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Title: Society of Friends receipts, 1764-1799; Receipts for ground rent, materials, etc. for Meeting house, and its ground, 1764 - 1799
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16212
Description: Receipts for ground rent, materials, etc. for Meeting house, and its ground. Details the exchange of these goods and currency.; 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: 1764-1799; 2022

Title: Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1780 January 8; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24864
Description: Letter from Louis Laneuville to William Temple Franklin. The ball has been postponed to Sunday. Asks for news of the arrival of Mr. John Adams.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Upper class women; Women--Social life and customs--18th century; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-01-08; 2022

Title: Deed & legal documents, 1786; Deeds & Legal Documents
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16229
Description: Deed 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: 1786; 2022

Title: The Indian Defense League of America
Identifier(s): audio:4291; APSdigrec_0090; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 07
Description: Includes discussion of the Jay Treaty, or Treaty of London.; At time of recording, the speaker was Grand President of the Indian Defense League of America.
Source: Wallace, Anthony F. C. Tuscarora material, [1948-1949]. (Mss.Rec.2);
Subject: Indian Defense League of America; Native American histories; Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1794 Nov. 19; Tuscarora Indians--Medicine; Tuscarora Indians--History; Indians of North America--Civil rights--History; Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.; Marriage law
Date: 1948-08-12

Title: Brother to Samuel Morris, 1778 January 5
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12484
Description: Letter written to Samuel Morris from his brother discussing his troubles living in Philadelphia with British soldiers quartered in his home. He mentions having trouble getting materials such as wood and described the situation as a miserable state of business.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Households--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century; Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Military occupation damages; Soldiers--Billeting; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Family life--18th century; Morris, Samuel, 1711-1782
Date: 1778-01-05; 2022

Title: Philopatria to Richard Henry Lee, 1775 June 01; Philopatria. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16586
Description: Letter from an unknown sender to Richard Henry Lee. Discusses Philadelphia and the British Parliament.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Politics and Causes of Revolution; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; England. Parliament; Great Britain. Parliament
Date: 1775-06-01; 2021

Title: By the Hon[orable] Major General Arnold, Commander in chief of the forces of the United States of America, in the city of Philadelphia, etc. A proclamation ... [establishing military law] ...; 188 (OS). Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.By the Hon[orable] Major General Arnold, Commander in chief of the forces of the United States of America, in the city of Philadelphia, etc. A proclamation ... [establishing military law] ... Philadelphia, June 19, 1778
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7215
Description: A broadside that announces that martial law has been declared in Philadelphia.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Lived Experience; Broadsides; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Desertions; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824; Harrison, Robert Hanson, 1745-1790; Great Britain. Army
Date: 1778-06-19; 2022

Title: Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1781 November 9; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26926
Description: Letter from Louis Laneuville to William Temple Franklin. Encloses a letter from his brother, which he wishes to have certified by Dr. Franklin.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Economics--History--18th century; Family life--18th century; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-11-09; 2022

Title: Medical lecture notes "Excerpta Medica," 1864-1865; Medical notes - Excerpta Medica - William F. Jenks
Identifier(s): text:332584
Description: Blank pages within notebook were not scanned.
Subject: Science--United States--History--19th century; Medicine--Study and teaching--History--19th century; Medical education; Medical sciences; Specific heat; Temperature; Typhoid fever; Smallpox; Electricity; Chickenpox; Epidemics; Pregnancy; Abortion; Miscarriage; Abortion; Reproduction; Jenks, William F. (William Furness), 1842-1881
Date: 1864-1865; 2020

Title: Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1780 August 26; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25774
Description: Letter from Louis Laneuville to William Temple Franklin. Asks for the address of a banker, and invites him to visit him at St. Maudé.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Economics--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-08-26; 2022

Title: Franklin, William to William Temple Franklin, 1776 March 14; Franklin, William, 1731-1813. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24643
Description: Letter from William Franklin to William Temple Franklin. Is greatly concerned about his father's proposed journey to Canada. Thinks it ill-advised and dangerous. Requests his son to send him several political pamphlets. Advises him not to neglect his studies in Latin and French.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Politics and Causes of Revolution; Social networks--18th century; Family life--18th century; Education--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; Franklin, William, 1731-1813; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1776-03-14; 2022

