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Grace Hoopes ciphering book, 1710
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Mathematics ciphering book by student Grace Hoopes, born 1697. Covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, interest calculation, ect. The penmanship is remarkable throughout the book, and includes several script exercises. The book is very water stained and has holes which the iron gall ink corroded in the paper.
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
<a href="https://discover.hsp.org/Record/dc-12855">https://discover.hsp.org/Record/dc-12855</a>
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[1710-01-01/1719-12-31]
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Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
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21 x 31.5 cm
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Am .823
Bouldin-Elizabeth
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Pemberton family papers [Vol. 41, p. 107: Quakers schools, methods… July 3, 1784]
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Merchants > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 18th century.
Social Life and Customs > 18th Century
Trade > England > 18th Century
Women's History > Philadelphia > 18th century
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This collection consists of letters, memoranda, and notes of members of the Society of Friends, chiefly from the Pemberton and Parrish families of Philadelphia. Letters are of personal and religious matters. Among correspondents are John and Ann Ball, Robert Barclay, Abraham Scott, and Richard Vaux. Papers of the Society of Friends include epistles, testimonies, memorials; extracts from earliest records of the Friends meetings in America at Salem and Plainfield, N.J.; and extracts from Friends writings. Among the other manuscripts are: minutes, 1756-1759 of the Friendly Association for Regaining and Promoting Peace with the Indians; James Carter account of sufferings of his family as slaves, 1807; Ann Parrish case book recording her "Visitations of the Sick," 1841; transcripts of Joseph Parrish articles on capital punishments, Friends doctrines, the popular worm, and the death of John Randolph; Robert Proud "extracts of letters and memorandums relative to Pennsylvania in former times," 1785-1806. James Carter Account published in P.M.H.B., 105 (1981):335-339.
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Pemberton family (Creator)
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
<a href="https://discover.hsp.org/Record/ead-0484A">https://discover.hsp.org/Record/ead-0484A</a>
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0484A
Bouldin-Elizabeth
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Pemberton family papers [Vol. 39, p. 151: George Churchman’s view on founding a Quaker school, November 9, 1783]
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Merchants > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 18th century.
Social Life and Customs > 18th Century
Trade > England > 18th Century
Women's History > Philadelphia > 18th century
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This collection consists of letters, memoranda, and notes of members of the Society of Friends, chiefly from the Pemberton and Parrish families of Philadelphia. Letters are of personal and religious matters. Among correspondents are John and Ann Ball, Robert Barclay, Abraham Scott, and Richard Vaux. Papers of the Society of Friends include epistles, testimonies, memorials; extracts from earliest records of the Friends meetings in America at Salem and Plainfield, N.J.; and extracts from Friends writings. Among the other manuscripts are: minutes, 1756-1759 of the Friendly Association for Regaining and Promoting Peace with the Indians; James Carter account of sufferings of his family as slaves, 1807; Ann Parrish case book recording her "Visitations of the Sick," 1841; transcripts of Joseph Parrish articles on capital punishments, Friends doctrines, the popular worm, and the death of John Randolph; Robert Proud "extracts of letters and memorandums relative to Pennsylvania in former times," 1785-1806. James Carter Account published in P.M.H.B., 105 (1981):335-339.
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Pemberton family (Creator)
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
<a href="https://discover.hsp.org/Record/ead-0484A">https://discover.hsp.org/Record/ead-0484A</a>
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0484A
Bouldin-Elizabeth
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The book of wonders : in fourteen chapters : containing, in the compass of eighty closely printed columns, a mass of information, more suited to the present moment, and better calculated to open the eyes of the people of England, than any work of a similar nature, that has hitherto appeared : embellished with illustrative engravings : and dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Caroline [2nd ed.]
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Cobbett, William, > 1763-1835.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1820.
Description
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Contains extracts from Cobbett's writings showing contradictions in his opinions.
Cover title.
Title vignette (port. of Queen Caroline) signed: J. Lee sc.
Thirteen illustrations in the text are "from Designs by that promising Artist, I. R. Cruikshank."--P. [4]
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Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
<a href="https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-152983">https://discover.hsp.org/Record/marc-152983</a>
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London [England] : Published by H. Stemman, 1821
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Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.
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[4] p., [9]-80 columns : ill., port. ; 23 cm.
