2023

Title: Abeel, James to Nathanael Greene, 1779 November 10; Abeel, James, 1733-1825 to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:20099
Description: Letter from James Abeel to Nathanael Greene. Enclosing a rough sketch of a beautiful place for an encampment, abounding in woods, water and every other necessary. Preparing everything as fast as possible. Will have fowls, turkeys and potatoes, etc., provided in time for the General.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Military camps; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps; Forage; Quartermasters; Abeel, James, 1733-1825; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-11-10; 2022

Title: Map of Northeastern United States and Canada Showing Family Hunting Territories and Boundaries of Bands and Tribes as far as the Survey has been carried
Identifier(s): graphics:6299
Description: Speck title: "Map of Northeastern United States and Canada Showing Family Hunting Territories and Boundaries of Bands and Tribes as far as the Survey has been carried." Signed, "Frank G Speck Dept. of Anthropology". Tribes included on map: Micmac, Montagnais, Penobscot, Algonquin, Ojibwe, Tête de Boule (Atikamekw), Mistassini (Cree), and Iroquois. Handwritten notes on map: "Lines overlaid in green are meant to be deleated [sic]. See new verision of this map which also contains some versions not shown here." "Solid black bounds denote definite land limits. Red bounds denote family tracts."; Base map: An unidentified printed map of northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. Cropped. No date. [Annotated map was formerly grouped with Northwest Coast material of J.A. Teit.]
Source: American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society (Mss.497.3.B63c); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml
Subject: Maps; Indians of North America--Québec (Province); Micmac Indians; Montagnais Indians; Penobscot Indians; Ojibwa Indians; Algonquin Indians; Cree Indians; Iroquois Indians; Atikamekw Indians; Haudenosaunee; Anishinaabe; Indians of North America--Labrador; Indians of North America--Ontario; Indians of North America--New Brunswick; Indians of North America--Nova Scotia; Innu Indians; Naskapi Indians
Date: circa 1920s-1930s

Title: Cadwalader, Lambert to Samuel Meredith, 1779 October 5
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1417
Description: Letter from Lambert Cadwalader to Samuel Meredith. Cadwalader mentions real estate and the economy, Meredith's privateering, and discusses current events of the war in Georgia and England. He also congratulates the birth of Meredith's son and relays information on his family's health.; Numerous mathematical equations are scribbled on the last page.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Real property--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, French; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, British; Women--History--18th century; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834; Cadwalader, Thomas, 1707 or 1708-1779; Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794; Major Harry Gordon; Meredith Cadwalader, Margaret
Date: 1779-10-05; 2021