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General Administration Collection Pre-1820 UPA 3 Pre-1820

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Summary Information

Prepared by
Francis James Dallett
Preparation date
1978
Date [bulk]
Bulk, 1740-1820
Date [inclusive]
1681-1853
Extent
30.0 Cubic feet

Provenance

The General Administration Collection of the University Archives is drawn primarily from the records of Office of the Secretary, Office of the Provost and Office of the Treasurer as well as those of the deans of the college and medical school. The majority of the records were held by the Secretary and Treasurer of the University and turned over the University Archives when it was created in 1945. The University Library also had a number of early manuscript records in its collections which were turned over to the Archives in the 1950s and 1960s and to this were added the historical collection of the Dean of the School of Medicine in the 1950s. In addition to these sources a number of individual documents and groups of documents found in this collection were donated or acquired by the University. The provenance of this latter group is often noted on the original document or the document abstract. Beginning in the 1950s all the pre-1820 documents were pulled together into one single collection that it is found today.

ARRANGEMENT NOTE

The General Administration Collection (also known as Archives General Collection) Pre-1820 is organized into twenty-two series: Communications of Individuals, Constitution and Charter Collection, Trustees, Faculty of Arts, Students of Arts, Faculty of Medicine, Students of Medicine, Financial Records, Matriculation and Class Records, Matriculation Lecture Tickets, Curriculum Collection, Commencement Collection, Diploma and Certification Collection, Non-University Organizations, Printed Pieces, Typescripts of Other Documents, Photocopies of Other Documents, Microfilm, Iconographic Collection, Architectural Drawings and Plans, Memorabilia, Personal Papers. All series and subseries are arranged chronologically except for those titled “Communication” which are arranged alphabetically.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The General Administration Collection pre-1820 documents the institutional and education activities of the University of Pennsylvania from its founding to 1820 with some earlier material included. The Collection was created primarily from records of the Provost, Secretary, Treasurer and Deans of the Universitiy of Pennsylvania.

The collection is primarily composed of correspondence and reports of various University officers. Since the collection was drawn in large part from the Office of the Secretary records, it contains much of the supporting documentation relating to the University’s Board of Trustees and related committees documenting decisions and studies conducted. The correspondence of the deans of the college and medical school covers similar subject matters as well as matters relating to students. Most of the correspondence and reports date from the 1790s to 1810s after the reorganization of the University of Pennsylvania in 1790. A sizable amount of the correspodence relates to matters regarding the School of Medicine. Some student correspondence and petitions are present. Documentation, such as contracts and bills and invoices, for University expenses and building projects and repairs also is present. There is a complete set of account books for the University going back to 1749. Student records for the College and Academy as well as lists for the School of Medicine date back to the 1760s.

Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)
Lecture notes.
Personal Name(s)
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Smith, William, 1727-1803
Subject(s)
Education–Pennsylvania–Philadelphia.
Lectures and lecturing–Pennsylvania–Philadelphia.

Inventory

 

Communications of Individuals 

Box

Folder

ABBETT, HENRY. October 31, 1817. Nathaniel Chapman, Dean of the Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for installing stoves and materials. Endorsed as paid, January 8, 1818.

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ABBETT, HENRY. October 23, 1819, Phila. John Redman Coxe, Dean of the Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for repair of stoves.

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ABERCROMBIE, JAMES. April 15, 1802. Charles Swift. PDS. 

Description

Tuition receipt for Swift’s son Charles, pupil in the Philadelphia Academy.

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ADGATE, D., HUGH LLOYD, BENJAMIN OAKFORD, J. REYNOLDS and ISRAEL ELLIOTT. July 21, 1798, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Character reference for Samuel Morrison (sic).

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AITKEN, ROBERT. December 2, 1800, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Character reference for George Green (sic).

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ALEXANDER, ROBERT. April 10, 1767, Linshifields (?) [Scotland]. Sir Alexander Dick. ALS. 

Description

Money necessary for serving Sir Alexander; reports seeing “Dr. Franklyn” (sic).

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ALEXANDER, ROBERT. May 25, 1768, [Scotland]. Sir Alexander Dick. ALS. 

Description

Visits with mutual friends, including “Dr. Franklyn,” who plans to leave England in summer.

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7

ALISON, FRANCIS. July 17, 1769. Receipt signed. 

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ALISON, FRANCIS. May 14, 1776, Phila. Trustees of the College, Academy, and Charity School. PDS. 

Description

Bond for 266 Spanish milled dollars and two-thirds of a dollar of fine silver. Witnessed by John Elliott and William White.

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ALISON, FRANCIS. October 11, 1776, Phila. Trustees of the College, Academy, and Charity School. PDS. 

Description

Bond for £100. Witnessed by Samuel McLane and William White.

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ALISON, FRANCIS and HANNAH his wife. July 14, 1753, Phila. Trustees of the Academy and Charitable School. DS. 

Description

Indenture for three Mulberry Street lots west of Fourth between High and Chestnut Streets £37 annual ground rent to Jonathan and Mary Price. Witnessed by Robert McKean and Charles Brockden.

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ALLEN, ANDREW. October, 1772, Bedford County, Pa. ADS. 

Description

Bill of Assault and Battery against Ann Read (who signs) in case The King vs. Aneas McKay, Bedford County Court.

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ANDERSON, ISAAC. December 10, 1819, N.Y. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Wishes dissertation to remain on file during his leave of absence.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. April 26, 1792. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Claims on the former College of Philadelphia for the cost of additions to his house in the College yard, rent paid in advance, and benches now at Philosophical Hall.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. April 1, 1793, Fourth Street, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Replacement of necessaries in the yard of his house and in the alley for the use of Charity scholars.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. June 10, 1794. Mr. Young. ALS. 

Description

Order for letter paper and a Virgil for Benjamin Screven.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. September 1, 1795, “University Yard.” Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Bills he is submitting for altering a cellar window and paper hanging.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. June 19, 1797. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Methods of increasing income in spite of a decreased summer enrollment.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. February 18, 1800, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

His resignation from the University, due to inadequate salary and an unpleasant situation.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. April 1, 1800, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Withdrawing his resignation.

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18

ANDREWS, JOHN. May 6, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Bills enclosed for repairs to his house.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. December 1, 1801. Edward Burd, for the Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Reimbursement for articles left at his former house. Enclosed is a list of objects, with valuations.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. April 5, 1803, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Reasons for the postponement of Commencement.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. June 9, 1803, (Phila.). ADS. 

Description

“A prayer, a charge, and some other discourses delivered at a commencement held in the University of Pennsylvania.” Appended are reminiscences of the Commencement written January 15, 1864 by John McAllister (A.B. 1803).

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ANDREWS, JOHN. April 4, 1804, Univ. Rev. Dr. Robert Blackwell, Judge William Tilghman, Samuel M. Fox. ALS. 

Description

Conduct of his Greek and Latin classes.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. May 7, 1805, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Arrangements for Senior Class examinations; list of candidates for the degree of Master of Arts.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. February 4, 1806, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Announcing for the Faculty the temporary appointment of Rev. Mr. Reid as master of the Charity School.

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ANDREWS, John. January 1, 1808. Charles Swift. PDS. 

Description

Tuition receipt for Swift’s son John.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. February 5, 1811, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

The need for a tutor to teach writing and arithmetic in the Latin School; measures to counteract the irregular attendance of some students.

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25

ANDREWS, JOHN. April 2, 1811, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Examinations for the Senior Class; policy for the employment of tutors; irregular attendance of scholars; the appointment of a permanent head of the Latin School.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. May 7, 1811, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Commencement date; list of candidates.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. June 4, 1811, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Suggesting the graduation of present freshman and junior classes one year earlier than scheduled.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. July 2, 1811, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Proposed scheduling of examinations.

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29

ANDREWS, JOHN. November 5, 1811, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Gift to the University of Griesbach’s New Testament by Mr. Hilliard, a printer at Cambridge in New England.

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30

ANDREWS, JOHN. March 3, 1812, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Possible remedies for the irregular attendance of scholars; the employment of a writing master for the Latin School.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. May 5, 1812, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Examination date; exhibition of public speaking by the Senior Class.

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32

ANDREWS, JOHN. May 12, 1812, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Testimonial for Messrs. Engles and Howe, applicants for positions as masters of the Grammar School.

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33

ANDREWS, JOHN. June 2, 1812, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Scheduling of Commencement; list of candidates for degrees.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. October 6, 1812, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Suggesting the regular scheduling of half-yearly examinations.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. February 2, 1813, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Resignation and a request for pension consideration.

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ANDREWS, JOHN. March 2, 1813, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Thanking them for their generosity in his retirement.

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37

ANDREWS, JOHN. February 19, 1767. Declaration of conformity to the Liturgy of the Church of England. 

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ANDREWS, JOHN and ROBERT PATTERSON. May 12, 1812, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Testimonial recommending Messrs. Engles and Howe as joint masters in the Grammar School.

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ANDREWS, JOHN and WILLIAM ROGERS. December 13, 1792, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the equal adjustment of salaries of Faculty members.

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39

ASSHETON, MARY, ROBERT and MARY MORRELL. June 21, 1791, Phila. Chandler Price. DS. 

Description

Partition indenture for land at the northwest corner of Market and Fourth Streets.

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ASSHETON, SUSANNAH, FRANCES ASSHETON, JOHN and MARY CLAXTON. April 29, 1799, Phila. Trustees. DS. 

Description

Release of property on the west side of Fourth Street for £1035/65. Witnessed by Chandler Price and James Humphreys, Jr.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. March 3, 1800. ADS. 

Description

Memorandum of the receipt of $261 paid by Seth Chapman for two University lots in Norristown. Endorsed “the above paid to me by W[illiam] Rawle.”

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. March 10, 1800. ADS. 

Description

Memorandum of the receipt of $81.25 from Henry Friedley (Friedlig) by the hand of Levi Pawling for part payment toward the purchase of a Norristown lot for the Trustees.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. March 10, 1800. ADS. 

Description

Memorandum of the receipt of $15 from Dr. Isaac Huddleston for partial payment toward the purchase of a Norristown lot for the Trustees.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. March 10, 1800. ADS. 

Description

Memorandum of receipt for $70 from David Lukens, payment toward the purchase of a Norristown lot for the Trustees.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. March 10, 1800. ADS. 

Description

Memorandum of receipt from John Markley of the first payment toward purchase of a Norristown lot from the Trustees. Back endorsed “Recpt. for my Norristown lot for $106-25cent.” For the Trustees.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. March 10, 1800. ADS. 

Description

Memorandum of receipt of $33.75 from John Patterson, one-fourth the purchase price of a lot in Norristown, by the hand of Levi Pawling, Esq for the Trustees.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. December 1, 1800, Norristown, Pa. ADS. 

Description

Memorandum of receipt of $129.69 from Henry Friedley (Friedlig) for payment toward the purchase of a Norristown lot for the Trustees.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. January 10, 1801. ADS. 

Description

Memorandum of receipt of $51.62 from Robert Hamill, for John Patterson, in full payment of the second installment toward the purchase of a Norristown lot for the Trustees.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. March 10, 1801. ADS. 

Description

Memorandum of receipt for $49.49 from John Miller, payment toward the purchase of a Norristown lot for the Trustees.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. May 25, 1801. David Lukens. ADS. 

Description

Memorandum of receipt of $215.50 from David Lukens, full payment for a lot in Norristown for the Trustees.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON. May 25, 1801. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of $46.25 from Dr. I[saac] Huddleston in full payment for a Norristown lot for the Trustees.

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ATLEE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON and LEVI PAWLING. [ca. 1799], [Norristown, Pa.]. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

In behalf of the inhabitants of the Town of Norris, requesting the Univ. to sell the lots it owns in Norristown.

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BABCOCK, Rufus. July 13, n.y. Faculty. ALS. 

Description

Recommending entrance for two prospective students despite their insufficient preparation.

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BAKER, HILARY. November 14, 1792, Phila. Caspar Wistar. ADS. 

Description

Receipted bill for a pair of kitchen and irons. Signed by David Halyel.

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BANGER, TIMOTHY. January 23, 1809, Phila. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing a petition from Universalist dissenters.

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BANGER, TIMOTHY. February 6, 1809, Phila. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing a petition for the use of College Hall by Universalist dissenters.

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BANGER, TIMOTHY and JOHN PEARCE. April 7, 1800, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting a sounding board at the Academy be given to the Universalist Church.

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BARBOUR, JAMES and PHILIP PENDLETON BARBOUR. March 2, 1819. ADS. 

Description

Testimonial for Dr. George Watson of Richmond.

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BARD, ADAM. February 28, 1785, Montgomery County, Pa. Trustees. PDS. 

Description

Indenture for land in Norristown. Signed by Adam Bard and George Bryan. Witnessed by Kitty Matlack and Martha Matlack. Montgomery County Recorder, Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg.

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BARKER, JOHN, ISAAC HEYLIN, JOHN STODDART, PETER KEYSER, JOHN FOX, JOSEPH KEYSER, MICHAEL FOX, JOHN STANDBRIDGE, SR., JOHN STANDBRIDGE, SAMUEL FOX, JACOB LYBRAND, GEORGE LYBRAND. January 31, 1809, Phila. Petition supporting Universalist dissenters’ use 

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BARNARD, J. D. June 30, 1820, West Chester, Pa. Archibald T. Dick. ALS. 

Description

Claim of Dennis Denny against George Irwin, keeper of the Black Hound Tavern in Middletown.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. September 2, 1807, Phila. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

His understanding of terms specifying the amount of land to be included in the sale of Perkasie Manor.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. November 24, 1807. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Request for credit on his mortgage and bond for securities listed [concerning his purchase of the Perkasie property]; terms of the allotment due him following a deficient survey.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. April 7, 1813, Phila. William Rawle and Benjamin Rawle Morgan. ALS. 

Description

Purchase offer for the [Perkasie] property in Bucks County. Note initialed by William Rawle states that Barnes verbally withdrew his offer to purchase.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. March 29, 1817. William Rawle, Chairman of the Perkasie Committee. ALS. 

Description

Offer to purchase Perkasie Manor for $60,500.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. June 27, 1817. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Title dispute involving the eviction of tenants at Perkasie Manor.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. June 30, 1817. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Details of the deception of Henry Rosenberger, a Perkasie tenant, by Mr. Newton and John H. Keyes, who pretended to be a deputy sheriff supporting Rosenberger’s claim against the Trustees.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. n.d. [received August 30 or 31, 1817]. William Rawle, Chairman of the Perkasie Committee. ALS. 

Description

Statements concerning costs and disputed acreage in the Perkasie Manor sale.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. September 26, 1817, Phila. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Disputed boundary lines in the Perkasie sale.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. October 16, 1817. Conrad Carpenter and Caspar Heft. Memorandum of an agreement to the sale of the Branchland area in Perkasie Manor. 

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BARNES, JOSEPH. [October 16, 1817]. Conrad Carpenter and Caspar Heft. DS. 

Description

Memorandum of agreement of sale for Branchland in Perkasie Manor.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. November 19, 1817, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Records of the sale of Perkasie Manor farms to Abraham Winholt and Philip Teis.

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[BARNES, JOSEPH]. n.d. [ca. 1817-1818]. [Trustees]. Draft of agreement. 

Description

Adjustment of bonds and mortgages on the Perkasie property to Conrad Carpenter and Caspar Heft.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. April 10, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of four mortgages from Mr. Fox.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. May 2, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Farm lately occupied by Henry Rosenberger exchanged for a lot on Seventh between Market and Chestnut Streets. Addenda by William Rawle noting purchase of farm by Robert Erwin, instructions for release.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. May 5, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Agrees to except the farm of Watson Robinson from the sale to Conrad Carpenter and Caspar Heft.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. May 20, 1819. William Rawle Letter. 

Description

Mortgage of 530 acres, formerly in University’s Perkasie Manor.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. June 1, 1819. Trustees Letter. 

Description

Completion of payment for purchase of Perkasie Manor.

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[BARNES, JOSEPH]. [June 1, 1819]. [Trustees.] Memorandum. 

Description

Value of stock used in paying for Perkasie Manor.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. n.d. [June 1, 1819]. [Trustees]. Memorandum. 

Description

Securities for payment for Perkasie Manor.

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BARNES, JOSEPH. November 24, 1819, Phila. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Requests release on his bond and mortgage certificates.

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BARNES, Joseph. 1819 [Trustees]. Memorandum. 

Description

Estimate of financial loss.

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BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. October 26, 1798, Germantown, Pa. ALS. 

Description

Recipient asked to forward to Mr. Weston, manager of Canal on the “Mohock” River important letters destined for towns of Oneida and Stockbridge. Asks dates of settlement of the “German Flats” and of burning of recipient’s town.

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BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. November 11, 1802. William White, Chairman of Committee of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Unacquainted with the qualifications of Dr. James Mease; joint course of lectures to be offered by Robert Patterson and James Woodhouse.

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BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. April 5, 1803, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request to postpone examinations for Medical students and to set a date for the Medical Commencement for the Medical Faculty.

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BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. April 22, 1808. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Conferring of degrees and arrangements for the Medical Commencement for the Medical Faculty.

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BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. March 24, 1812. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Date of the Medical Commencement.

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BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. July 14, 1813, Phila. Joseph Borden McKean. ALS. 

Description

Resigning chair of “Materia Medica” should lie be appointed to the chair of the “Institutes of Medicine, of the Practice of Physic, and of Clinical Medicine.”

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BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. April 3, 1815, Phila. Trustees, in care of Bishop William White. ALS. 

Description

His desire to continue medical and botany lectures following a forthcoming trip to Europe (planned for health reasons).

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BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. November 17, 1815, N.Y. Thomas Chalkley James. ALS. 

Description

Poor health; suggests Trustees find a temporary replacement to take over his lectures. Concerned that another professor will be appointed permanently.

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BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. December 7, 1815. Medical Faculty. ALS. 

Description

Suggestion that Dr. [John Syng] Dorsey act as his replacement not well received; instead hopes faculty members will share the lectures.

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BARTON, WILLIAM. December 26, 1815. Lancaster, Pa. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Testimonial for his son, William Paul Crillon Barton, a candidate for the professorship of Natural History and Botany.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. January 2, 1816, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the professorship of Natural History and Botany.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. July 1, 1816. William Rawle, Chairman of the Botanic Committee. ALS. 

Description

A transcript of subscriptions to the Botanic Garden with 27 names.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. January 6, 1817. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Acceptance of professorship of Botany.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. January 7, 1817. [William Rawle], Chairman of the Botanic Committee. AD 

Description

Eight acres available from [John] Hare Powel for the Botanic Garden on terms of ground rent forever.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. March 11, 1817, Phila. William Rawle, Chairman of the Botanic Garden Committee. ALS. 

Description

Comparison of two possible sites for the Botanic Garden.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. March 31, 1817. William Rawle, Jr., Chairman of the Botanic Committee. ALS. 

Description

A description of the property site for the Botanic Garden.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. March 31, 1817. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

The illness of Mrs. Barton has prevented attention to the neatness of the enclosed letter.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. June 22, 1817. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Requesting he be appointed “Director of the Botanic Garden” before Mathew Carey publishes the Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. n.d. [ca. 1817]. William Rawle, Chairman of the Botanic Garden Committee. ALS. 

Description

The advantages of a piece of land previously mentioned as a site for the Botanic Garden.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. n.d. [1817]. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Receipt of seeds from M. Thevin, the director of the Paris Botanic Gardens. Plans for the garden in the fall. Copy of
Vegetable Materia Medica, printed by Mathew Carey, enclosed.

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100

BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. August 4, 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Construction of a greenhouse and garden in front of the medical apartments according to [William] Strickland’s plan, for the use of the Professor of Botany; detailed reasons for the garden and greenhouse.

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101

BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. May 31, 1818. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chair of Materia Medica.

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102

BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. February 26, 1819. William Rawle, Chairman of the Botanic Committee. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of a plot of ground in front of the Medical Building to grow plants for use in his lectures on Botany.

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BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. April 4, 1820, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting that the Professorship of Botany be moved from the jurisdiction of the Faculty of Natural Science to the Medical Faculty.

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104

BARTON, WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON. February 26, 1825. Charles Chauncey. ALS. 

Description

Statements from European journals on standing of botany as a subject in the Medical faculty of Irish and English universities.

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104a

BASSETT, ERASTUS. May 7, 1807. President and Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of the College Hall in Fourth Street by the Young Ladies Academy of Phila.

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105

BAYARD, JOHN. February 4, 1780. David Rittenhouse, treasurer. ADS. 

Description

Order from Bayard to Rittenhouse to pay to George Bryan, treasurer of the University of Pennsylvania, £15,000; includes on the same sheet of paper five receipts of Bryan for money received for the University.

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105a

BEALE, PENNEL, KENNETH McCOY and THOMAS PARKE. 1814. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of Isaac Rakehow for the janitorship.

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106

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. October 11, 1813. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Proposals for the improvement of the Univ. including raising academic standards, establishing a literary society and merit awards, and furnishing a chapel for worship and oratory. 30 pp.

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107

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. February 1, 1814. Trustees Letter. 

Description

Student conduct, in particular the cases of John Coxe and William Rigden for the Faculty.

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108

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. January 3, 1815. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Candidates for degrees, the awarding of medals, receiving of new freshman class, M.A. degrees for Thomas King Carroll and Reverend Alfred Dashiell both of Maryland, and arrangement for Commencement.

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109

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. April 4, 1815. Phila. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Enclosed list of candidates for the M.D.; attendance requested at Commencement.

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110

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. October 3, 1815, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Reasons for accelerated examinations, Commencement dates, reasons for low enrollment, the demeanor of students, public lectures, meeting space for Trustees.

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111

[BEASLEY, FREDERIC], Provost. December 5, 1815. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Examination dates, M.A. degrees for H. C. Wilson, Thomas P. Bennet, and John McAllister.

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112

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. 1815. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

List of applicants for Master of Arts degree.

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113

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. April 2, 1816, Univ. ADS. 

Description

List of candidates for Medical degrees.

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114

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. July 2, 1816, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Examination dates, the distribution of medals, tuition payments, the scheduling of vacations, improved student demeanor, and a request for travel funds.

2

115

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. April 1, 1817, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

List of candidates for degrees, Commencement arrangements.

2

116

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. May 6, 1817, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Endorses the appointment of a Master for the Grammar School, relinquishing all hope of a reconciliation between teachers.

2

117

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. n.d. [ca. 1817]. Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

Order to pay the bearer two dollars for cleaning gutters at Beasley’s house.

2

118

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. February 3, 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Controversy over improvements made by Mr. Hill to Beasley’s, [James] Wiltbank’s, and [James G.] Thomson’s yards; repossession of the so-called Provost’s chair by Mr. Meredith, the necessity of procuring proper chairs for the Faculty; the irregularity of t

2

119

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. April 7, 1818, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing a list [not present] of candidates for the M.D. degree and recommending for the same degree Dr. John Coleman Rogers of the College of Transylvania, Lexington, Kentucky.

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120

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. June 2, 1818, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Recommending accelerated dates for senior class examinations due to their students’ “more complete course of study.”

2

121

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. July 7, 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Recommendations of candidates for A.B. degrees; attendance of Trustees at examinations. Prospects of growth and prosperity for the College and Grammar School.

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122

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. March 2, 1819, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Report on the state of the College. Rising enrollment; optimism about improving status. Proposes James Milnor for an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree and William Gaston for an honorary Doctorate of Laws.

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123

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. April 6, 1819, Phila. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Candidates for Medical degrees; requesting the use of the College building for lectures on oratory by Mr. Magenis of Ireland; the installation of a bell during summer building repairs, and the need for medals to encourage students’ industry.

2

124

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. n.d. [1819]. Memorandum. 

Description

Plan for classes in the Latin school. Endorsed W. R. [William Rawle] November 26, 1819.

2

125

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. March 7, 1820. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Semiannual report: the state of the seminary; rising admissions and enrollment; the late appearance of lecture admission cards.

2

126

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. April 4, 1820, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for a Medical Commencement date; request from Bishop [James] Kemp of Baltimore that Rev. Mr. Stephens of Staunton, Virginia, be granted an honorary degree; proposal to add a fourth professor and fourth year to the College curriculum.

2

127

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. July 4, 1820, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

List of candidates for degrees from the College.

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128

BECK, PAUL, JR. July 4, 1820. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Accusation that Commencement honors were distributed unfairly by Provost Frederic Beasley and that Beck’s son, Henry Paul Beck, was slighted.

2

129

BENNETT, THOMAS PENNINGTON. May 30, 1811, Phila. Address. 

Description

Valedictory oration on the advantage of education.

2

130

BENTON, B., FRANCIS CATH-[?], JOHN MITCHELL. July 8, 1795, Bellyhelly, County Londonderry, Ireland. ALS. 

Description

Character reference for Andrew Montgomery, now planning to go to America.

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131

BIBB, WILLIAM WYATT. April 25, 1817, Mallory (Ga.?). James Monroe, President of U.S. ALS. 

Description

Will accept his appointment (as Governor). Intends to travel in the [Alabama] Territory to find land to buy at public sale and will report anything interesting to the government.

2

131a

BICKLEY SON and TAYLOR. September 30, 1817. Joseph Caldwell and William Rawle. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for posts and rails for the Botanic Garden.

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132

BIDDLE, CHARLES. May 8, 1787, Phila. David Rittenhouse. DS. 

Description

Order to Treasurer, as Vice President of Supreme Executive Council, that £150 be paid to “late Proprietaries of Pennsylvania.” Endorsed by Tench Francis, attorney for John Penn, senior, to pay to Richard Penn and by latter to pay to John Ashley. “Govern

2

132a

BIDDLE, CHARLES. October 4, 1817, Phila. Thomas Bradford, Jr. ALS. 

Description

Resignation as Secretary to the Charity School Society.

2

133

BIDDLE, [Colonel] CLEMENT. December 7, 1814, Phila. George Hagner. ADS. 

Description

Leave of absence from morning roll call, Captain Adam Kuhn’s company.

2

134

BIDDLE, CLEMENT CORNELL. August 1, 1818, Phila. Robert M[askell] Patterson, Vice Provost. ALS. 

Description

Endorses Patterson for the Chair of Chemistry.

2

135

BINGHAM, WILLIAM and ANN his wife. March 9, 1795, County of Phila. John Miller. DS. 

Description

Indenture for lots on the north side of Chestnut Street between Tenth and Eleventh Streets for £1400. Witnessed by Edward Bonsall and Herman Baker.

2

136

BINNS, JOHN. August 6, 1817-April 16, 1819. Medical Faculty of the Univ. DS. 

Description

Bill for advertising medical lectures, medical commencement, introductory lectures, and a list of gentlemen.

2

137

BINNS, JOHN. September 8, 1819, Democratic Press office. Medical Faculty. DS. 

Description

Bill for advertising medical lectures. Endorsed as paid by J. B. DeBree for John Binns, December 18, 1819.

2

138

BLACK, SAMUEL. June 21 and June 27, 1820, Drawbridge Landing. PDS. 

Description

Two bills for wood endorsed as receipts.

2

139

BLACK, [Samuel]. December 22, 1820. 

Description

Receipt for cordwood bought for Medical Faculty.

2

139a

BLEAKLEY, JOHN. November 1, 1800, Phila. President of the Board of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Board of Trustees.

2

140

BOND, PHINEAS. August 4, 1761. John Lawrence. ADS. 

Description

Receipt and list of tickets sold by John Lawrence for the seventh Academy lottery.

2

141

BOND, THOMAS. July 2, 1761, Phila. Samuel Galloway. ALS. 

Description

Betsy, at Tulip Hill, has enjoyed Maryland journey and her health should improve.

2

141a

BOUCHARD, ANTHONY. February 3, 1810, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

His plan for a school for which he seeks University patronage. See next.

2

142

BOUCHARD, ANTHONY. n.d. [but February 3, 1810]. Trustees. MS. 

Description

Prospectus for boarding students of the University in house where French, architectural drawings, etc. will be taught.

2

143

BOUCHARD, ANTHONY. February 5, 1810. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Subsequently dated copy of his letter of February 3, 1810.

2

144

BOUCHARD, ANTHONY. n.d. [but February 5, 1810]. Trustees. MS. 

Description

Subsequently dated copy of his prospectus of February 3, 1810.

2

145

BOUDINOT, ELIAS. March 6, 1817, Burlington, N.J. Mason F. Cogswell. ALS. 

Description

Confined in sick bed for seventeen months, kindness of friends, details of (invalid?) chair ordered by canal boat.

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145a

[BOURNE, STEPHEN]. [ca. 1798-1799]. Memorandum. 

Description

Property at Fifth and Walnut Streets rented by William McDonnough (sic) from Joseph Ball, leased to John King and Stephen Bourne. Invalidation of deeds due to a resurvey showing the Anatomical Hall as built partially on the large lot.

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146

BOURNE, STEPHEN. June 20, 1799, Phila. Joseph P. Musgrave. PDS with seal. 

Description

Indenture for property on Third between South and Shippen Street in Southwork for $265.25 payable in six months with interest. Witnessed by James Riegi and A. Musgrave, Jr.

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147

BOURNE, STEPHEN. June 20.1, 1799, Phila. Joseph Philip Musgrave. PDS. 

Description

Bond and judgment for $265.25. Witnessed by James Riegi and A. Musgrave, Jr.

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148

BOURNE, STEPHEN. February 2, 1814. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

A discrepancy between the property line at Fifth and Walnut Streets specified in his title and the adjoining wall of the old Anatomical Hall.

2

149

BOURNE, STEPHEN. December 5, 1814. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for further committee action concerning the boundary dispute over lots at Fifth and Walnut Streets.

2

150

BOWLBY, EDWARD P. September 30-November 11, 1818. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for ironmongery.

2

151

BOYLETON, Henry, John Heintzleman, and William Forman. January 9, [1818], Phila. Medical Faculty. Memorandum. 

Description

Various students’ accounts of the quarrel between Ellis Lewis, James Dixon and James Ramsay.

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151a

BRAKE, ABRAM. January 20, 1820, Phila. John Redman Coxe. DS. 

Description

Bill for hauling and sawing wood. Endorsed with his mark as paid, January 21, 1820.

2

152

BRAKE, ABRAM. June 23 and 28, 1820, Phila. John Redman Coxe. DS. 

Description

Bills for hauling and sawing wood. Both endorsed as payment received in full, June 24 and 29, 1820.

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153

BRANNAN, BENJAMIN, THOMAS GARRETT, BEVAN PEARSON, OBORN GARRETT, and HEZEKIAH HIBBERD. July 23, 1798, Upper Darby, Pa. ALS. 

Description

Character reference for John Kerr.

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154

BRANNAN, BENJAMIN, THOMAS GARRETT, BEVAN PEARSON, OBORN GARRETT, and HEZEKIAH HIBBERD. July 23, 1798, Upper Darby, Pa. Letter. 

Description

Character reference for John Kerr.

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155

BREVOORT, HENRY, JR. February 29, 1818, N.Y. John Hare Powel. ALS. 

Description

Dr. Hope of the College of Edinburgh’s remarks on Robert Hare, Jr. and his blowpipe. Enquiry into whether Robert Hare had gained the Chemical Chair. Thanks for introducing Brevoort to Mr. Slade.

2

156

BRIGGS, ISAAC. May 9, 1803, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Surveyor of the lands of the United States South of Tennessee. Offers to purchase the transit instrument of the late John Ewing.

2

157

BRIGGS, SAMUEL. December 3, 1792. Caspar Wistar. ADS. 

Description

Receipted bill for installing pump, cistern, and pipes in the Medical School yard.

2

158

BROCKLEHURST, ROBERT. September 29, 1817, Univ. ADS. 

Description

Bill for iron work. Endorsed over to Edward Fox for payment by George Fox and James Gibson.

2

159

BROCKLEHURST, ROBERT. November 25, 1819, Phila. “Medical House.” ADS. 

Description

Bill signed as receipt for hinges, screws, door fasteners, and padlocks.

2

160

BROCKLEHURST, ROBERT. 1820, Phila. Medical Department. ADS. 

Description

Bill for stove parts. Examined and signed as correct by William Dick. Endorsed as receipt, June 8, 1821.

2

161

BROOKE, ROBERT. November 26, 1816. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Unable to make a survey for the Trustees at the time.

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162

BROWN and HARRIS. December 17, 1817. John McKinney and Mrs. Jane Knowles. DS. 

Description

Bills for glazing at the Academy in Fourth Street endorsed as pay order by John McKinney and Mrs. Jane Knowles.

2

163

BROWN and HARRIS. December 27, 1817. DS. 

Description

Bill for painting the laboratory certified as correct by John Redman Coxe.

2

164

BROWN, JOSEPH D. November 1, 1814. William T. Stockton. DS. 

Description

Lease of 42 acres of land in Penn Township. Includes property improvements agreed upon. Witnessed by Thomas M. Hall, John J. Downing.

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165

BROWNE, PETER A. April 1, 1817. Thomas Bradford. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Society for the establishment and support of Charity Schools, addressed to its President.

