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Title: Shipley, Georgiana to Benjamin Franklin, 1780 May 26; Shipley, Georgiana, 1756-1806. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9767
Description: Georgiana Shipley sends Benjamin Franklin a drawing she has done after a picture by Joshua Reynolds. She writes about her family as well as the popularity of electricity as a cure-all.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Women--History--18th century; Science--History--18th century; Painting, Modern--18th century--History
Date: 1780-05-26; 2022

Title: Peale, Charles Willson to Edmund Jennings, 1779 October 15; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Letter to Edmund Jennings, Paris
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8903
Description: Letter from Edmund Jennings to Charles Willson Peale in response to a letter from 1771. He discusses a variety of topics, but specifically mentions Benjamin West's art and The Death of General Wolfe. Charles Willson Peale writes to Edmund Jennings in 1779. He discusses the war and economics in the States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Painting, Modern--18th century--History; Portrait painting--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Public opinion; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic conditions
Date: 1779-10-15; 2022

Title: Adams, John to [Abigail Adams], 1775 August 21; Adams, John, 1735-1826. Letter to [Mrs. Abigail Smith Adams]
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8736
Description: Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams from Philadelphia in August 1776. He describes going to Mr. Peale's (presumably Charles Willson Peale) house to see a picture of the extended Peale family. Adams describes the picture as well as other portraits and compares them to John Singleton Copley's work, claiming that they are not as good as Copley's but better than Benjamin West's. Adams lists a number of portraits that Peale has painted. Adams also refers to some Peale sculpture, "heads which he has made in Clay, as large as life."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Portrait painting--18th century; Painting, Modern--18th century--History; Portrait sculpture--18th century; West, Benjamin, 1738-1820; Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815
Date: 1775-08-21; 2022

Title: Instructions on how the Governor's House at Perth Amboy should be painted and papered; B F861.28. Franklin, William, 1731-1813. Instructions on how the Governor's House at Perth Amboy should be painted and papered
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12527
Description: Photostats of instructions by William Franklin on how the Governor's house at Perth Amboy should be painted and papered.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Architecture; Drawing; Painting, Modern--18th century--History; Miller, George J.; Howell, Samuel; Watson, John, -1789; Grassmann, Edward J.; Howell, Lawrence B.; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1774; 2021

Title: Peale, Charles Willson to Benjamin West, 1775 August 31; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Letter to Benjamin West
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9171
Description: Letter from Charles Willson Peale to Benjamin West about his travels and work. Peale describes being in debt and working to pay them off. Peale also describes the ensuing war and the preparations for it in the colonies as well as early skirmishes in New York and the situation in Philadelphia. He then discusses West's art and mentions the inclusion of sketches with the letter. At the end of this transcribed document is another letter sent to Hon Beal Bordly in November of 1772.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Politics and the Causes of Revolution; Painting, Modern--18th century--History; Portrait painting--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Public opinion; Washington, George, 1732-1799
Date: 1775-08-31; 2022

Title: Peale, Charles Willson to Edmund Jennings, 1775 August 29; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Letter to Edmund Jennings
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9182
Description: Letter from Charles Willson Peale to Edmund Jennings about his current business and personal finance. He explains that his trip to Philadelphia and Annapolis did not make him money, although his creditors thought it should. Peale explains that the goal of going to Philadelphia was "to establish a name there." He also describes spending time repainting pictures that "my friends at Annapolis [...]" complained had "faded". He then describes traveling to Virginia and remarks on the "difference of disposition between the Southern and Northern colonies Pennsylvania and Virginia being a perfect contrast." These trips, Peale claimed, allowed him to get out of debt. "I rejoice that the times have allowed me to do so much. But alas, I fear I shall have no more to paint and that I will remember your once telling me that when my brush should fail that I must take the musket." Peale continues by discussing the forthcoming war. He describes loyalists arriving in England and Scotland and describes George Washington. Peale concludes the letter by discussing more specifics about unrest in America and writes about Thomas Gage.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Politics and Causes of Revolution; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes; Social networks--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Finance, Personal--United States; Portrait painting--18th century; Painting, Modern--18th century--History
Date: 1775-08-29; 2022