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Title: Shipley, Georgiana to Benjamin Franklin, 1780 February 03; Shipley, Georgiana, 1756-1806. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9683
Description: Georgiana Shipley writes to Benjamin Franklin about the letter and portrait (miniature) he recently sent her.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Women--History--18th century; Portrait painting--18th century
Date: 1780-02-03; 2022

Title: Shipley, Georgiana to Benjamin Franklin, 1779 May 01; Shipley, Georgiana, 1756-1806. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9945
Description: Georgiana Shipley updates Benjamin Franklin on her life. Shipley alludes to her development as a "great politician", a portrait of Franklin made in France that she saw a copy of, references that the "American Squirrel" is alive, albeit old and blind, amongst other items of interest.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Women--History--18th century; Portrait painting--18th century
Date: 1779-05-01; 2022

Title: Shipley, Georgiana to Benjamin Franklin, 1779 June 06; Shipley, Georgiana, 1756-1806. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9721
Description: G. Shipley writes to B. Franklin about a portrait he sent to her as well as a wax portrait of her father and a drawing she is sending him. She describes a dinner with Mr. Vaughan and the electricity experiments that occured. Shipley concludes by discussing the current parliament session.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Women--History--18th century; Portrait painting--18th century; Science--History--18th century
Date: 1779-06-06; 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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

Title: Peale, Charles Willson diary, 1779-1780; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Diaries
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8519
Description: Charles Willson Peale's diary from 1779 to July 31, 1780. The diary covers a wide range of topics, but a significant portion of the writing is accounts and other personal finance notes. A sketch, possibly a portrait, of a woman in an oval frame is also in this diary.; 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: 1779 - 1780; 2022

Title: Peale, Charles Willson letter book, 1782-1795; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Letterbooks
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8540
Description: Charles Willson Peale's letterbook from 1782-1795. The letters, written by Charles Willson Peale, cover a variety of topics including his art production, the war, and family.; 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; Finance, Personal--United States
Date: 1782 - 1795; 2022

Title: Peale, Charles Willson diary, 1778-1779; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827. Diaries
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8922
Description: Charles Willson Peale's diary from October 1778 to April 1779. The diary covers a wide range of topics, including Peale's painting career, his family, descriptions of slavery and its effects, the Revolutionary War and other events. The diary also includes sketches of a canon.; 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; Slavery--United States--History--18th century
Date: 1778 - 1779; 2022