2

166

BRUX, EDWARD. October 29, 1812. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Unable to comply with new regulations; requests waiver of chemistry course, having previously studied chemistry and pharmacy.

2

167

BRYAN, GEORGE, Auditor General of Pennsylvania. September 28, 1812. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Auditor General of Pa. encloses copy of the last settlement of accounts between the Univ. and the State. With the draft of Fox’s reply dated October 3, 1812 requesting a statement of July -, 1807.

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168

BRYAN, GEORGE. September 28, 1812. ADS with seal. 

Description

“The Trustees of the University in account current with the State,” probably enclosed with last.

2

169

BRYAN, GEORGE, WILLIAM WEST, CHARLES THOMSON. October 27, 1770, Phila. DS. 

Description

Report of auditors of estate of Robert Thompson, deceased. “Governors of Pennsylvania Autograph Collection.”

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169a

BRYAN, SAMUEL. March 8, 1802, Comptroller General’s Office, Lancaster, Pa. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Request for payment of the installment due on the house formerly for the President of the United States (the Ninth Street building) forwarded to George Bryan by Fox suggesting the use of state bonds for the payment.

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170

BRYAN, SAMUEL. February 6, 1804, Comptroller General’s Office, Lancaster, Pa. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Warning that unless monies owed the state on the purchase of the house intended for the President of the United States is paid, legal action will be initiated.

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171

BRYAN, SAMUEL. February 20, 1804, Comptroller General’s Office. ADS. 

Description

Account current between the Univ. and the State.

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172

BRYAN, SAMUEL. February 22, 1804, Comptroller General’s Office, Lancaster, Pa. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing a copy-of the account current between the Univ. and the Commonwealth.

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173

BURD, EDWARD. November 15, 1802. Thomas FitzSimons. ALS. 

Description

Brick stove to be erected in Mr. Peale’s school, “by way of experiment.”

3

174

BURD, EDWARD. March 1, 1808. Alexander James Dallas. ALS. 

Description

Considers Dallas’ memorial to the Legislature well-calculated to answer their purpose.

3

175

BURD, EDWARD. 1810[?]. Memorandum. 

Description

Plan for classes.

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176

BURD, EDWARD. December 5, 1811. Benjamin Chew and other Committee members. ALS. 

Description

Extracts from a letter of William Rogers to Edward Burd dated November 5, 1811. An outline of retirement benefits specified by Rogers.

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177

BURD, EDWARD. August 26, 1816. William Rawle. Letter. 

Description

Requesting to be excused from a meeting of the Botanic Garden committee because of bad health.

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178

BURD, EDWARD. July 12, 1819. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Debts to Penn Foundation. Diminished public confidence in the institution. Suggests a fourth year be added to the College program, improvements be implemented in teaching methods.

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179

CADWALADER, LAMBERT. September 24, 1773, Phila. Jasper Yeates. ALS. 

Description

Directs sale of plantation of one Glen in Cumberland County, a debtor to writer.

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179a

CADWALADER, THOMAS. May 10, 1817. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Draft of an agreement, topic unspecified, probably concerning Perkasie Manor.

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180

CADWALADER, THOMAS and WILLIAM MEREDITH. March 6, 1816, Phila. James Ross. Letter. 

Description

Ross’s Fabulo Aesopi and his Greek Grammar are already being used by the beginning and advanced classes.

3

181

CALDWELL, CHARLES. October 1, 1811. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for the use of College Hall in Fourth Street for lectures in medicine.

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182

CALDWELL, CHARLES. August 3, 1813. AD 

Description

Declining to be considered for the Chair of Materia Medica.

3

183

CALDWELL, CHARLES. December 6, 1816. ALS. 

Description

Acceptance of the Professorship of Natural History, including Geology and Typology.

3

184

CALDWELL, CHARLES. July 4, 1820. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Resigning his position as Professor of Natural History and suggesting Dr. Thomas Say, now with the Missouri expedition, as his replacement.

3

185

CAMPBELL, FERDINAND S. n.d. [ca. 1818]. ADS. 

Description

Testimonial for Robert Hare.

3

186

CAMPBELL, GUSTAVUS B. July 11, 1820, Charlottesville, Va. Philip Syng Physick. ALS. 

Description

Requesting information on prerequisites to the study of medicine.

3

187

CANNON, JAMES. January 17, 1775, Phila. Thomas Tilghman, Philemon Tilghman. PDS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for one quarter’s tuition, quills and ink.

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188

CANTERBURY, THOMAS [SECKER], ARCHBISHOP OF, RICHARD [OSBALDESTON], BISHOP OF LONDON, S[AMUEL SQUIRE], BISHOP OF ST. DAVIDS, THOMAS PENN and BARLOW TRECOTHICK, 

Description

Five of the Trustees under Royal Patent dated 19 August 2 George III for a “publick Collection from House to House throughout the Kingdom” for the Benefit of the College, Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia and the College of the Province of New York, to William Smith, Doctor in Divinity, and Sir James Jay, Knight, Doctor of Physick, the original petitioners. To settle the accounts of the collection, notably to receive proceeds from John Byrd, John Hall and John Stevenson, of Stafford, Gentlemen. [signed] Tho. Cant. (seal, mutilated), Ric. London (seal, mutilated), S. St. Davids (seal, mutilated), Tho. Penn (seal, mutilated), Barlow Trecothick (seal, mutilated); and by witnesses Chris: Hargrave, Tho. Parry, Wm. Dickes, Richd. Nelson, Richard Beadon, Thos. Allen, David Chevaux, William Salmon, John Thomlinson, Jnr., T. Apthorp. 13 May 1763. Verso: Receipts of 23 June 1763 by William Smith and James Jay and 4 August 1763, 10 February 1764 and 4 April 1764 by Smith.

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CANTERBURY, THOMAS [SECKER], ARCHBISHOP OF, ROBERT [HAY DRUMMOND], BISHOP OF YORK and JOHN [THOMAS], BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, THE REVEREND SAMUEL CHANDLER and THE 

Description

REVEREND WILLIAM SMITH, Trustees under Royal Patent dated 19 August 2 George III for the “publick collection” from house to house for the Colleges of Philadelphia and New York, power of attorney, to The Honorable Thomas Penn, of Spring Gardens, Co. Middlesex, Esq., and Barlow Trecothick, Esq., Alderman of London. To receive proceeds of the collection taken by John Byrd, John Hall and John Stevenson, of Stafford, Gentlemen, Collectors of the Letters Patent. [signed] Tho. Cant. (armorial ecclesiastical seal), R. Ebor. (armorial personal seal), J. Winton (armorial ecclesiastical seal), Sam. Chandler (armorial personal seal), Will: Smith (personal seal, mutilated); and by witnesses John Birkett, George Northover, Dan: Burton, D.D., Edwd. Pearson, N.P., John Dunne, William Tatnall, Stephn. Roe, Edw:d Cahill. 13 April 1764. Verso: Receipt 3 May 1765 [signed Tho. Penn; Barlow Trecothick, Jas. Hatton, witnesses] and receipt 15 July 1767 by same (John Warren witness).

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190

CARMICHAEL, W. February 20, 1808, Centreville, Md. John McDowell. 

Description

Asks for recommendation of master for Centreville school.

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190a

CARPENTER, CONRAD and CASPAR HEFT. October 15, 1817. Benjamin Rawle Morgan. Memorandum. 

Description

Copy of a statement of expenses regarding the purchase of part of Perkasie Manor from Joseph Barnes.

3

191

CARPENTER, CONRAD and CASPAR HEFT. April 1, 1819, Phila. Joseph Barnes. PDS. 

Description

Indenture and mortgage for sale of 502 acres in Rockhill Township, Bucks County. Witnessed by Abraham Shoemaker, John Conrad, John B. Richardson; recorded by John Pugh.

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192

CARRé, JOHN THOMAS. April 17, 1810, Clermont Seminary. “To all whom it may concern.” ADS. 

Description

Certificate of the satisfactory employment of Mr. Little.

3

193

CARSON, JAMES. August 1, 1798. “To all whom it may concern.” ALS. 

Description

Reference for Andrew Montgomery.

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194

CARSON, JAMES. August 3, 1798, Phila. “To all whom it may concern.” ALS. 

Description

Reference for Andrew Montgomery.

3

195

CARVER, JAMES. July 8, 1809, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Applying for a post teaching Penmanship.

3

196

CARVER, JAMES. November 7, 1809, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the post of writing master.

3

197

CARVER, JAMES. December 18, 1809, Phila. John Mifflin, Chairman of Trustees, Committee on his application. ALS. 

Description

Terms of his appointment as writing master; reservations about teaching arithmetic.

3

198

CARVER, JAMES. [February 1810]. John Fishbourne Mifflin, Chairman of Committee on his Application. ALS. 

Description

Only willing to accept an appointment as writing master according to the first set of terms proposed.

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199

CARVER, JAMES. February 5, 1810, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Resignation as writing master.

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200

CHAMBERLAIN, GEORGE. June 26, 1816, Phila. Caspar Wistar. ALS. 

Description

Establishment of a medical school in Lexington. List of professors. Wishes to be a candidate for “professorial honors” the following spring.

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201

CHAPMAN, JOHN. January 26, 1814 (sic, 1815. John Fox. ADS. 

Description

Report of damage to Perkioming (sic) farms; amounts of coal burned by individual tenants. [Refers to Perkasie Manor.]

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202

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. [ca. 1809]. Joseph Hopkinson. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of Robert Hare, Jr., for the professorship of Chemistry.

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203

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. May 1, 1810. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Professorship of Midwifery.

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204

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. December 5, 1815. ALS. 

Description

Request to rearrange the lecture hall shared by Dr. William Paul Crillon Barton and himself.

3

205

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. March 5, 1816. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Resignation of the Chair of Materia Medica.

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206

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. March 6, 1816. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Proposals for reorganizing the course of instruction, restricting professorships to Botany, Natural History, Chemistry, and Veterinary Medicine.

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207

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. October 1, 1816. Chief Justice William Tilghman. ALS. 

Description

Wish of the Medical Society of Philadelphia to procure a lease from the University for the building in Fifth Street.

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208

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. April 6, 1819. William Tilghman for the Trustees. AD. 

Description

Presenting the Trustees with a copy of his book on Materia Medica for the library.

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209

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. April 22, 1817. Edward Fox, Secretary of the Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Notification that the Medical Faculty will receive the appropriation of $8,000 for the improvement of the Medical Hall on the conditions prescribed.

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210

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. October 7, 1817. William Tilghman, President of the Board of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Completion of and cost overrun on Medical Hall improvements [by William Strickland].

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211

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. August 21, 1818. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

The place of Chemistry in the Medical Faculty, including a transcript of a letter from Rawle to the Dean of the Medical Faculty in 1809.

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212

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. 1818. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill to reimburse him for monies paid to William Strickland, William Dick, Robert Brocklehurst, and others.

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213

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. [1818]. William Tilghman. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing the insulting letter of Mr. Nicholson, a medical student now suspended until reconsidered by the Trustees.

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214

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. [1819]. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the postponement of a meeting because of Dr. [Philip Syng] Physick’s illness.

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215

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. April 24, 1820. Moses Levy. ALS. 

Description

Reply that the Medical Faculty would consider it inexpedient to admit the Chair of Botany into the Medical Department. Suggest a meeting to outline reasons.

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216

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL and JOHN SYNG DORSEY. March 9, 1818, Phila. Dr. Benjamin Silliman. ALS. 

Description

Both decline to write about the life of Caspar Wistar for Silliman’s journal [
The American Journal of Science and Arts]. Will send Caldwell’s Eulogium and a copy of Chapman’s volume for the Medical Society of Phila. when it is published.

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217

CHARDON, ANTHONY and COMPANY. May 30, 1794, Phila. [Rev.] John Ewing. DS. 

Description

Bill for paper hanging. Signed as receipt for payment in full by Isaiah Yard, for Anthony Chardon and Company, August 7, 1794.

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218

CHAUNCEY, CHARLES, ELIHU CHAUNCEY, and ASHBEL GREEN. June 16, 1809, Phila. ALS. 

Description

The ability and character of Benjamin Silliman.

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219

CHAZOTTE, PETER STEPHEN. December 6, 1819, Phila. William Tilghman, President and the Board of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting use of Academy hall in Fourth Street for lectures on the French language, and religious lectures in French for Protestants.

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220

CHURCH, J[OHN] and THOMAS CHALKLEY JAMS. November 12, 1804, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting permission to continue their lectures on Midwifery.

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221

CLAUDIUS, A., CALEB NORTH, STEPHEN HENDERSON, JAMES MONTGOMERY, and JOHN CREARY. August 22, 1814, Phila. Trustees. LS with attached plat. 

Description

Offering to purchase the University’s vacant lot at Ninth and Chestnut, and providing a plot suggesting how a division might be made.

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222

CLEAVER, ISAAC. April 1, 1816. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Applying for the Chair of Botany providing Mr. Correa is not a candidate; mentions Correa, L. Collins, and the late H[enry] Muhlenberg as references.

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223

CLEAVER, ISAAC. September 2, 1816, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chair of Botany.

3

224

CLIFFORD, JOHN. July 17, 1817. Joseph Caldwell’s estate. 

Description

Receipt of payment for new fencing.

3

225

CLOUD, JOSEPH. April 2, 1816. William Rawle, Chairman of the Trustees’ Committee. ALS. 

Description

Rejection of terms proposed to the “Cabinet of Science” for establishing a Botanic Garden.

3

226

CLOUD, JOSEPH. July 29, 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Declares Robert Patterson to be fully competent to teach Chemistry in the Medical School.

3

227

CLOUD, JOSEPH. August 3, 1818, Phila. Thomas Cooper. ALS. 

Description

Thomas Cooper’s proficiency in chemical experiments and in teaching chemistry.

3

228

CLYMER, GEORGE. April 14, 1803. City Commissioners. ALS. 

3

228a

CLYMER, GEORGE. May 7, 1811. William Tilghman, President of the Board of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request by the Society of Artists for use of the hall for an address to be delivered by Benjamin Latrobe.

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229

COHEN, G. October 28, 1818, Phila. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill signed as receipt for eight small gilt frames.

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230

COHEN, G. September 15, 1819. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill endorsed as receipt for ten gilt frames for cards.

3

231

CONRAD and LANCASTER. September 10-21, 1818. Medical Faculty. DS. 

Description

Bill for joists and carting. Examined and signed by William Strickland.

3

232

CONYNGHAM, DAVID HAYFIELD. June 30, 1813, Germantown, Pa. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Board of Trustees.

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233

COOMBE, GRIFFITH. September 2, 1793. John Andrews. ADS. 

Description

Receipt for payment for lumber, nails, and making and fixing a cellar door.

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234

COOPER, THOMAS. November 4, 1817, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Necessity of requiring chemistry courses, otherwise he must resign his post and accept a post at the University of Virginia.

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235

COOPER, THOMAS. November 15, 1817, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Notes the overwhelming support of Medical students for his proposal to require chemistry classes.

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236

COOPER, THOMAS. March 5, 1818. William Rawle. PLS. 

Description

Application for the chemical chair soon to be vacated by Dr. John Syng Dorsey.

3

237

COOPER, THOMAS. April 1818, Chestnut Street, Phila. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Acceptance of publications donated to the library of the Univ.

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238

COOPER, THOMAS. August 4, 1818, 282 Chestnut Street, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application outlining his qualifications, including training in Great Britain and a listing of honors for the chemical chair in the Medical Faculty. With envelope.

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239

COOPER, THOMAS. August 17, 1818. William Rawle 

Description

Letter wrapper with note requesting perusal of enclosed documents attesting to Cooper’s medical standing.

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240

CORNISH, JAMES. October 17, 1818, Drawbridge Wharf. PDS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for wood.

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241

CORNISH, JAMES. September 15, 1819, Drawbridge Wharf. PDS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for wood (from Medical Faculty).

3

242

CORNISH, JAMES and [illegible]. July 14 and August 29, 1817, Drawbridge Wharf. PDS.[2] 

Description

Receipts for payment for wood.

3

243

CORRÈA DE SERRA, JOSé FRANCISCO. March 14, 1816. ALS. 

Description

Suggestions on the organization of courses in comparative anatomy and veterinary, natural philosophy, agriculture, and chemistry. Commentary includes the state of these disciplines in Europe.

3

244

COSSGS (?), CISAR. September 17, 1805. Robert Patterson. ADS. 

Description

Receipt for $35 for philosophical apparatus made and repaired. Originally enclosed in letter from Patterson to the Trustees, see No. 741.

3

245

COTANCE, [also “QUOTANCE”], WILEY. November 12, 1818. [Medical Faculty]. DS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for sweeping chimneys and stove pipes.

3

246

COX, EDWARD. December 27, 1820. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Inquiry requesting payment of $2,250 in the present week.

3

247

COXE, JOHN D. January 6, 1807. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Declining election as a Trustee.

3

248

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. June 6, 1809. William White. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Professorship of Chemistry.

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249

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. June 15, 1809. Joseph Borden McKean. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chair of Chemistry.

3

250

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. July 31, 1809. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Acceptance of the Professorship of Chemistry; his plans for courses.

3

251

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. December 27, 1809. John F. Mifflin. ALS. 

Description

Proposed summer course, chemical apparatus, mineral collection and the dampness of the Chemical Department rooms.

3

252

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. April 21, 1812. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

An account of the beating and expulsion of his son by Dr. Allen. Complaint of unfairness.

3

253

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. March 24, 1813, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

List as Dean of the Medical Faculty of candidates for Medical degrees [63 names] and the date of the Medical Commencement. Notice of Trustees’ meeting with the signed approval of William White, Anthony Morris, William Lewis, Joseph Borden McKean, James G

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254

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. May 10, 1817, Phila. Edward Fox, Treasurer of the Trustees. ADS. 

Description

For the Medical Faculty Building Committee, order to pay William Strickland $200 on account of the improvements at the Medical Hall.

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255

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. May 17, 1817, Phila. Trustees Building Committee. ADS. 

Description

For the Medical Faculty Building Committee, order to pay William Strickland $800 for improvements at the [Medical] Hall. Cosigned by Edward Burd and James Gibson, Committee of Finance.

3

256

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. June 2, 1817. Trustees Building Committee [James Gibson, George Fox, Edward Burd]. ALS. 

Description

For the Medical Faculty Building Committee, order to pay William Strickland, architect, $1,000 for improvements at the Medical Hall. Countersigned by Edward Burd and George Fox.

3

257

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. July 1, 1817, Phila. Trustees Building Committee [James Gibson, George Fox, Edward Burd]. ADS. 

Description

For the Medical Faculty building Committee, order to pay William Strickland, architect, $1,000 for improvements in the Medical Hall.

3

258

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. August 1, 1817, Phila. Trustees Building Committee [James Gibson, George Fox, Edward Burd]. ADS. 

Description

For the Medical Faculty Building Committee, order to pay William Strickland $1,000 for improvements in the Medical Hall in Ninth Street. Endorsed by James Gibson.

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259

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. September 1, 1817, Phila. Trustees Building Committee [James Gibson, George Fox, Edward Burd] ADS. 

Description

For the Medical Faculty Building Committee, order to pay William Strickland $1,000 for improvements in the Medical Hall. Endorsed by George Fox.

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260

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. October 1, 1817, Phila. Trustees Building Committee [James Gibson, George Fox, Edward Burd]. ADS. 

Description

For the Medical Faculty Building Committee, order to pay William Strickland, architect, $3,000 for improvements at the Medical Hall in Ninth Street. Cosigned by George Fox and James Gibson.

3

261

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. November 11, 1817, Phila. Trustees Building Committee. ADS. 

Description

For the Medical Faculty Building Committee, order to pay William Strickland $2,000 as payment in full on improvements to the Medical Hall in Ninth Street. Endorsed by Edward Burd and James Gibson.

3

262

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. [1817]. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for his expenditures for contract drawn up with Mr. [William] Strickland, for wood, and laboratory stoves.

3

263

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. May 29, 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application and his qualifications for the Chair of Materia Medica.

3

264

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. July 7, 1818, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Resigning the Professorship of Chemistry in order to take up his new responsibility.

3

265

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. [ca. August 1818]. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Had not procured the book of minutes from Dr. [Nathaniel] Chapman in time to send extracts requested for the evening before.

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266

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. August 31, 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Loans to the Medical Faculty to repair the caved-in ceiling in the Medical Hall and to construct a new sink for the anatomical department, both according to the instructions of William Strickland.

3

267

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. November 14, 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The unexpected death of Dr. John Syng Dorsey, late Professor of Anatomy; emergency measures needed to continue his course of lectures.

3

268

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. [March 8, 1819]. William Rawle. Memorandum. 

Description

Tables enumerating Medical graduates, 1802-1819, by state; matriculations, 1816-1819, by state; and enrollment by lecture subject, 1815-1819.

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269

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. March 18, 1819, Phila. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

As Dean of the Medical Faculty, state of the Medical School in relation to those of Boston, New York, and Baltimore. Enclosing tables of graduates and matriculations.

3

270

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. April 6, 1819. Letter. 

Description

List of medical degree candidates. [91 names].

3

271

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. October 28, 1819. Medical Faculty. ALS. 

Description

Qualifications of James Gates Percival for candidacy for a medical degree. Approved by Nathaniel Chapman, Thomas Chalkley James, Philip Syng Physick, William Gibson, Robert Hare, and Coxe. [All signatures].

3

272

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. January 14, 1820. Robert Hare. ALS. 

Description

Advises waiving the right of voting on examinations.

3

273

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. March 7, 1820. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting storage space for his chemical apparatus; suggesting a course and licenses for pharmacists.

3

274

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. March 20, 1820, Phila. Trustees. Petition. 

Description

Proposal to establish a degree program in Pharmacy and to grant honorary degrees to apothecaries of standing in Phila. [16 signatures].

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275

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. March, 1820, Phila. Frederic Beasley. ADS. 

Description

List of candidates for a medical degree.

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276

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. April 1, 1820. Memorandum. 

Description

Account of the Medical Faculty, examined and approved by Thomas Chalkley James.

3

277

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. 1820. Members of the Medical Faculty. PDS. 

Description

Checks for monies paid on account of the Medical Faculty, Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank.

3

278

COXE, TENCH. February 2, 1796, Phila. President of Directors of the Bank of Pa. ALS. 

Description

Coxe’s attempts to cover debts to the Bank of Pa.

3

279

COXE, TENCH. February 13, 1816, Phila. George Bryan, Auditor General. ALS. 

Description

Tavern licenses. Suggestions regarding a new bill on licensing.

3

280

CROUDING, P. November 14, 1798. Mr. [John] Andrews. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for making a better window frame and other materials.

4

281

CULLEN, JOHN. December 28, 1818. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Request to the Dean of the Medical Faculty to be examined as a candidate for a medical degree based on prior training. Approved.

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282

CURRIE, WILLIAM. February 6, 1816, Phila. Trustees. ALS.[3] 

Description

Application for the vacancy [in Chemistry] caused by the death of Benjamin Smith Barton.

4

283

CUTBUSH, EDWARD. January 8, 1816, Washington City, D.C. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chemical chair.

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284

CUTBUSH, JAMES. January 2, 1816. Trustees, in care of Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chemical chair.

4

285

DALLAS, A[LEXANDER] J[AMES]. November 7, 1791, Phila. Edward Burd. LS. 

Description

Sends governor’s certificate of Burd’s election as a Trustee.

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286

DALLAS, ALEXANDER JAMES. March 1, 1808. Edward Burd. ALS. 

Description

Sends a rough sketch of a Memorial to be put into proper form. With figures in the hand of Edward Fox.

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287

DALLAS, ALEXANDER JAMES. March 7, 1808. Edward Burd. ALS. 

Description

Sending the revised draft of their Memorial. Their account could be exhibited to the Comptroller, if the general application is granted.

4

288

DAVIDSON, JAMES. April 17, 1773, Phila. James Ralph, Philemon Tilghman. ADS. 

Description

Tuition receipts.

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289

DAVIDSON, JAMES. January 24, 1782. George Bryan. ALS. 

Description

Account of expenditures for upkeep of Univ.

4

290

DAVIDSON, JAMES. February 5, 1793. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

A criticism of the plan submitted for the Latin School.

4

291

DAVIDSON, JAMES. July 7, 1795, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Tutors in the Latin School; reference to the pending reorganization of classes by the Trustees.

4

292

DAVIDSON, JAMES. December 4, 1795. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Two tutors insufficient in the Latin School; morning roll discontinued.

4

293

DAVIDSON, JAMES. February 4, 1800, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Reasons for decreasing enrollment in the Latin School.

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294

DAVIDSON, JAMES. April 1, 1800, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

The advancement of students in the Latin School. Unequal distribution of Faculty salaries.

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295

DAVIDSON, JAMES. August 2, 1800, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Progress report on students in the two higher classes of the Latin School. Concern at the small size of the Univ.

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296

DAVIDSON, JAMES. January 6, 1801, Phila. LS. 

Description

Requesting approval for an English translation of the Greek grammar, heretofore only available in a Latin text.

4

297

DAVIDSON, JAMES. April 6, 1801, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Loss of his tutor and loss of classes to other professors.

4

298

DAVIDSON, JAMES. May 19, 1801, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Complaint about new regulations for the College and the state of the Latin School.

4

299

DAVIDSON, JAMES. October 5, 1801, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Difficulties with classes, due to low enrollment; winter firewood; finding a new house nearer the new building.

4

300

DAVIDSON, JAMES. [1801]. Trustees. LS. 

Description

State of the Latin School. Unable to employ a tutor or to teach writing. Need to procure a house nearer the new building.

4

301

DAVIDSON, JAMES. January 1, 1802. Philip Hagner. PDS. 

Description

Tuition receipt for son George Hagner.

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301a

DAVIDSON, JAMES. November 8, 1802, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Request for the removal of his residence nearer the Seminary; payment of his tutor for the past two months.

4

302

DAVIDSON, JAMES. April 5, 1803. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Overdue tuition payments from students.

4

303

DAVIDSON, JAMES. December 6, 1803, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Requesting financial compensation for payment of his tutor, losses in enrollment due to yellow fever and loss of two classes to Dr. John Andrews and Mr. Robert Patterson. With a note [by Edward Fox] of the allotment recommended.

4

304

DAVIDSON, JAMES. February 4, 1806. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for compensation for salary lost due to yellow fever and Trustees’ regulations for class transfers. Repayment for hanging bells in his house.

4

305

DAVIDSON, JAMES. February 16, 1806, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Announcement of his retirement and inquiry about a pension.

4

306

DAVIDSON, JAMES. April 1, 1806, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Acknowledgment of the pension allotted to him by the Trustees; request that his tutor, Rev. Mr. Walker, [formerly “V. Provost of the Coll. of Wash.”] continue to be employed after Davidson’s retirement.

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307

DAVIDSON, JAMES, ROBERT PATTERSON, and WILLIAM ROGERS. December 1, 1801, Phila. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Recommendation to reduce the firewood fee from $2 to $1.50 in order not to lose pupils to other schools, which would particularly hurt the professor whose salary depends only on tuition [Robert Patterson].

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308

DAVIS, JOHN. December 9, 1817, Phila. President and members of the Charity School Society. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Philadelphia Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools.

4

309

DAVIS, R. n.d., 50 Walnut Street, Phila. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Request for a description of the former Botanic Garden ground.

4

310

DAVISON, WILLIAM, JR. n.d. [ca. 1817-1818]. Thomas Bradford Letter. 

Description

Resignation from the Charity School Society.

4

311

DE BERDT, DENNYS. September 25, 1766, Enfield [England]. ALS. 

Description

Gratitude for honors given him. Mentions “your brother Hopkinson,” and Morgan’s graduation from Edinburgh.

4

312

DELAPLAINE, JOSEPH. April 19, 1817, Phila. William Tilghman, President of the Board of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Inquiry toward the purchase of ground on either side of the University in Ninth Street for a “Gallery of the Portraits of Distinguished Americans.”

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313

DENNY, WILLIAM, Lt. Governor. December 11, 1757, Phila. PDS. 

Description

Commission of John Lightle (Lytle?), gentleman, as Ensign of a Company in Second Battalion, Pa. Regiment of Foot. Embossed paper seal of Denny’s arms. Richard Peters, witness. “Governors of Pennsylvania Autograph Collection.”

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313a

DESILVER, ROBERT. March 19 and 22, 1819, Phila. John Redman Coxe, Medical Faculty. Memorandum.[2] 

Description

Receipts of payment for blank books.

4

314

DEWEES, WILLIAM POTTS. April 1, 1806, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the adjunct professorship of Midwifery.

4

315

DEWEES, WILLIAM POTTS. June 28, 1809, Phila. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Testimony to the knowledge and ability of John Redman Coxe in the field of Chemistry.

4

316

DEWEES, WILLIAM POTTS. May 1, 1810, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Professorship of Midwifery.

4

317

DEWEES, WILLIAM POTTS. [1818]. ADS. 

Description

Testimonial for Dr. Robert Hare.

4

318

DICK, WILLIAM. June 1, 1817, Phila. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Bill for salary as janitor, candles, mending commencement gowns, and chimney sweepers.

4

319

DICK, WILLIAM. January 24, 1818, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of salary for janitorial services.

4

320

DICK, WILLIAM. April 16, 1818. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill endorsed as receipt for janitorial services, including scrubbing Dr. [Nathaniel] Chapman’s room for Commencement.

4

321

DICK, WILLIAM. April 12, 1819, Phila. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for cleaning the chemical rooms, blue washing, scrubbing; basins and brushes.

4

322

DICK, WILLIAM. May 4, 1819, Phila. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Janitor; about garden west of the main College building.

4

323

DICK, WILLIAM. March 28, 1820, Phila. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for janitorial services, locks, brooms, and brushes.

4

324

DICK, WILLIAM. June 24 and July 8, 1820, Phila. John Redman Coxe. ADS.[2] 

Description

Notes of introduction for John Burgess, who delivered wood. Endorsed as receipts, paid in full, by Burgess.

4

325

DICK, WILLIAM. July 11, 1820, Phila. John Redman Coxe. ADS. 

Description

Identification of bearer as cleaning woman. Receipt of payment for services.

4

326

DICK, WILLIAM. October 3, 1820. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Janitor; wishes to keep plants in Dr. Thomas Cooper’s room for the winter.

4

327

DICK, WILLIAM, JOHN McALLISTER, WILLIAM ADAMS, and JAMES GIBSON. March 9, 1814. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application of William Dick for the janitorship with recommendations by John McAllister, William Adams, and James Gibson.

4

328

DICKERSON, JESSE. November 2, 1807. Trustees of the Phila. Academy. ALS. 

Description

Requesting use of the “great hall” for monthly performances of a proposed sacred music society.

4

329

DICKERSON, JESSE. April 5, 1808. ALS. 

Description

Wishes to engage the use of the great hall for the rehearsal and performance of his singing society.

4

330

DICKINSON, JOHN. December 21, 1784, [Phila.]. ALS. 

Description

Requests Attorney General to press settlement in Supreme Court of suit of Commonwealth against Mr. [Timothy] Matlack. “Governors of Pennsylvania Autograph Collection.”

4

330a

DICKINSON, PHILEMON. January 22, 1805. George Simpson. ALS. 

Description

Directs Cashier of Bank of United States to deliver his chest of plate to his servants.

4

330b

DIFFENDERFFER, MICHAEL. February 5, 1813, Phila. Dean of Faculty. ALS. 

Description

Requesting permission to take examinations without complete set of attendance tickets. Plea of financial hardship. [Rejected].

4

331

DINGEE, Obadiah Maris. [1818], Phila. Medical Faculty. Memorandum. 

Description

Account of quarrels between students James Dixon and Ellis Lewis.

4

331a

DONALDSON, JOHN. July 29, 1801, Comptroller General’s Office. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Second installment of payment for the President’s House is due.

4

332

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. April 3, 1809. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Dates for medical examinations and Commencement.

4

333

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. June 12, 1809, Phila. [Trustees]. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of Robert Hare, Jr., for the Professorship of Chemistry.

4

334

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. June 30, 1809, Phila. ADS. 

Description

The ability of John Redman Coxe in various branches of medical science, including Chemistry.

4

335

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. [ca. December 4, 1809], Univ. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Requesting Fox to present the enclosed “Rules and Regulations for the conferring of Medical degrees” to the Trustees for consideration.

4

336

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. March 28, 1810, Univ. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Requests a date for the Medical Commencement, as Dean pro tem of the Medical Faculty.

4

337

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. April 30, 1816, Univ. Board of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request to schedule special commencement for Daniel Drake, M.D.

4

338

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. May 7, 1816, Arch Street, [Phila.]. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Resignation as adjunct Professor of Surgery.

4

339

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. October 2, 1816, Phila. Trustees. AL. 

Description

Requests use of a third lecture room in Medical Hall.

4

339a

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. June 10, 1818, Washington. John Sergeant. ALS. 

Description

Disposition of the late Caspar Wistar’s Anatomical Museum presented to the Univ. by his widow.

