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Title: Beall, Issack to Michael Gratz, 1779 June 03; Beall, Isaac and Company
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:15005
Description: Loan office certificates from Michael Gratz. Nota bene (N.B.) at the end about the shipment of goods, including linen, cambric, silks, etc.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Correspondence; Jews--United States--History; Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Beall, Isaac, 1751-1833; Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811
Date: 1779-06-03; 2021

Title: Census of people living in 1870 [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:4885; APSdigrec_0802; Recording Number: 18; Program Number: 08
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 53, program 2.The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: United States--Census, 9th, 1870; Hidatsa Indians--History--19th century; Mandan Indians--History--19th century; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History
Date: 1969

Title: Census of people living in 1870 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:4887; APSdigrec_0801; Recording Number: 18; Program Number: 07
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 53, program 1.The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: United States--Census, 9th, 1870; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa Indians--History--19th century; Mandan Indians--History--19th century; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History
Date: 1969

Title: Bache, Sarah Franklin to George Washington, 1780 December 26
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:532
Description: Letter from Sally Bache to George Washington regarding the 2,005 shirts sewn by the Ladies Association of Philadelphia for American soldiers that were sent to Trenton, New Jersey. Sally also mentions that her father [Benjamin Franklin] and "old generals" respect and "approve highly of his [Washington's] conduct."; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808
Source: Sarah Franklin Bache Papers (Mss.B.B1245); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B1245-ead.xml
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Clothing and dress; Women--History--18th century; Fund raising; ; ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 1780-12-26; 2021

Title: Bache, Sarah Franklin to "My dear Brother and My dear Sister," 1782
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:524
Description: Letter from Sally Bache to unknown recipient, likely her brother-in-law, Theophylact Bache, and one of her sisters-in-law. Sally updates them on family matters, sharing aspects of her and Richard Bache's children's lives and emphasizes that Mr. Bache is offended that his sister does not write him.; Possibly a draft letter.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808
Source: Sarah Franklin Bache Papers (Mss.B.B1245); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B1245-ead.xml
Subject: Lived Experience; War and families--United States--History--18th century; Women--History--18th century; Children--America--History--18th century; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811
Date: approximately 1782; 2021

Title: Bache, Richard to Benjamin Franklin, 1777 July 01; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9320
Description: Richard Bache writes to Benjamin Franklin. He describes the disruption of letters between America and France by the British. Bache describes unsuccessful General Howe's attempts to draw G. Washington into an engagement. He then turns to family matters, telling Franklin that he is bringing his family back to Philadelphia shortly. In part, this decision, he says, is made because Sarah Franklin Bache is pregnant and cannot "be accommodated on this occasion where she is now."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Women--Social conditions--18th century; Parenthood
Date: 1777-07-01; 2022

Title: Joint Statement
Identifier(s): text:166969
Description: Excerpt from The public good : Knowledge as the foundation for a democratic society.
Source: 320.011 P96aa (320.011 P96aa); http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=236407
Subject: American Philosophical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Sciences; Institute of Medicine (U.S.).; National Academy of Engineering; Common good -- Congresses; Democracy -- Congresses; Knowledge, Theory of -- Congresses; Public interest -- United States -- Congresses; United States -- Civilization -- 21st century -- Congresses
Date: 2007-04-24

Title: Bache, Sarah Franklin to William Temple Franklin, 1781 June 22; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808.to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26174
Description: Letter from Sarah Franklin Bache to William Temple Franklin. Will pay Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard every attention as soon as he arrives. Inquires about M. Conrad Alexandre Gérard de Rayneval. The bust of Dr. Franklin did not arrive in the "Alliance" or the "Ariel". Will send the squirrel skins as soon as she can procure them. Requests that some fine green tea be sent to her. Miss Duffield to marry a Mr. Hepburn. Encloses a print of songs sung at an "oratorical entertainment" at the French Minister's Anne César de la Luzerne. One such song is "Minerva. The Genius of France. The Genius of American. The high-priest of Minerva." Have had entertainments on the "Hermione" and in "Don Francisco's Garden."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; International trade--18th century; Health and Hygiene; Warships--United States; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-06-22; 2022

Title: Murray, William to Patrick Kennedy, 1773-1787; Murray, William
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:14217
Description: 7 collected letters between William Murray and Patrick Kennedy, John Morris, and others. A receipt from William Murray to Patrick Kennedy paid for time "visiting the Lands on the Illinois River, and other Services performed in the Course of Your Negotiating the Land purchase." An receipt for goods delivered for John Morris by William Murray to "the Indians on account of Lands Purchased from them". A contract between William Murray and others (including the Gratz brothers) about the purchasing of ladns in Illinois for lead and copper mining.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Jews--United States--History; Copper mines and mining; Indians of North America--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Indians of North America--Land tenure; Murray, William; Kennedy, Patrick, 1773; Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811; Gratz, Barnard, 1738-1801
Date: 1773-1787; 2021

Title: The dispute over the Canadian Indians (Tuscarora)
Identifier(s): local: APSdigrec_0177; local: 13; local: 09
Description: Concerns Iroquois Indians living in Canada and a disupte regarding their rights under the Jay Treaty of 1794 to cross the border freely.
Subject: Tuscarora language; Indians of North America--Civil rights--History; Tuscarora Indians--Politics and government; Indians of North America--Canada; Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1794 Nov. 19; Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.; Indians of North America--Treaties; United States. Congress
Date: 1949-08-17