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Biog.C654c 1821
Roberts-Matthew
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See Porcupine in Colours Just Portray'd political cartoon, 1799
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Engraving
Political cartoons
Description
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This scathing cartoon was widely popularized in 18th century America, of William Cobbett, who is in fact being protrayed as a porcupine with some rather crude opinions. He is shown receiving support by those that include the Devil and the British Lion who encourange his views. The woman to the left is shown weeping above a portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
Full title is "See Porcupine, in Colours just Portray'd, Urg'd by old Nick, to drive his dirty trade, Veil'd in darkness, acts the assassins part, And triumphs much to stab you to the heart." Also addressed is the impressment of American seamen by the British Navy.
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
<a href="https://discover.hsp.org/Record/dc-1379">https://discover.hsp.org/Record/dc-1379</a>
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1799
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Bb 612 Se31
Roberts-Matthew
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[E. P. Noll & Co., map publishers and manufacturers, 17 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. letterhead, illustrated envelope, and insert] [graphic] / Smith Bros. sc. Phila.
Subject
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Publishers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Maps.
Atlases.
Philadelphia artists.
Globes.
Form letters.
Description
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Includes a pictorial envelope and letterhead containing an illustration depicting a collage of imagery, including a map of America bordered by scrolls of "Tracing Cloth," "Drawing Papers. Mounted and Unmounted," and "Tracing Papers"; a globe; lantern; and small tree branch. A banner reading "Map Publishers and Mounters" lays atop the map. Letterhead also contains a vignette depicting the monogram "E.P. & Co." intertwined with "N" surmounting a stack of bound works marked "Railway Guides"; "County Atlases"; Indexed Business Atlas U.S."; "General Atlas - World." A volume marked ’Guide Books" rests on the side of the stack of volumes. Banners reading "E. P. Noll & Co. Map Publishers and Mounters" and "No. 17 North 6th St. Philadelphia, Pa." complete the vignette. Insert announces the "increased facilities" of the manufacturers and details their mounting services for numerous mediums, including "Maps, Atlas sheets...Tracings...Show Cards...Solar Prints, Photographs &c. &c.," and "’Atlas Sheets on cloth a specialty. Mounting of Show Cards, Banners, Calendars, &c, with ’Tin’ at lowest rates, as well as products offered such as large sheets of drawing papers and mailing tubes. Form letter on letterhead solicits estimates and trials "on any Engraving, Printing, Binding, Mounting or Lithographs" for prospective patrons, including "Real Estate Dealers, Land Companies, Surveyors, and Civil Engineers" for the "best class of work at exceedingly low prices." E. P. Noll & Co. was established in 1881 by Edward P. Noll and G. Cusimir. In 1890, E. P. Noll assumed sole ownership of the firm which remained in operations into the 1920s.
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Library Company of Philadelphia
<a href="http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&doc_number=000288106">http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&doc_number=000288106</a>
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[Philadelphia], [ca. 1890]
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3 prints: line photoengravings, relief, and letterpress; 28 x 22 cm. (11 x 8.5 in.) or smaller.
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Letterheads - E [P.2012.40.1a-c]
Bolker-Jamie
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R. R. record [graphic].
Subject
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Philanthropy.
Funeral rites & ceremonies.
Railroad construction & maintenance.
Railroad facilities.
Railroad accidents.
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Blank membership certificate for employees of the railroad containing a cabinet card portrait of a young man surrounded by thirteen titled views documenting the activities, benefits, and hazards of life with the railroad. Views include clerks working in the "Auditor’s Office"; a meeting in the "Lodge Room"; the "Train Dispatcher’s Office"; surveyors "Surveying and Grading a Railroad"; laborers "Laying Track and Tamping Up Road Red"; a "Freight Train" and "Passenger Train" traveling through the countryside; "A Head End Collision"; "Railroad Shops"; "Wrecking Crew Cleaning Up Wreck"; parlor scene of beneficiary officers "Administering to the Widows and Orphans" showing a widow receiving death benefits in the presence of her children and an elderly parent; railcars "Switching in the Yards"; and individuals gathered in a cemetery for "Burying the Dead." Cabinet card portrait photographed by M. L. Wildermuth, 104 & 106 East Side, Public Square, Wilkes Barre, Pa. Portrait bordered by flags, the American eagle, and a blank entry for death information.
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J. M. Vickroy Co.