4

340

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. July 4, [1818]. John Sergeant. ALS. 

Description

William Strickland’s offer to erect a museum for $900.

4

341

DOUGLASS, ANDREW. October 26, 1792, Phila. Caspar Wistar. ADS. 

Description

Receipted bill for a Rittenhouse stove purchased for the use of the Anatomical Society and porterage. Signed by John Peirsol.

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342

DOVE, DAVID JAMES. January 20, 1767, Phila. Trustees of the College, Academy and Charitable School. DS. 

Description

Indenture for land west of Fourth Street in Phila. Witnessed by Paul Isaac Voto and John Price.

4

343

DREW, ROBERT. April 28, 1819. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for advertising in the Union by the Medical Faculty.

4

344

DUANE, WILLIAM. August 4, 1817-October 29, 1818. Dr. [John Redman] Coxe, for the Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for advertising medical lectures and Commencement. Endorsed as paid by Duane.

4

345

DUANE, WILLIAM. September 9-October 28, 1819. Dr. [John Redman] Coxe, for the Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill signed as receipt for advertising medical lectures [in the Aurora].

4

346

DUANE, WILLIAM. August 4-November 4, 1820. Medical Faculty. DS. 

Description

Bill for advertising medical and introductory lectures. Endorsed as paid by A. Wall for William Duane.

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347

DUANE, WILLIAM, SAMUEL RELF (by JOHN BAZIER), GEORGE GILLINGHAM, FREDERICK EBERLY, WILLIAM FRY, WILLIAM McCORKLE, THOMAS T. STILES, EROS BROWN, Z[ACHARIAH] POULSON, JOHN CONYNGHAM, and JOHN BINNS (by JOHN BELHAM). April 10, 1817. Univ. ADS.[11] 

Description

Collection of bills signed receipts for advertising, printing, sweeping, and other expenses for the Commencement. Endorsed by Robert M[askell] Patterson.

4

348

DUCHé, JACOB. July 10, 1761. Receipt signed. 

4

348a

DUFFIELD, GEORGE. July 1807, Comptroller General’s Office [Lancaster, Pa.]. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Requesting payment of the Univ.’s debt to the Commonwealth. Account enclosed.

4

349

DUFFIELD, GEORGE. July 6, 1807, Comptroller General’s Office. ADS. 

Description

Account of the Univ. with the Commonwealth; principal and interest due on the purchase of the President’s House.

4

350

DUFFIELD, GEORGE. October 7, 1807, Comptroller General’s Office [Lancaster, Pa.]. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Requesting a reply to his letter of July 6 regarding the balance of $10,100,79 due the Commonwealth.

4

351

DUMAS, BENJAMIN. October 13, 1817, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Bill for wood, hauling, and sawing. Endorsed as paid by Robert Longstreth, his mark.

4

352

DUMAS, BENJAMIN. October 9, 1818, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Bill for wood and hauling and sawing. Endorsed as receipt by Dumas.

4

353

DUNCAN, THOMAS. December 18, 1820, Phila. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill endorsed as receipt for supporting the floor above Dr. Robert Hare’s laboratory.

4

354

DUNGAN, JOSHUA and JOHN SELLERS. July 28, 1785. Trustees [Andrew Geyer, attorney]. PDS. 

Description

Bond and Judgment of Joshua Dungan and John Sellers of Rockhill Township, Bucks County to the Trustees. Also signed receipt of monies paid.

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355

DUPONT, JOHN S. January 3, 1820. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the delay of payment of fees for J[ohn] M. Happoldt, [William M. Joseph] Jenkins, and himself until the ship Pennsylvania arrives from Charleston, South Carolina.

4

356

DUPONT, JOHN S. December 19, 1820. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Wishes to give Dr. Coxe an obligatory note for $120 to renew his admission ticket.

4

357

DUPONT, THOMAS S. 1820, [S.C.?]. John Redman Coxe. Letter. 

Description

Request for extension of credit until the ship Pennsylvania arrives from Charleston.

4

358

DYER, SAMUEL. April 5, 1814, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Use of the Academy in Fourth Street to practice sacred music (chiefly the works of Handel) and give occasional subscription concerts. Wishes to put up a small organ in the gallery. Leads the singing at St. John’s Church; offers references.

4

359

EARLE, EDWARD. June 15, 1809. Robert Hare, Jr. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation concerning the knowledge of Robert Hare, Jr., of subjects in which Chemistry and Physic are allied.

4

360

EARLE, EDWARD. October 17, 1817-May 5, 1818. Nathaniel Chapman. DS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for advertising in eight other cities.

4

361

ELLISON, JAMES. April 14, 1818. Medical Faculty. DS. 

Description

Bill endorsed as receipt for cleaning the anatomical rooms. Endorsed as correct by W[illiam] E[dmonds] Horner.

4

362

ELWES, HENRY. July 23, 1764. Trustees. PDS. 

Description

Bond and Judgment to Trustees of the College, Academy and Charitable School. Includes record of payments as received, 1765-1770, signed by Treasurers. Witnessed by Will. Parr and Isaac Stroud.

4

363

ELWEES, HENRY and MARY his wife. July 23, 1764, Phila. Trustees. DS. 

Description

Mortgage for land in Passyunk. Witnessed by Will. Parr and Isaac Stroud.

OS 1

364

ENGLES, JOSEPH P. January 7, 1817, Grammar School. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Account of the events preceding the suspension of Hammond Shoemaker and Charles Shoemaker, substantiated by James Wiltbank.

4

365

ENGLES, JOSEPH P. May 6, 1817, Grammar School. Trustees, ALS. 

Description

Response to a resolution by the Trustees to replace Engles as Master of the Grammar School following complaints concerning his conduct and disciplinary methods.

4

366

ENGLES, SILAS. October 6, 1792. Caspar Wistar and William Shippen. 

Description

Receipted bill for alterations to the laboratory.

4

367

ENGLES, SILAS. May 1, 1793, Phila. [Caspar] Wistar and [William] Shippen. ADS. 

Description

Order to pay Peter Crowding £16/5. Reverse is Crowding’s receipt, endorsed by Caspar Wistar, Jr.

4

368

ESHER, WILLIAM. April 11, 1818. Edward Fox, for the Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Lease for 42 acres in Penn Township, Phila. County. Witnessed by William Rawle. Addendum February 22, 1820 extending the lease from year to year.

4

369

ESHER, WILLIAM. May 26, 1817, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Agreement by Esher to pay $120 for pasturage on land lately purchased from Joseph D. Brown [for the Botanic Garden].

4

370

EVANS, EDWARD. December 1, 1818, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Measurement of plastering done by Jacob Keyser for the medical faculty at their building in Ninth Street.

4

371

EVANS, EDWARD and JAMES LYND. September 19, 1817, Phila. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Bill for plastering done by Jacob Keyser in Ninth Street. Pay order to Edward Fox dated September 20, 1817 from Joseph Borden McKean.

4

372

EVANS, JOHN C. January 2, 1818. Trustees [James Gibson]. Memorandum. 

Description

Insurance survey of the building on Ninth between High and Chestnut Streets.

4

373

EWELL, THOMAS. January 19, 1816, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the professorship of Chemistry with a summary of his qualifications.

4

374

EWING, DAVID. March 8, 1799. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Offer to find a replacement for his apprentice who had been acting as janitor.

4

375

EWING, DAVID. March 8, 1799. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Offer to find a replacement for his apprentice who had been acting as janitor. Identical to foregoing.

4

376

EWING, DAVID. July 15, 1799. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Earlier letter disregarded concerning terms for hiring a janitor; wishes allowance to be revised.

4

377

EWING, DAVID. April 7, 1801, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Resigning as Janitor and Master of the Free School. Due to insufficient salary he is about to sail for Calcutta.

4

378

EWING, HANNAH. April 5, 1803, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Wishes to deposit her goods in one room of the house formerly occupied after breaking up housekeeping.

4

379

EWING, JOHN. June 10, 1783, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Settlement of Faculty accounts; hiring a French instructor.

4

380

EWING, JOHN. April 19, 1785. John Dickinson, President of the State of Pennsylvania. ALS. 

Description

Resignation of a commission to “run and ascertain by astronomical Observations the Western Boundary of this State,” due to teaching responsibilities.

4

381

EWING, JOHN. June 7, 1785, Univ. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Univ. seal, student discipline, honorary degrees, appointment of a librarian, custodial matters.

4

382

EWING, JOHN. April 5, 1786, Univ., Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Commencement and vacation dates. Signed by order of the Faculty.

4

383

EWING, JOHN. May 3, 1786. Trustees Letter. 

Description

For the Faculty, suspends of Thomas Gantt for irregular attendance.

4

384

EWING, JOHN. February 9, 1791, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Suggestions concerning the financial support of professors and the hiring of a professor of languages for the Latin School.

4

385

EWING, JOHN. April 16, 1792, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

For the Faculty, presents the new plan of instruction for the Univ.; a suggestion to abolish public examinations.

4

386

EWING, JOHN. April 18, 1792, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

His dispute with William Smith over the standing of certain students in the Latin School.

4

387

EWING, JOHN. May 9, 1792, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

For the Faculty, scheduling the Commencement for Bachelors’ degrees and the Medical Commencement; recommending Chandler Robbins of Plymouth and Robert Rogers of Rhode Island for honorary degrees.

4

388

EWING, JOHN. October 4, 1792. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Query concerning the use of the library and apparatus of the former College.

4

389

EWING, JOHN. October 5, 1792, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Inquiring for the faculty about the employment of a tutor and the restructuring of the classes in the Latin School; janitors in the College.

4

390

EWING, JOHN. November 20, 1792, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

His duties as Provost, particularly in relation to those of the Rector of the Academy, James Davidson, with an excerpt from a letter from David Rittenhouse, Timothy Matlack and, James Hutchinson to James Davidson, dated January 27, 1780; the attendance of

4

391

EWING, JOHN. December 13, 1792. The Committee of Arrangement [Edward Burd, Jonathan Bayard Smith, and John Bleakley]. ALS. 

Description

An account of tuition money received and distributed to professors; the provision of wood for Philosophical Hall.

4

392

EWING, JOHN. February 6, 1793, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Ewing’s personal reaction to the Trustees’ proposed Plan of Construction.

4

393

EWING, JOHN. May 29, 1793, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

For the Faculty, suggesting a deferred Commencement date in order to promote the Univ.’s case before the Legislature.

4

394

EWING, JOHN. June 19, 1793, Univ. Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pa. LS. 

Description

Request that a special Trustees’ meeting be called to determine the vacation calendar for the Philosophical Classes and the different schools.

4

395

EWING, JOHN. August 30, 1793. Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pa. ALS. 

Description

Death of pupil, illness of janitor from yellow fever. Suggests relocating faculty meeting.

4

396

EWING, JOHN. November 1, 1793, Newton. Alexander J[ames] Dallas. ALS. 

Description

Suggesting replacements for Trustees lately deceased; recommending his son William Ewing be made notary public to replace Jacob Howel, deceased.

4

397

EWING, JOHN. November 1, 1793, Newtown. Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pa. ALS. 

Description

Suggesting replacements for deceased Trustees; soliciting increased financial support for the Univ.

4

398

EWING, JOHN. December 3, 1793. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Recommending, for the Faculty, a private commencement due to the late sickness in Phila.; the effects of the sickness on the Univ.’s case before the Legislature.

4

399

EWING, JOHN. February 28, 1794-March 4, 1794, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

An evaluation of the Plan of Instruction and the ramifications of its adoption.

4

400

EWING, JOHN. April 1, 1794, Univ. ALS. 

Description

Faculty evaluation of the Plan of Education in progress; the death and replacement of the janitor, Mr. Rediger; proposal to alter the College Hall.

5

401

EWING, JOHN. May 6, 1794, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Announcement that a Plan of Education has been sent in. Request for terms concerning Dr. Smith’s former house. Query concerning the irregularity of Mr. Smith, employed by the late janitor to ring the bell.

5

402

EWING, JOHN. May 9, 1794, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Medical examinations and Commencement.

5

403

EWING, JOHN. June 17, 1794, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

For the Faculty, suggesting alterations to the present hall so as to better accommodate the English and Latin Schools; removal of the Charity School to houses at Fifth and Walnut Streets.

5

404

EWING, JOHN. October 6, 1794, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Scheduling of examinations and Commencement, faculty salaries, tuition increase, by order of the Faculty.

5

405

EWING, JOHN. November 4, 1794, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Repairs to his house.

5

406

EWING, JOHN. March 24, 1795, Univ. Thomas McKean, Chief Justice of the State of Pa. ALS. 

Description

Unworkability of the present Plan of Education.

5

407

EWING, JOHN. March 26, 1795, Univ. Thomas McKean, Chief Justice of the State of Pa. ALS. 

Description

Tutors; salaries of professors.

5

408

EWING, JOHN. May 5, 1795. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Recommends return to the rotation of classes among professors; reassignment of tutors.

5

409

EWING, JOHN. June 2, 1795, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Repairs on his house.

5

410

EWING, JOHN. July 7, 1795, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The Plan of Education; progress of the Senior Class.

5

411

EWING, JOHN. July 16, 1795, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Suggestion to dismiss classes during July and August, due to attendance problems.

5

412

EWING, JOHN. August 4, 1795, Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Objection to the cut in salary implemented for old Univ. professors after union with the College.

5

413

EWING, JOHN. September 1, 1795. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Responsibilities of the Provost under the Plan of Education.

5

414

EWING, JOHN. September 26 and October 5, 1795, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Responsibilities of the Professor of Natural History under the new Plan of Education. Tutors, French language instruction, removal of the Charity School from the Univ.

5

415

EWING, JOHN. December 7, 1795. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Duties of tutors, faculty, and provosts.

5

416

EWING, JOHN. January 4, 1796. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Covering letter for the bill of John Ross for work done at Ewing’s house.

5

417

EWING, JOHN. April 11, 1796, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Writes for the Faculty on the inadequacy of Faculty salaries.

5

418

EWING, JOHN. July 5, 1796, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Writes for the Faculty asking dismissal of classes in July and August due to sickness, the hot climate, and the prevalence of flies in hot season.

5

419

EWING, JOHN. September 6, 1796, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Writes for the Faculty that replacements be hired to fill staff and vacancies.

5

420

EWING, JOHN. n.d. [ca. 1796]. [Trustees]. Memorandum. 

Description

A copy of the account between the Trustees and John Ross for painting the fence and glazing the cellar windows at the Provost’s house.

5

421

EWING, JOHN. March 7, 1797. Trustees. LS. 

Description

The replacement of tutors; extension of temporary Faculty salary raises, repairs on Dr. Andrews’ house.

5

422

EWING, JOHN. June 6, 1797, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Writes for the Faculty asking enclosure of the Univ. yard; removal of students by their parents before vacation begins officially; the suggestion that willow trees in the yard be cut down.

5

423

EWING, JOHN. August 7, 1798, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Terms of vacation for the Provost and Vice-Provost; recommendation that Mr. Burke replace the late Master of the Charity School.

5

424

EWING, JOHN. December 4, 1798. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Writes for the Faculty on the appointment of David Ewing as a temporary replacement for the late Mr. Ramsay, Master of the Charity School; the rights and duties of the janitor and the replacement of the present janitor.

5

425

EWING, JOHN. May 3, 1799, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Writes for the Faculty, on the State of the Institution; new tutors; dwindling class enrollments; a public commencement for Arts and Medical classes.

5

426

EWING, JOHN. June 4, 1799, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The hiring of tutors; the constitution of the Faculty and responsibilities of the Provost; the recommendations of James Latta and John Stewart as candidates for honorary degrees.

5

427

EWING, JOHN. February 18, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Mathematical instruction. Mischief and expulsion of certain students.

5

428

EWING, JOHN. February 22, 1800, Univ. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Faculty salaries and discipline under the Plan of Education.

5

429

EWING, JOHN. March 4, 1800, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The resignation of John Andrews as Vice-Provost; the need to abandon the present European-style Plan of Education in favor of one more suited to America and Philadelphians.

5

430

EWING, JOHN. July 1, 1800, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Difficulties of operating under the present Plan of Education, repair of a pump and necessary, private Commencement request by the Senior Class.

5

431

EWING, JOHN. July 7, 1800. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Requesting an interview before the adoption of a new Plan of Education which will supersede the present ruinous one.

5

432

EWING, JOHN. October 7, 1800, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Failure of the Trustees’ Plan of Education. “Lying in” of the mistress of the Charity School.

5

433

EWING, JOHN. April 7, 1801, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Leaking roof on the house at Fourth and Arch Streets. An account of the institution: failure of the present Plan of Education, declining enrollment, lack of tutors, discipline problems, etc.

5

434

EWING, JOHN. April 17, 1801, Phila. William White. ALS. 

Description

Loss of students due to the Plan of Education.

5

435

EWING, JOHN. May 5, 1801, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

The examination of Medical candidates, seals of the Univ. to be attached to diplomas, and the date of Commencement.

5

436

EWING, JOHN. May 19, 1801, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Failure of the April 1800 Plan of Education, particularly in not vesting authority in the Provost. Examination of the scientific apparatus by David Rittenhouse.

5

437

EWING, JOHN. June 2, 1801. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Medical School Commencement. Wishes to take over the first class in the Latin School with Dr. John Andrews. Suggests Mr. Elliot be employed to repair apparatus; engaged Dr. James Woodhouse to assist with experiments.

5

438

EWING, JOHN. July 7, 1801, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Tuition and salaries for the summer vacation.

5

439

EWING, JOHN. August 25, 1801, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Requesting a date for removal to the new building.

5

440

EWING, JOHN. February 2, 1802. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Ewing’s reply to Trustees’ resolutions forcing his retirement; a recapitulation of the history of his relationship with the Univ. and the new Plan of Education.

5

441

EWING, JOHN. March 2, 1802, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Scheduling of final examinations.

5

442

EWING, JOHN. May 3, 1802, Phila. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Candidates for B.A. and M.D. degrees with ranking; requesting orders for music at the Commencement.

5

443

EWING, JOHN, JAMES DAVIDSON, JAMES CANNON, ROBERT DAVIDSON. September 8, 1780, (Phila.). Joseph Reed. LS. 

Description

Appeal to Trustees who are “much engaged in public Business” to establish professorships in law, divinity, history, chronology, geography, drawing and design and the “Languages of all Countries with which we trade,” with estimate of funds necessary.

5

443a

EWING, JOHN and SAMUEL MAGAW. February 3, 1790, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The state of the philosophical classes; Faculty salaries in arrears.

5

444

EWING, JOHN, SAMUEL MAGAW, JAMES DAVIDSON and ROBERT PATTERSON. September 12, 1795, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Certificate of attendance for James Kid, attestation in favor of his moral conduct and literary accomplishments.

5

445

EWING, JOHN, SAMUEL MAGAW and HENRY HELMUTH. March 3, 1790, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Medical School examinations and Commencement dates, settlement of Faculty accounts.

5

446

FARIES, WILLIAM. August 8-11, 1818. Medical Faculty. DS. 

Description

Bill for digging a well and labor. Examined and signed by William Strickland.

5

447

FAWCETT, JOSEPH. April 8, 1774. Samuel Pleasants. PDS. 

Description

Transfer of warrant of land in Westmoreland County, Pa. Witnessed by John Wilson and William Attmore. Affirmation of Attmore sworn to by Thomas Willing as Judge of Supreme Court.

5

447a

FENNELL, JAMES. March 4, 1806. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of the English Schoolroom for a course of readings and recitations.

5

448

FENNELL, JAMES. April 1, 1806, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the further use of a room or the Hall in Fourth Street for readings.

5

449

FENNELL, JAMES. December 2, 1806, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of a room in the Univ. for the delivery of readings and recitations.

5

450

FINDLAY, WILLIAM, treasurer of Pa. October 17, 1810, Treasurer’s Office, Lancaster, Pa. Edward Fox, Treasurer of the Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Warning that unless the Univ. debt to the State is paid or assured before the first of the following month the matter will be referred to the Attorney General.

5

451

FINDLEY, WILLIAM. January 9, 1815. Commodore David Porter 

Description

Forwards letter from Mr. Charlton whose appointment as midshipman writer recommended.

5

451a

FITLER, JACOB. December 29, 1815, Phila. John H. Connel. DS. 

Description

Indenture for property on west side of Fourth between High and Mulberry Streets for $4,350. Sheriff’s sale after default by Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Union Society. Witnessed by Thomas Elliott and John Trout.

5

452

FITZSIMONS, THOMAS. October 31, 1807. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Will refer letter of Benjamin Smith Barton to Trustees’ Committee. On reverse is Edward Fox to BSB, October 31, 1807, (ALS), advising of FitzSimons’ action. For Trustees’ Committee on Medical Hall.

OS 17

453

FLEET, C[HRISTOPHER] B[ENNETT]. February 5, 1819. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Wishes to be examined for a medical degree.

5

454

FORMAN, William. January, 1818, Phila. Medical Faculty. Letter. 

Description

Witness account of the quarrel between Ellis Lewis and James Dixon, and James Ramsay’s intervention.

5

454a

FOTHERGILL, A. June 3, 1809, Phila. President and Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of Dr. John Redman Coxe for the Chemical Chair.

5

455

FOULKE, CALEB. April 25, 1818. [Joseph Barnes]. DS. 

Description

Memorandum of receipt of deeds from Joseph Barnes [concerning Perkasie Manor].

5

456

FOULKE, EVERARD, ISRAEL LANCASTER, and CADW[ALADER] FOULKE FOR HENRY BENNER. July 29, 1805. Trustees of the Phila. Academy. Letter. 

Description

Requesting the Trustees’ help in resolving a flooding problem on Benner’s land caused by John Benner, Jr.’s dam, and asking consideration in rents.

5

457

[FOX, EDWARD, unsigned]. n.d. [ca. 1793?]. Memorandum. 

Description

Discussion of Resolutions in regard to reorganizing the College and Academy. Mentions yellow fever.

5

458

[FOX, EDWARD]. January 1795. Memorandum. 

Description

Univ. financial statement. Also “State of the Revenue of the University, January 1795.”

5

459

[FOX, EDWARD]. May 20, 1795. AD 

Description

Estimate of the State of Funds of the Univ.

5

460

[FOX, EDWARD]. August 1795. AD. 

Description

“List of the Property of the University of Pennsylvania, August 1795.” Includes tenants and ground rents, monies at interest, and property at law.

5

461

[FOX, EDWARD]. August 1795. AD. 

Description

“List of the Property of the University of Pennsylvania, August 1795.”

5

462

[FOX, EDWARD]. [ca. August 1795]. Memorandum. 

Description

“List of Estates” owned by the Univ., with tenants, ground rents, and locations.

5

463

FOX, EDWARD, Treasurer. May 31, 1797. ADS. 

Description

“Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the University of Pennsylvania, from the Union to May 31, 1797.”

5

464

FOX, EDWARD. April 30, 1798, Phila. ADS. 

Description

“Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the University of Pennsylvania from the Union to April 30th 1798.”

5

465

[FOX, EDWARD]. May 1, 1798. Memorandum. 

Description

“List of the Estates and Property of the University, May 1, 1798.”

5

466

FOX, EDWARD. December 1799. ADS. 

Description

“Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the University of Pennsylvania from the Union to December 1799.”

5

467

FOX, EDWARD. January 7, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Report on Faculty salaries.

5

468

[FOX, EDWARD]. [ca. 1800]. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft of interest calculations.

5

469

FOX, EDWARD. March 1, 1801. ADS.[2] 

Description

List of the estates and property of the Univ.

5

470

[FOX, EDWARD]. November 6, 1801. James Davidson. AD. 

Description

Request for information on class enrollments with Davidson’s reply.

5

471

[FOX, EDWARD]. [ca. 1801]. AD. 

Description

Recitation of deeds, 1704/5-1716, concerning Joseph Taylor, Andrew Bird, Randal Jenney [Janney], Thomas Coates, Pentecost Teague, George Mifflin, Francis Knowles, Jacob Kollock.

5

472

[FOX, EDWARD]. December 31, 1803-November 15, 1804. AD 

Description

Account of the Univ. with the State of Pa.

5

473

[FOX, EDWARD]. November 15, 1804. Memorandum. 

Description

Unidentified accounts.

5

474

[FOX, EDWARD]. July 1807. AD 

Description

Account of the Univ. with the Commonwealth of Pa.

5

475

[FOX, EDWARD]. July 1, 1807-December 31, 1811. AD 

Description

Account of the Univ. with the Commonwealth of Pa.

5

476

[FOX, EDWARD]. November 5, 1807, Phila. George Duffield. AL 

Description

Draft of a letter from the Trustees requesting deferment of payment on the President’s House pending action of the Legislature.

5

477

[FOX, EDWARD]. January 1, 1808. Memorandum. 

Description

State of Funds, January 1, 1808, as sent to the Legislature.

5

478

FOX, EDWARD. March 1, 1808. Letter. 

Description

Draft or copy of a letter sent with an abstract of the State of the Funds of the Univ. as of January 1, 1808, submitted to the Legislature.

5

479

FOX, EDWARD. April 1, 1808. AD 

Description

Account of the Univ. with the State of Pa.

5

480

FOX, EDWARD. January 1, 1810, Phila. J. Engle, Speaker of the House [Pa. Legislature]. ALS. 

Description

Abstract of the State of the Funds of the Univ. of Pa.

5

481

[FOX, EDWARD]. March 21, 1810. Benjamin Rawle Morgan. AD. 

Description

Memorandum to Trustees regarding allowances to be made to tenants for improvements, resurvey, and the cutting of wood on the Perkasie Manor property.

5

482

[FOX, EDWARD]. July 1, 1810. AD 

Description

Account of the Univ. with the Commonwealth of Pa.

5

483

[FOX, EDWARD]. 1810. AD 

Description

Account of the Univ. with the Commonwealth of Pa.

5

484

[FOX, EDWARD]. [ca. June 19, 1811]. AD 

Description

Draft of a resolution establishing Senior, Junior and Freshman Class designations.

5

485

FOX, EDWARD. May 2, 1812. Committee on the Perkasie Lands [William Rawle and Benjamin Rawle Morgan]. ALS. 

Description

Poor condition of the Perkasie property. Alternatives for its disposition after leases expire, including releasing smaller farms and sale of the land.

5

486

[FOX, EDWARD]. [ca. 1812]. AD 

Description

Account of estates considered in the claims of the Univ. against the Commonwealth under the Act of 1779.

5

487

FOX, EDWARD. January 1, 1813. Memorandum. 

Description

“Abstract of the State of the Funds of the University of Pennsylvania.”

5

488

[FOX, EDWARD]. January 1, 1813. Memorandum. 

Description

“Memorandum from which to make out statement for Legislature.” Financial account.

5

489

[FOX, EDWARD]. February 17, 1813. William Meredith. AD. 

Description

Income and expenditures of the Univ., 1812 and 1813.

5

490

FOX, EDWARD. February 24, 1813. William Rawle and Benjamin Rawle Morgan. ALS. 

Description

Perkasie leases to expire; requests directions. No prospective tenants; “a combination has been formed to prevent applications.” Desires plan of management.

5

491

[FOX, EDWARD]. March 19, 1800-May 15, 1813. AD 

Description

Account of the Univ. with the Commonwealth, of Pa.

5

492

[FOX, EDWARD]. [ca. 1815]. AD. 

Description

Two resolutions concerning Medical students’ fees and the rental of the Medical Hall by the Medical Faculty.

5

493

FOX, EDWARD. August 29, 1816. The Committee on the Perkasie Manor [William Rawle, Benjamin Rawle Morgan, George Fox]. ALS. 

Description

Tenants’ inquiry about land repairs, new leases.

5

494

FOX, EDWARD. December 3, 1816. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Draft of land given to Mr. [James] Gibson, letter to his son given to Mr. [Robert] Brooke.

5

495

[FOX, EDWARD]. January 1, 1817, January 1, 1818, January 1, 1819 [also partial copy, 1819]. Statements of the Funds of the Univ. of Pa. 

Description

Addenda stating books are balanced, signed by George Fox and James Gibson, 1817 and 1818.

5

496

FOX, EDWARD. April 4, 1817. The Committee on the Perkasie Estate. ADS. 

Description

Balances due from the Perkasie Tenants, March 25, 1817. Deductions for building repairs suggested.

5

497

FOX, EDWARD. April 12, 1817. William Rawle, for the Committee on the Perkasie Estate. ALS. 

Description

Financial arrangements following the sale of Perkasie Manor.

5

498

FOX, EDWARD. June 3, 1817, June 17, 1817. William Rawle. PDS. [2] 

Description

Identical formal requests for attendance at Trustees’ meeting in which resolutions establishing a Botanical Garden are to be considered.

5

499

FOX, EDWARD. July 1, 1817. William Rawle. PDS. 

Description

Request to attend a stated meeting of the Trustees; agenda included. Noted in margin are the results of the election of a Grammar School Master, nominations for a new Trustee, and the purchase of property for a Botanic Garden.

5

500

[FOX, EDWARD 1. 1817. Memorandum. 

Description

Financial statement, balance due from the Estate of Philip Timmons [?] to the Univ.

5

501

FOX, EDWARD. January 10, 1818. Nicholas Biddle. ALS. 

Description

Notification of his election to the Board of Trustees.

5

502

[FOX, EDWARD]. [ca. April 1818]. AD 

Description

Financial account for the Botanical Garden, July 1817-April 1818.

5

503

FOX, EDWARD. August 19, 1818. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Extracts from Trustees’ Minutes of 1813 regarding the organization of the Medical School.

5

504

FOX, EDWARD. January 1, 1819 and January 1, 1820. ADS. [2] 

Description

“Abstract of the state of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.” Real and personal estate.

5

505

FOX, EDWARD. April 7, 1819. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Asks to be informed when list of graduates is complete.

5

506

FOX, Edward. April 12, 1819, Phila. John R[edman] Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Requests a list of students according to geographical distribution.

5

506a

FOX, EDWARD. January 18, 1820. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Joseph Barnes has requested the release of Perkasie property to Conrad Carpenter and Caspar Heft be executed. Refers matter to Rawle for approval.

5

507

[FOX, EDWARD]. July 4, 1820. Paul Beck, Jr. ALS. 

Description

No such rule governing the awarding of the Latin Salutatory Oration as Beck presumes.

5

508

FOX, Edward. December 27, 1820, Phila. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Requests payment of $2250.

5

508a

FOX, EDWARD. 1820’s [?]. AD. 

Description

“Schedule of University Estate.” Property holdings.

5

509

[FOX, EDWARD]. n.d. AD. 

Description

Notation relating to the repayment of a loan of $10,004.57 with interest.

5

510

[FOX, EDWARD]. n.d. Memorandum. 

Description

Descriptions of three parcels of land.

5

511

FOX, JOHN. February 1, 1814, Phila. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Evidence of coal being burned by tenants.

5

512

FOX, JOHN. July 31, 1815, Doylestown, Pa. ALS. 

Description

“Perkasie, Report of the state of the land, tenants andc.” An account giving a detailed description of each property and its improvements and buildings in the Perkasie Manor lands. Has a reference to the poor inhabitants of that area being called the “Bla

5

512a

FOX, JOHN. March 9, 1817, Doylestown, Pa. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Jacob Benner claim regarding the appraisement of a house and barn; legal problems related to Perkasie Manor leases.

5

513

FOX, JOHN. July 1, 1817, Doylestown, Pa. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

An account of the probable expenses of obtaining possession of the Perkasie land.

5

514

FOX, JOHN. August 27, 1817, Doylestown, Pa. William Rawle, Chairman, Perkasie Committee. ALS. 

Description

Statements of settlements made with several Tenants on Perkasie Manor, 10 July 1817. All settlements pending, except with Henry Rosenberger.

5

515

FOX, JOHN. September 27, 1817. AD. 

Description

Report of allowances made to Perkasie tenants for property improvements.

6

516

FOX, JOHN. November 24, 1817, Doylestown, [Pa.]. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Financial standing of Abraham Winholt and Philip Teis, purchasers of farms at Perkasie from Joseph Barnes.

6

517

FOX, JOHN. November 28, 1817, Doylestown, [Pa.]. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Allowances previously made to tenants.

6

518

FOX, JOHN. November 29, 1817, Doylestown, [Pa.]. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Details of a sale of Perkasie Manor farms by Joseph Barnes.

6

519

FOX, JOHN. April 6, 1818, Phila. ALS. 

Description

Henry Rosenberger’s account for buildings and repairs on his farm at Perkasie Manor.

6

520

FRANCIS, J[OHN] W[AKEFIELD]. April 18, 1819, N.Y. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Inquiry about fees for matriculation, Midwifery, graduation, and their distribution to faculty.

6

521

FRANCIS, TENCH and ANNE his wife; and THOMAS WILLING and ANN his wife. October 21, 1765. Joseph George. DS. 

Description

Indenture selling land in Blockley Township for £135. Witnessed by Samuel Hudson and Tench Tilghman.

6

522

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. July 7, 1765, London. David Hall, Printer, Phila. ALS. 

