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Title: Certification by Thomas Price, 1782 July 22; Certification by Thomas Price
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11091
Description: Benjamin Franklin's copy, written by him, of the certificate of marriage between Ann Hudson and Charles Lovet.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Women--History--18th century; Price, Thomas; Lavau, Ann Hudson de; Lovet, Charles; Vaughan, Jonathan; Vaughan, Christian; Camp, William; Camp, Betty
Date: 1782-07-22; 2022

Title: St. Bartholomew's Hospital certificate
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7349
Description: Certificate presented to James Hutchinson for completing twelve months of schooling at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Medical education--England; Education--America--History--18th century; Medicine--Study and teaching--History--19th century
Date: [1776]; 2022

Title: District of Massachusetts, Port of Boston and Charlestown; No. 936 District of Massachusetts, Port of Boston and Charlestown
Identifier(s): text:353481
Description: Certification regarding the importation of claret from Bordeaux, [France]; signed by Thomas Melvill, inspector.; Printed form
Subject: Wine and wine making--France--Bordeaux Region (Nouvelle-Aquitaine); Imports; Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832
Date: 1797-05-05; 2023

Title: Sellers, Nathan oath of allegiance; Howell, Isaac, 1722-1797. Certificate that Nathan Sellers has taken the oath of allegiance
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8806
Description: Isaac Howell certifies that Nathan Sellers has taken an oath of allegiance to the United States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Mobilizing the Populace; Waging the War; Loyalty oaths--United States; Oaths; Pennsylvania. General Assembly
Date: 1779-10-11; 2022

Title: Shippen, Joseph oath of allegiance
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8049
Description: Certification that Joseph Shippen has taken the Oath of Allegiance, 1778 June 01.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Mobilizing the Populace; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Loyalty oaths--United States; Hubley, Adam, 1752-1798
Date: 1778-06-01; 2022

Title: District of Massachusetts, Port of Boston and Charlestown; No. 937 District of Massachusetts, Port of Boston and Charlestown
Identifier(s): text:353621
Description: Certification regarding the importation of champagne from London; signed by Thomas Melvill, inspector.; Printed form
Subject: Champagne (Wine); Wine and wine making--France--Bordeaux Region (Nouvelle-Aquitaine); Imports; Melvill, Thomas, 1751-1832
Date: 1797-09-12; 2023

Title: John Minthorn; No. 930 John Minthorn
Identifier(s): text:353633
Description: Certification that Robert Blowers and his wife are entitled to two weeks state stores each from the First [New] J[ersey] Regiment; includes an order from G[iles] Mead, 3 Feb. 1780, to E[phraim] Darby to issue the stores.
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; Militia
Date: 1780-01; 2023

Title: Membership certificate to the American Philosophical Society; 24. Certificate of Membership
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1397
Description: Membership of Ebenezer Hazard to the American Philosophical Society.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Social networks; Social networks--History--18th century; Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817; American Philosophical Society
Date: 1781-01-19; 2021

Title: Morris, Robert to All whom it may concern, 1778 January 10; No. 958 Robert Morris to All whom it may concern
Identifier(s): text:353404
Description: Certification that Philip Taylor left Philadelphia with Morris's family and intends to return to the city to join his wife and should be permitted to pass.
Creator: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806et al
Date: 1778-01-10; 2023

Title: Certificate of the unfitness of Nathan Sellers to serve in the army, 1778 September 30; Mathews, Boaz. Certificate of the unfitness of Nathan Sellers to serve in the army
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9161
Description: Boaz Matthews certifies that Nathan Sellers is ill with an "uncommon hard fitt of the Flux and fever, in which his life was a long while despaired of and from the Danger of which he was but just recovered." Matthews writes that Sellers is incapable of military duty due to this illness.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Military discharge; Soldiers--Health and hygiene; Soldiers--Pennsylvania--History--18th century
Date: 1778-09-30; 2022

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: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1780 November 16; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24541
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Asks that his accounts be examined and that he certifies that they are like the original in the possession of his Excellency Dr. Franklin.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-11-16; 2022

Title: Certificate of announcement of marriage between Elizabeth Coleman and Nathan Sellers, 1779 April 1; Fleeson, Plunket. Certificate of announcement of marriage between Eliz[abeth] Coleman and Nathan Sellers
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8207
Description: Plunket Fleeson certifies that Nathan Sellers and Elizabeth Coleman Sellers intend to marry "within 40 Days" of April 1779.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Marriage; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs
Date: 1779-04-01; 2022

Title: Shee, John to William Temple Franklin, 1781 November 20; Shee, John, 1740-1808. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26634
Description: Letter from John Shee to William Temple Franklin. Sends a copy of the letter written to Silas Deane with reference to the sale of his Loan Office certificates. Requests return of his power of attorney given to Silas Deane.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Family life--18th century; Shee, John, 1740-1808; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-11-20; 2022

Title: Vaughan, John to William Temple Franklin, 1780 December 23; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841. to William Temple Franklin.
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24697
Description: Letter from John Vaughan to William Temple Franklin. The English are not permitted to enter Spain, where he is most anxious to go to perfect his Spanish, therefore he could only go as an American. If it is possible he would like Dr. Franklin to give him a certificate or passport.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; Finance, Personal--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; International travel; Passports--United States--History; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-12-23; 2022

Title: Note of approbation.
Identifier(s): Paine 73 N84, text:1205, APSimg6702, Goodman Number: 119
Description: School certificate awarded to James H. Hollingsworth containing short biographical sketches of Thomas Paine, Nicolaus Copernicus, Sir William Herschel and LaFayette.; Hand-colored, with note and signature of instructor.
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543; Herschel, William, 1738-1822; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Title: Grand, Rodolphe-Ferdinand to William Temple Franklin, 1778 July 8; Grand, Rodolphe-Ferdinand, 1726-1794. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24536
Description: Letter from Rodolph Grand to William Temple Franklin. Asking information about some Loan Office Certificates.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; Grand, Rodolphe-Ferdinand, 1726-1794; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-07-08; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1780 August 24; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24790
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Encloses certificates from Mr. Francis Hopkinson on the Commissioners.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-08-24; 2022

Title: Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1780 December 31; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de. to William Temple Franklin.
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25796
Description: Letter from Louis Laneuville to William Temple Franklin. Sends all the certificates properly signed; he received the rank of Brigadier-General as a reward for his talents; requests that the papers be returned as soon as possible.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-12-31; 2022

Title: Shee, John to William Temple Franklin, 1782 September 30; Shee, John, 1740-1808. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27106
Description: Letter from John Shee to William Temple Franklin. Philadelphia. Thanks for certificate respecting the Loan Office certificates.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Shee, John, 1740-1808; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1782-09-30; 2022