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Title: Peale, Charles Willson diary, 1765-1826; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Diaries
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8324
Description: Charles Willson Peale's diary beginning in October 1775. The diary covers a wide range of topics, including Peale's painting career, his family, and current events. The diary also includes sketches with a variety of subjects--a seated woman, architectural details, and a group of seated figures.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Portrait painting--18th century; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Drawing
Date: 1765 - 1826; 2022

Title: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Order to David Rittenhouse to pay William McDowell, 1780 January 8; Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee for fitting up assembly room. Order to David Rittenhouse to pay William McDowell
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8888
Description: The Pennsylvania General Assembly orders that William McDowell be paid for part of the expenses of "fitting up the assembly Room."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1783; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Hollinshead, William, 1748-1817; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827; Schreiner, Jacob
Date: 1780-01-08; 2022

Title: Fothergill, John to Israel Pemberton, 1776 October 5
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7305
Description: Letter from Dr. Fothergill to Israel Pemberton about his thoughts on the war.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Political Philosophy; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Quakers; Quakers--Pennsylvania--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Religious aspects--Society of Friends; Hutchinson, James, 1752-1793
Date: 1776-10-05; 2022

Title: Lee, William to Richard Henry Lee, 1778 September 21; Lee, William, 1739-1795. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16527
Description: Letter from William Lee to Richard Henry Lee describing his treaty negotiations with Holland.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Political Philosophy; International Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, Dutch
Date: 1778-09-21; 2021

Title: Deeds & legal documents, 1734-1882; Deeds & Legal Documents
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16156
Description: 9 deeds to the meeting house and burying ground.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Quakers--Pennsylvania--History--18th century; Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social life and customs--18th century; Quaker businesspeople; Quaker church buildings; Society of Friends; Land titles; Finance, Personal--United States
Date: 1734-1882; 2022

Title: Meng, Christopher to an Unknown recipient, 1779 July 31; Meng Christopher to unknown correspondent
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:22187
Description: Letter from Christopher Meng. Enclosing return of stores and sending back music book. Matters of tents.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; 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; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Quartermasters; Meng, Christopher
Date: 1779-07-31; 2022

Title: Clark, John to Michael and Barnard Gratz, 1768-1771; Clark, John
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:14979
Description: Correspondence between John Clark, Michael Gratz, and Barnard Gratz regarding the estate of George Croghan. Clark is attempting to be paid from the estate of George Croghan due to debts and is asking Gratz, who inherited the estate, to pay him.; There are other documents in the Gratz papers that discuss the Croghan estate.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Brothers and sisters--Correspondence; Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Clark, John, 1751-1819; Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811; Gratz, Barnard, 1738-1801; Croghan, George, 1720?-1782
Date: 1768-1771; 2021

Title: Peale, Charles Willson letter book, 1767-1782; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Letterbooks
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8232
Description: Charles Willson Peale's letterbook from 1767 to 1782. The letters, written by Charles Willson Peale, cover a variety of topics including his art production, the war, and family. Drawings, primarily sketches are also included in the letterbook.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Portrait painting--18th century; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Drawing; Finance, Personal--United States
Date: 1767 - 1782; 2022

Title: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Order of David Rittenhouse to pay Christlieb Bartling, 1780 August 3; Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee for fitting up assembly room. Order of David Rittenhouse to pay Christlieb Bartling
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8800
Description: The Pennsylvania General Assembly orders David Rittenhouse (as State Treasurer) to pay Christlieb Bartling for "fitting up the Chamber of Accounts."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1783; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Hollinshead, William, 1748-1817; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827; Shubert, Michael
Date: 1780-08-03; 2022

Title: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Order to pay Mr. William McDowell 1779 December 21; Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee for fitting up assembly room. Order to pay Mr. William McDowell
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9097
Description: The Pennsylvania General Assembly orders that William McDowell be paid for part of the expenses of "work done on the Stat[] House."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1783; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Hollinshead, William, 1748-1817; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827; Schreiner, Jacob
Date: 1779-12-21; 2022

Title: Sellers, Nathan surveying notebook, 1775-1784; Sellers, Nathan, 1751-1830. Nathan Sellers surveying notebooks, 1775-1784
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8824
Description: Nathan Seller's surveying notebook from 1775-1784; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Surveying; Papermaking; Paper money
Date: 1775 - 1784; 2022

Title: Address to King George (Stamp Act); 2. Virginia. Council and House of Burgesses. Address to King George
Identifier(s): text:352147
Description: A petition to King George to repeal Stamp Act.
Subject: Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Great Britain. Stamp Act (1765); Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III); Great Britain. Parliament; Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III)
Date: [1765]; 2022

Title: Society of Friends receipt book; Receipt book (4)
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16194
Description: Bills and receipts from various persons associated with Samuel Wetherill. Also contains other unknown financial information.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Quakers--Pennsylvania--History--18th century; Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social life and customs--18th century; Quaker businesspeople; Quaker church buildings; Society of Friends; Finance, Personal--United States
Date: 1781-1826;1783-1786; 2022

Title: Page, Mann, Jr. to George Weedon, 1777 April 22
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1598
Description: Letter from Mann Page, Jr. to General Weedon, including a note about smallpox inoculation.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Soldiers--Pennsylvania--History--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Smallpox; Vaccination; Inoculation (Founding); Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
Date: 1777-04-22; 2021

Title: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Order to David Rittenhouse to pay Thomas Fitzgerald, 1780 March 9; Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee for fitting up assembly room. Order to David Rittenhouse to pay Thomas Fitzgerald
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8919
Description: The Pennsylvania General Assembly orders David Rittenhouse to pay Thomas Fitzgerald for "covering the Tables in the assembly Room."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1783; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Hollinshead, William, 1748-1817; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827; Schreiner, Jacob
Date: 1780-03-09; 2022

Title: Sellers, Nathan account book, 1774-1815; Sellers, Nathan, 1751-1830. Nathan Sellers account book, 1774-1815.
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8378
Description: Nathan Sellers' account book from 1774-1815.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Surveying; Papermaking; Paper money
Date: 1774 - 1815; 2022

Title: Peale, Charles Willson diary, 1777-1778; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Diaries
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8955
Description: Charles Willson Peale's diary from 1777-1778. The diary covers a wide range of topics, including Peale's painting career, his family, the Revolutionary War and other events. The diary also includes sketches with a variety of subjects--landscapes and portraits of George Washington as well as Saint George Peale.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Portrait painting--18th century; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Drawing
Date: 1777 - 1778; 2022

Title: An address to those of the people called Quakers, who have been disowned for matters religious or civil.; 291 (OS). Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Wetherill, Samuel, 1736-1816.An address to those of the people called Quakers, who have been disowned for matters religious or civil
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7043
Description: 4 copies; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Media; Broadsides; Quakers; Quakers--Pennsylvania--History--18th century; Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social life and customs--18th century; Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century; Wetherill, Samuel, 1736-1816
Date: 1781-04-24; 2022

Title: Shippen, Edward to Joseph Shippen, 1777 January 27
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1451
Description: Letter from Edward Shippen, IV, to his brother Joseph Shippen regarding recent events of the war.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Political Philosophy; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814; Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792
Date: 1777-01-22; 2021

Title: Shippen, Joseph to Jasper Yeates, 1777 September 9
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1440
Description: Letter from Joseph Shippen to lawyer, Jasper Yeates, concerning sending Shippen's valuable documents to Yeates as the British get closer to his home. He also details a sudden plan to send his family away from the action.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Shippen, Edward, approximately 1703-1781; Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806
Date: 1777-09-09; 2021