Description

Introducing John Martin, a compositor, “a sensible young Man,” who is emigrating to America and asks Hall to try to secure employment for him. Writing fully on other affairs in another.

6

523

[FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, unsigned]. [ca. 1765]. AN. 

Description

Order for books on London [for the Library Company of Phila.], fragment.

6

524

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN [as Minister to France]. May 24, 1783, Passy, France. PDS. 

Description

Passport printed by Benjamin Franklin’s private press to Passy. Signed by Benjamin Franklin and William Temple Franklin, secretary. Issued to Messrs. Morgan, Harris, Carter, and Collins, sailors going to Nantes via Orleans.

OS 18

525

FRENCH, GEORGE. April 18, 1817, Fredericksburg [Md.?, Va.?]. General [Samuel?] Hopkins. ALS. 

Description

Letter of introduction for Dr. Benjamin H. Hall.

6

526

FRENCH, GEORGE. April 18, 1817, Fredericksburg. General James Taylor. ALS. 

Description

Letter of introduction for Dr. Benjamin H. Hall.

6

527

FRY, WILLIAM. March 2, 1819, Phila. Dean of the [Medical] Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for printing nine “packs” of matriculation cards and 25 lecture advertisements.

6

528

FRY, WILLIAM. September 15, 1819. Dean of the [Medical] Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for printing twenty-four copies of a lecture advertisement, and 400 matriculation cards.

6

529

FRY, WILLIAM. August 2-October 12, 1820. Medical Faculty. DS. 

Description

Bill for advertising medical lectures and for printing matriculation cards. Endorsed as paid by Matthias Fithian for William Fry.

6

530

FULLER, DANIEL. November 11, 1811, Phila. Committee on the English Department [George Clymer, Benjamin Chew, and Benjamin W. Morgan (sic) Benjamin Rawle Morgan]. ALS. 

Description

Resignation as Principal of the English Department due, in part, to the feelings of William Rogers.

6

531

GALES and SEATON. August 26, 1817. Univ. DS. 

Description

Bill for advertising lectures to commence in November. Endorsed as paid by William Colman, attorney for Gales and Seaton, 1818.

6

532

GALES and SEATON. September 22, 1818. Univ. DS. 

Description

Bill for advertising lectures to commence in November. Endorsed as paid January 30, 1819.

6

533

GALES and SEATON. September 15, 1819. Univ. [Medical Faculty]. DS. 

Description

Bill for advertising the lectures to commence in November.

6

534

GAMBLE, ARCHIBALD. 1781. Receipt signed. 

6

534a

GERARD, ALEXANDER. August 28, 1755, [Aberdeen, Scotland].
Plan of Education in the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, With the Reasons for It. [Aberdeen: Printed by James Chalmers, 1755]. 

Description

Copy of the publication used by William Smith in drawing up his plan for the Univ.

6

535

GETTY, ROBERT. November 4, 1799. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requests payment of his salary in arrears.

6

536

GEYER, ANDREW. March 26, 1819, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

As President of the Moravian Society of Phila., requests use of the Academy for the Moravian Society while their new church building is under construction.

6

537

GIBSON, ARCHIBALD. June 16, 1775, Dantzig. Sir Alexander Dick. ALS. 

Description

His receipt of Sir Alexander’s rhubarb seeds, medal of the Society of Arts [London] awarded Sir Alexander for best British rhubarb; ruin of the city of Dantzig.

6

538

[GIBSON, JAMES]. March 9, 1816, Phila. Letter. 

Description

Copy of a letter [from Trustees to John Penn] asking for release to sell Perkasie property.

6

539

GIBSON, JAMES. April 28, 1817. William Rawle. ADS. 

Description

Arrangements for a meeting with Joseph Barnes about the Perkasie Manor sale.

6

540

GIBSON, JAMES. May 10, 1817. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Investment of funds from the Perkasie sale.

6

541

GIBSON, JAMES. May 13, 1817. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Suggests that Strickland specify details of timber to be used, utilize materials from the present building where possible.

6

542

GIBSON, JAMES. May 17, 1817. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Legal opinion on land titles, probably in reference to Joseph Barnes’ letter.

6

543

GIBSON, JAMES and WILLIAM RAWLE. March 9, 1816, Phila. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Sketch of letter [to John Penn] asking for release to sell Perkasie property. Addenda from Gibson and Rawle.

6

544

GIBSON, WILLIAM. September 8, 1819. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Accepting his appointment as Professor of Surgery.

6

545

GILPIN, HENRY DILWORTH. [1820]. Joseph Ball. PDS. 

Description

Invitation to Annual Exhibition of Oratory.

6

546

GRAHAM, JAMES and ROBERT PATTERSON. October 1, 1790, April 1, 1793, Phila. Samuel Meredith. PDS. 

Description

Tuition receipts for Thomas Meredith.

6

547

GREENE, GEORGE. December 2, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting use of the Hall of the Univ. for a public lecture on the solar system.

6

548

HAGNER, GEORGE FREDERIC. 1808. AD 

Description

Moral science. Delivered at Univ. Commencement.

6

549

HAGNER, GEORGE FREDERIC. May 19, 1818, Vienna. His Majesty the King of Bavaria. ALS. 

Description

Application for a patent for making white lead by a new process.

6

550

HALE, THOMAS. March 12, 1818, Phila. Thomas Bradford, Jr., President of the Charity School Society. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Charity School Society.

6

551

HALFPENNY, ROBERT. January 21, 1817. Faculty. DS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for lights.

6

552

HALL, JOHN. December 24, 1814, Phila. Committee on the Perkasie Manor [William Rawle and George Fox]. ALS. 

Description

Took general view of Perkasie property, served notices to some of the tenants. Estate in poor condition. Will complete survey, service of notices when weather improves.

6

553

HALL, JOHN E[lihu]. May 3, 1800, Washington Hall. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

As Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements of the Washington Society, requests the use of College Hall on July Fourth for an oration to be delivered before the Washington Society.

6

554

HALL, MATTHEW. June 14, 1794, Phila. John Ewing. ADS. 

Description

Bill for repairing the bells and a door. Endorsed as paid in John Ewing’s handwriting.

6

555

HAMILTON, JAMES, Lt. Governor. February 19, 1761, Phila. PDS. 

Description

Patent of 200 acres of land in Alsace Township, Berks County, to Frederick Goodhart, yeoman. Fragment of pendant wax provincial seal. Signature of Charles Brockden, recorder. “Governors of Pennsylvania Autograph Collection.”

6

555a

HARE, C[HARLES] W[ILLING]. July 26, 1813, Phila. William Rawle and Benjamin Rawle Morgan. ALS. 

Description

Offer to purchase the “Academy land” [Perkasie Manor] in Bucks County.

6

556

HARE, CHARLES WILLING. March 29, 1817, Phila. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Declines to make an offer to purchase Perkasie Manor.

6

557

HARE, ROBERT. [ca. 1812]. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Relinquishing his position on the Medical Faculty.

6

558

HARE, ROBERT. September 3, 1818. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Accepting his appointment as Professor of Chemistry in the Medical Department.

6

559

HARPER, THOMAS. September 7-16, 1818. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for bricks.

6

560

HARTSHORNE, JOSEPH, M.D. March 7, 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chair of Materia Medica should it be vacated by Dr. [Caspar] Wistar.

6

561

HARVEY, ST. JOHN. August 7, 1790, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for a teaching position in the Free School, enclosing recommendations.

6

562

HASKINS, THOMAS and ELIZABETH CALEB, and LYDIA NORTH, SARAH ALLIBONE, FRANCENIA BUDD, WILLIAM ALLIBONE, JR. and SARAH ALLIBONE, THOMAS ALLIBONE. October 6, 1810, Phila. John C. Lowber. DS. 

Description

Indenture for property on west side of Fourth between High and Mulberry Streets for $5,000. (Methodist Episcopal Union Society property). Witnessed by Jacob Baker and Sam H. Jacobs.

6

562a

HAYDON, WILLIAM. November 3, 1817. Nathaniel Chapman. DS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for chairs. Signed by Philip Eberle.

6

563

HAZARD, SAMUEL and CATHARINE his wife. January 5, 1750, Phila. James Logan and other Trustees of the Academy. DS. 

Description

Indenture for land west of Fourth between High and Chestnut Streets for £11 currency and £5/195 annual ground rent to Jonathan Price and wife. Witnessed by Tench Francis, Jr. and Jonathan Reily.

6

564

HAZARD, SAMUEL. January 5, 1750, Phila. James Logan and other Trustees of the Academy. DS. 

Description

Indenture for land, dwelling house, and stable adjoining Trustees’ other land in Fourth Street for £280 currency and £6 annual ground rent to Jonathan Price and wife. Witnessed by Tench Francis, Jr. and Jonathan Reily.

6

565

HELMUTH, [JUSTUS] HENRY [CHRISTIAN]. December 4, 1791. William White. ALS. 

Description

His proposal for turning the German School into a German-language academy, with plans for curriculum, examinations, faculty, buildings, etc.

6

566

HENCKLE, HENRY and JOSEPH. October 16, 1792. Dr. Caspar Wistar. ADS. 

Description

Receipted bill for lime delivered to a plasterer at the Anatomical Hall. Signed by Joseph Henckle; endorsed by Adam Seybert.

6

567

HERD, GEORGE. November 4, 1819, Catharine Street. [Medical Faculty]. ADS. 

Description

Bill signed as receipt for wood and hauling.

6

568

HEWSON, THOMAS T[ICKELL]. June 30, 1809. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

The qualification of John Redman Coxe to teach Pharmacy and Chemistry.

6

569

HEWSON, THOMAS TICKELL. April 6, 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chair of Anatomy, left vacant by the death of Dr. [Caspar] Wistar.

6

570

HEWSON, THOMAS TICKELL. April 6, 1819. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chair of Anatomy, now vacant.

6

571

HEWSON, THOMAS TICKELL. September 7, 1819. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

His joint application with Joseph Hartshorne for Professorship of Surgery.

6

572

HILL, HENRY. September 24, 1791. ADS. 

Description

Account of the estate of Jonathan Price with the College, Academy, and Charitable School, 1774-1791.

6

573

HILL, WHITMEL. November 21, 1778. Richard Caswell. ALS. 

Description

Cannot return militiamen from Martin County as they have been drafted by General Jones; asks volunteers bounty for them.

6

573a

HOLLINGS, P. [1815?]. Dr. [John Redman] Coxe. ALS. 

Description

A student of Dr. Gibson will take charge of the diplomas.

6

574

HOPKINSON, FRANCIS. September 29, 1780. PDS. 

Description

Promissory Note No. 1346 for interest due on French loan, payable to Charles Chauncy. Witnessed by Nath. Appleton of Continental Loan Office, Massachusetts Bay. Endorsed verso to Nathaniel Carter, Jr., and by him to John Hodshon.

6

575

HOLLINSHEAD, W.(?). November 30, 1810, Charleston, S.C. Provost John McDowell. 

Description

Writes for trustees of Charleston College, about which some details are given, asking McDowell to recommend a candidate for Principal.

6

575a

HOPKINSON, FRANCIS. March 9, 1781. PDS. 

Description

Promissory Note No. 2621 for interest due on French loan, payable to Capt. Thomas Thompson. Witnessed by Nich[olas] Gilman of Continental Loan office, New Hampshire. Endorsed verso to Jona[than] Williams, Jr., merchant at Nantes.

6

576

HOPKINSON, FRANCIS. Same as foregoing, Promissory Note No. 2622. 

6

577

HOPKINSON, FRANCIS. n.d. Edward Burd. ANS. 

6

577a

HOPKINSON, JOSEPH. March 23, 1819, Phila. John Sergeant. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Board of Trustees.

6

578

HOPKINSON, JOSEPH and GEORGE FOX. n.d 

Description

DS.

6

578a

HORNER, WILLIAM EDMONDS. June 23, 1818, Phila. James Gibson. ALS. 

Description

Disposition and care of the Anatomical Museum.

6

579

HORNER, WILLIAM EDMONDS. August 1, 1818, Phila. Robert M[askell] Patterson Letter. 

Description

Recommends Patterson as the unanimous choice of the Medical Class as a successor to the Chair in Chemistry.

6

580

HORNER, WILLIAM EDMONDS. October 26, 1818. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for having the medical apartments and anatomical lecture rooms whitewashed. Endorsed as received from Dr. [John Redman] Coxe.

6

581

HORNER, WILLIAM EDMONDS. May 6, 1819, Phila. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Applying for the anatomical chair.

6

582

HORNER, WILLIAM EDMONDS. August 13, 1819. John Strickland, Sr. Memorandum. 

Description

Receipt of payment for repair of shutters and door.

6

583

HORNER, William Edmonds. 1819-1853, Phila. Notebook. 

Description

Schedules of anatomy lectures of Dr. Philip Syng Physick (1819-1830?) and of author (1822-1853).

6

583a

HORNER, WILLIAM EDMONDS. March 7, 1820. William Tilghman. ALS. 

Description

Offering to exhibit the Anatomical Museum to the Trustees.

6

584

HORNER, WILLIAM EDMONDS. March 7, 1820, Phila. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Writing in behalf of Dr. [Philip Syng] Physick, to recover sum spent on a stove for the Anatomical Museum the past winter.

6

585

[HORNER, WILLIAM EDMONDS]. October 3, 1820. Edward Fox, Secretary of the Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Presenting a preparation of the viscera of the thorax and abdomen in a faetus for the Trustees’ session room as thanks for funding the Museum.

6

586

HORNER, WILLIAM EDMONDS. December 6, 1820. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Acceptance of the post of Adjunct Professor of Anatomy.

6

587

HOSACK, D[AVID]. November 14, 1815, N.Y. Nathaniel Chapman. ALS. 

Description

Diagnosis of the condition of Dr. [William Paul Crillon?] Barton.

6

588

HOSACK, DAVID. November 17, 1815, N.Y. Nathaniel Chapman. ALS. 

Description

Dr. [William Paul Crillon?] Barton’s improved health.

6

589

HOSACK, DAVID. October 20, 1816, N.Y. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Inquiry concerning the new faculty of physics and natural history; praise for the addition of Dr. [Charles] Caldwell to the Faculty; state of their Botanic Garden.

6

590

HOSACK, DAVID. August 19, 1818, N.Y. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Professorships of Chemistry in N.Y. Qualifications, the necessity of holding a medical degree, etc.

6

591

HOSACK, DAVID. February 8, 1819, N.Y. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Inquiring about the possibility of teaching the Theory and Practice of Physick at Pennsylvania, partially in order to complete a book of the
Practice of Physick adapted to the American climate. Letter is marked “private.”

6

592

HOSACK, DAVID. April 12, 1819. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Statement that Mordecai C. Booth has not been examined in N.Y.

6

593

HOSACK, DAVID. April 14, 1819, N.Y. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Declines to be considered for the Anatomical Chair in behalf of Nathaniel Chapman, but would accept the Professorship in the Theory and Practice [of Physick], if Chapman were elected.

6

594

HOWELL, BENJAMIN B. June 25, 1817. Thomas Bradford, President of the Charity School Association. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Society for the Establishment and support of Charity Schools in the City of Phila.

6

595

HUNTER, JAMES. July 12, 1764, Chester County, Pa. Trustees of the College, Academy, and Charitable School. DS. 

Description

Deed for 492 acres in Whiteland for £1200 currency now and £600 currency with interest on July 12, 1765. Witnessed by James Bennett and Isaac Voto.

OS 17

596

INGALLS, WILLIAM. March 4, 1819, Boston, [Mass.]. Edward Fox, Secretary of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Offering himself as a candidate for the Medical Chair vacated at the death of Dr. [John Syng] Dorsey.

6

597

INGERSOLL, JARED. September 23, 1802, Phila. E. W. Hall. ALS. 

Description

Advises lawyer recipient of inability to prosecute Supreme Court case of William Cummins vs. John Coyle owing to prevalent sickness in city.

6

597a

INGERSOLL, JARED. May 7, 1805. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for a four-month extension on the discharge of interest upon a mortgage.

6

598

INGERSOLL, JARED. September 5, 1812. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Summons for deeds before arbitrators and in court in the case of the Commonwealth vs. the Trustees of the Univ.

6

599

INGERSOLL, JARED. September 8, 1812, Phila. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the original mortgage given by the Trustees of the Univ. to the Commonwealth.

6

600

INGERSOLL, JARED. October 3, 1812, Phila. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Summons requiring the letters of George Bryan to be presented at the next meeting of the arbitrators in the case of the Commonwealth vs. the Trustees of the Univ.

7

601

INGERSOLL, JARED and EDWARD FOX. September 9, 1812, Phila. Messrs. Sansom, Smith, and Lewis. ALS. 

Description

Notification of the postponement of arbitration hearings, due to several of the arbitrators being out of town.

7

602

INGERSOLL, JARED and MOSES LEVY. April 6, 1812. ADS. 

Description

Agreement that the arbitrators adjourn to such day as they may think most convenient in the case of the Commonwealth vs. the Trustees of the Univ. With a note to [Edward] Fox requesting adjournment in consequence of the indisposition of one of the arbitra

7

603

IRVINE, WILLIAM. January 1, 1790, Phila. The Revd. Doctor [John] Andrews. PDS. 

Description

Bill for tuition of Anthony Raybaud, pupil in Academy.

7

603a

IRVINE, WILLIAM. April 1, 1790, Phila. Mr. [Etienne] Dutihl (sic Dutilh). 

Description

Bill for tuition of Anthony Raybaud, pupil in Academy.

7

603b

IRWIN, GEORGE. June 27, 1820. Memorandum. 

Description

Financial note.

7

604

IRWIN, JOHN H. March 16, 1819, Phila. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Unable to discharge debt to Coxe covering matriculation fee.

7

605

JACKSON, DAVID. April 12, 1796. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Added compensation for Silas Engles, carpenter. Includes account of construction expenses.

7

606

JAMES, THOMAS CHALKLEY. March 31, 1806, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the post of adjunct Professor of Midwifery.

7

607

JAMES, THOMAS CHALKLEY. December 5, 1815, Phila. Trustees Letter. 

Description

As Dean of the Medical Faculty, Dr. [Benjamin Smith] Barton’s course on the Practise of Physick; alterations to the lecture room.

7

608

JAMES, THOMAS CHALKLEY. December 13, 1815. Phila. Joseph Borden McKean, Chairman of the Trustees’ Committee. ALS. 

Description

Writes for the Medical Faculty on the distribution of Benjamin Smith Barton’s courses during his absence. Includes a copy of a letter from Barton and a list of substituting professors’ lecture topics.

7

609

JAMES, THOMAS CHALKLEY. April 2, 1816, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

As Dean of the Medical Faculty, announces candidates for Medical degrees and the Commencement date.

7

610

JANNEY, BENJAMIN S. and THEODORE BENSON. October 26, 1812. Medical Faculty. ALS. 

Description

Request alteration of Hospital residence rule or release from new attendance resolution.

7

611

JEFFERSON, THOMAS. October 13, 1808, Washington. Benjamin Rush. ALS. 

Description

Letter of introduction for his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, upon his arrival in Phila. to attend medical classes. Peale’s museum, Hamilton’s garden, and the anatomical preparations and dissections [of the Univ.] are advantages “not to be had else

7

612

JOHNSTON, JOHN. December 1, 1792, Phila. Caspar Wistar. ADS. 

Description

Receipted bill for plastering and measuring done in the second story stairwell of the “Doctors Lect[u]ring House,” signed by Robert Taylor.

7

613

JONES, BENJAMIN. May 30, 1794, Laurel Hill, Fayette County, Pa. William Rogers. ALS. 

Description

Erection of blast furnace, arrival of
William Penn and other vessels in Phila. (inquires for news). Discusses possibility of another war.

7

614

JONES, CLARK and CRESSON. November 13, 1792. Caspar Wistar. ADS. 

Description

Receipted bill for lumber for the Anatomical Hall. Endorsed by Samuel Briggs.

7

615

JONES, EDWARD. April 30, 1795. Mrs. William Rogers. Memorandum. 

Description

Receipted bill for paper hanging.

7

616

JONES, THOMAS P. March 22, 1816, Williamsburg, Va. Col. Thomas Cadwalader. ALS. 

Description

Testimonial for Robert Hare.

7

617

JONES, THOMAS P. [August 3, 1818], [Phila.]. ALS. 

Description

Recommends Robert Patterson as the best lecturer on the Physical Sciences that he has ever had.

7

618

KANE, J[OHN] K[INTZING]. April 12, 1812. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Apology for delay in sending bills.

7

619

KANE, JOHN KINTZING. February 6, 1819. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Desirous of communicating a proposal of W[illiam] Strickland.

7

620

KANE, JOHN KINTZING. [1819]. ALS. 

Description

Adjustment of claim made by W[illiam] Strickland.

7

621

KEATING, JOHN. January 14, n.y. (1813?), Phila. Edward Burd. ALS. 

Description

Members of Legislature, in Phila., will accompany writer and recipient to Univ.

7

621a

KEEGAN, THOMAS G. October 6, 1812, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton. ALS. 

Description

Reports on conduct and low esteem of David B. Lynds who attended Univ. medical session 1810-1811 but whose diploma is fraudulently obtained.

7

621b

KEEGAN, THOMAS. October 6, 1812, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dr. Benjamin Rush. ALS. 

Description

Reports rumor that Univ. sells medical diplomas, arising from possession by the unscrupulous David B. Lynds of such a diploma.

7

621c

KEEN, MATHIAS and MARY his wife. December 4, 1746, Phila. Samuel Hazard. DS. 

Description

Indenture for property west of Fourth between High and Mulberry Streets. Witnessed by John Reynolds and Richard Floid.

7

622

KELSEY, ANN. September 6, 1819, Phila. Medical Faculty. DS. 

Description

Bill for cleaning rooms and passages. Endorsed as paid, Ann Kelsey, her mark, October 6, 1819.

7

623

KENNEDY, Robert. February 28, 1785, Montgomery County, Pa. Trustees. PDS. 

Description

Indenture for lot in Norristown. Signed by George Bryan. Deed not recorded.

OS 1

623a

KENNEDY, ROBERT and GEORGE INGELS. December 3 and 4, 1819, Kensington, [Phila.]. ADS. 

Description

Certify to the financial reliability of Conrad Carpenter and Caspar Heft.

7

624

KENWORTHY, JOHN. May 2-November 7, 1818. Medical Faculty. DS. 

Description

Bill for painting and glazing. Endorsed by J. K. Kuhl, attorney for Kenworthy, as paid.

7

625

KENWORTHY, JOHN. December 18, 1818-November 6, 1819, Phila. Medical Faculty. DS. 

Description

Bill for repairing lights.

7

626

KERN, JACOB. June 28, 1774. Patent for land sale Northumberland County 

Scope and Contents note

Patent for land sale in Northumberland County. Recorded in the Rolls Office of and for the Province of Pennsylvania in Patent Book AA vol 14 page 49

OS 19

626a

KERR, JOHN. July 26, 1798, Upper Darby, Pa. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for a teaching position in the Free School. Recommendations enclosed.

7

627

KERR, JOHN. July 27, 1798, Upper Darby, Pa. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for a teaching position in the Free School.

7

628

KERR, JOHN. August 7, 1798, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for a teaching position in the Free School, enclosing copies of recommendations held by Jonathan Bayard Smith, who is presently out of town.

7

629

KEYSER, JACOB. March 5, 1819, Phila. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for bluewashing and plastering in 1817.

7

630

KEYSER, JACOB. July 22, 1819, Phila. Dr. J[ohn Redman] Coxe, Dean of the Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for plastering in the cellar dissecting room. Examined and signed by William Strickland.

7

631

KING, JOHN and JUDITH. December 6, 1798, Phila. Joseph Philip Musgrave. DS. 

Description

Deed for property at Fifth and Walnut Streets, bounded on the north by the Anatomical Hall. Grantee is to pay grantor’s debt on the property due to William McDonough. Witnessed by Mary Price and A. Musgrave, Jr. Released to Stephen Bourne, June 20, 179

OS 17

632

KINNERSLEY, EBENEZER. October 17, 1770. Receipt signed. 

7

632a

KUHN, ADAM and THOMAS PARKE. April 1, 1816, Phila. [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Testimonial for Dr. John Syng Dorsey.

7

633

LANE, SAMUEL M. Executor of the estate of William Oliphant. December 12, 1792. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Account of the Estate of William Oliphant with the College.

7

634

LANE, WILLIAM CARR. February 22, 1816, Univ. Thomas Chalkley James. ALS. 

Description

Wishes to know if he can expect M.D. degree on time having missed part of the fall term.

7

635

LATIMER, HENRY. March 24, 1801, Wilmington, Del. “Honble. Mr. Wells.” ALS. 

Description

Recommendation that recipient’s daughter board with Miss Hanson and attend school of Rev. Mr. Latta. On reverse a political diatribe against England in another hand.

7

635a

LATTA, JAMES. 1778, Phila. Manuscript sermon 

Description

Text on Jesus Christ the appointed Judge of the World; dangers of neglecting His offers of pardon and salvation.

7

636

LAWRENCE, CHRISTIAN. August 2, 1794, Phila. Mr. Vanderslice for John Ewing. ADS. 

Description

Bill for smithwork countersigned as receipt.

7

637

LEFOLLE, [blank]. December 6, 1808, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting use of the Academy hall in Fourth Street for a concert of vocal and instrumental music.

7

638

LEVY, MOSES. June 24, 1812, Chestnut Street, [Phila.]. ALS. 

Description

Sending a statement of the proposed discounts on the Univ.’s debt to the Commonwealth [prepared for the court suit brought by the Commonwealth].

7

639

LEVY, MOSES. May 24, 1813. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Recalculation of the amount due the Commonwealth by the Univ. [Edward Fox’s] higher estimate not be mentioned.

7

640

LEVY, MOSES. April 21, 1820, Hall of the Univ. Medical Faculty. ALS. 

Description

Requesting a meeting of the Medical Faculty with the Trustees’ committee on reestablishing the Univ. Professorship of Botany in the Medical Department.

7

641

LEWIS, ROBERT M. March 27, 1818. Thomas Bradford, President of the Charity School Association. ADS. 

Description

Resignation from the Phila. Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools.

7

642

LEWIS, WILLIAM. December 8, 1797. AD 

Description

Draft of a resolution to establish a Trustees’ committee on finances.

7

643

LEWIS, WILLIAM. February 20, 1800. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Deed from Perkasie Manor, a draft of the letter sent to John Penn, and Penn’s reply are enclosed.

7

644

LEWIS, WILLIAM. n.d. [1802?]. ADS. 

Description

Dissent from the proceedings of conferring the degree of Doctor of Medicine on [Henry?] Drake.

7

645

LIND, JAMES. September 22, 1763, Haslar Hospital (England?). 

Description

The plague in Constantinople. Staff and organization of his hospital.

7

646

LIVINGSTON, THOMAS. April 9, 1767, Aberdeen (Scotland). Sir Alexander Dick. ALS. 

Description

Treatment of dropsy with leek juice at the Aberdeen Infirmary.

7

647

LOGAN, JANES, GRIFFITH OWEN and THOMAS STORY. March 20, 1706, Phila. DS. 

Description

Patent of lot in Third Street, Phila., to Joshua Tittery, potter. Fragment of pendant wax provincial seal. Illegible signature of Deputy Recorder. “Governors of Pennsylvania Autograph Collection.”

7

647a

LLOYD, NICODEMUS. October 24, 1816, Phila. John Redman Coxe and Nathaniel Chapman. ADS. 

Description

Receipt for coal stove for laboratory authorized by Coxe and Chapman.

7

648

LORIMER, JAMES. December 26, 1780, Avenches, Switzerland (Lord Northampton’s estate). Sir Alexander Dick. ALS. 

Description

Government of Switzerland, King of Prussia’s appointment of a Neuchatel innkeeper as envoy to Constantinople, utility of Swiss stoves and delft-covered fourneaux, success of Sr. Alexander’s poems Proedium Rusticum and other writings.

7

649

LOWBER, JOHN C[OLE]. October 6, 1810, Phila. Jacob Baker, Thomas Haskins, Caleb North, Thomas Kelly, Joseph L. Inglis, Lambert Wilmer, John Brown, John Hewson. DS. 

Description

Deed of trust for property on west side of Fourth between High and Mulberry Streets to be used for a Methodist Episcopal Church. Witnessed by Sam H. Jacobs and Thomas Allibone.

7

649a

LOWNES, CALEB. August 7, 1798, Phila. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Letter of reference for St. John Hervey (sic).

7

650

LUDWICK, CHRISTOPHER. July 7, 1801 

Description

Extract from the will of Christopher Ludwick relating to the establishment of a Charity School. (Will proved June 22, 1801).

7

651

McALLISTER, JOHN. March 1, 1814. James Gibson. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of William Dick for the janitorship.

7

652

McCLELLAN, GEORGE. September 9, 1818, Phila. Medical Faculty. ALS. 

Description

Covering letter, memorial of the Medical students to the Faculty.

7

653

McCORKLE, WILLIAM. August 3, 1820. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for advertising lectures. Endorsed paid March 24, 1821.

7

654

McDONOGH, WILLIAM. March 3, 1798, Phila. John King. DS. 

Description

Memorandum of agreement in which part of a lot at Fifth and Walnut Streets to be leased by McDonogh from Joseph Ball is leased to King, on the condition that he build a three-story brick house on the premises. Witnessed by Stephen Bourne and Jones B. McC

7

655

McDONOGH, WILLIAM. March 3, 1798, Phila. John King. DS. 

Description

Memorandum of agreement in which part of a lot and a frame house is leased to King, on the condition that he build a three-story brick house on the premises. Witnessed by Stephen Bourne and Jones B. McCoy. Also a release to Stephen Bourne dated July 11,

7

656

McDONOGH, WILLIAM. March 3, 1798. Stephen Bourne. DS. 

Description

Memorandum of agreement in which part of a lot at Fifth and Walnut Streets to be leased by McDonogh from Joseph Ball is leased to Bourne, on the condition that he build a three-story brick house on the premises. Witnessed by John King and Jones B. McCoy.

7

657

McDONOGH, WILLIAM. December 6, 1798. Joseph P. Musgrave. PDS. 

Description

Bond and Judgment. Witnessed by Esther Musgrave and A. Musgrave, Jr. Transfer to Stephen Bourne dated June 20, 1799. Witnessed by James Riggi and A. Musgrave, Jr.

7

658

McDOWELL, JOHN. April 10, 1807. Memorandum. 

Description

List of Medical graduates.

7

659

McDOWELL, JOHN. June 1, 1807, Phila. Edward Burd. ALS. 

Description

Repair of Natural Philosophy apparatus.

7

660

McDOWELL, JOHN. June 2, 1807, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Senior class examination date.

7

661

McDOWELL, JOHN. July 7, 1807, Univ. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Commencement date; list of proposed degree recipients.

7

662

McDOWELL, JOHN. 1807. Memorandum. 

Description

List of degree recipients.

7

663

McDOWELL, JOHN. June 6, 1808, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Senior class examination date.

7

664

McDOWELL, JOHN. July 5, 1808, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Commencement date; recommendation of candidates for honorary Doctor of Divinity.

7

665

McDOWELL, JOHN. July 28, 1808. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

List of degree recipients.

7

666

McDOWELL, JOHN. July 10, 1809, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Need to replace electrical and pneumatical parts of the philosophical apparatus with new equipment from London.

7

667

McDOWELL, JOHN. November 7, 1809, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Supporting appointment of a writing master.

7

668

McDOWELL, JOHN. April 3, 1810, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Postponement of Commencement.

7

669

McDOWELL, JOHN. May 1, 1810, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Commencement date; list of degree recipients; intention to resign.

7

670

McDOWELL, JOHN. December 20, 1810, Mercersburgh, Pa. William Rogers. ALS. 

Description

Encourages Rogers to remain in Phila. despite differences with the Univ.; detained on journey to the mountains by fever.

7

671

McDOWELL, JOHN. April 19, 1813, Mercersburgh, Pa. William Tilghman. ALS. 

Description

Death of Dr. John Andrews. Agrees to fill vacancy as Provost. Concern over British occupation.

7

672

McDOWELL, JOHN. October 25, 1819, Chambersburgh, Pa. William Tilghman. ALS. 

Description

Planned visit to Phila., and possibly Annapolis to see Mr. Goldsborough. Includes “a copy of the lines” for the inspection of Mr. Tilghman and Mr. [James?] Ross.

7

673

McKEAN, JOSEPH BORDEN. December 7, 1815. Thomas Chalkley James. ALS. 

Description

Arrangements regarding Dr. [Benjamin Smith] Barton’s lectures; Medical Hall rent.

7

674

McKEAN, JOSEPH BORDEN. August 30, 1817, September 17, 1817 and October 2, 1817. Edward Fox. ADS [3]. 

Description

Pay orders to James Lyndall for carpenters’ work.

7

675

McKEAN, JOSEPH BORDEN. November 26, 1817. Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

Pay order to James Lyndall, $100, for carpenter’s work.

