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Title: 44. Queries concerning the northern Indians
Identifier(s): text:310695
Description: Questions as to variations of skin color, stature; deformation of the head, rickets and deformity; speckled Indians; length of nursing; child-rearing; fertility; life-span; old age; insanity; suicide; plucking of hair; diseases. He seeks vocabularies of the Seneca, Tuscarora, Wyandot, and Cochnawaga.
Creator: Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples--North America
Date: 1797-03-31

Title: Bank of North America, 1791 November 18
Identifier(s): text:320237
Description: Thomas Willing's proposal to resign as president of Bank of North America. (Address and minutes of Directors)
Subject: Bank of North America
Date: 1791-11-18

Title: A map of the British Empire in North America; by Samuel Dunn.
Identifier(s): APSdigobj3508; APSdigobj3508
Description: Former Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin, wrote 7 November 1828 requesting the loan of particular maps for use in settling the Northeast Boundary Dispute with Great Britain. Secretary John Vaughan acquired some for him from Samuel Hazard and the "City Library," as well as some from the Society's library. Gallatin wrote that "in every case where we have but one engraved copy of a Map, we are bound to deliver a manuscript copy to the British Minister here on 1st of January next." He stated that the map he wanted more than any other, is in truth the same map, but bearing on the face of it the date of 1776 to 1782 (or 1777 I believe) and not having the word "United States" on it or in it. The title is in substance as follows vizt:A new and correct map of North America with the West Indian Islands, divided according to the last treaty of peace concluded at Paris 10th February 1763, corrected from the original materials of Govr. Pownal M.P. Sayer & Bennet 1777. But it may vary a little in the said title & been any date from 1775 to 1782 [Archives].Vaughan shipped the maps 16 November, and Gallatin retained two which belonged to the Society [22 November 1828, Archives]. As "U.S. Agent for the N.E. boundary," he signed for these two on 26 December: "Sayer & Bennett's U.States-Feby 1783" and "Dunn's British Empire 1774." They were to be "laid before the Arbiter" and they would be "returned, replaced, or, in case of unavoidable accident, compensated for by the United States" [Archives, Receipt]. He returned the unused maps 2 January 1829 and sent his "thanks and those of the Government for your zealous and useful services on this important occasion" [Archives].These maps were not returned by 1843 so the members instructed Secretary George Ord on 15 December to recover them. Ord wrote immediately to Gallatin who replied 19 December, explaining what happened to them:Sayer & Bennet's United States, delivered to the British Minister at Washington, as part of the evidence to be laid before the Arbiter and which, in conformity with the Convention, the U. States were bound to communicate to the British Government on the 31st Dec[emb]er 1828. - cannot be recovered. Dunn's British Empire, laid before the Arbiter. All the maps laid before the King of Holland were bound together at Washington. That Atlas was, I understand, brought back from Holland by Mr. Treble and must be in the Department of State [Archives].On 18 May 1852, Acting Secretary of State William Hunter returned the Sayer and Bennett map. It had been found "this morning" and Hunter hastened "to restore it to your Society" [Archives].The Dunn map was returned 15 December 1852 by Secretary of State Edward Everett. He wrote member C. B. Trego that the map was returned by direction of the President "with the thanks of this Department for its use" [Archives]. For the Sayer and Bennett map, see: No. 550.
Creator: Dunn, Samuel
Source: APS.Printed.Maps;
Subject: Maps; North America
Date: 1774 January 10

Title: A map of North America with the European settlements & whatever else is remarkable in ye West Indies, from the latest and best observations.
Identifier(s): APSdigobj3507; APSdigobj3507
Description: See: Paul Rapin de Thoyas, The history of England. Continued by N. Tindal. London: 1744: vol. 3.
Creator: Seale, R. W.
Source: APS.Printed.Maps;
Subject: Maps; North America
Date: ca. 1744

Title: Bank of North America, 1789 November 24
Identifier(s): text:320236
Description: Copy of minutes from Bank of North America. In reference to Mr. Morris' loan and Morris & Willing's joint bond.
Subject: Bank of North America
Date: 1789-11-24

Title: 46. Answers to Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton's queries on the Northern Indians
Identifier(s): text:310697
Description: Numbered responses to Barton's inquiries concerning Algonquian and "Iroquois Indians" [Haudenosaunee], similar in content to Zeisberger-Senseman answers, though more general.
Creator: Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples--North America
Date: 1797-1798