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Library Company of Philadelphia
<a href="http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&doc_number=000222622">http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&doc_number=000222622</a>
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Terre Haute, Indiana: Published by the J. M. Vickroy Co., c1902.
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1 print: chromolithograph with 1 gelatin silver on cabinet card mount; 69 x 54 cm.(27 x 21 in.)
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**GC - Certificates - Occupations [P.2006.16.11]
Bolker-Jamie
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Fred C. Davis, land surveyor and insurance agent, Felchville, VT., will insure against all kinds of accidents [graphic].
Subject
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Afro-Americana.
Surveyors -- Vermont -- Felchville.
Insurance agents -- Vermont -- Felchville.
Human-animal relationships.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Farming.
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Trade card promoting surveyor and insurance agent Fred C. Davis and depicting a racist caricature of an African American man on a horse-drawn plow. Shows the man barely seated, leaning back, and with his legs in the air on the plow. He holds broken reins in his hands to a brown horse running away in the left. The man is depicted with exaggerated features. His mouth is open in alarm. He is attired in brown boots, blue checked pants and shirt, and a brown vest. His hat has flown off his head behind him. The roof of a house is visible in the left background. Fred C. Davis was an insurance agent in Vermont circa 1884 - circa 1921.
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Library Company of Philadelphia
<a href="http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&doc_number=000324927">http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&doc_number=000324927</a>
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Boston : J.H. Bufford’s Sons, 1884.
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1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 11 x 8 cm (4.5 x 3 in.)
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Goldman Trade Card Collection - Davis [P.2017.95.40]
Bolker-Jamie
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Portraits of employees from the Department of Surveys, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] / J. Cremer & Co., 18 South Eighth Street, Philada.
Subject
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Dye, John H. -- Portraits.
Kneass, Strickland, 1821-1884 -- Portraits.
Lightfoot, Jesse -- Portraits.
Sturges, George, -- Portraits.
Wolf, John F. -- Portraits.
Philadelphia (Pa.). Bureau of Engineering, Surveys & Zoning. -- Employees.
Description
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Collection of carte-de-visite portraits of the city employees, attired in suits, seated, and one arm resting on a side table. Identified sitters include John H. Dye, surveyor and draughtsman; Jesse Lightfoot, surveyor; Strickland Kneass, chief engineer and surveyor; George Sturges, recording clerk; and John F. Wolf, surveyor. The Department of Surveys was officially organized in 1863 under the aegis of the Board of Surveyors created in 1855 with Strickland Kneass as chief engineer and president.
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J. Cremer & Co., photographer..
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Library Company of Philadelphia
<a href="http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&doc_number=000221488">http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&doc_number=000221488</a>
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Philadelphia, [ca. 1863]
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16 photographic prints : 15 albumen on carte de visite mount; 1 albumen, hand-colored on carte de visite mount; 11 x 6 cm.(4 x 2.5 in)
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cdv portraits - photographer - Cremer [P.2005.36.1-16]
Bolker-Jamie
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Union Pacific Railway. Eastern Division and connections. Wyandotte, Kans. [cartographic material] / Juls. Huwata Lith., 313 Chestnut St, St. Louis, Mo.
Subject
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Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Union Pacific Railroad Company -- Maps.
Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- Maps.
Railroads -- Middle West -- Maps.
Railroads -- Equipment and supplies.
Description
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Railroad map of the central and western U.S. showing rail lines, states, towns, forts, and mountains. Also shows part of Mexico and the Gulf of California. The Union Pacific Railway, later the Kansas Pacific Railway, was chartered in July 1863 as part of the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. The railway was to create a southerly branch of the transcontinental railroad.
Map bordered by 20 advertisements for Northeast businesses related to railroads, including engineering, surveyors, telegraph, mathematical, and boiler instruments; railway tires, engines, switches, joints and varnishes; as well as a time detector and wood working machinery. Philadelphia businesses include Baldwin Locomotive Works; W.Y. McAllister; N. & A. Middleton; James W. Queen & Co; W.H. Wharton, Jr.; and Verree & Mitchell. Four advertisements include vignettes.
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Huwata, Julius, lithographer.
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Library Company of Philadelphia
<a href="http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&doc_number=000137128">http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F?func=direct&doc_number=000137128</a>
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St. Louis, Mo., 1868.
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1 map : lithograph, tinted with one stone; 60 x 95 cm. (24 x 37.75 in.)
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***maps [301 M 43]
Bolker-Jamie