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John Dickinson papers, 1753-1808 (bulk) 1676-1885 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.2 linear feet and 13 containers, 5 volumes
Abstract:: John Dickinson (1732-1808), a Philadelphia lawyer and politician, was a major figure in colonial Delaware and Pennsylvania governments and during the early national period. He was an active presence and prolific writer during the American Revolution and early Republic from the passage of the Sugar Act (1764) until the Jefferson presidency (1801 to 1809). He also served in the military as colonel, private, and brigadier general. He married Mary Norris in 1770. John Dickinson died in Delaware in 1808. The John Dickinson papers contains incoming and outgoing correspondence; drafts and original manuscript documents from the revolutionary and early national government, Revolutionary War, Delaware and Pennsylvania government; land papers; legal papers; bills and receipts; collected essays, notes and commonplace books; and estate material. The papers provide a clear picture of the way in which colonists envisioned their new country and how these new Americans worked, compromised and...(see more)

Held at: Library Company of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

George Gillespie notes taken from Dr. Thomas Young’s Lectures on Midwifery, 1761

Extent:: 2.0 volumes
Abstract:: Dr. Thomas Young, 1730-1783, was appointed a professor of midwifery at the University of Edinburgh from 1756 until his death in 1783. He is generally considered to be the father of the University of Edinburgh’s School of Obstetrics. During his tenure, he created a Lying-In Ward at the Royal Infirmary, later the Edinburgh Maternity Hospital, to give clinical lectures. George Gillespie appears to have been a student of Dr. Young, and this collection consists of two volumes containing Gillespie’s verbatim notes of Dr. Young’s Lectures on Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh in 1761.

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Samuel George Morton papers, 1832-1862 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.2 linear feet and 5 containers, 13 volumes
Abstract:: Samuel George Morton (1799-1851) of Philadelphia was a physician and natural scientist whose work focused on the craniometric studies of humans with conclusions regarding the relative intellectual capacities of the “five races.” His work had a profound influence on the development of physical anthropology in antebellum America. He also made contributions in the fields of geology, mineralogy, paleontology and natural history. Morton served as a professor of medicine at Pennsylvania College (now, the University of Pennsylvania). This collection contains mainly the papers of Samuel George Morton, which date from 1832 to 1851, when Morton devoted his research efforts almost exclusively to ethnology and to the collecting of human skulls for comparative studies. The bulk of the papers consist of incoming correspondence, from 1832 to 1851, relating to ethnology and other related interests such as anthropology, craniology, paleontology and Egyptology. The remainder of the collection...(see more)

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John W. Jordan, "Random Notes of a Week's Visit to England" scrapbook, 1911 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (28 pages)
Abstract:: John Woolf Jordan (1840-1921) was a Philadelphia historian specializing in genealogies and personal histories, especially those of Pennsylvania families. This scrapbook comprises a single volume containing clippings of John W. Jordan's travel narrative, "Random Notes of a Week's Visit to England" from an unknown publication; also included are picture postcards and photographic illustrations of the ships on which he traveled and locations he visited, several of which are accompanied by handwritten annotations. The notes detail Jordan's sea voyage to and from England and his experiences exploring the counties of London, Surrey, and Sussex. Jordan's voyage took place between July 8 and August 6, 1911.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Personal accounts and miscellaneous notes, 1897-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (48 pages)
Abstract:: This booklet contains miscellaneous, handwritten notes kept by Delaware College professor Elisha Conover, for the period 1897-1899. The notes consist of lists of expenditures by month during the two-year time period and undated entries on various subjects, such as etiquette and literature.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Reminiscences of Wilmington, 1880s-1890s (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item
Abstract:: This manuscript consists of M.C.L. (Miriam C. Lamborn) Worrell's reminiscences about Wilmington, Delaware, in the 1810s-1820s. The notes were recorded by Worrell in the 1880s-1890s.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Pestalozzi Literary Society, Delaware College, Newark, Delaware, 1876 november 10-1886 january (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (36 pages)
Abstract:: This volume contains the constitution, bylaws, amendments, membership roster, and presidential oath for the Pestalozzi Literary Society of Delaware College (later the University of Delaware), an early student group for women at the previously all-male institution.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

First National Eclectic Assurance Society Financial Committee minutes and John C. McCoy medical notes, approximately 1868 to 1879 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: The first portion of this volume contains the meeting minutes of the National Eclectic Assurance Society of the United States, Finance Committee, from 1868-1873, while the latter portion contains notes kept by medical student John C. McCoy.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Elizabeth Gray laudanum notes, 1843-1845 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (27 pages)
Abstract:: Small handwritten notes from Newark, Delaware, resident Elizabeth Gray to the village storekeeper requesting refills of a laudanum (opium-based painkiller) bottle.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Edward Tilghman note to John Bordley, 1783 may 22 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: A note relaying news that a Spanish ship, whose size required 24 feet of depth in the water to operate, could not make it up to Baltimore from Annapolis and had to turn back.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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