Title: Directors of Bank of North America, 1791 November 18
Identifier(s): text:320240
Description: An acknowledgement to Thomas Willing on retirement as President of Bank of North America.
Subject: Bank of North America
Date: 1791-11-18

Title: North America and the West Indies, with the opposite coasts of Europe and Africa.
Identifier(s): APSdigobj3509; APSdigobj3509
Description: Shows routes of early navigators.
Source: APS.Printed.Maps;
Subject: Maps; North America; Navigation
Date: 1787 November 10

Title: 24. [Circular requesting that Indian languages of the U.S. be recorded and sent to the War Department]
Identifier(s): text:310676
Description: A form letter, describing enclosures (missing): a standard vocabulary, including words of Catherine the Great; a list of verb forms and sentences; and a list of tribes and languages arranged by Albert Gallatin. Recommends use of Pickering orthography.
Creator: Barbour, James, 1775-1842et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples--North America--Languages
Date: undated

Title: 01. List of vocabularies communicated by Jefferson, Heckewelder, and Murray
Identifier(s): text:310660
Creator: Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples--North America--Languages
Date: Undated

Title: "Chief Wingard in Full Dress"
Identifier(s): APSdigobj9110; APSdigobj9110; graphics:7346
Source: Anathan-Jacobs Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Collection (Mss.SMs.Coll.13); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.SMs.Coll.13-ead.xml
Subject: Indians of North America--Photographs.
Date: 1908

Title: "Blackfeet"
Identifier(s): APSdigobj9095; APSdigobj9095; graphics:7330
Source: Anathan-Jacobs Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Collection (Mss.SMs.Coll.13); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.SMs.Coll.13-ead.xml
Subject: Indians of North America--Photographs.
Date: 1908

Title: 01a. Peter Stephen Du Ponceau to John Vaughan, October 5, 1820
Identifier(s): text:310661
Description: List of additional Indigenous vocabularies communicated.
Creator: Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples--North America--Languages
Date: 1820-10-05

Title: Unidentified speech
Identifier(s): audio:19975; APSdigrec_6592; 13.2B; 01
Description: Speech in an unidentified language, most likely Algonquian. Recorded on phonograph discs, then transferred to reel-to-reel tape.
Subject: Indians of North America--Folklore
Date: Undated

Title: Remarks on Interview with Jim Shaffer
Identifier(s): audio:18585; APSdigrec_5131; Series: 02; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 02
Source: Kurath, Gertrude Prokosch. Observations on Michigan Indians, 1953-1967. (Mss.Rec.63); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.63-ead.xml
Subject: Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1968

Title: A-265: Ojibwa woman, seated
Identifier(s): graphics:6670
Description: Ojibwa woman, seated outside tent structure and furs, with dogs nearby.; A265
Creator: Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974
Subject: Indians of North America--Canada; Ojibwa Indians
Date: [1930s]

Title: F-257: Morning Star, portrait
Identifier(s): graphics:6950
Description: Morning Star, seated by tent with arms crossed, portrait.; F257
Creator: Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974
Subject: Indians of North America--Canada; Ojibwa Indians
Date: 1931 1934 [?]

Title: A-258: Ojibwa man, portrait, sitting outside
Identifier(s): graphics:6661
Description: Unidentified Ojibwa man, portrait, sitting outside, with a log building visible in the background.; A258
Creator: Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974
Subject: Indians of North America--Canada; Ojibwa Indians
Date: [1930s] [1938?]

Title: A-205: Naamiwan (Fairwind), portrait, three-quarter view
Identifier(s): graphics:6614
Description: Naamiwan (John) Owen, three-quarter view portrait, seated outside. Medicine man and leader of ceremonies in Pauingassi. See also: A204, A206, A207, F59, F142.; A205
Creator: Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974
Subject: Indians of North America--Canada; Ojibwa Indians
Date: [1930s] [1938?]

Title: F-118: Man and woman, eyes closed, in front of building
Identifier(s): graphics:6822
Description: Unidentified Ojibwa pair, man crouching and woman lying under a sheet, in front of a wooden building with fence.; F118
Creator: Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974
Subject: Indians of North America--Canada; Ojibwa Indians
Date: 1934 or 1936 [1936?]