7

676

McKEAN, THOMAS. November 6, 1789. William Rawle. ALS. 

7

676a

McKEAN, THOMAS. August 23, 1790. ANS 

Description

As President of Trustees, reports 130 scholars in Univ. giving number in each class and in the three lower Schools.

7

677

McKEAN, THOMAS. September 20, 1778, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Charge to Grand Jury of Phila. (repeated for Chester County, September 15 (sic 25?), 1778 and for Bucks County, October 20, 1778). Gives a description or interpretation of “Rebellion” and justifies Declaration of Independence (of which he was a Signer).

7

677a

McKEAN, THOMAS. February 27, 1800, Lancaster, Pa. Thomas Fitzsimons or William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Unable to write to John Penn asking for release of Perkasie Manor because cannot locate letter stating new terms.

7

678

McKEAN, THOMAS, CHARLES PETTIT, and DAVID JACKSON. April 18, 1796. Edward Fox, Treasurer of the Univ. ADS. 

Description

Pay order for $6,000 on the delivery of a bond and mortgage executed by Jared Ingersoll.

7

679

McKINLEY, JOHN. January 6, 1817. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for an increase in salary as Master of the Charity School.

7

680

[MAGAW, SAMUEL]. September 24, 1771. AL. 

Description

Recipient has sent letter through [Rev.] Mr. [Robert] Blackwell congratulating Magaw on his marriage to Miss [Sarah] Ridgely. Magaw approves of young clergyman proposed for Mispillion and St. Paul’s in “lower part of this County;” mentions his time in En

7

680a

MAGAW, SAMUEL. April 6, 1791. Thomas McKean. ALS. 

Description

Univ. finances. Faculty support of new proposals.

7

681

MAGAW, SAMUEL. April 6, 1791. President of the Board of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requests approval of repairs for his house. States preference for old arrangement of the schools’ government.

7

682

MAGAW, SAMUEL. September 27, 1796, Phila. ADS. 

Description

As rector of St. Paul’s Church, Phila., provides certificate of baptism by him in April 1785 of Robert Matthews. With it, a fragment of another document bearing signatures of Magaw and John Andrews.

7

682a

MAGAW, Samuel. April 16, 1792. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Asks if Trustees would consider his future reappointment.

7

682o

MAGAW, SAMUEL. March 3, 1801, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Settlement of his rent due the Univ.

7

683

MAGAW, SAMUEL. March 30, 1801. Robert Hare and Dr. D[avid] Jackson. ALS. 

Description

Claims of interest on his house in Race Street.

7

684

MAGOFFIN, GEORGE W. June 2, 1801. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Wishes to be granted the privilege of letting apartments in the old building.

7

685

MAGOFFIN, GEORGE W. January 4, 1803. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting permission to let the apartments allowed him by the Univ. to reputable non-Univ. persons.

7

686

[MAGUIRE, JAMES, prepared by]. October 21, 1813, Phila. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Brief of title for properties at 911-913-915 Chestnut Street, 1782 through 1801.

7

687

MANN, JAMES, Hospital Surgeon of the U.S.A. and Medical Director, Second Military Department. March 16, 1818, Boston, Mass. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Testimonial for Dr. William Ingalls of Boston for the chair left vacant at the death of Caspar Wistar.

7

688

MARKLEY, PHILIP I. June 14, 1815, Norristown, Pa. Benjamin Rawle Morgan. ALS. 

Description

Requesting Mr. [Edward] Fox to have deed prepared by the following week.

7

689

MARCHANT, HENRY. July 20, 1782, South Kingstown, R.I. Miss Sally Marchant. ALS. 

Description

Satisfaction with daughter’s scholastic attainments and advice for her. Messages to various friends and relations.

7

689a

MARKHAM, WILLIAM, ROBERT TURNER, JOHN GOODSONN and SAMUEL CARPENTER. July 12, 1690, Phila. DS. 

Description

Patent of four acres of land in Phila. County to William Rowles, renter. Pendant paper proprietary seal. “Governors of Pennsylvania Autograph Collection.”

7

689b

MARKLEY, PHILIP I. July 19, 1815, Norristown, Pa. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Will arrange to have deeds drawn for Norristown lots he is planning to purchase from the Trustees.

7

690

MARSHALL, JOHN. January 11, 1793. Caspar Wistar. 

Description

Receipted bill for nails and signed by Thomas Marshall for John Marshall.

8

691

[MATLACK, TIMOTHY]. March 11-17, 1785. 

Description

Account of monies received for lots in Norris.

8

692

MATLACK, TIMOTHY. March, 1785. 

Description

Inventory of lot sales, Norristown.

8

693

MEASE, JAMES. July 3, 1809. ADS. 

Description

Endorsing John Redman Coxe for the Chemical Chair.

8

694

MEASE, JAMES. July 14, 1813, Phila. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chair of Materia Medica.

8

695

MEASE, JAMES. January 2, 1816, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chair of Materia Medica.

8

696

MEASE, JAMES. January 6, 1816. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing the application of C[onstantine] S[amuel] Rafinesque for the Chair of Natural History and Botany.

8

697

MERCER, ROBERT. January 21, 1820. Medical Faculty. DS. 

Description

Bill for wood. Endorsed as receipt.

8

698

MEREDITH, WILLIAM MORRIS. July 2, 1810, Phila. Address. Valedictory oration on the choice between want of liberty and want of taste. Includes printed circular letter from Meredith as Secretary of the Treasury dated 1849 pasted in back cover and letter from Meredith to Thomas P. Treadwell, June 18, 1849. 

8

698e

MIFFLIN, THOMAS. November 6, 1788, Phila. PDS. 

Description

Commission of Frederick Phile as “Naval Officer.” Embossed paper seal of state. Charles Biddle, witness.

8

698a

MIFFLIN, THOMAS. March 31, 1791, Phila. John Nicholson. LS. 

Description

Governor of Pa. to Comptroller General requesting details of report on claims of commonwealth against the United States. “Governors of Pennsylvania Autograph Collection.”

8

698b

MIFFLIN, THOMAS. May 22, 1797, Phila. Cashier of Bank of Pa. ANS 

Description

As Governor, directs papers be sent him through Charles Biddle.

8

698c

MIFFLIN, THOMAS. July 15, 1799. PDS. 

8

698

MILES, RICH[ARD]. March 2, 1785, Radnor, Pa. Timothy Matlack. ALS. 

Description

He is to build the [Montgomery County] Courthouse and wants to reserve a lot in town of Norris on which to erect a small building for his workers.

8

699

MILES, RICHARD. December 3, 1794. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Payment for and resale of a lot in Norristown.

8

700

MILLER, THE REVEREND SAMUEL. August 11, 1790, Dover, Del. Richard Renshaw. Letter. 

Description

Renshaw’s planned visit to Delaware.

8

701

MILNOR, WILLIAM. June 17, 1818. Thomas Bradford, President of the Charity School Society. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Philadelphia Charity School Society on behalf of his uncle, the Reverend James Milnor.

8

702

MITCHELL, SAMUEL LATHAM. March 23, 1816, N.Y. Thomas Cadwalader. ALS. 

Description

Testimonial for Robert Hare.

8

703

MONROE, JAMES. June 12, 1815, Washington. George Frederick Hagner. PDS. 

Description

Passport issued and signed by James Monroe, Secretary of State. Extensively stamped.

8

704

MONTGOMERY, ANDREW. August 1, 1798, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for a teaching position in the Charity School.

8

705

MOODY, ROBERT. September 1, 1793. John Andrews. ADS. 

Description

Receipt for payment for 150 bricks and mortar for walling a cellar.

8

706

MOORE, JOHN. April 5, 1819, Phila. Joseph Borden McKean. ALS. 

Description

Testimonial for [Thomas T.] Hewson for the Anatomical Chair.

8

707

MOORE, JOHN, JOSEPH PARRISH, and JOSEPH HARTSHORNE. August 4, 1818, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Testimonial for Dr. Robert Maskell Patterson.

8

708

MOORE, WILLIAM. March 16, 1757. ANS. 

Description

Signed receipts for debts due by John Lawrence and James Day to estate of Robert Moore, deceased.

8

708a

MOORE, WILLIAM. July 9, 1776, Reading, Pa. John Mitchell, merchant. ALS. 

Description

Wishes to settle account with recipient whose answer is to be handed to John Mears. “Governors of Pennsylvania Autograph Collection.”

8

708b

MOORE, WILLIAM, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pa. December 15, 1781, Phila. Patrick Robertson. 

Description

Certificate of confiscated land transfer. Property formerly belonging to John Jolley, traitor. Ground rent conveyed to Trustees.

8

709

MOREL, J. A. April 21, 1814, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Certifies that François Varin was attached to his academy for five months as master of German, French, and Latin. [In French].

8

710

MORGAN, BENJAMIN RAWLE. May 16, 1815, Phila. Philip I. Markley. ALS. 

Description

Terms of sale for two lots in Norristown.

8

711

MORGAN, BENJAMIN RAWLE. May 25, 1815, Phila. Philip I. Markley. ALS. 

Description

Bargaining price for Norristown lots.

8

712

MORGAN, BENJAMIN RAWLE. May 29, 1815, Phila. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Mortgage and deed arrangements for lots to be purchased by Philip Markley in Norristown.

8

713

MORGAN, BENJAMIN RAWLE. March 30, 1818. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Agrees with Rawle’s report [unspecified]; returning the papers of Mrs. Witmer and Mr. Hazlehurst, together with those respecting Perkasie Manor.

8

714

MORGAN, JOHN. October 5, 1778, Phila. Major General Nathanael Greene. ALS. 

Description

Detailed review of his work as Director General of Hospitals and Physician in Chief to the Army, treatment by Washington and Congress, asks Greene’s support before Congressional committee.

OS 1

714a

MORGAN, JOHN. June 16, 1779, Phila. John Jay, President of Congress. ALS. 

Description

Acknowledges the resolution to Congress to restore his former “fair and unsullied” reputation. Charges William Shippen with malpractice and misconduct in office.

OS 17

715

MORGAN, JOHN. September 16, 1783, Phila. Edward Burd. ALS. 

Description

Describes his petition to Board of Property that officers of former Pennsylvania Line be given 50,000 acres and his efforts to obtain a full list; does not ask for accounting from recipient’s father.

8

715a

MORGAN, SAMUEL. April 16, 1792, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting provisional reappointment to his former position.

8

716

MORISON, SAMUEL. July 21, 1798, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application in the Free School to take the place of Mr. [James] Ramsey as a teacher.

8

717

MORLEY, THOMAS. May 9, 1795. John Andrews. ADS. 

Description

Receipt for payment for hanging wall paper with border, and for canvassing a partition.

8

718

MORRIS, ANTHONY. February 15, 1817, Florence, Italy. President of the Board of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Resignation as a Trustee, due to the uncertainty of his return to the United States.

8

719

MORRIS, ROBERT HUNTER, Lt. Governor. April 29, 1745. DS. 

Description

Affidavit sworn before Morris by Jacobus Joralemon in his suit against Hendrick Spier. “Governors of Pennsylvania Autograph Collection.”

8

719a

MORRIS, ROBERT. June 21, 1799. John Nicholson. ALS. 

8

719b

MOTT, VALENTINE. April 11, 1819, Phila. Mordecai C. Booth. 

Description

Certificate that Mordecai C. Booth was not examined at the Univ. of N.Y.

8

720

MOYLER, B[ENJAMIN] H[ENRY]. [ca. 1819-22]. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Indisposed; returns ticket but asks for extension of payment for financial reasons. [Granted].

8

721

MURRAY, LINDLEY. February 5, 1810, York, England. John D. Keese, druggist. ALS. 

Description

Packet letter extending sympathy to cousin from “my dear Hannah” and self for death of recipient’s father. Messages to various relations. A cut and mounted signature is attached.

8

721a

MURRAY, WILLIAM, JR. April 6, 1786. Provost and Faculty. ALS. 

Description

Apology for indiscreet conduct, request that his diploma be granted in spite of past behavior.

8

722

NEILSON, JOHN. September 22, 1786, New Brunswick, N.J. Rev. A. H. (Ashbel?) Green. ALS. 

Description

Arrangements for recipient to preach at New Brunswick in place of Mr. Montieth.

8

722a

NEILSON, JOHN. January 21, 1794, New Brunswick, N.J. Timothy Pickering. ALS. 

Description

Recommends Abraham Blauvelt, a printer, as postmaster at New Brunswick.

8

722b

NELSON, ROBERT. May 23, 1818, Williamsburg, Va. ADS. 

Description

Testimonial for Robert Hare.

8

723

NELSON, ROBERT. May 28, 1818, Williamsburg, Va. ADS. 

Description

Testimonial for Robert Hare, endorsed “Chancellor Nelson Professor of Law in the College of William and Mary.” Copy of last.

8

724

NICHOLSON, Mr. July 26, 1790, Phila. J[ohn] Andrews. 

Description

Receipt for boarding and lodging Master Budden.

8

725

NICHOLSON, JOHN P. April 2, [1818]. John Syng Dorsey. ALS. 

Description

Complaint against Dr. Dorsey’s criticism of his dissertation.

8

726

OGILVIE, JAMES. October 1, 1808, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting use of the college hall for discourses on speculative ethics and practical morality.

8

727

PAGE, ASAHEL C. [1818], Phila. Medical Faculty. Memorandum. 

Description

Eyewitness account of the affair between Ellis Lewis, James Dixon and James Ramsay.

8

727a

PACA, WILLIAM. n.d. Aquila Brown. ANS. 

8

727b

PANNO, F. D. August 16, 1817, Phila. William Rawle. DS. 

Description

Receipted bill for glazing and lights at the Botanic Garden.

8

728

PARKE, JOHN. February 16, 1778, Dover, Kent County, Del. ADS. 

Description

Will [evidently original second copy] bequeathing two-thirds of his estate to his nephew, Parke Shee, and one-third to his niece, Cecelia Shee, children of Bertles and Cecelia Parke Shee. Witnessed by Caesar Rodney, John Bell, and Archibald McSparren.

8

729

PARKE, THOMAS. June 15, 1809, Phila. Robert Hare, Jr. ALS. 

Description

Parke’s recollection of the opinion of the late Dr. James Woodhouse regarding Hare’s knowledge of Chemistry.

8

730

[PARKER, Dr. JACOB G., of NORTHAMPTON COURT HOUSE, VA.]. [December 26, 1818]. [James Webster]. 

Description

Extract from a letter testifying to Dr. G[eorge] Watson’s qualifications.

8

731

PATTERSON, JOHN. September 3, 1795, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Resignation as a tutor.

8

732

PATTERSON, JOHN. May 14, 1801, Norristown, Pa. William R. Atlee, agent of the Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request that Robert Hamill be substituted for him as the purchaser of a lot in Norristown.

8

733

PATTERSON, ROBERT. April 5, 1795. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the allowance of a house.

8

734

PATTERSON, ROBERT. March 1, 1796. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Renewed request for the allowance of a house in Race Street.

8

735

PATTERSON, ROBERT. February 1, 1799. Receipt signed. 

8

735a

PATTERSON, ROBERT. February 4, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

His difficulty in instructing both the Mathematical classes and Dr. John Ewing’s classes.

8

736

PATTERSON, ROBERT. April 1, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Suggesting additions to the new regulations: [1] an additional fee for students in the Mathematical School engaged in time-consuming subjects; [2] rotation of the upper classes of the Latin School with Mathematical classes despite the objections of the pr

8

737

PATTERSON, ROBERT. May 19, 1801. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Regarding committee report on the decline of the Seminary; claims charge against him of negligence toward scholars was harsh, unwarranted.

8

738

PATTERSON, ROBERT. November 6, 1801. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Asks to be allowed to move from his house in Race Street to the one vacated by Dr. John Andrews in the College Yard, on account of rheumatism.

8

739

PATTERSON, ROBERT. April, 1804. ADS. 

Description

“State of the Mathematical School”; class enrollment figures.

8

740

PATTERSON, ROBERT. January 7, 1806. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting reimbursement for payment made to a glass blower for repairs made to the philosophical apparatus. For receipt mentioned in letter see No. 245.

8

741

PATTERSON, Robert. October 1, 1806. Philip Hagner. PDS. 

Description

Tuition receipt for Hagner’s son George.

8

741a

PATTERSON, ROBERT. November 20, 1810, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Accepting the post of Professor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics.

8

742

PATTERSON, ROBERT. April 6, 1813, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Curriculum adjustments following the death of Provost [John Ewing]. Recommendation of the Reverend Nathaniel Bowen [Grace Church, N. Y.], the Reverend John Sylvester John Gardiner [Trinity Church, Boston], and the Reverend Frederick David Schaefer [the G

8

743

PATTERSON, ROBERT. June 30, 1813. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Report of a prank in which members of the Junior Class locked Dr. [John] McDowell’s classroom, forcing a holiday to be declared.

8

744

PATTERSON, ROBERT. August 9, 1813, Doylestown, Pa. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Letter of resignation.

8

745

PATTERSON, ROBERT. n.d. AD. 

Description

Objections of the Professor of Mathematics to the proposed Plan [of Instruction].

8

746

PATTERSON, ROBERT and JOSEPH CLOUD. June 15, 1809, Phila. [Trustees]. ALS. 

Description

Declaration of the qualification of Robert Hare, Jr., for the Professorship of Chemistry.

8

747

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. June 20, 1807, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting use of the hall in Fourth Street for an oration to be delivered by Benjamin Smith Barton before the Phila. Linnean Society.

8

748

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. August 20, 1810, Univ. ADS. 

Description

Resolutions of the Board of Trustees setting down conditions for Patterson’s use of the philosophical apparatus, use of the College Hall, and employment of an assistant for his course of lectures on Natural Philosophy.

8

749

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. September 7, 1813, Univ. James Gibson, Edward Burd, Philip Soule. ALS. 

Description

Request for a table and blackboard.

8

750

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. April 4, 1814, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Quarterly report adopted, as required by the Trustees’ statutes for the Faculty.

8

751

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. April 4, 1814. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The improved state of the College and Grammar School. Improved classroom discipline, increased attendance, and growing ambition of students due to measures lately adopted for the Faculty.

8

752

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. May 2, 1814. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Examinations for the College classes; medals for the Faculty.

8

753

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. October 4, 1814. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Quarterly report: recommended candidates for honorary degrees. By order of the Faculty.

8

754

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. December 6, 1814. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Examination dates for the classes. By order of the Faculty.

8

755

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. October 3, 1815. Univ. ADS. 

Description

Senior class examination dates. By order of the Faculty.

8

756

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. February 27, 1816. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing an unspecified draft.

8

757

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. April 16, 1816, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for the use of the philosophical apparatus, the hall adjoining the apparatus room, and the liberty to employ a tutor in order to deliver a public course in the evening.

8

758

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. June 29, 1816, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Laws concerning the duration of the College Session, terms, holidays, examinations, oratorical exhibitions, Commencement, and tuition fees for the Faculty.

8

759

PATTERSON, Robert Maskell. August 20, 1816. Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Quotes from Minutes of Trustees privileges granted him thereunder and expresses thanks.

8

759a

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. December 3, 1816, Univ., Collegiate Department. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Dates for Senior Class examinations and for the Collegiate and Medical Commencements for the Faculty.

8

760

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL, Faculty Secretary. [ca. 1816]. J. L’hulier. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for the performance of music at the Exhibition.

8

761

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. August 5, 1817, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

State of the institution.

8

762

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. August 4, 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Offers self as a candidate for the Professorship of Chemistry.

8

763

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. May 20, 1819, Phila. Right Reverend William White. ALS. 

Description

Professorships of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry.

8

764

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL, Vice Provost. September 5, 1820, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The Faculty’s conformity to the Plan of 1811; his reaction to the proposed plan of education and suggestions for changes; request for an assistant.

8

765

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL, Vice Provost. September 5, 1820, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Postponement of the start of the college session until the first Monday in October, in hopes that malignant fever will subside by then.

8

766

PATTISON, GRANVILLE SHARP. October 4, 1819, 154 Walnut Street. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting space to display his museum and to give popular lectures on anatomy. Offering the use of his specimens to the Medical Faculty for their lectures.

8

767

PAUL, JOHN R., Secretary of the Philomathean Society. November 2, 1819. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Informing them of their election as honorary members of the Philomathean Society.

8

768

PAUL, JOSEPH M. November 26, 1817. ADS. 

Description

The election of Henry Hollingsworth, George McLeod, William Patterson, William P. Paxson to Phila. Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools. Witness by Pearson Serrill.

8

769

PAXSON, ISRAEL. October 16, 1797. Caspar Wistar. ADS. 

Description

Receipted bill for 25/ from Robert Taylor for 15 bushels of hair. Signed by Robert Taylor upon receipt of 25/ from Dr. [Caspar] Wistar.

8

770

PEALE, CHARLES WILLSON. October 28, 1799, [Peale] Museum. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requests permission to deliver first lecture on Natural History at the Univ.

8

771

PEALE, CHARLES WILLSON. November 3, 1800, [Peale] Museum, [Phila.]. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of the Hall on November 8, for an Introductory Discourse on the Science of Nature, accompanied by music.

8

772

PENN, JOHN. December 29, 1781, Lansdown, [Philadelphia]. Dr. [Thomas] Parke. ALS. 

Description

Invitation to dinner; request that he also invite “Gallant Joe” Redman.

8

773

PENN, JOHN. July 9, 1791, London. William White, Bishop of Pa. ALS. 

Description

Willing to sign over grant of Perkasie Manor to Trustees, approves of Board offer to allow Penn to nominate two boys to be educated in the College. Suggests consultation with agents Butler and Physick.

8

774

PENN, JOHN. May 6, 1816, London. William Rawle, George Fox, James Gibson. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing a signed conveyance [granting permission for the sale of Perkasie Manor] and requesting an account of past and present transactions concerning it.

8

775

PENN, JOHN; JOHN PENN. April 21, 1788, Phila. Benjamin Chew. LS. 

Description

Two senders of same name request title papers to their Springetsbury Manor be delivered to Mr. Tilghman before they leave the country; Mr. Butler is their agent. “Governors of Pennsylvania Autograph Collection.”

8

775a

PENN, JOHN. November 16, 1777. Timothy Matlack. ALS. 

Description

Note: This is John Penn, Signer of the Declaration of Independence not our Trustee.

8

775b

PENN, JOHN, [I.] THOMAS, and RICHARD. January 30, 1734. Andrew Hamilton. DS. 

Description

Patent to Andrew Hamilton for 32 acres of land at present Delaware Avenue and Mifflin Streets, South Phila. Property sold by the Trustees in 1922.

9

776

PENN, THOMAS. July 21, 1759, Westminster, England. Trustees of the College, Academy and Charitable School. DS. 

Description

Indenture granting a fourth part of Perkasie Manor as an endowment to the school. Sold for one shilling with yearly rent of an ear of Indian corn. Trustees agree to provide expenses for two students nominated by Penn heirs. Witnessed by William Smith,

OS 17

777

PENN, WILLLAM [of Worminghurst, Sussex]. October 17, 1681, [England]. Mary Penington, spinster of Agmondisham, Bucks. DS. 

Description

Indenture for 1250 acres of land in the province of Pa. for five shillings, with yearly quitrent of one peppercorn. Witnessed by Harb[er]t Springett, Cha[rles] Coxe, and Mark Swanger.

OS1

778

PENN, WILLIAM. 4d. 6m. 1684. Patent for Philadlephia city lot. 

OS 22

778a

PENNSYLVANIA, Commonwealth of. March 19, 1807 

Description

Extract from Minutes (of the Legislature?) covering grant of $3,000 to University to establish a botanical garden.

9

778a

PERKINS, Dr. WILLLAM LEE. n.d. Address. 

Description

“De Morbo Influenzo dicto, nuper in Anglia grassante, quantum Regioduni, Thamesino,” medical address in Latin.

9

779

PETERS, Evan. November 5, 1817, Phila. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Bill for digging a sink at the Academy in Fourth Street. Endorsed as payable by James Gibson and Edward Burd to Edward Fox.

9

780

PETERS, RICHARD. August 9, 1790. “Mr. Latimer or Mr. Brewer.” ALS. 

Description

Progress of salvage cruise; custom house duties owed.

9

780a

PETERS, RICHARD. June 7, 1806. PDS. 

9

780b

PETERSON, Derick. October 13, 1792, Phila. Robert Taylor. 

Description

Receipted bill for 2000 plastering laths.

9

781

PETERSON, Derick. October 23, 1792. Robert Taylor. 

Description

Receipted bill for 1000 laths.

9

782

PETERSON, Derick. November 13, 1792. Robert Taylor. 

Description

Receipt of payment for 500 plastering laths.

9

783

PETTIT, CHARLES. December 26, 1793, Phila. David Rittenhouse. ALS. 

Description

Request for information on Dr. William Smith’s claim of having advanced money for the orrery.

9

784

PHILE, FREDERICK. October 30, 1788, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Certificate of entry and clearance of brigantine Two Sisters (Augustus Bernard Morris, master) from Ostend and North Carolina in year 1783.

9

784a

PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY (READ, GEORGE, JOHN N. CONYNGHAM, and WILLIAM H[YPOLITUS] KEATING). May 31, 1815, Philomathean Hall. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of rooms in the Univ. building.

9

785

PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY (GILPIN, HENRY DILWORTH, FREDERIC AUGUSTUS CONRAD MUHLENBERG, and GEORGE POTTS). [read July 7,] 1818. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting funds to sponsor an Exhibition.

9

786

PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY (READ, JOHN, JR. and JOHN CADWALADER). October 3, 1820, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting forty dollars for the Philomathean Society’s Exhibition.

9

787

PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY (READ, JOHN, JR., WILLIAM F. DUNCAN, and J. G. CLARKSON). [1820]. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Report $40.50 in expenses spent on the Philomathean Exhibition.

9

788

PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG. March 7, 1807, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Testimonial for John Perkins, a student of medicine and surgery under Dr. Physick.

9

788a

PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG. October 6, 1807, Phila. Trustees Letter. 

Description

Request that his nephew, Dr. John Syng Dorsey, be appointed to assist him on account of bad health and frequent indispositions.

9

789

PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG. April 1, 1816, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Testimonial for Dr. John Syng Dorsey for the Chair of Materia Medica.

9

790

PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG. November 7, 1819, Phila. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Willing to examine medical students in the spring.

9

791

PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG. November 6, 1820, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the appointment of an assistant or an adjunct professor in consideration of his continued ill health.

9

792

PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG, JOHN SYNG DORSEY, NATHANIEL CHAPMAN, JOHN REDMAN COXE, and THOMAS CHALKLEY JAMES. February 3, 1818. Chief Justice [William] Tilghman. ALS. 

Description

Presentation of Dr. [John Augustine] Smith to fill Chair vacated by Caspar Wistar.

9

793

PIERSON, C. E. n.d. [ca. 1812?]. Memorandum. 

Description

Wishes for decision on applicability in his case of rule that medical students must attend two complete courses of lectures to graduate.

9

794

PILE, HENRY. March 3, 1800, Rockhill [Bucks County, Pa.]. Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

Seeking to cover the entire plantation formerly rented by Peter Penner [Benner], in part now occupied by Abraham Winhold [at Perkasie].

9

795

PORTER, ANDREW. June 25, 1795, Montgomery County. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Wishes to purchase four lots in Norristown for £100.

9

796

PORTER, ANDREW. January 26, 1799, [Montgomery County, Pa.]. [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Resolutions urging the sale of lots in Norristown owned by the Univ for the Inhabitants of Norristown.

9

797

POULSON, Z[ACHARIAH]. October 29, 1818-April 14, 1819. John Redman Coxe. ADS. 

Description

Bill for advertising the medical lectures and medical commencement (in the
American Daily Advertiser).

9

798

POULSON, ZACHARIAH. November 1-3, 1819. Univ. [Medical Faculty]. ADS. 

Description

Bill for advertising lectures (in the
American Daily Advertiser).

9

799

POULSON, ZACHARIAH. November 1, 1820. DS. 

Description

Bill for advertising medical lectures and introductory lectures. Endorsed as receipt by Joseph Rittenhouse for Z. Poulson.

9

800

POYNTELL, WILLIAM. April 29, 1795. William Rogers. Memorandum. 

Description

Receipted bill for wall paper.

9

801

POYNTELL, WILLIAM. May 4, 1795. John Andrews. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for paper, borders, and a pattern for a fireplace.

9

802

POYNTELL, WILLIAM. April 1819. John Redman Coxe. ADS. 

Description

Receipt for advertising commencement in the
Pennsylvania Gazette of April 13, 1819. For S[amuel] Relf.

9

803

PRICE, JOHN M. June 4, 1819, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Certifies to the financial reliability of Conrad Carpenter and Casper Heft.

9

804

PRICE, JONATHAN. August 24, 1789. Henry Hill, Treasurer for the Trustees. DS. 

Description

Order for rent on College lots to be paid to Chandler Price.

9

805

PRICE, JONATHAN and MARY, his wife. September 29, 1742, Phila. Mathias Keen. DS. 

Description

Indenture for property west of Fourth between High and Mulberry Streets [the Academy site]. Witnessed by Charles Brockden and Paul Isaac Voto.

9

806

PRICE, JONATHAN. March 25, 1744, Phila. Samuel Hazard. DS. 

Description

Indenture for property west of Fourth between High and Mulberry Streets. Witnessed by William Russell and Stephen Woolley.

9

807

PRICE, JONATHAN. February 25, 1747/8, Phila. James Whitehead. DS. 

Description

Indenture for land south of Mulberry and west of Fourth Street for £60 currency. Witnessed by Valentine Standley and Jonathan Reily.

9

808

PRICE, JONATHAN. April 15, 1753, Phila. Francis Alison. DS. 

Description

Indenture for three lots at Fourth and Mulberry Streets for £37 annual ground rent. Witnessed by Josiah Jackson and William Boddington. Signed and sealed by Benjamin Franklin.

9

809

PRICE, JONATHAN. April 18, 1753, Phila. David James Dove. DS. 

Description

Indenture for two lots west of Fourth Street bounded by lands of Samuel Hazard and James Whitehead, for £10 annual ground rent. Witnessed by Jonathan Reily and Josiah Jackson. Signed and sealed by Benjamin Franklin.

9

810

PROVOST and FACULTY. June 7, 1790, Univ 

Description

His Excellency the President and the Supreme Executive Council of Pa. Invitation to attend public examination of candidates for degrees.

9

811

PUGH, JOHN. [November 2, 1818]. ADS. 

Description

Mortgages assigned by Joseph Barnes to the Trustees received by the Bucks County Recorder’s Office.

9

812

PUGH, JOHN. n.d. [1819]. Joseph Barnes. 

Description

Receipt for $16.75.

9

813

QUARLES, PRYOR. n.d. (ca. 1812). John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Wishes to be excepted from rule that medical students must attend two complete courses of lectures to graduate.

9

814

“R., J.” n.d. Memorandum. 

Description

List of professors under the age of 21 taken from the general biographical dictionary printed in 1784.

9

815

RAFINESQUE, C[ONSTANTINE] S[AMUEL]. January 1, 1816, Clermont (Seminary, Phila. ? or N.Y. ?). ALS. 

Description

Application for the Chair or Chairs of Botany and Natural History.

9

816

RAGLAND, JOHN C. December 5, 1812, Phila. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Wishes to be excepted from rule that medical students must attend two complete courses of lectures to graduate.

9

817

RAMSAY, James. [1818], Phila. Medical Faculty. Memorandum. 

Description

Participant’s report of his part in the fight between Ellis Lewis, James Dixon and him.

9

817a

RAWLE, WILLIAM. February 24, 1800. ADS. 

Description

An account of cash received for the sale of lots at Norristown and expenses discharged.

9

818

RAWLE, WILLIAM. August 4, (1801?). Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Letter for release of Perkasie property to be sent to the heirs of Thomas Penn. Directions for signature requested.

9

819

RAWLE, WILLIAM. November 14, 1801. Edward Fox. Memorandum. 

Description

Balances due on the Norristown lots as of October 1801.

9

820

RAWLE, WILLIAM. May 24, 1813. Moses Levy. ALS. 

Description

Considers it expedient to adopt the estimate [of the debt due the Commonwealth] of the Treasury. Endorsed by Moses Levy and Edward Burd.

9

821

RAWLE, WILLIAM. November 29, 1814. Mr. [John] Fox. ALS. 

Description

Committee has approved his plan for Perkasie Manor. Asks for recommendation of a person from outside of the Perkasie neighborhood to be employed to carry out the survey.

9

822

RAWLE, WILLIAM. December 8, 1814. John Hall (George Fox). ALS. 

Description

Instructions for the survey of Perkasie Manor. Approved by Fox.

9

823

[RAWLE, WILLIAM]. February 6, 1816. AD. 

Description

Resolution to establish a Faculty of physical science and rural economy with professorships of Botany, Zoology, Geology and Mineralogy, Comparative Anatomy and the veterinary art, and Agriculture and horticulture.

