A printed address about the formation of the Philadelphia House of Refuge by the managers published in 1826. Address includes descriptions of the philosophy and structure of the institution.
Notes on legal arguments made before the Superior Court of Massachusetts by Otis, Oxenbridge Thacher, Jr., Jeremiah Gridley, and Robert Auchmuty; includes Gridley's argument in favor of, and Otis's and Thacher's arguments against the writs of assistance in Feb. 1761 [a version of John Adams's notes on the case?]; [on fly leaf]: "Elisha Mayer 1772."
A survey of land by Thomas Valentine. Plots lay next to "Tunederha" River (which is noted as a branch of the Susquehannah.) Plots are owned by William Franklin, Joseph Wharton, and others.; American Philosophical Society
Robert Strettell Jones' notes on metaphysics and ontology. Also included are catalogues of books, including one written in 1783 for books in Burlington [N.J.].; American Philosophical Society
A 1778 Poor Will's Almanac with notes by John Lukens. The notes include accounting information, weather and survey data.; American Philosophical Society
A catalogue of plants, with special reference to North American species, identified and described according to a disused system of Linnaeus. The catalogue was written by Henry Muhlenberg (Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg) who was a Lutheran clergyman and botanist. During the American Revolution, Muhlenberg moved from Philadelphia to Trappe.; American Philosophical Society