Title: Ridley, Matthew to William Temple Franklin, 1782 December 25; Ridley, Matthew, 1749-1789. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27356
Description: Letter from Matthew Ridley to William Temple Franklin. Replying to inquiries regarding trade in the United States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Merchant ships--France--History--18th century; International trade--18th century; Europe--Commerce--18th century; Ridley, Matthew, 1749-1789; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-12-25; 2022

Title: Watson, Elkanah to William Temple Franklin, 1782 December 25; Watson, Elkanah, 1758-1842. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26093
Description: Letter from Elkana Watson to William Temple Franklin. Soliciting aid for Captain Hardy. Request a suit of old clothes of Benjamin Franklin's with which to dress a wax figure of him made by Madame Patience Wright and to be set up in his study.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Upper class women; Women--History--18th century; Women--Social life and customs--18th century; Watson, Elkanah, 1758-1842; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-12-25; 2022

Title: Wister, John Sr. to Wister Grandchildren, 1777 December 22; Wister, John Sr.. ALS to Wister Grandchildren
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7678
Description: John Wister, Sr writes to his grandchildren in Germantown. He notes that he cannot send the goods they desire as "the merchants will not sell their good, but for hard money, and hard money I have but very little". He also describes that they (presumably the British Army) have "quartered a [Cornl] and his wife and one white man and a Negro" and that they have "taken the 3 best Rooms in my house." Wister complains about the ill treatment, especially in his old age.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Family life--18th century; Households--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces
Date: 1777-12-22; 2022

Title: Feutry, Aimé Ambroise Joseph to William Temple Franklin, 1781 July 12; Feutry, Aimé Ambroise Joseph, 1720-1789. to William Temple Franklin.
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25914
Description: Letter from Aimé Ambroise Joseph Feutry to William Temple Franklin. Thanking him for the Madeira he sent him during his convalescence.; 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; Feutry, Aimé Ambroise Joseph, 1720-1789; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-07-12; 2022

Title: Feutry, Aimé Ambroise Joseph to William Temple Franklin, 1781 July 24; Feutry, Aimé Ambroise Joseph, 1720-1789. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27009
Description: Letter from Letter from Aimé Ambroise Joseph Feutry to William Temple Franklin. His trip yesterday and kind reception by Dr. Franklin and his grandson have considerably hastened his return to health.; 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; Health and Hygiene; Feutry, Aimé Ambroise Joseph, 1720-1789; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-07-24; 2022

Title: Price, Edward to Jasper Yeates, 1782 December 12; Price, Edward to Jasper Yeates
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:17047
Description: Letter from Edward Price to Jasper Yeates. Writes of the good health and spirits of himself and his family. Wishes Jasper to search for a particular paper of interest.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Law--United States--History; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Social networks--18th century; Health and Hygiene; Mental health; Family life--18th century;
Date: 1782-12-12; 2022

Title: Gratz, Michael to James Parsons and William Green, 1776-1778; Mary and Fanny (Sloop)
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:14746
Description: 6 collected letters between James Parsons, Michael Gratz, and William Green about the Mary & Fanny Sloop. Letters describe the contract between James Parson and Michael Gratz for the building of two schooner. The description of the schooners goes into quite some depth. References to shipping and selling tobacco.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Correspondence; Social networks--18th century; Bills of lading; Finance, Personal--United States; Shipment of goods--History--18th century; Shipwrights; Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811; Parsons, James; Green, William; J. H. Delape Merchants
Date: 1776-1778; 2021

Title: Franks, David Salisbury to William Temple Franklin, 1781 November 17; Franks, David Salisbury. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27161
Description: Letter from David Salisbury Franks to William Temple Franklin. May have to wait several months before he can get passage on a vessel for America. Hears that part of the fleet at Brest will sail for America; asks if he may go to Brest to await orders. Refers to the de Chaumont and Mme. de Deux-Ponts families.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; International travel; Franks, David Salisbury, approximately 1740-1793; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-11-17; 2022

Title: Conversation on consultant's childhood and Shawnee customs
Identifier(s): audio:6528; APSdigrec_3204; Recording Number: 11B; Program Number: 01
Description: Includes discussion of the Shawnee Indian Agency, economic and agricultural conditions during the Depression, memories of farming and hunting during childhood, traditional medicine, and traditional roles for men and women. In English only.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee Indians--History--20th century; Shawnee Indians--Medicine; Shawnee Indians--Agriculture; Shawnee Indians--Social life and customs; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shawnee Agency; Depressions--1929--Oklahoma; Shawnee women--Social conditions
Date: 1994