9

824

PHILE, FREDERICK. March 19, 1816. Benjamin Chew. ALS. 

Description

Explanation of report of his committee of the Trustees regarding proposed chairs of Botany, Geology and Mineralogy and Natural History in relation to new faculty of Natural Science.

9

824a

RAWLE, WILLIAM. September 27, 1816, Phila. ALS. 

Description

Retained as sample copy of the letter soliciting support for the Botanic Garden. Enclosed is a newspaper prospectus for the Garden signed by William Rawle, Benjamin Chew, Edward Burd, James Gibson, and Horace Binney.

9

825

RAWLE, WILLIAM. September 27, 1816, Phila. Judah Colt. ALS. 

Description

Copy of foregoing.

9

826

RAWLE, WILLIAM. March 25, 1817. ADS. 

Description

An account of conversations with Rosenberger, Newton and others regarding Perkasie lands.

9

827

RAWLE, WILLIAM by order of the Perkasie Committee. March 27, 1817. Joseph Barnes. William Hare. ALS. 

Description

A copy of two identical letters sent setting the minimum sale price for the Perkasie Manor at $60,000.

9

828

[RAWLE, WILLIAM]. March 29, 1817. John Fox. AL. 

Description

Notification of Joseph Barnes’ offer to purchase Perkasie Manor.

9

829

RAWLE, WILLIAM. April 2, 1819. Dr. David Hosack. ALS. 

Description

Asking if Hosack wishes to be nominated for the Anatomical Chair.

9

830

RAWLE, WILLIAM. May 7, 1817. Joseph D. Brown. ALS. 

Description

(Retained copy with note of verbal reply on back.) Delay of the completion of the sale of Perkasie Manor due to the lack of a Board quorum and the removal of grazing cattle and horses.

9

831

RAWLE, WILLIAM. May 17, 1817. George Fox. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the review of enclosed drafts.

9

832

RAWLE, WILLIAM. June 18, 1817. Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

Ordering payment to Alexander Wilson for work at Botanic Garden.

9

833

[RAWLE, WILLIAM]. (1817). Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution: Use of the University seal on releases of Perkasie farms purchased by Joseph Barnes.

9

834

RAWLE, WILLIAM. n.d. (ca. 1817). Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

Ordering payment to be made for the Botanic Garden.

9

835

RAWLE, WILLIAM. March 23, 1818. James Gibson. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing a copy of an (unspecified) report.

9

836

RAWLE, WILLIAM. October 3, 1818. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Encloses application of Henry Rosenberger to be presented to the Trustees.

9

837

RAWLE, WILLIAM. March 9, 1819. Medical Professors. ALS. 

Description

Series of questions regarding to Medical School and the possibility of alterations. Also copy of reply from John Redman Coxe, Dean.

9

838

RAWLE, WILLIAM. March 26, 1819. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Committee of Trustees requests an interview with the Medical Faculty.

9

839

[RAWLE, WILLIAM]. April 14, 1817. Joseph D. Brown. AD 

Description

Agreement of sale for 42 acres of land in Penn Township (for the Botanic Garden), evidently in hand of William Rawle.

9

840

RAWLE, WILLIAM. December 13, 1817. Rt. Rev. William White. ALS. 

Description

Absence in Lancaster will prevent his attendance at examination of Senior class.

9

840a

RAWLE, WILLIAM and JOSEPH BORDEN McKEAN. July 11, 1817. Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

Pay order to Seth Fox, William Ashmead, and Theophilus Parvin of the Philomathean Society.

9

841

REED, JOSEPH. (177-), Phila. 

Description

Dangers of country have called for departure from laws of Assembly; arrangements for recruiting militia in the city.

9

841a

REED, JOSEPH. February 12, 1772, Phila. ADS. 

Description

“Brief of Robert Rhea’s Titles” to land in East New Jersey, 1695-1761.

9

841b

REED, JOSEPH. August 31, 1780, Phila. James Parr. 

Description

As President, Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania; certificate of confiscated land transfer, property formerly belonging to John Jackson, traitor. Ground rent conveyed to Trustees.

9

842

REED, JOSEPH. June 28, 1781, Phila. Colonel George Ashman. LS. 

Description

President of Supreme Executive Council to Lieutenant of the County of Bedford. Expresses bewilderment of latter’s letter requesting money and supplies while announcing a move to Maryland. Discusses failure of paper money, frontier problems, condition of

9

842a

REED, JOSEPH. (1817). ADS. 

Description

Correction of errors in 1817 annual statement.

9

843

REED, COLONEL JOSEPH. April 1787, Brookfield, Mass. Major General Benjamin Lincoln. ALS. 

Description

Methods utilized to help achieve recipient’s project to quell present “tumults.”

9

843a

RELF, SAMUEL. August 1, 1820. John Redman Coxe. ADS. 

Description

Receipt for payment for advertising (in the Pennsylvania Gazette). Endorsed “pd. March 23d 1821.”

9

844

RIDGELY, RICHARD. August, 1783. Jonathan Hudson. ALS. 

Description

Disposition in court of recipient’s suit against one Griffith.

9

844a

RIGDEN, Mrs. February 4, 1814. [James] Wiltbank. Memorandum. 

Description

Edward Fox cannot attend a meeting of the Trustees.

9

845

RITTENHOUSE, BENJAMIN. (1795-1800?). Jonathan Bayard Smith. ALS. 

Description

Recommending Henry Fridley as a purchaser of a lot in Norristown.

9

846

RITTENHOUSE, DAVID. December 26, 1793. Charles Pettit. ALS. 

Description

Financing of the orrery and William Smith’s claims.

9

847

RITTENHOUSE, DAVID. December 1, 1794, Mint of the U.S. Treasurer of the Mint. ANS. 

Description

Order to deliver silver to the chief coiner.

9

847a

RIVES, LANDON C. December 9, 1819, Phila. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Offers himself as a candidate for a medical diploma. Previously unsuccessful in business; supporting a family and considers expediency important in earning his degree. Approved by William Gibson, John Redman Coxe, Nathaniel Chapman (signed), Thomas Chal

9

848

RIVES, THOMAS P. November 30, 1818. John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Requests admission to examination for a medical degree. With addenda by John Redman Coxe, Nathaniel Chapman and Thomas Chalkley James.

9

849

ROBERDEAU, ISAAC, Major, U.S. Engineers. July 2, 1814, Phila. Rev. Dr. William White Letter. 

Description

Requesting the use of the university’s transit for a survey of Delaware Bay. Mentions the helpfulness of Dr. [Robert] Patterson. “Captain Clark” and he will be much obliged for its use.

9

850

ROBERTS, B[OANERGES]. November 26, 1818, Russelville [Kentucky]. Dr. B. H. Hall. ALS. 

Description

Asks for assistance in removing ball from Dr. [Charles] Caldwell’s wound; Caldwell’s mental derangement.

9

851

ROBERTS, JONATHAN. March 10, 1789, Upper Meirion (sic). Col. Timothy Matlack. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of bearer as an inhabitant of Town of Norris. Planning to open a tavern; not a speculator.

9

852

ROBINSON, S[AMUEL]. April 6, 1813. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting an increase in salary as Master of the Charity School.

9

853

RODNEY, CAESAR AUGUSTUS. June 18, 1804, Wilmington. ALS. 

Description

Details of legal action against J. Higgins and D. Thomas. With it a cut signature from a printed document as “Attorney General of the United States.”

9

853a

RODNEY, THOMAS. September 8, 1788, Lebanon Plantation. Caesar A. Rodney. ALS. 

Description

Farming conditions and how he proposes to pay son’s board, schooling, etc.

9

853b

RODNEY, CAESAR. December 25, 1791. Thomas Rodney. ALS. 

9

853c

ROGERS, PATRICK. November 5, 1799. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requests payment of his salary in arrears.

9

854

ROGERS, WILLIAM. February 5, 1793. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

A criticism of the by-laws proposed for the Latin and Greek schools.

9

855

ROGERS, WILLIAM. March 4, 1794, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Proposed amendments to the plan for the English School.

10

856

[ROGERS, WILLIAM]. [1794]. AD 

Description

Draft of “Arrangement of the English School.”

10

857

ROGERS, WILLIAM. October 6, 1795, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Repayment of two repair bills.

10

858

ROGERS, WILLIAM. May 2, 1797, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Repayment of bills for repairs to his house. Accounts not previously presented.

10

859

ROGERS, WILLIAM. February 3, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The dismissal of students from the English school to attend Dr. [John] Andrews’ private Latin school during regular hours.

10

860

ROGERS, WILLIAM. March 4, 1800. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Suggesting that the Professor of English and Belles Lettres receive a fixed salary as do the other professors.

10

861

ROGERS, WILLIAM. April 1, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting a guarantee of his salary in view of the diminution of students in his department due to opening of another academy in Phila.

10

862

ROGERS, WILLIAM. April 4, 1800, Univ. John E[lihu] Hall, Joseph Gratz, William Miller and Jonathan C. Stocker. Letter. 

Description

As Secretary of the Faculty, records its support for the request of the Washington Society for the use of the College Hall.

10

863

ROGERS, WILLIAM. May 5, 1800. ADS. 

Description

Report as Secretary of the Faculty of the “Present State of the various Schools, belonging to the University.” Class sizes broken down by schools.

10

864

ROGERS, WILLIAM. May 6, 1800, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting a grant or the rearrangement of classes in order to retain a tutor in the English School in spite of seasonal declines in enrollment.

10

865

ROGERS, WILLIAM. October 7, 1800, Phila. ALS. 

Description

Dismissal of tutor Patrick Rogers due to low enrollment. Request for assistance in paying his last quarter’s salary.

10

866

ROGERS, WILLIAM. November 4, 1800, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the support of the Trustees in the lawsuit brought against him by former tutor Patrick Rogers; reminder of his past requests for higher salary.

10

867

ROGERS, WILLIAM. January 1, 1801(or 1). Philip Hagner. PDS. 

Description

Tuition receipt for son George Hagner.

10

867a

ROGERS, WILLIAM. April 1, 1801. Philip Hagner. PDS. 

Description

Tuition receipt for son George Hagner.

10

867b

ROGERS, WILLIAM. January 5, 1802. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Necessity to transfer his students into the Latin School against Professor Davidson’s wishes. Suggests expediency by the Board in providing for a tutor to alleviate the situation.

10

868

ROGERS, WILLIAM. July 1, 1802 and January 1, 1806, Phila. Philip Hagner. PDS. 

Description

(2) tuition receipts for son Charles Hagner.

10

869

ROGERS, WILLIAM. April 5, 1803, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Inquiry regarding his housing since the Univ. sold the house in which he now lives to Mr. Harland; counterfeit $5 bank note.

10

870

ROGERS, WILLIAM. December 6, 1803, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting financial assistance because of a low July enrollment due to malignant fever and debts to his tutor. Thanks for his assignment to “convenient and elegant” apartments in the new building. With a note [by Edward Fox] of the allotment recommende

10

871

ROGERS, WILLIAM. April 1, 1804. Philip Hagner. PDS. 

Description

Tuition receipt for son Charles Hagner.

10

872

ROGERS, WILLIAM. April 3, 1804, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Dates for the examination of the Senior Class and the Medical Commencement.

10

873

ROGERS, WILLIAM. November 5, 1805, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for financial relief necessitated by low enrollment due to yellow fever and more than $400 tuition in arrears.

10

874

ROGERS, WILLIAM. November 5, 1805, Univ. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Reports for the Faculty on desertion of schools due to malignant fever; request that faculty salaries be fixed by the Trustees and tuition be collected for the common interest.

10

875

ROGERS, WILLIAM. April 1, 1806, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

His quarrels with Robert Patterson concerning salary and classes under the old plan of 1800.

10

876

ROGERS, WILLIAM. May 7, 1807, Univ. Edward Burd. ALS. 

Description

Writes for the Faculty about the letter of Moses Levy; knows of no agreement made with other institutions.

10

877

ROGERS, WILLIAM. November 3, 1807. Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

“State of the Schools, Nov. 3, 1807.” Enrollment by school reported by Secretary of the Faculty.

10

878

ROGERS, WILLIAM. June 7, 1808. Edward Fox. Memorandum. 

Description

Gives for the Faculty a “Return of the Schools….” Enrollment by school.

10

879

ROGERS, WILLIAM. December 5, 1809, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The reduction in size of his department; request for an increase in salary; attendance figures for the Return of Schools, December 5, 1809.

10

880

ROGERS, WILLIAM. February 6, 1810, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting $400 for his tutor’s salary and asking that future English professors be considered on equal footing with the Professors of Language and Mathematics.

10

881

ROGERS, WILLIAM. September 4, 1810, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

No provision for his housing in new plan of education.

10

882

ROGERS, WILLIAM. October 1, 1811, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from his position in the English school; recommendation of his assistant, John McKinley, as a replacement.

10

883

ROGERS, WILLIAM. December 26, 1811, Phila. Benjamin Chew. ALS. 

Description

Request for specified retirement benefits. (An elaboration of the terms outlined in Burd’s letter.)

10

884

ROGERS, WILLIAM, JAMES DAVIDSON and ROBERT PATTERSON. October 1, 1800, January 1, 1801, April 1, 1801, and January 1, 1802, Phila. Philip Hagner. PDS. 

Description

Tuition receipts for son George Hagner.

10

885

ROGERS, WILLIAM, JAMES DAVIDSON and ROBERT PATTERSON. November 3, 1801, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

An objection by William Rogers to increasing the firewood fee for fear of losing students; request for financial assistance to compensate for a decrease in salary due to smaller enrollments. Note of concurrence at end signed by James Davidson and Robert

10

886

ROSENBERGER, HENRY. January 28, 1818. William Rawle and others. ALS. 

Description

Requests allotment to compensate for dispossession of property.

10

887

ROSENBERGER, HENRY. (March 1818). Trustees. LS. 

Description

An account of his tenancy, and eviction from the Perkasie property. Petition for mercy.

10

888

ROSS, GEORGE. n.d. ADS. 

Description

Court plea.

 10

 

ROSS, JAMES. December 15, 1810, Phila. William White. ALS. 

Description

Request for patronage by the Trustees as a teacher of classical studies.

10

889

ROSS, JAMES. March 5, 1816, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request that the Trustees consider his case, being in possession of 2700 unwanted copies of fabulo Æsopi, the beginning Greek text.

10

890

ROSS, JAMES. [1818]. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting signatures of approbation for the sixth edition of his Latin Grammar improved.

10

891

ROSS, JOHN. “Before Sept. 10, 1794,” Phila. [Rev.] John Ewing. ADS. 

Description

Bill for painting and glazing. (Receipts of September 10, 1794 and January 12, 1795 attached).

10

892

ROSS, John. 1794, Phila. Trustees. 

Description

Bill for painting and glazing Provost’s house.

10

892a

ROWAN, JAMES and JOHN HALL. February 9, 1787. Trustees. DS. 

Description

Bond for payment of rents collected. Witnessed by Samuel Bryan and Francis Bryan.

10

893

RUNKEL, W., JR. November 24, 1819, Germantown, Pa. ADS. 

Description

Certifies to the financial reliability of Conrad Carpenter and Casper Heft.

10

894

RUSH, BENJAMIN. May 25, 1795, Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of James Woodhouse for Chemical Chair at the Univ.

10

895

RUSH, BENJAMIN. May 6, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Examinations of candidates for degrees in Medicine for the Medical Faculty.

10

896

RUSH, BENJAMIN. November 15, 1804. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request that public use of the Hall be limited; the lack of space for the Medical Department; suggestion to increase the salary of the janitor for the medical faculty.

10

897

RUSH, BENJAMIN. May 3, 1805. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting that his appointment as Professor of the Practice of Physic be made formal.

10

898

RUSH, BENJAMIN. November 25, 1809. Thomas Fitzsimmons. ALS. 

Description

Suggesting the necessity of teaching Natural Philosophy and midwifery in American medical schools, and recommending either Dr. William Dewees or Dr. Thomas [Chalkey] James for a position in midwifery at Pennsylvania.

10

899

RUSH, BENJAMIN. 1809. Joseph Borden McKean Letter. 

Description

Recommending John Redman Coxe for the professorship of Chemistry.

10

900

RUSH, BENJAMIN. April 21, 1812, Phila. Dr. Petrikin. ALS. 

Description

Advice urging him to remain where located, purchase a farm, employ leisure constructively.

10

901

RUSH, BENJAMIN and BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON. August 31, 1801. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request room in Ninth Street building be furnished for their lectures to medical students to begin in November.

10

902

RUSH, BENJAMIN, SAMUEL POWEL GRIFFITTS, and WILLIAM SHIPPEN, JR. June 12, 1795. ADS. 

Description

Statement that Philip Weigle, under sentence of death for high treason, is deranged “upon certain subjects.”

10

903

RUSH, RICHARD. November 26, 1811. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the agreement to enter the action in the case of the Commonwealth vs. the Trustees.

10

904

SALGAND, EDWARD and GEORGE IRWIN. March 27, 1815. Dennis Dering. Memorandum. 

Description

Note promising to pay $100 twelve months from this date. Witnessed by John Fishley.

10

905

SANSOM, WILLIAM. December 1, 1797, Phila. David Jackson and Edward Burd. ALS. 

Description

Reciprocal property improvements suggested for land adjoining west front of the school.

10

906

SANSOM, WILLIAM. December 1, 1797, Phila. David Jackson. ALS. 

Description

Propositions enclosed prior to Board discussion of property improvement.

10

907

SANSOM, WILLIAM. May 6, 1799, Phila. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Notice of willingness to pay $3,000 to extinguish ground rents on his property held by Univ.

10

908

SCHMUCKER, SAMUEL SIMON. [1819]. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requests to be considered for a diploma.

10

909

SCOTT, U. October 30, 1809, Annapolis, Md. John McDowell. ALS. 

Description

Congratulates Provost on improved health after visits to watering places; diagnoses and treatments of diseases; plants offered for sale by Mr. [William] Hamilton of The Woodlands.

10

909a

SENGENHEISSEN, LUDWICK and ELIZABETH. November 6, 1770, Phila. Trustees. DS. 

Description

Mortgage for land between Sassafras (or Race) and Cherry Streets. Witnessed by Nathan Jones and George Isherwood.

10

910

SEWALL, THOMAS. December 22, 1820, Washington City. William Gibson. ALS. 

Description

Application in behalf of James S. Smith, Congressman from North Carolina, for a medical degree.

10

911

SEYBERT, Adam. August 1, 1818, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Recommends Dr. [Robert Maskell] Patterson for Chair of Chemistry.

10

911a

SHANNON, ROBERT. February 28, 1785, Montgomery County, Pa. Trustees. PDS. 

Description

Indenture for land in Norriton. Signed by Robert Shannon and George Bryan. Witnessed by Joseph Wright and Ellen Matlack. Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg, Montgomery County Recorder.

10

912

SHARP, William McDowell. [1818], Phila. Medical Faculty. 

Description

Memorandum Circumstances of quarrel between students Ellis Lewis and James Dixon.

10

912a

SHEE, CECELIA (PARKE). September 3, 1775, Phila. Major John Parke. ALS. 

Description

Remarks on brother’s new post, warnings about a servant to be employed as clerk, and news of friends. With cover.

10

913

SHEE, CECELIA (PARKE). December 12, 1775. Major John Parke. ALS. 

Description

Writes to brother of her plans to give up the store and house, due to “the badness of the times,” and move to Dover; news of friends. With a note of greeting from Bertles Shee.

10

914

SHELDON, W. August 25, 1810, Worcester, Mass. William Tilghman, Chief Justice of Pa. ALS. 

Description

Application for the position of Provost of the Univ.

10

915

SHELDON, W. September 27, 1810, Worcester, Mass. William Tilghman, Chief Justice of Pa. ALS. 

Description

Testimonials enclosed supporting his application for the position of Provost; his life and education, present employment as the editor of the
Massachusetts Spy; and Unitarian religious sentiments.

10

916

SHELDON, W. October 19, 1810, Worcester, Mass. William Tilghman. ALS. 

Description

A summary of his background and qualifications for the position of Provost; the death of his wife.

10

917

SHELDON, W. October 30, 1810, Worcester, Mass. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the return of testimonials in his favor should he fail to obtain the office of Provost.

10

918

SHEPPARD, GEORGE. January 2, 1769. Joseph Stiles. 

Description

Tuition receipt for son George; received by Abraham Kite.

10

919

SHIPPEN, W[ILLIAM]. March 1 and 19, 1792. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Letter with “Rules Respecting a medical Education, and the conferring of Degrees in Medicine.”

10

920

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM. April 4, 1802, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for a postponement of the Medical Commencement date.

10

921

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, JR. October 5, 1792. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Medical Faculty recommend purchase of anatomical preparations of late Dr. [Abraham] Chovet.

10

921a

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, JR. July 12, 1780. Rev. William White. ANS. 

Description

Receipted bill for medical attendance upon Mrs. White in 1776.

10

921b

SHOEMAKER, E[DWARD]. [January 1817]. ADS. 

Description

Statement of occurrences which occasioned the suspension of Hammond Shoemaker and Charles Shoemaker as related by them.

10

922

SHOEMAKER, EDWARD. February 4, 1817. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Criticism of the conduct of Joseph Engles and his expulsion of Shoemaker’s sons.

10

923

SHUFFLEBOTTOM, WILLIAM. July 7, 1812, Phila. President of the Board of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Arrangement for the use of the Independent Tabernacle by the University for the Commencement ceremonies. A subscription list for aid enclosed.

10

924

SHUFFLEBOTTOM, WILLIAM, JOHN LORAIN, JR., WILLIAM SHEEPSHANKS, and WILLIAM TAYLOR, JR. August 27, 1804, 28 North Front Street, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting use of the upper room in the Fourth Street building for the preaching of the Reverend John Hey, late of Bristol, England.

10

925

SIDLEMAN, JOHN and McCONNEL. July 10, 1794, Phila. [Rev.] John Ewing. DS. 

Description

Bill for chimney work and materials. Signed as receipt by Richard Pollard for John Sidleman, July 1, 1794.

10

926

SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN. June 15, 1809, New Haven, Conn. Enos Bronson. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of Robert Hare, Jr. as “one of the fairest hopes of the science of this country.”

10

927

SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN. June 22, 1818, New Haven, Conn. To whom it may concern. ADS. 

Description

Testimonial for Dr. Robert Hare.

10

928

SIMMONS, E. August 3-November 2, 1818. John Syng Dorsey. ADS. 

Description

Bill for boards.

10

929

SIMMONS, E. September 10-October 31, 1818. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for boards.

10

930

SKERRETT, JOSEPH. November 5, 1792. Caspar Wistar. ADS. 

Description

Receipted bill for a stove pipe, staples, and wire.

10

931

SMITH, Anthony W. [1818], Phila. Medical Faculty. Memorandum. 

Description

Account of the classroom quarrel between Ellis Lewis, James Dixon and James Ramsay.

10

931a

SMITH, GEORGE. June 2, 1801. Trustees Letter. 

Description

Stating his terms for adding the care of the new building in Ninth Street to his janitorship.

10

932

SMITH, GEORGE. December 1, 1801, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting a higher salary to compensate for his attendance at both houses.

10

933

SMITH, GEORGE. August 3, 1802. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for an increase in salary for janitorial services.

10

934

SMITH, JAMES. March 26, 1793. A. J. Dallas. ALS. 

Description

Note: This is James Smith, Signer of the Declaration of Independence who is not J. S., Academy 1752.

10

934a

SMITH, J., Deputy Registrar. October 23, 1812. ADS. 

Description

Extract from the will of Thomas Coats dated October 2, 1719 bequeathing ground rents in the city of Phila. to his daughter, Sarah Coats.

10

935

SMITH, JOHN. July 15, 1800. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Bill for taking care of the President’s House at Ninth Street.

10

936

SMITH, JOHN. [1819]. Dr. [John Redman] Coxe, for the Medical Faculty. Memorandum. 

Description

Bill for green mareen.

10

937

SMITH, J[OHN] AUG[USTINE]. May 20, 1818, William and Mary College. Robert Hare. ALS. 

Description

Testimonial concerning Hare’s ability in Chemistry.

10

938

SMITH, THOMAS. June 22, 1797, Phila. Jasper Yeates. ALS. 

Description

Highly amusing, tongue-in-cheek letter to a close friend with much local and personal news and details of legal cases familiar to both. Mentions Mr. Biddle, “Paddy” Kittera, John Mifflin, David Harland, George Bertsh, Mr. Ross, Mr. Shippen and others.

 10

 

SMITH, THOMAS. August 25, 1800, Phila. Hon. Jasper Yeates. ALS. 

Description

Justice of Pennsylvania Supreme Court writes of absence of yellow fever in Phila. He expects to see Yeates (at whose home in Lancaster writer’s daughter is visiting) at “rising of the court.” His wife has given their new son “a great name,” George Washi

10

939

SMITH, THOMAS. January 1, 1817, 202 Chestnut Street, Phila. President and Managers of the Phila. Society for the establishment and Support of Charity Schools. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Phila. Society for the establishment and Support of Charity Schools.

10

940

SMITH, WILLIAM. 1773(?). Memorandum. 

Description

“Rules concerning the General Government of all the Schools,” enacted May 9, 1769, July 18, 1769 and May 25, 1773. (mutilated).

10

940a

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. June 21, 1768, Phila. AD 

Description

Text in Latin and English of an exhortation delivered to the first Medical Commencement.

10

941

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. 1780. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requests determination of his account, settlement of related matters upon leaving the Univ.

10

942

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. [ca. 1789-1790]. Daniel Clymer. AL. 

Description

Unjust seizure of College by State Legislature, misuse of appropriated funds. (Confidential.)

10

943

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. June 7, 1790, College of Phila. President and Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pa. ALS. 

Description

Invitation to attend the Medical Commencement.

10

944

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. [1791]. “Rules for the good government and discipline of the students and schools in the University of Pennsylvania.” 

10

945

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. April 16, 1792. Right Reverend William White, for the Trustees. ALS. 

Description

His employment since the Act of Union, position of his students, library and philosophical apparatus under his care.

10

946

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. April 26, 1792, Phila. Robert Hare, Samuel Miles, and Jonathan Bayard Smith. ALS. 

Description

Memorial to the Trustees outlining claims against the Univ. (Writer’s retained full copy; see next).

10

947

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. April 26, 1792, Phila. Robert Hare, Samuel Miles and Jonathan Bayard Smith. ALS. 

Description

Memorial to the Trustees outlining claims against the Univ.

10

948

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. January 1, 1793. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Payment of his back salary, annuity, and the disposition of the house in which he lives.

10

949

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. March 5, 1793. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Monies in arrears due him from the Univ.; terms of his departure.

10

950

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. April 2, 1793, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting payment of money due him.

11

951

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. April 30, 1793, Phila. Edward Fox, Treasurer of the Univ. ALS. 

Description

Rent he allegedly owes the Univ. Accusation of nepotism in providing housing for Fox’s brother-in-law Dr. [John] Ewing and Ewing’s daughter, rather than for Dr. Samuel Magaw and himself.

11

952

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. December 3, 1793. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Arrears due him by the Univ.

11

953

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. April 1, 1794. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Meeting date for the Board to consider his case; the advancement of last year’s annuity; funds spent on the orrery.

11

954

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. April 25, 1794. ADS. 

Description

Recitation of cash paid to David Rittenhouse and others for the orrery in 1771.

11

955

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. January 26, 1795. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Arrears due him from the Univ.

11

956

[SMITH, THE REVEREND WILLIAM]. October 6, 1795, [William White ?]. Memorandum. 

Description

Request for writer’s annuity to be paid half yearly rather than quarterly.

11

957

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. November 14, 1795, Phila. William Anderson. PDS. 

Description

Indenture for property in Huntingdon, Pa. Transfer of lease to John Simpson. Witnessed by John Blair, R. Allison.

11

958

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. March 3, 1800. William Rawle and Thomas FitzSimons. ALS. 

Description

Conditions of the original grant of Perkasie Manor, 1791 grant to sell the Manor. Smith willing to back new application.

11

959

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM. March 4, 1800, Falls of Schuylkill, Phila. William Rawle and Benjamin Rawle Morgan. ALS. 

Description

Will forward documents regarding Norriston (sic) terms of sale.

11

960

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM, FRANCIS ALISON, EBENEZER KINNERSLEY, and THEOPHILUS GREW. February 20, 1756, College of Phila. Governor Robert Hunter Morris. ADS. 

Description

Address to Morris and the Proprietors thanking them for the additional charter of 1755.

11

961

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM, FRANCIS ALISON, and EBENEZER KINNERSLEY. May 3, 1765, Phila. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Recommending Nathaniel Evans for an honorary degree, and submitting a copy of his poem, “Oration on Science.”

11

962

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM, JAMES DAVIDSON, and WILLIAM ROGERS. February 13, 1792. William White. ALS. 

Description

Faculty salaries, examinations, operation of the schools under the temporary plan, preparations for developing a General and United Plan of Instruction.

11

963

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM and JOHN ANDREWS. March 14, 1792. Edward Fox, Secretary of the Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Announcing examinations of the Senior Class in the Philosophy Schools.

11

964

SMITH, [THE REVEREND] WILLIAM, ROBERT BLACKWELL, EDWARD BURD, CHARLES PETTIT, and ALEXANDER JAMES DALLAS. February 9, 1795. ADS. 

Description

Agreement between Smith and the Trustees settling in full his account with the Univ.

11

965

SNYDER, SIMON. October 16, 1816, Selinsgrove, Pa. James Trimble. ALS. 

Description

As Governor, writes of journey of Mr. Fairlamb to Selinsgrove, problems of Captain [Thomas] Truxtun’s Pa. citizenship and of one Elliott’s having acted as sheriff’s deputy.

11

965a

STANBURROUGH, ADONIJAH. February 16, 1775, Northumberland County, Pa. PDS. 

Description

Bond for payment of £400 to Andrew Allen, John Maxwell Nisbett and Charles Stewart. Witnessed by Tench Tilghman and William Tilghman.

11

965b

STAUGHTON, JAMES M. February 24, 1817. William Fry. ADS. 

Description

Bill for printing cards for Oratorical Exercises and the Order of Exercises. Endorsed by Robert M. Patterson, Secretary of the Faculty.

11

966

STAUGHTON, W[ILLIAM]. November 26, 1816. Trustees. 

Description

Requesting the use of the old College Hall for lectures on Natural Theology.

11

967

STEDMAN, Dr. JOHN. July 24, 1784, Edinburgh. ALS. 

Description

Manuscripts on agriculture.

11

968

STERETT, SAMUEL. March 18, 1782. Reverend John Ewing. ALS. 

Description

Summary of Trustees’ meeting: make-up examination, advanced degrees to be conferred, commencement invitations.

11

969

STERN, WILLIAM. February 28, 1814, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the post of janitor. With recommendations signed by Robert Patterson, Joseph Richardson, Robert Scot, Joseph Cloud, Adam Eckfeldt, James Rush, Frederic Beasley, and James G. Thomson.

11

970

STEVENS, RICHARD. October 7, 1763. Trustees. PDS. 

Description

Bond to Trustees and power of attorney to Edward Shippen.

11

971

STEWART, ALEXANDER. December 2, 1817, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Bill for wood and hauling. Endorsed as receipt by Stewart.

11

972

STOCK, JOHN. January 22, 1817, Phila. Faculty. DS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for lights.

11

973

STRAWBRIDGE, JAMES, TAGERT A. SMITH, and HUGH JACKSON. July 26, 1798, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Copy of character reference for John Kerr, in latter’s hand.

11

974

STRAWBRIDGE, J[AMES], TAGERT A. SMITH, and HUGH JACKSON. July 27, 1798, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Character reference for John Kerr.

11

975

STRETCHER, FENNIX. February 28, 1816. Faculty of the Univ. ADS. 

Description

Bill for boards and nails. Endorsed as correct by R[obert] M[askell] Patterson, Secretary of the Faculty.

11

976

STRICKLAND, WILLIAM. May 3, 1817, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Estimate and contract for an alteration and extension of the Medical Amphitheatre.

11

977

STRICKLAND, WILLIAM. May 7, 1817. DS. 

Description

Agreement with John Redman Coxe of specifications for the enlargement of the Medical Amphitheatre. Witnessed by Jacob Shoemaker Waln and Edward S. Coxe.

11

978

STRICKLAND, WILLIAM. October 1, 1817. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Bill for designing and drawing the plans and sections of the Medical Theatre, for superintending its erection, and for Drs. [Caspar] Wistar, [Nathaniel] Chapman, and [John Syng] Dorsey’s extra rooms. Endorsed as receipt.

11

979

STRICKLAND, WILLIAM. October 22, 1817. Nathaniel Chapman. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of fifty dollars “on account of Medical Hall.”

11

980

STRICKLAND, WILLIAM. 1817. ADS. 

Description

“Accounts and Receipts.” Record of orders received from the Medical Faculty for alterations to the Medical Hall.