Title: Lee, Charles to Richard Henry Lee, 1775 December 12; Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16485
Description: Letter from Charles Lee to Richard Henry Lee. Proposes seizing the estates of all opponents of liberty and banishing them to internal exile; fortify and garrison New York or destroy it. References Canadian Invasion and John Murray, Lord of Dunmore.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Politics and Causes of Revolution; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; American loyalists; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776; Canada--History--1775-1783; ; Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809
Date: 1775-12-12; 2021

Title: Gratz, Michael to Salomon Mayer, 1772 August 10; Cohen, Solomon Myers
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:14066
Description: Correspondence from Solomon Meyers-Cohen to Michael and Bernard Gratz. Meyers-Cohen's correspondence is rich with details about life in Philadelphia. He references going to "the Coffee House", updates them on the price of goods, discusses and wishes well Michael Gratz's wife, references to chocolate, some letters are written from New York.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Colonial companies; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Correspondence; Jews--United States--History; Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Mayer, Salomon, -1811; Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811; Gratz, Barnard, 1738-1801
Date: 1772-08-10; 2021

Title: Vaughan, John to William Temple Franklin, 1778 November 11; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25064
Description: Letter from John Vaughan to William Temple Franklin. Distress of the wine merchants of Bordeaux caused by interruption of trade between the port and Great Britain and Ireland. Trade now partly carried on in Dutch vessels. Is a protection for French property. Requests him to obtain passes from Dr. Franklin for two such vessels bound for England or Ireland.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; Commerce; Economics--History--18th century; International trade--18th century; Merchant ships--France--History--18th century; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1778-11-11; 2022

Title: The dispute over the Canadian Indians (English)
Identifier(s): local: APSdigrec_0176; local: 13; local: 08
Description: Concerns Iroquois Indians living in Canada and a disupte regarding their rights under the Jay Treaty of 1794 to cross the border freely.
Subject: Indians of North America--Civil rights--History; Tuscarora Indians--Politics and government; Indians of North America--Canada; Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1794 Nov. 19; Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.; Indians of North America--Treaties; United States. Congress
Date: 1949-08-17

Title: Lecture notes on medicine
Identifier(s): text:303467
Description: These notes were kept by Ewing of medical lectures he attended, given by Drs. Nathaniel Chapman, John R. Coxe, and Philip S. Physick. The lectures concern fevers, materia medica, surgery, and diagnosis.
Subject: Science -- United States -- 19th century; Diagnosis; Education; Fever; Materia medica; Medicine; Medicine -- Study and teaching -- 19th century; Surgery -- United States -- 19th century; Science and technology; Medical ethics; Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853; Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864; Ewing, James Hunter, 1798-1827; Physick, Philip Syng, 1768-1837; Shryock, Richard Harrison, 1893-1972
Date: 1827; 2020

Title: Fleming, William to [Thomas Jefferson], 1776 June 24; Pendleton, Edmund to [Thomas Jefferson], 1776 August 10; B J35.x5. Fleming, William, 1729-1795. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16748
Description: Letter from William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson on June 15th, 1776. He writes that the Invasion of Quebec is not going well. Fleming describes his belief that war with "Cherokee Creeks, and other Southern Tribes of Indians" is imminent. Fleming expresses his concern and compares the possible war to the "disaster at the Cedars," a reference to some military confrontations during the Invasion of Canada. Fleming reports that there is no definitive news of Henry Clinton's movements since he had left Cape Fear. He writes that the selection of cavalry officers is not complete and provides a list of names. Fleming describes the formation of a new government in Virginia. He concludes with more personal topics including a reference to Jefferson's "books in the college", a reference to sourcing mahogany and "Lancets" and also writes, "The [] by resolution of Convention was [] appropriated to the purpose of a public hospital; and Commissioners are appropriated to make sale of Dunmore's slaves and personal estate."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Slavery; Indians of North America--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Slavery--United States--History--18th century; Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795; United States. Continental Congress; Virginia. Convention (1775-1776)
Date: 1776-06-15;1776-08-10; 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

Title: Montbarey, Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint Mauris, Prince de to William Temple Franklin, 1779 September 2; Montbarey, Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint Mauris, Prince de, 1732-1796. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24781
Description: Letter from Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint-Mauris de Montbarrey to William Temple Franklin. Notifying him that the King had sanctioned Comte de Vergennes's proposition to allow him to embark at Havre with the French troops bound for England and wear the uniform of Aide-de-camp.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; France--History, Military--18th century; Military history; Montbarey, Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint Mauris, Prince de, 1732-1796; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1779-09-02; 2022

Title: Hallett, Joseph to Robert R. Livingston, 1776 January 25; Hallett, Joseph. ALS to Robert R. Livinston, 1746-1813
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12627
Description: Letter from Joseph Hallett to Robert R. Livingston about erecting a "Foundry." Mentions that the colony will need a number of heavy ordinance for its defense.; Contains transcript of letter.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Economics--History--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; Construction; Siege warfare; Hallet, Joseph; Livingston, Robert R., 1718-1775
Date: 1776-01-25; 2022

Title: Vaughan, John to William Temple Franklin, 1781 December 13; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25979
Description: Letter from John Vaughan to William Temple Franklin. Was obliged to leave Madrid and come to Cadiz on account of his health. Intends soon to embark for America; will make his head-quarters at Philadelphia. Comments on Cornwallis's surrender and its effect on England.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; International Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; International travel; Capitulations, Military; Armed Forces--Officers; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-12-13; 2022