11

981

STRICKLAND, WILLIAM. April 10, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Bill for construction expenses, itemized by subcontractor. Endorsed as receipt by J. K. Kuhl, attorney for Strickland.

11

982

STRICKLAND, WILLIAM. August 31, 1818, Phila. Medical Faculty. ALS. 

Description

Suggests replacement of joists and floors in Medical Amphitheatre.

11

983

STRICKLAND, WILLIAM. May 3, 1819, Phila. Nicholas Biddle. ALS. 

Description

Suggest hanging bell in a niche over the school entrance rather than building a belfry.

11

984

STUARD, [blank]. October 16 and 18, 1792. Caspar Wistar. ADS. 

Description

Receipted bill for two loads of sand. Signed by William Patterson; endorsed by Robert Taylor.

11

985

TAGERT, JOSEPH and JOHN CONARD. September 2, 1819, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Certify to the financial reliability of Conrad Carpenter and Casper Heft.

11

986

TAYLOR, Isaac. [1818], Phila. Medical Faculty. Memorandum. 

Description

Account of the first quarrel between students Ellis Lewis and James Dixon.

11

986a

TAYLOR, JAMES. November 5, 1799, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

On behalf of Unitarian Christians in the city, requesting the use of a schoolroom on Sunday mornings.

11

987

TAYLOR, LEWIS and SON. May 12, 1819, Phila. Dr. [John Redman] Coxe. ADS. 

Description

Bill signed as receipt for one trunk.

11

988

TAYLOR, ROBERT. October 24, 1792. Caspar Wistar. ADS. 

Description

Receipted bill for lime for the Anatomical Hall.

11

989

TENNENT, JOHN VAN BRUGH. March 6, 1765, London. Sir Alexander Dick. ALS. 

Description

State of medicine in France, seeds from America promised Sir Alexander.

11

990

TENNENT, JOHN VAN BRUGH. May 7, 1765, London. Sir Alexander Dick. ALS. 

Description

His thesis on inoculation and accounts of the success of inoculation obtained since then, court intelligence about the regency, Mr. Sergent expected home from France.

11

991

TENNENT, JOHN VAN BRUGH. February 2, 1766, New York. Sir Alexander Dick. ALS. 

Description

Resistance of New Yorkers to the stamp tax, necessity of resisting with force if petitions fail, a western walnut, success of smallpox inoculation.

11

992

THOMAS, George. December 23, 1742. William Parsons, Surveyor General. DS. 

Description

Warrant from Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and Counties on Delaware for Survey of land in New Castle County to Alexander Porter. Paper provincial seal.

11

992a

THOMAS, NICHOLAS (his mark). October 9, 1818, Phila. William Dick. DS. 

Description

Bill for wood and for cleaning the cellar. Endorsed as receipt, with penciled notation of William Dick to John Redman Coxe attesting to its accuracy.

11

993

THOMSON, JAMES G. February 17, 1810. John F[ishbourne] Mifflin. ALS. 

Description

Arrangements and terms for writing instruction.

11

994

THOMSON, JAMES G. December 4, 1810. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Accepting the appointment [to teach Greek and Latin languages].

11

995

TILGHMAN, TENCH, and THOMAS R. TILGHMAN. November 26, 1785, Baltimore, Md. PDS. 

Description

Bond for £108 on merchandise exported in ship Hanover. Robert Denny, witness.

11

995a

TILGHMAN, WILLIAM. July 9, 1802. James Greenleaf. ALS. 

Description

Wants left with Mr. Wilson list of lessees of writer’s lots and terms thereof.

11

995b

TILGHMAN, WILLIAM. June 18, 1817, Sunbury, Pa. PDS. 

Description

Writ, suit in court of Mifflin County of James Semple vs. administrators of John Sterrett, deceased. Witnessed by John L. Finney, Prothonotary.

11

995c

TILGHMAN, TENCH. February 9, 1780. Robert Morris. ALS. 

11

995

TILGHMAN, WILLIAM. March 29, 1818, Chestnut Street. Perkasie Committee. ALS. 

Description

Denies having promised compensation for improvements during a visit to Perkasie in 1805, or at the time for releasing the property.

11

996

TOMKINS, THOMAS. October 2, 1807. Thomas Bradford, President of the Charity School Society. ADS. 

Description

His resignation as a subscriber to the Charity School.

11

997

TOMLINSON, RICHARD and JOHN SILVER. March 2, 1819, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of the Academy building for religious services.

11

998

TORREY, J[OHN]. May 23, 1817, Phila. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Proposal to establish a medicinal farm, a specimen garden, a warehouse of dried medicinal plants, and a laboratory at the Botanic Garden.

11

999

TRAQUAIR, JAMES AND JOHN MILLER. July 30, 1790, [Phila.]. ALS. 

Description

Character reference for St. John Harvey.

11

1000

TRIMNUS, C. April 28, 1817. Adam Ressinger. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of $12.42 paid on land he now occupies, assessed the Univ. in the East Northern Liberties for the 1816 County and Poor Tax.

11

1001

THE UNION. April 9, 1818-September 4, 1819. Medical Faculty. Memorandum. 

Description

Bill for advertising Commencement, lectures.

11

1002

THE UNION, UNITED STATES GAZETTE and TRUE AMERICAN. April 8, 1819, Phila. Memorandum. 

Description

Bill for advertising commencement and medical lectures. Endorsed as paid.

11

1003

VANDERSLICE, ANTHONY. May 14, 1795, Phila. [Reverend] John Ewing. ADS. 

Description

Bill for repairing the house at the corner of Fourth and Arch Streets, including roof repairs and removing the old stable and fence. Endorsed by Vanderslice as paid in full.

11

1004

VAN DYKE, NICHOLAS. May Term 1802, New Castle County, Del. PDS. 

Description

Presentation as Attorney General of Abraham Guest, house carpenter, for assault and battery on Jesse Richards.

11

1004a

VARIN, FRANCIS. April 30, 1814, Phila. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Requests permission to give German lessons in the Academy. Autograph endorsements by subscribers including Jacob Idler, Timothy Banger, William McCulloch, Justus, Henry C. Helmuth, Frederick D. Schaeffer, Samuel Helffenstein, John Geyer, Andrew Geyer, J.

11

1005

VICKROY, Thomas. September 27, 1806. Notebook. 

Description

“Entries of Doctor Smith’s Warrants copied for Richard Smith Esqr.” Details of land purchases in Bedford County and elsewhere in interior of Pennsylvania by Rev. William Smith, D.D. and members of his family, 1791-1794. Covered in contemporary wallpaper

11

1005a

VIGERA, Johann Frederick (translator). 1752. Memorandum. 

Description

“Observations for the Explication of the foregoing Accounts.” Translation of selected sections of
Kurtzer Bericht von der gegenwärtigen Verfassung des Paedogogii Regii zu Glauche vor Halle of the Franckesche Stiftungen in Halle an der Saale, Saxony, a co

11

1006

WALLACE, JOHN B. December 2, 1800, Burlington, N.J. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Character reference for Mr. [George] Green.

11

1007

WALSH, ROBERT, JR. February 6, 1819. Edward Fox, Secretary of Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Accepting appointment to the Chair of General Literature.

11

1008

WARNER (?), JACOB. October 20, 1817. Frederic Beasley. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for locksmith work done on Beasley’s house; endorsed by Beasley.

11

1009

WARNOCK, JOSEPH. September 10-November 1, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Bill for nails.

11

1010

WATSON, G[EORGE]. December 9, 1818, Richmond, Va. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Application for the professorship of Anatomy.

11

1011

WAYNE, ANTHONY. n.d. Col. Butler. ANS. 

11

1011a

WELLBERD, A. October 18, 1818, “Salem.” Dr. Harrison Hall. ALS. 

Description

His nine weeks’ journey to settle difficulties concerning his western landed interests; apology for not visiting Hall. Mentions friends Reverend Samuel Cass and Mr. Ben Fields.

11

1012

WELLS, EDWARD. January 19, 1793. Caspar Wistar. 

Description

Receipted bill for setting a stove at the laboratory in Fifth Street.

11

1013

WELLS, RICHARD. June 29, 1789, Phila. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Copy of decree of the Supreme Court of Pa. State of ground rent due from the Univ. to Richard Wells from the estate of Jonathan and Susanna Adams.

11

1014

[WELLS, RICHARD]. (1789?). Edward Fox Letter. 

Description

Copy of letter regarding arrearages in ground rent on a lot in Race Street, forfeited from the estate of Jonathan Adams.

11

1015

WEST, BENJAMIN. August 19, 1812. Mr. Sealy. ANS 

11

1015a

WESTER, HENRY and RUTH. March 7, 1800, Phila. James Cummings. DS. 

Description

Indenture for a house and lot on Carpenter Street between Delaware, Third Street and Passyunk Road in Southwark for a yearly rent of forty Spanish milled silver dollars. Witnessed by John Ross, Jr. and Christopher Smith.

11

1016

WETHERILL and TRUMAN. October 1, 1792. Caspar Wistar and William Shippen. 

Description

Receipted bill for wood used in the alteration of the laboratory by Silas Engles.

11

1017

WHITE, JOSIAH. June 30, 1817, Phila. Thomas Bradford, President of the Charity School Association. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Society for the Establishment and support of Charity Schools in the City of Phila.

11

1018

WHITE, WILLIAM, SAMUEL MAGAW and JOHN ANDREWS. July 14, 1787. Fragment of PDS. 

11

1018a

WHITE, RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM. August 7, 1798. Edward Fox, for the Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Enclosing papers of candidates for master of the Free School. Conversation of Dr. [Ashbel ?] Green in support of Jacob Auld, papers in favor of Andrew Montgomery left by John Ormond, testimonials in favor of Mr. Harvey by Caleb Lownes, James Traquair and

11

1019

[WHITE, RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM]. n.d. (ca. 1802). AD 

Description

Conditions of a quorum and the ratification of motions.

11

1020

[WHITE, RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM]. November 5, 1811. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution to thank Mr. Hilyard for the gift of Griesbach’s Greek Testament edited by Wells and Hilyard of Cambridge, Mass.

11

1021

WHITE, RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM, ROBERT BLACKWELL, and THOMAS McKEAN. March 6, 1812. Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

Requesting that a meeting of the Trustees be called.

11

1022

WHITE, RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM, and WILLIAM MEREDITH. October 18, 1811, Univ. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Committee report: Appointment of Benjamin Allen as Master of the Grammar School.

11

1023

WHITE, WILLIAM and JASPER YEATES. December 11, 1811, Phila. William Moore Smith. ALS. 

Description

Claims of recipient’s penniless sister to property under will of their father presented by her Trustees who urge cooperation of Smith with land conveyances.

11

1023a

WHITEHEAD, JAMES and MARY, his wife. April 24, 1753, Phila. David James Dove. DS. 

Description

Indenture for lot south of Mulberry and west of Fourth Street for £60 currency. Witnessed by James Slade (?) and Jonathan Reily.

11

1024

WILCOCKS, ALEXANDER and GEORGE CLYMER. August 13, 1791, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Committee report to the College recommending the union of the College and the University. Response to extract of minutes of January 14, 1791.

11

1025

WILLETT, JOHN. March 3, 1788, London. PDS. 

Description

Bill of loading of goods consigned to Andrew Clow of Phila. on ship
Harmony, of which Willett was master.

11

1025a

WILLIAMS, EDMOND. October 9, 1753. DS. 

Description

Copy of the will or portion of the will of Edmond Williams bequeathing houses in Phila. to his cousins Ann and Thomas Williams.

11

1026

WILLIAMS, JAMES. March 20, 1817, Phila. William Meredith. ALS. 

Description

Endorsing a copy of a letter from Thomas Compton offering to sell Mantua property for $15,000.

11

1027

WILLIAMS, ROBERT. February 3, 1818, Raleigh, N.C. The Reverend President and Faculty of the Univ. of Pa. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing a catalogue of the University of North Carolina and soliciting a copy of the catalogue of the Univ. of Pa.

11

1028

WILLIAMS, SAMUEL H. October 7, 1817. Thomas J. Bradford. ALS. 

Description

Resignation from the Charity School Society.

11

1029

WILLIAMSON, HUGH. February 13, 1791, Phila. James McEvers. ALS. 

Description

Has not had letters from his various children at Bloomingdale and wants news of them. Together with cut signature from another document, “Hu Williamson Corresponding Secy.”

11

1029a

WILLING, THOMAS, THOMAS MIFFLIN, JOHN CADWALADER, ROBERT MORRIS, JOHN REDMAN, SAMUEL POWEL, JAMES WILSON, GEORGE CLYMER, ALEXANDER WILCOCKS and WILLIAM WHITE. 1780 (?). The Council of Censors. ADS. 

Description

“The Memorial of the Subscribers” of the College, Academy and Charitable School of Phila. A complaint about the disfranchisement of original trustees, policy for reappointment under the new charter.

11

1030

WILLING, THOMAS M[AYNE]. September 25, 1807, Phila. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Resigning as a Trustee.

12

1031

WILLSON, J. N. March 2, 1818. William Rawle. ALS. 

Description

Testimonial for, Charles Caldwell for the Chair of Materia Medica; hopes that Rawle’s son will receive the honors of his class.

12

1032

WILSON, ALEXANDER. June 2-June 18, 1817. William Rawle. DS. 

Description

Receipted bill for carpentry work at the Botanic Garden.

12

1033

WILSON, ALEXANDER. July 9, 1817. William Rawle. 

Description

Receipt of payment for carpentry work on Botanic Garden, May 28-June 12, 1817. With pay order from William Rawle to Edward Fox, July 9, 1817.

12

1034

WILSON, JAMES. [179-]. Memorandum. 

Description

Schedule for weekly rotation of Provost, Vice-Provost, and Professor of Languages endorsed “Dr. Wilsons plan.”

12

1035

WILSON, JANES. 1795. PDS. 

Description

Signature on lower half of mutilated legal document. William Parker and Ellis Minshall, witnesses.

12

1035a

[WILSON, JAMES PATRIOT]. May 2, 1815. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution to repair room used by Professors Benjamin Barton and Nathaniel Chapman for the use of the Grammar School. Resolution to allow Francis Varin to teach French and German.

12

1036

[WILSON, JAMES PATRIOT]. February 4, 1817. AD. 

Description

Resolution endorsing students’ use of Greek grammars written in Latin, preferably the grammar published by James Ross. Not signed.

12

1037

WILTBANK, JAMES. June 17, 1817, Univ. Grammar School. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Defense of his competence; considers his reputation to have been proven by over three years’ past performance.

12

1038

WILTBANK, JAMES. October 7, 1817. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Need to replace Mr. Slack in the English department; suggests charging equal tuition in the English and Latin departments to regulate attendance.

12

1039

WILTBANK, JAMES. May 5, 1818, Grammar School. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Informing them of his selection of Benjamin B. Hopkins as a teacher of the English language in the Grammar School.

12

1040

WILTBANK, JAMES. January 5, 1819, Grammar School. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requests raise in tuition, release from ground rent.

12

1041

WILTBANK, JAMES. June 1, 1819, Univ. Grammar School. Trustees. 

Description

Proposing to offer the room in the Grammar School formerly occupied by the English teacher to Mr. McGenis to teach reading and elocution.

12

1042

WILTBANK, JAMES. February 1, 1820, Univ. Grammar School. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requests being “placed upon a footing with his predecessor, in regard to a house.”

12

1043

WILTBANK, JAMES and JOSEPH ENGLES. March 7, 1815. Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Hiring William Engles as an usher and Francis Varin to teach German and French in the Grammar School.

12

1044

WILTBANK, JAMES and JOSEPH ENGLES. May 13, 1816, Univ. Faculty and Committee of Examination of the Students. ALS. 

Description

Report of top-ranking pupils in the classes.

12

1045

[WILTBANK, JAMES] and [JOSEPH] ENGLES. September 19, 1816, Univ. Grammar School. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Proposing that additional subjects be taught in the Grammar School, and an additional tutor be hired. Approved by Frederic Beasley, James P. Wilson, Joseph Borden McKean, and William White.

12

1046

WINDER, WILLIAM HENRY. May 3, 1818, Baltimore, Md. President of the U.S. ALS. 

Description

Has received unsolicited appointment from Supreme Director of United Provinces of South America as agent of that government in U.S.; seeks President James Monroe’s views on propriety of acceptance.

12

1046a

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). August 5, 1795. [John] Bleakley. ALS. 

Description

Circumstances preceding Wistar’s request for reimbursement for the cost of alterations to the new Anatomical Theatre.

12

1047

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). [August 5, 1795]. AD 

Description

An itemized account of funds spent on improvements to the Anatomical Theatre.

12

1048

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). 1801. Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

A list of ten candidates eligible to receive Medical diplomas at the next commencement; the date of commencement.

12

1049

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). April 10, 1801. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

As Dean of the Medical Faculty, requests postponement of Commencement so that students may complete experiments for their theses.

12

1050

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). April 1, 1806. President of the Board of Trustees. Letter. 

Description

As Dean of the Medical Faculty, sets date for the examination of Medical candidates.

12

1051

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). January 3, 1809. Edward Fox. AD 

Description

Matriculation receipts received of Dr. [John Syng] Dorsey; three duplicates issued to Edward Donoho, John Walke, and John H[uston] Gordon.

12

1052

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). January 3, 1809. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Professorships of Midwifery and Anatomy should be separated.

12

1053

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). May 1, 1811. William Tilghman. ALS. 

Description

Request that [Elias W. Napier] be reexamined for a Medical degree; the belief of a number of graduates and students that he failed the first examination through misconstruing a word.

12

1054

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). May 10, 1811. [William] Tilghman. ALS. 

Description

Circumstances of the examination of Elias W. Napier of Tennessee for a Medical degree.

12

1055

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). October 1, 1816. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

As Dean of the Medical Faculty suggests improvements or additional space required by the Medical Faculty for their rooms in the Hall.

12

1056

[WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.)]. October 2, 1816. Letter. 

Description

Draft copy of a letter written as Dean of the Medical Faculty complaining about the present arrangement of the Medical Hall, and requesting its alteration or a return to the former room used by the Medical Faculty.

12

1057

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.). May 9, 1817. Nathaniel Chapman and John Redman Coxe. ALS. 

Description

Suggested specifications for Medical Amphitheatre.

12

1058

WISTAR, CASPAR, (JR.), the Family of. May 4, 1818. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Donation of the late Caspar Wistar’s Anatomical Museum to the Medical School. Attached is a Trustees’ resolution appointing a committee to thank Mrs. Wistar.

12

1059

WOOD, JOSIAH. June 6, 1783, Norriton, Pa. Trustees. Petition 

Description

Disposition of Stoney Creek Dam in Norriton, proposing that Josiah Wood repair and maintain the dam if the Univ. allow him water rights.

12

1060

WOODHOUSE, JAMES. March 2, 1802, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Degree examination for medical candidates; requests leave of absence from Commencement due to planned voyage to London to collect fossils and information relating to the arts.

12

1061

WOODHOUSE, JAMES. April 2, 1804, Phila. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Dates for Medical examinations.

12

1062

WOODHOUSE, JAMES. March 25, 1805, Phila. Professor [Benjamin] Silliman. ALS. 

Description

Letter of introduction for Thomas Turpin.

12

1063

[WOODHOUSE, JAMES]. 1805. The Reverend John Andrews. Memorandum. 

Description

Candidates for degrees in medicine.

12

1064

WOODHOUSE, JAMES. April 7, 1807, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Medical examination and the Commencement date.

12

1065

WOODHOUSE, JAMES. November 2, 1807, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

For the Medical Faculty, suggestion that two courses of lectures from each professor be required for a Medical degree.

12

1066

WORTH, JAMES. December 11, 1817. Thomas Bradford, President of the Phila. Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools. ADS. 

Description

Resignation from the Phila. Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools.

12

1067

“W.K.” May 10, 1817. S. Sitgreaves. Letter. 

Description

A brief history of the Perkasie Manor title.

12

1068

“W., J. P.” n.d., Phila. Memorandum. 

Description

Entrance requirements for sophomore class; courses of study; class recitation schedule.

12

1068a

YEATES, JASPER. September 17, 1786, Lancaster, Pa. Samuel Postlethwaite. 

Description

Proposes to recipient and Thomas Duncan arrangements for sale of mill and lands of Mr. Callender.

12

1068b

n.n. [ca. 1734]. Memorandum. 

Description

“A Dream or Vision of a Person at Swansy [Swansea, Mass.] in New England the 21st of the 11mo 1734.”

12

1069

n.n. September 22 and 28, 1759, Phila. Address. 

Description

“Epistola Catus Anniversarii.” An address in Latin on political and religious subjects.

12

1070

n.n. November 27, 1779-September 30, 1791. Memorandum. 

Description

Extracts from Acts of Assembly.

12

1071

n.n. April 1, 1780. Memorandum. 

Description

“Adjustment of Cash with R[obert] Davidson.”

12

1072

n.n. 1787-February 27, 1800. 

Description

Account of payments for Norristown lots.

12

1073

n.n. n.d. (1795?). Account 

Description

A measurement of painting and glazing done by John Ross at John Ewing’s house at Mulberry and Fourth Streets.

12

1074

n.n. n.d. (1795-1800?). Seth Chapman. Memorandum. 

Description

Account of money received for sale of lots at Norristown.

12

1075

n.n. [ca. 1798]. Calligraphic exercises (4 pieces) 

Description

“Imminent” “Imminent” “Brimmerhill” and “Humility.”

12

1076

n.n. February 24, 1800. DS. 

Description

“Sales of Lots on Norristown belonging to the University of Pennsylvania held at Norristown Monday the 24th of February 1800 on the following Conditions … .” List of prices with signatures of purchasers.

OS 1

1077

n.n. [ca. 1800]. “Account of 63 lots of Ground sold at Norristown.” 

Description

Names of purchasers, prices, and amounts due.

OS 1

1078

n.n. n.d. [ca. 1800]. “Sales of Norristown Lots.” 

Description

Names of purchasers, prices, and amounts due.

12

1079

n.n. n.d. (ca. 1800?). Unsigned indenture. 

Description

Conditions of release of Perkasie property according to John Penn.

12

1080

n.n. n.d. [1801]. Memorandum. 

Description

Abstract of brief of title of Market Street lot acquired by University, 1682-1801.

12

1080a

n.n. n.d. (ca. 1810?). Memorandum. 

Description

“List of Desperate Debts.” Alphabetical list of debtors with amounts owed, in sterling. May not relate to Univ.

12

1080b

n.n. December 20, 1813, Bucks County. William Tilghman. Letter. 

Description

Ruin of property, destruction of timber, burning of coal, squatters on Academy property.

12

1081

n.n. November 7, 1815. Memorandum. 

Description

Motion to form a committee to supervise the establishment of a Botanical Garden.

12

1082

n.n. February 8, 1816. [John Penn] Letter. 

Description

Extract of letter [to John Penn]: unprofitable rents from Perkasie Land. Interest in selling property, provision for continuing sponsorship of two boys as specified in original agreement.

12

1083

n.n. n.d. (1816), Phila. ADS. 

Description

Bill for equipment signed by Caspar Wistar and Robert Brockleburst.

12

1084

n.n. n.d. (1816?), Bucks County, Pa. Memorandum (2) 

Description

Exceptions, case of Trustees vs. Souder, and opinion of the court affirming judgment against tenant Abraham Souder for damage to property in Perkasie holdings.

12

1085

n.n. July 14, 1817, Phila. Univ. Memorandum. 

Description

Bill for wood, cartage, and sawing.

12

1086

n.n. September 3, 1817. Memorandum. 

Description

Past rental agreements, Perkasie farms.

12

1087

n.n. 1817, Phila. Trustees. 

Description

Receipt of payment for wood and cartage.

12

1088

n.n. n.d. (ca. 1817). Notebook of expenses of the Botanic Garden. 

12

1089

n.n. n.d. (1817?). Memorandum. 

Description

References to points of law intended to disprove the necessity of Penn’s consent regarding the Perkasie deed.

12

1090

n.n. n.d. [ca. 1817-1818]. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft of IX-108 and additional agreement regarding Joseph Barnes and Perkasie Manor.

12

1091

n.n. n.d. [ca. 1817-1818]. Memorandum. 

Description

Policy for the certification of securities related to the sale of Perkasie Manor farms by Joseph Barnes.

12

1092

n.n. n.d. [ca. 1817-1818]. Release of Joseph Barnes and Abraham Winhold from mortgage and bonds. 

12

1093

n.n. January 15, 1818, Univ. Memorandum. 

Description

Various students’ accounts of the quarrel and reconciliation between students James Dixon and Ellis Lewis, given at the University investigation of the affair.

12

1093a

n.n. March, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Minutes of conversations with H[enry] Rosenberger, apparently regarding land in Perkasie Manor.

12

1094

n.n. November 21, 1818. Memorandum. 

Description

Notes on a conversation with Nathaniel Chapman regarding remedies for a declining enrollment.

12

1095

n.n. [1818]. Memorandum (2) 

Description

Abstract of bills for carpenters, work. Also abstract of payments.

12

1096

n.n. [1818], Phila. Memorandum. 

Description

Call for an investigation of [Ellis Lewis?] disruptive behavior, causing his possible dismissal from the University.

12

1096a

n.n. n.d. (1818?). Surveyor’s draft of land in Perkasie Manor. 

12

1097

n.n. September 9, 1819. Memorandum. 

Description

Joseph Barnes’ securities for purchase of Perkasie Manor.

12

1098

n.n. September 17, 1819. Medical Faculty. Memorandum. 

Description

Bill for sweeping chimneys, cleaning stove pipes and entrances, and wheeling and piling wood.

12

1099

n.n. December 28, 1819. Rough draft of tracts of land in Rockhill Township (Perkasie property) conveyed by Joseph Barnes and wife to James S. Spencer. 

12

1100

n.n. n.d. [April 6, 1819]. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution that Botanical Committee consider the disposing of property in Penn Township for the purpose of a Botanical Garden.

12

1101

n.n. n.d. [1819]. Memorandum. 

Description

Estate sold to C. W. Loudenslager. Back endorsed “Botanic Garden.”

12

1102

n.n. December 27, 1820. John Redman Coxe. Memorandum. 

Description

Request to be allowed to renew lecture tickets.

12

1103

n.n. n.d. (ca. 1820?). Drafts of essays or sermons. 

Description

Topics include George Washington, slavery, mathematics, ridicule, law and learning, in English and Latin. Attached is a scrap of paper marked “Thos Jefferson March 15th 1820 (?) … to the late Dr. …”

12

1103a

n.n. n.d. [1820?]. Memorandum. 

Description

Courses and reading in Freshman, Junior and Senior classes in 1811 and 1820.

12

1103b

n.n., n.d. [ca. 1825]. Memorandum. 

Description

“Dr. [Samuel Brown] Wylie’s Hints on Grammar School,” “Classical Books Studies Dr. Wylie,” “Faculty … Views relative to … the Grammar School.”

12

1103c

n.n. n.d. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Suggestion that a memorial be left with the janitor to facilitate collecting the signatures of absent students.

12

1104

n.n. n.d. Notebook. “Perkasie Manor.” 

Description

Manuscript record of grant from Thomas Penn, Board resolutions to sell property, account of tenants, Penn letters, and other pertinent documents.

12

1105

n.n. n.d. Memorandum. 

Description

“Further alterations in the Statutes.” Recitations and exhibitions refuting the claim of some that Dr. Hare is “disliked by and is unpopular with those who attend his lectures.”

12

1105a

 

Constitution and Charters 

Box

Folder

“CONSTITUTIONS OF THE PUBLICK ACADEMY, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.” November 14, 1749, Phila. DS, booklet 

Description

Contains rules for the Academy laid down in 1749, with the founders’ subscription list of that year with 25 signatures: James Hamilton, Thomas Lawrence, William Allen, William Masters, Lloyd Zachary, William Plumsted, Abraham Taylor, Samuel McCall, John Inglis, Charles Willing, Thomas Bond, Tench Francis, William Shippen, Benjamin Franklin, Phineas Bond, William Coleman, Richard Peters, Joshua Maddox, Robert Strettell, Philip Syng, Thomas Leech, Thomas White, Thomas Hopkinson and Thomas Cadwalader. Followed by a contemporary copy of the 1753 Charter and signed oaths of all the College trustees form 1755 to 1776, including three additional Franklin signatures. (The restoration of this key manuscript was the gift of James Paul Hopkinson, A.B. 1945).

12

1115

WOOLEY [WOOLLEY], EDMUND and JOHN COATS. February 1, 1749/50, Phila. James Logan, Thomas Lawrence, William Allen, John Inglis, Tench Francis, William Masters, Lloyd Zachary, Samuel McCall, Jr., Joseph Turner, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Leech, William Shippen, Robert Strettell, Philip Syng, Charles Willing, Phineas Bond, Richard Peters, Abraham Taylor, Thomas Bond, Thomas Hopkinson, William Plumsted, Joshua Maddox, Thomas White, and William Coleman. Indenture. DS, 32 wax seals. 

Description

Transferring land on the west side of Fourth Street held in trust as of November 14, 1740 for George Whitefield, William Seward, John Stephen Benezet, Thomas Noble, Samuel Hazard, Robert Eastburn, James Read, Edward Evans, and Charles Brockden to provide a charity school. The land was conveyed to Wooley, Coats, John Howell, and William Price by Jonathan and Mary Price on September 15, 1740. The sale price of £775/18/7&3/4 Pennsylvania currency is to be distributed £429/11/4 to repay Samuel Hazard and other Presbyterians under the care of Gilbert Tennent, £126/12/5&3/4 to Wooley and Coats for monies/work advanced or expended toward a new building, £100 to Hugh Cordrey, and lesser sums to John Nichols, Thomas Betson, John Worrel, William Rush, the estate of William Price, Thomas Bourne, John Couzins, James Bambridge, and Edward Evans. Grantees are to educate “such numbers of Poor Children or scholars as shall be suitable to the funds they shall have” and are to appoint masters or mistresses of the school “in useful literature and the Christian Religion.” Any “regular minister of the Gospel” who signs the attached articles of religion will be allowed to preach at the school. In particular, the grantees shall permit the “free and uninterrupted use of the said Place of Worship to the Revd. Mr. George Whitefield.” Grantees are further empowered to set down rules and regulations governing the property’s use and to “found, erect, Establish and continue … the said … School Academy college or other seminary of Learning for instructing Youth in the languages arts and sciences.” Signed and sealed by Benezet, Evans, Eastburn, Read, Hazard, Plumstead, Maddox, White, Coleman, Bond, Peters, Taylor, Bond, Leech, Shippen, Strettell, Syng, Willing, Masters, Zachary, McCall, Turner, Franklin, Lawrence, Allen and Inglis. Receipt signed by Woolley and Coats and by John Moland and George Read, witnesses, and Anthony Morris, Justice. Attached are articles of religion signed by Woolley.

OS14

1116

PENN, THOMAS and RICHARD PENN. July 13, 1753. Trustees of the Academy and Charitable School in the province of Pa. (Thomas Lawrence, William Allen, John Inglis, Tench Francis, William Masters, Lloyd Zachary, Samuel McCall, Jr., Joseph Turner, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Leech, William Shippen, Robert Strettell, Philip Syng, Charles Willing, Phineas Bond, Richard Peters, Abraham Taylor, Thomas Bond, Joshua Maddox, William Plumsted, Thomas White, William Coleman, Isaac Norris, and Thomas Cadwalader.) DS, paper seal with Penn arms. 

Description

Charter incorporating the Trustees of the Academy and Charitable School in the province of Pa. Recites a brief history of the school beginning with the subscriptions of “several benevolent and charitable persons” for “erecting, establishing, and maintaining an academy…as well to instruct youth for reward, as poor children whose indigent and helpless circumstances demand the charity of the opulent part of mankind.” Signed by James Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor, as witness.

OS11

1117

n.n. [Smith, William]. March, 1755. 

Description

Draft in hand of Provost Smith of two different proposed texts of the “Additional Charter” of 1755, the first draft following and incorporating the full text of the 1753 Charter (this in another clerical hand).

12

1117a

PENN, THOMAS and RICHARD PENN. May 14, 1755. Trustees of the College, Academy, and Charitable School, in the Province of Pa. (James Hamilton, William Allen, John Inglis, Tench Francis, William Masters, Lloyd Zachary, Samuel McCall, Jr., Joseph Turner, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Leech, William Shippen, Robert Strettell, Philip Syng, Phineas Bond, Richard Peters, Abraham Taylor, Thomas Bond, Joshua Maddox, William Plumsted, Thomas White, William Coleman, Thomas Cadwalader, Alexander Stedman, and John Mifflin.) DS, paper seal with Penn arms. 

Description

“Additional Charter of the College,” confirming the charter of 1753 and extending the powers of the trustees. The trustees are empowered to select a Provost, Vice-Provost, and professors, and to grant “degrees in any of the faculties, arts, and sciences, to which persons are usually admitted, in any or either of the universities or colleges of the kingdom of Great Britain.” Signed by Robert Hunter Morris, Lieutenant-Governor, as witness.

OS15

1118

“Charter and Body of Laws and Statutes for the use of The Faculty of the College and Academy of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1755.” 

Description

Contains
Additional Charter of the College, Academy and Charity-School of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1755 (Evans 7540); manuscript “Rules and Statutes of the College, Academy and Charity-School of Philadelphia [faculty powers]; manuscript “Rules and Ordinances for the Discipline and good Government of the Students and Scholars…”; certified 1769 manuscript copy of the 1753, charter from Thomas and Richard Penn.

13

1119

Additional Charter of the College, &c. of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. [Phila., September 30, 1791]. 

Description

Contains text of this charter of 1755 and also the charter of 1753, and the Pa. Acts of 1779, 1785, 1789 and (Act of Union) 1791. Printed text but bears embossed seal and certification by Jesse Y. Burk, Secretary of the Univ., 1882-1903.

13

1120

Instrument of Incorporation of the Trustees of the Free School attached to the University of Pennsylvania, September 7, 1801. DS. 

Description

Signed by Joseph Ball, Robert Blackwell, John Bleakley, Edward Burd, George Clymer, David H. Conyngham, Alexander J[ames] Dallas, Thomas FitzSimons, Samuel M. Fox, Robert Hare, James Irvine, William Lewis, Thomas McKean, Joseph B[orden] McKean, Benjamin R. Morgan, Charles Pettit, William Rawle, Edward Shippen, Edward Tilghman, William White, and Thomas M. Willing. Certified as lawful by Edward Shippen, Jasper Yeates, Thomas Smith, Joseph B[orden] McKean. With attached instrument of enrollment signed by Timothy Matlack.

13

1121

Certified copy of the 1753 charter from Thomas and Richard Penn issued by Land Office, Lancaster, Pa., February 19, 1810. 

13

1122

Certified copy of the 1755 charter from Thomas and Richard Penn issued by Land Office, Lancaster, Pa., February 21, 1810. 

13

1123

[ca. 1813]. Memorandum. 

Description

Brief of Charter regulations governing the terms of qualification of Trustees, 1753-1791.

13

1124

Rules and Laws 

n.d. (last entry 1772). Memorandum. 

Description

Collection of Rules passed at different Times by the Trustees of the College [Academy and Charitable School] of Philadelphia.

13

1125

n.d. Notes on “Book of Laws concerning the faculty” and on the second volume of Trustees’ Minutes, 1773-1774. 

13

1126

n.d. (probably 1779-1789). Memorandum. 

Description

Laws relating to the Schools. Curriculum for the English school, Mathematical school, Latin school, and Philosophical classes.

13

1127

May 7, 1781. Memorandum. 

Description

Powers of the faculty, provost, vice-provost, senior professor.

13

1128

1781. Memorandum. 

Description

“Laws Concerning the Faculty.”

13

1129

1781 (?). Memorandum. 

Description

“A Statute ascertaining the Powers and Duty of the Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania.”

13

1130

(ca. 1791). Memorandum. 

Description

Brief of Trustees’ Minutes, Volume 1, citing page references to past policy decisions. Also subheadings for Charity Schools, Medical students, and scholars in general.

13

1131

1794, Phila. Memorandum. 

Description

“Laws relating to the Latin School Philadelphia 1794.” Reading matter and grammar assignments prescribed for each class.

13

1132

(1794). Memorandum. 

Description

Draft, “Of the Philosophical Classes.” Addendum in the handwriting of William Rogers.

13

1133

February 4, 1816. Wilson, James Patriot, Benjamin Chew, and William Meredith. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution establishing a committee to prepare a system of rules for the Academy and Charity Schools.

13

1134

 

Trustees 

Box

Folder

Minutes 

Vol. 1 November 13, 1749-October 18, 1768. College, Academy and Charitable Schools 

Description

Also available as a printed facsimile published as
Minutes of the Trustees of the College, Academy and Charitable Schools University of Pennsylvania Volume 1, 1749 to 1768 (Wilmington, Del., Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1974) with an introduction by Dr. Neda M. Westlake and a bibliographical note by Francis James Dallett.

1134a

Vol. 2 December 20, 1768-November 22, 1779; March 9, 1789-November 5, 1791. College, Academy and Charitable Schools. 

1134b

Vol. 3 December 1, 1779-August 16, 1788. Univ. of the State of Pa. 

Description

Appended is the oath record of that body.

1134c

Vol. 4 August 25, 1788-September 24, 1791. Univ. of the State of Pa. 

1134e

Vol. 5 November 8, 1791-June 20, 1811. Univ. of Pa. 

1134f

Vol. 6 June 21, 1811-May 24, 1822. Univ. of Pa. 

1134g

Rough Minutes 

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. December 1, 1779-April 22, 1782, Phila. Trustees’ rough minute book. 

Description

“Minutes of the Trustees of the University of [the State of] Pennsylvania” [title page]. The basis of text at which forms part of Volume III of the Trustees’ Minutes.

13

1135

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. May 8, 1782-September 8, 1784. Trustees’ rough minute book. 

Description

“Minutes of the Board of Trustees of the University of the State of Pennsylvania Com[mencin]g May 8th 1782” [cover title]. The basis of text which forms part of Volume III of the Trustees’ Minutes.

OS2

1136

TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE AND ACADEMY OF PHILADELPHIA. August 6, 1790-October 28, 1791. Trustees’ rough minute book. 

Description

“Minute Book of the Trustees of the College, Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia.” The basis of text which forms part of text of Volume II of the Trustees’ Minutes.

OS2

1137

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. November 8, 1791-February 5, 1793. Trustees’ rough minute book. 

Description

Rough minutes of the trustees of the united University, the basis of text found in Volume V of the permanent minutes. The first pages concern the organization of the united University.

13

1138

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. January 7, 1817-May 24, 1822. Trustees’ rough minute book. 

Description

Rough minutes of the trustees, the basis of text which forms part of Volume VI of the permanent minutes.

13

1139

Extracts from Minutes 

1756. Student regulations concerning their government and attendance at public prayers. (Photocopy) 

13

1140

May 7, 1781. Memorandum. 

Description

Notice of public examination of candidates for degrees.

13

1141

[1789]. Memorandum. 

Description

“Government of the Schools.” Resolutions passed 1769-1789 regarding holidays, exercises, etc. Resolution designating repayment of loans to be in Spanish dollars; Trustees’ meetings to be moved to the college from Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin’s house “on Account of the present state of his health.”

13

1142

ca. 1789. Memorandum. 

Description

Notes from the second volume of Trustees’ Minutes regarding government of the schools, duty of janitor, commencements, tuition, and other matters of policy.

13

1143

September 13, 1791-December 2, 1806. “An Act to Unite the University of the State of Pennsylvania and the College, Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” 

13

1144

[ca. 1791]. Memorandum. 

Description

Admission of scholars, tuition, examinations, the Charity Schools, disposal of monies, laws from Dr. [William] Smith’s papers, fire-wood, laws of the Trustees, Medical degree requirements, fees, and custody of the seals.

14

1145

[ca. 1791]. Memorandum. 

Description

Brief of Trustee policies regarding Medical School examinations, faculty meetings, application for degrees, management of the boarding house, duties of the janitor, and student awards.

14

1146

April 16, 1792-April 21, 1795, Univ. Response to William Smith 

Description

Claims £100 yearly annuity; one year free rent, £900 final settlement granted. (Signed by William Smith, Robert Blackwell, Edward Burd, Charles Pettit, and Alexander James Dallas.)

14

1147

April 18, 1811. Memorandum Letter from Dr. [Caspar] Wistar regarding examination of medical students. 

14

1147a

n.d. [1811?]. Memorandum. 

Description

Summary of Trustees’ Minutes concerning the building of the first Medical Hall in Ninth Street.

14

1147b

November 25, 1813-April 3, 1827. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolutions granting compensation to James Wiltbank, Master of the Grammar School.

14

1148

[1817]. Rental of Medical Hall by Medical Faculty from Trustees; payment of student and other fees to that faculty. 

14

1148a

June 1, 1819. Memorandum. 

Description

Extract regarding Joseph Barnes’ payment for Perkasie Manor. Signed by Edward Fox.

14

1149

June 1, 1819. William Rawle. 

Description

Printed extract regarding professorships of mathematics and natural philosophy and chemistry. Handwritten note on inside dated July 6, 1819.

14

1150

April 4-May 2, 1820. Memorandum. 

Description

Proposal of Dr. William P. C. Barton that professorship of Botany be detached from Faculty of Natural Sciences and united to Medical Faculty. Cover is addressed to Charles Chauncey.

14

1150a

(Fox, Edward, Secretary). December 12, 1791. ADS. 

Description

Requirements for a quorum.

14

1151

(Fox, Edward, Secretary). March 29, 1792. ADS. 

Description

Outline of the duties accompanying specific Univ. professorships.

14

1152

(Fox, Edward, Secretary). May 12, 1795. ADS. 

Description

Appointing Dr. [William] White, Mr. [Edward] Tilghman, and Mr. [Alexander James] Dallas a committee to devise and report a Plan of Education.

14

1153

(Fox, Edward). February 7, 1797. ADS. 

Description

Resolution ordering Returns of Classes to be submitted in every succeeding three months.

14

1154

(Fox, Edward, Secretary). May 5, 1801. ADS. 

Description

Order for the printing of the report of the Committee on the Decline of the Seminary and for its distribution to the Trustees and professors in the arts.

14

1155

[Fox, Edward, Secretary]. January 5, 1802. William Rawle. ADS. 

Description

Draft of a resolution calling for Dr. John Ewing’s compulsory retirement; provisions for finding a replacement. Private copies to be sent to the Trustees and to Dr. Ewing.

14

1156

(Fox, Edward, Secretary). November 9, 1802. ADS. 

Description

Referring matters of Professor Davidson’s house, Davidson’s tutor, and insurance on the building on Ninth Street to a committee of [Edward] Burd, [Samuel Mickle or Edward ?] Fox, and [Thomas] Fitzsimons.

14

1157

(Fox, Edward). November 1, 1803. William White. ADS. 

Description

Resolution appointing a committee to prepare and propose alterations respecting quorums.

14

1158

[Fox, Edward]. November 12, 1804. William Rawle. ADS. 

Description

The appointment of [William] Rawle, [William] White, [Alexander James] Dallas, [Thomas] McKean, Edward Tilghman, [Samuel Mickle] Fox, and [George] Clymer as a Committee to choose a new Provost.

14

1159

(Fox, Edward). May 9, 1810. ADS. 

Description

Appointment of a committee to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. John McDowell.

14

1160

(Fox, Edward, Secretary). April 18, 1810. AD. 

Description

Dates for Medical examinations and Commencement.

14

1160a

(Fox, Edward). September 3, 1811. William Tilghman. ADS. 

Description

Names of members appointed to the Committee for the examination of the Classes.

14

1161

(Fox, Edward). May 8, 1813. PD and ADS. 

Description

Committee report: Plan for continuation of Medical School administration after the death of Benjamin Rush.

14

1162

(Fox, Edward). May 8, 1813. PD. Reorganization of the Medical Department. 

Description

Included are a report of the Committee and proposals from the Medical Faculty.

14

1163

(Fox. Edward). December 6, 1814. William Rawle, Benjamin Rawle Morgan and George Fox. ADS. 

Description

Report from the Committee on the Perkasie Lands. Resolution to survey and repair property, renegotiate tenants’ leases.

14

1164

(Fox, Edward). November 7, 1815. William Rawle. ADS. 

Description

Establishment of a committee to administer a state grant of $3,000 to provide for a Botanical Garden.

14

1165

(Fox, Edward). November 20, 1815. Memorandum. 

Description

Report of Committee on Medical students’ matriculation fees: $4 to be considered rent rather than matriculation fee. Rent to be collected and furnished by faculty.

14

1166

[Fox, Edward]. November 20, 1815, January 2, 1816, April 3, 1817, April 21, 1817, May 6, 1817, October 9, 1817, November 4, 1817. Memorandum. 

Description

Report on Medical students’ matriculation fees, arrangements for enlarging Medical Hall accepted by Medical Faculty.

14

1167

(Fox, Edward). August 6, 1816. ADS. 

Description

Acknowledgment of release from conditions of the Perkasie Manor received from John Penn.

14

1168

(Fox, Edward). October 1, 1816. William Rawle. ADS. 

Description

Resolution outlining financial arrangements for the Botanic Garden.

14

1169

(Fox, Edward). November 5, 1816. Caspar Wistar. ALS. 

Description

Resolution prohibiting use of the Ninth Street building for non-Univ. functions.

14

1170

(Fox, Edward). April 1, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Conditions leading to the acceptance of Barnes’ offer to purchase Perkasie Manor.

14

1171

(Fox, Edward). April 1, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Resolution to contract for the purchase of 42 acres in Penn Township for the establishment of a Botanical Garden.

14

1172

(Fox, Edward). April 21, 1817. Dr. Nathaniel Chapman. ADS. 

Description

Resolution to enlarge Medical Hall.

14

1173

(Fox, Edward). May 6, 1817. William Rawle. ADS. 

Description

Terms of credit, Joseph Barnes’ purchase of Perkasie Manor.

14

1174

(Fox, Edward, Secretary). November 4, 1817. William Dick. ADS. 

Description

Resolution covering responsibilities of janitor.

14

1174a

(Fox, Edward). December 11, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Affixing the seal to instruments exonerating the tracts or parcels of land from the mortgage of Joseph Barnes on Perkasie Manor.

14

1175

(Fox, Edward). August 1, 1820. William Rawle. ADS. 

Description

The expediency of erecting a greenhouse for the Botanical Department.

14

1176

(Fox, Edward). October 3, 1820. ADS. 

Description

Details of the new plan of instruction, including course materials, scheduling and professors’ duties.

14

1177

(Glentworth, Plunket Fleeson, Secretary). May 17, 1791. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolutions regarding rules and regulations of the schools.

14

1178

(Hopkinson, Francis). June 12, 1783. ADS. 

Description

Faculty resignation, appointments.

14

1179

(Hopkinson, Joseph, Secretary). April 6, 1791. William Rogers. ADS. 

Description

Resolutions regarding attendance and regulations necessary for the government of the schools.

14

1180

(Matlack, Timothy). February 26, 1780. Reverend John Ewing. ALS. 

Description

Request that Ewing and David Rittenhouse, recently appointed Provost and Vice Provost, respectively, confer to choose teaching responsibilities.

14

1181

(Matlack, Timothy). March 8, 1780. ADS. 

Description

The nominations of John Ewing and David Rittenhouse as professors of Moral Philosophy and Natural and Experimental Philosophy.

14

1182

(Matlack, Timothy). March 26, 1780. ADS. 

Description

Fees and tuition money. List of candidates for degrees on reverse.

14

1183

(Matlack, Timothy, Provost, Vice Provost, James Davidson, James Cannon, Rev. J[ohn] C[hristopher] Kunze, Rev. Robert Davidson.) ADS. 

Description

Ranking of professors.

14

1184

(Reed, Joseph). February 18 and March 4, 1806, Univ. James Davidson. ADS. 

Description

Resignation of James Davidson accepted, annuity provided.

14

1185

(Reed, Joseph). February 2, 1813, Univ. John Andrews. ADS. 

Description

Acceptance of resignation of Dr. Andrews due to health. Resolution to continue his salary, allow use of house during his life.

14

1186

(Reed, Joseph). March 3, 1818, Univ. ADS. 

Description

Request for lists of professors, graduates, officers of the old College, Univ., and Medical School in Latin.

14

1187

(Sproat, James). September 20, 1783. ADS. 

Description

Books presented to the Univ.

14

1188

(Sproat, James). February 28, 1784. ADS. 

Description

Examinations and Commencement; leave of absence granted to Provost [John Ewing] to make astronomical observations and establish the Pennsylvania-Virginia boundary line.

14

1189

(Sproat, James). August 4, 1784. ADS. 

Description

Reverend Henry Helmuth appointed Professor of German Philology; John Francis Byule De Fakewait hired as French instructor.

14

1190

(Sproat, James). October 23, 1784. ADS. 

Description

Permission for Mr. Adgate’s singing school to meet in Univ. rooms; grant of [Robert] Davidson’s house to [Robert] Patterson; Benjamin Workman; collection of tuition by Mr. [Robert] Patterson.

14

1191

(Sproat, James, Secretary). December 13, 1784. ADS. 

Description

Former tutor John Wigton’s account; school holidays; award for excellence in Latin; use of Dr. [John] Ewing’s electrical apparatus by Mr. [Robert] Patterson.

14

1192

(Sproat, James). April 27, 1785. ADS. 

Description

Candidates for degrees; commencement arrangements; correction of the Version Book.

14

1193

(Sproat, James, Secretary). September 6, 1786. ADS. 

Description

Approval of Henry F. Dukhart’s request to teach an evening school in German School room; listing of books in the library.

14

1194

(Sproat, James, Secretary). September 5, 1787. ADS. 

Description

Confirmation of Mr. [William W.] Fintham’s appointment as tutor, release of Mr. Sweney; students’ entrance money; purchase of astronomical sector, clock and transit from Mr. Penn; meeting of Philorhetorical Society permitted in Univ. rooms.

14

1195

(Sterett, Samuel). September 20, 1780. ADS. 

Description

Committee appointed to consider a representation from Dr. William Smith.

14

1196

(Sterett, Samuel). April 19, 1781. Reverend John Ewing. ADS. 

Description

Collection of tuition.

14

1197

(Sterett, Samuel). December 5, 1781. Reverend John Ewing. ADS. 

Description

Use of Hall and gallery for Baptist worship; appointment of writing masters; address to General Washington; repair of Philosophical apparatus; scheduling of Commencement.

14

1198

(Sterett, Samuel, Secretary). January 22, 1782. ADS. 

Description

Examinations of candidates and Commencement; leave of absence requested by Provost John Ewing for making astronomical observations and running the Pennsylvania-Virginia boundary line.

14

1199

(Sterett, Samuel, Secretary). April 13, 1782. John Ewing, Provost. ADS. 

Description

Hiring a janitor; misconduct and disputed degree of Francis Murray; salary of writing masters Johnson and Allen; the next Board meeting.

14

1200

(Sterett, Samuel). n.d. ADS. 

Description

Memorial of Henry Stuber, student in German School, was read. Allowed to continue in the school notwithstanding non-payment of tuition. (Filed with “1789-1821 list of College Graduates”).

14

1201

Communications 

TRUSTEES. July 2, 1781, Phila. 

Description

Authorization granting honorary degrees to William Bradford, Jr. and William Barton. Not signed.

OS 1

1202

TRUSTEES. September 20, 1782, Phila. George Way. DS. 

Description

Lease for a lot on Mulberry between Fourth and Fifth Streets to George Way for 10 years at 160 Mexican dollars per annum. Witnessed by J. A. Lewis and Christopher Baker.

14

1203

TRUSTEES. December 23, 1782. Mandamus. Conferral of honorary degrees 

Description

upon Francis Joannes Chevalier de Chatelleux (sic, François Jean de Beauvoir, Chevalier de Chastellux), Francis Barbé de Marbois (sic, François Barbé-Marbois), Joannes Franciscus Coste (Jean François Coste), Maria Bernardus Borgella (Marie Bernard Borgella) and [Fiacre Maximilien] Robilliard, of France. Not signed.

OS 1

1204

TRUSTEES. February 28, 1785. Henry Roosen. 

Description

Deed, lot number one in the town of Norris.

14

1205

TRUSTEES. March 17, 1786. Thomas Craig. DS. 

Description

Deed for Norriton (sic) Farm and Mill for £280 yearly. Witnessed by George Kemp and Clement Biddle.

14

1206

[TRUSTEES]. n.d. 1789 (?). Memorandum. 

Description

Resolutions in regard to structure of the College and its regulations.

14

1206a

TRUSTEES. 1790-1793, 1796. Silas Engles. 

Description

Carpentry work account.

14

1207

TRUSTEES. November 3, 1791. Notice of the election of Trustees for the Univ. of Pa. after the union of the College, Academy and Charitable School and the Univ. of the State of Pa. 

14

1208

TRUSTEES. [ca. 1791]. Memorandum. 

Description

“A Law ascertaining the Powers and Duty of the Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania.”

14

1209

TRUSTEES. December 13, 1792. Address. 

Description

Draft of an address to the Pa. General Assembly on the state of the Univ.

14

1210

TRUSTEES. December 13, 1792. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft of “By-laws for regulating the Latin and Greek Schools andc.” with additional articles relating to the Philosophical Schools.

14

1211

TRUSTEES. July 8, 1794. Samuel Wallace [Wallas]. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for paving and renewing a necessary.

14

1212

TRUSTEES. September 10, 1794-January 12, 1795. John Ross. DS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for painting and glazing done at the Provost’s [John Ewing’s] house.

14

1213

TRUSTEES. n.d. [ca. 1795]. Anthony Vanderslice. Account. 

Description

Recapitulation of an account with Anthony Vanderslice for repairs on the Provost’s House.

14

1214

TRUSTEES. August 26, 1799. Joseph Simons. Memorandum. 

Description

Receipt of payment for an iron lock (for John Andrews’ house).

14

1215

TRUSTEES. 1799. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolutions defining the rights and duties of Provost, Vice Provost, Faculty.

14

1216

TRUSTEES. August 5, 1800. Edward Fox. Certificate. 

Description

Appointment of Edward Fox as attorney for the Trustees.

14

1217

TRUSTEES. 1800 (?). John Penn. Letter. 

Description

Sketch of letter renewing application for grant to sell Perkasie Manor.

14

1218

[TRUSTEES]. n.d. [late 1801-early 1802]. Draft of resolutions enforcing Dr. John Ewing’s retirement. 

14

1219

TRUSTEES. 1802 (?) 1804 (?). Legislature. Letter. 

Description

Univ. financial difficulties; obligation of the state to offer assistance.

14

1220

TRUSTEES. October 1, 1811. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution adopted appointing William White and William Meredith a committee to effect the appointment of Benjamin Allen as Master of the Grammar School.

14

1221

TRUSTEES. 1812. Provost, Vice Provost and Faculty. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft of mandamus requiring commencement and conferral of medical degrees upon seventy-three students who are named. Unsigned.

14

1221a

TRUSTEES. January 5, 1813. The Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pa. Petition (2). 

Description

Requesting the Legislature to accept the amount of the debt owed by the Univ. as decided by arbitrators. (Draft copies; paragraph deleted).

14

1222

TRUSTEES. April 5, 1813. Memorandum. 

Description

Precis of legal process, Commonwealth vs. Trustees.

14

1222a

TRUSTEES. March 8, 1816. Memorandum. 

Description

Trustees’ resolution to provide for two students as a condition of the release of Perkasie Manor by Thomas Penn.

14

1223

TRUSTEES. July 2, 1816. William White. Memorandum. 

Description

Request that a resolution of thanks be communicated to the Reverend Thomas Hall of Leghorn for his gifts of the Acts of the Apostles in Greek, said to be written in the fourteenth century, and an Egyptian infant mummy.

14

1224

TRUSTEES. October 1, 1816. Letter. 

Description

Request for attendance at a stated meeting of the Trustees, with agenda.

14

1225

TRUSTEES. March 17, 1817, Phila. William Dick. 

Description

Receipt of payment for one quarter’s salary, candles, wood splitting, chimney sweeping, and sweeping brushes.

14

1226

TRUSTEES. March 21, 1817, Phila. Bill. 

Description

Receipt of payment for wood, carting, sawing, carrying and pilling.

14

1227

TRUSTEES. April 15, 1817. Richard Hicks. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of payment for taking down the stage in Washington Hall and fixing the curtains. Endorsed by Robert M. Patterson.

14

1228

TRUSTEES. July 1, 1817, Phila. Thomas Mitchell. Receipt of payment for drawing a deed and mortgage between the Trustees and [Joseph D.] Brown (for the Botanical Garden -purchase). 

14

1229

TRUSTEES. October 9, 1817. Joseph Barnes. Memorandum. 

Description

Note referring to release of Perkasie property.

14

1230

TRUSTEES. 1817 (?) . John Penn. Letter. 

Description

Account of the state of the Univ., including list of professorships.

14

1231

TRUSTEES (Alexander, Alexander). January 17, 1766, Phila. James Tilghman. ADS. 

Description

Tuition receipt for James and William Tilghman.

14

1232

TRUSTEES (Alison, Francis). October 17, 1772, Phila. James Ralf [Ralph]. ADS. 

Description

Tuition receipt.

14

1233

TRUSTEES (Bryan, Geo[rge], Fra[ncis] Hopkinson, J[onathan] B[ayard] Smith, John Dickinson, James Ewing, Tho[mas] McKean, W[illiam] White, Th[omas] Bond, J[ames] Sproat, Sr., James Hutchinson, [Justus] Henry [Christian] Helmuth.) July 1, 1783, Phila. DS. 

Description

Mandamus granting degrees including honorary doctorate of laws to General George Washington.

OS 20

1234

TRUSTEES (Bryan, George). October 7, 1812. ADS. 

Description

Trustees in account with the Commonwealth. Principal and interest due on the purchase of the President’s House.

14

1235

TRUSTEES (Campbell, Samuel). April 17, 1760, April 17, 1761, October 7, 1761, May 10, 1762. Samuel Jones. ADS. 

Description

Tuition receipts.

14

1236

TRUSTEES (Clarkson, Gerardus, James Hutchinson, David Rittenhouse, William Bradford, Jr., William White, James Sproat, George Bryan, Thomas Ustick, William Moore, Jonathan Bayard Smith, Francis Hopkinson). May 6, 1785. DS. 

Description

Mandamus granting degrees.

OS 1

1237

TRUSTEES (Emlen, Samuel). April 23, 1817. Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

Agreement to let Fifth Street property to the Board of Health.

14

1238

TRUSTEES (Emlen, Samuel). April 28, 1817. Board of Health, City and Port of Phila. ADS. 

Description

Deed for house and lot on South Fifth between Chestnut and Walnut Streets.

14

1239

TRUSTEES (Emlen, Samuel). n.d. (ca. 1779). Memorandum. 

Description

Account of bonds and ground rents from 1771 to 1779 of Perkasie Manor tenants.

14

1239a

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). November 5, 1788 through November 1791. Notebook. 

Description

Account of Univ. currency; debits and credits listed on a monthly basis. Book number one.

15

1240

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). August 22, 1791, Montgomery County. Jonathan Shoemaker. DS. 

Description

Deed for property in Abington, Pa. purchased for $1000.

15

1241

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). n.d. (ca. 1801). Memorandum. 

Description

“Statement of price of the President’s House.” Schedule of costs and projected payments.

15

1241a

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). April 6, 1802, Phila. Thomas Allibone, Caleb North, and Thomas Haskins. DS. 

Description

Deed for property on west side of Fourth between High and Mulberry Streets for $9,000. (Methodist Episcopal Union Society property).

15

1241b

TRUSTEES (Fox., Edward). February 2, 1805. Bartholomew Graves. DS. 

Description

Deed for the eastern half of a house standing in College Yard on Fourth Street for four years at $300 per year. Witnessed by Thomas Hoskin and John Reynolds.

15

1242

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). September 23, 1807, Norristown. George McClenachan. ADS. 

Description

Release of ground rent from Montgomery County property leased by Edward Milnor to George McClenachan for $3272. Witnessed by Frederick Beates.

15

1243

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). March 14, 1810, Norristown. Philip Dotts. ADS. 

Description

Release of ground rent stipulation on Dotts property for $514.

15

1244

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). May 9, 1810, Phila. Memorandum. 

Description

Notice of vacancy of Office of Provost.

15

1245

TRUSTEES [Fox, Edward]. May 9, 1810, Phila. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft of advertisement for applicants for post of Provost vacated by Dr. McDowell.

15

1245a

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). March 20, 1811, Norristown. William Grant. ADS. 

Description

Release of ground rent stipulation on William Grant property for $160. Witnessed by Arthur Howell.

15

1246

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). June 25, 1812. Attorney General of the Commonwealth. AD. 

Description

Credits in account with the Commonwealth of Pa.

15

1247

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). [ca. 1812]. AD. 

Description

Credits claimed by the Univ. against the original grant of $4000 enacted by the state legislature on November 27, 1779.

15

1248

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). [ca. 1812]. AD. 

Description

Credits claimed by the Univ. against the original grant of $4,000 enacted by the state legislature on November 27, 1779.

15

1249

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). [ca. 1812]. AD. 

Description

Univ. finances subsequent to the abrogation of charter in 1779.

15

1250

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). n.d. [ca. 1813]. AD. 

Description

Credits claimed by Trustees in account with the Commonwealth.

15

1251

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward, George Fox and James Gibson). February 10, 1816. John Hall. ADS. 

Description

Receipt for repairing the fence in Ninth Street and the gate at the Old Academy in Fourth Street.

15

1252

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). June 7, 1817. Joseph D. Brown. ADS. 

Description

Deed for property between the Wissahicon Road and the River Schuylkill in the Northern Liberties.

15

1253

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). October 9, 1817. Joseph Barnes. ADS. 

Description

Mortgage agreement for Perkasie Manor property.

15

1254

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). December 25, 1817. Nathaniel Chapman. ADS. 

Description

Account of advances made by the Trustees to the Medical Faculty towards alterations made in the Medical Hall by William Strickland.

15

1255

TRUSTEES (Fox, Edward). April 30, 1818. Henry Rosenberger. Receipt of $358.25 to cover the cost of repairs on his Perkasie Manor farm. 

15

1256

TRUSTEES (Gibson, James). October 23, 1817, Phila. William Dick. ADS. 

Description

Bill for expenses incurred in covering the stage in the Prayer Hall. Endorsed by James Gibson to Edward Fox with green baize.

15

1257

TRUSTEES (James, Thomas Chalkley and David Jackson). June 1, 1807. Board of Health. ADS. 

Description

Agreement to let house and lot on Fifth between Chestnut and Walnut Streets to the Board of Health.

15

1258

TRUSTEES (McKean, Thomas, Edward Shippen, William White, Edward Tilghman, William Rawle, Edward Burd, John Bleakley, Joseph Borden McKean, Robert Hare, Robert Blackwell, Jonathan Bayard Smith, Samuel Mickle Fox, Thomas Fitzsimons, William Lewis, Alexander 

Description

Application for permission to sell Perkasie Manor.

15

1259

TRUSTEES (McKean, Thomas and Robert Blackwell). April 25, 1811. Provost, Vice Provost, and Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Authorization for Medical Commencement, with names of candidates.

15

1260

TRUSTEES (Meredith, William, William White, Benjamin Chew, Joseph Borden McKean, William Tilghman, William Rawle, John Sergeant, Zaccheus Collins, Peter Stephen duPonceau, George Fox). July 7, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Mandamus granting degrees.

15

1261

TRUSTEES (Miles, Samuel, Chairman). January 5, 1792, Phila. Commonwealth of Pa. General Assembly. DS. 

Description

Plan of education for the Univ., including classes taught in German; estimate of revenue. Read January 7 and 10, 1792.

15

1262

TRUSTEES (Patterson, Robert). January 1, 1785. Thomas Earl. PDS. 

Description

Tuition receipt.

15

1263

TRUSTEES (Patterson, Robert). 1792-1800. Alexander Wilcocks. PDS (12). 

Description

Tuition receipts for son Samuel, Class of 1803.

15

1264

TRUSTEES (Patterson, Robert). April 1, 1793, Phila. Mr. Forepaugh, PDS. 

Description

Receipt of payment of tuition for his son William Forepaugh.

15

1265

TRUSTEES (Peters, Richard, President). December 15, 1761. [William Smith]. Trustees’ brief to Rev. William Smith to solicit funds for the College, Academy, and Charitable Schools in England. 

15

1266

TRUSTEES (Reed, Joseph, William Moore, Thomas McKean, Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Francis Hopkinson, William Bradford, William Shippen, George Bryan, William White, James Sproat, Ferdinand Farmer, Henry Helmuth, Thomas Bond, James Hutchinson, Timothy M 

Description

Mandamus granting degrees, Univ. of the State of Pa.

OS 1

1267

TRUSTEES (Tilghman, William, William White, Robert Blackwell, William Meredith, George Fox, Alexander James Dallas, Horace Binney, John Sergeant, Thomas McKean, Joseph Borden McKean, Moses Levy, and James Gibson). July 6, 1813. DS. 

Description

Mandamus granting degrees.

OS 17

1268

TRUSTEES (Biddle, William Sheppard, William McIlhenny, Cunningham S. Ramsay, and Chamless Wharton). July 30, 1797. Provost, Vice Provost, and Faculty. DS. 

Description

Mandamus granting degrees.

15

1269

TRUSTEES (White, William, Chairman). January 12, 1802, Univ. The Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pa. ADS. 

Description

Request for permission to sell part or all of the Academy property in Fourth Street and for relief from full payment of the debt incurred in purchasing and making alterations to the President’s House in Ninth Street.

15

1270

TRUSTEES (White, William, Chairman). November 12, 1804. The Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pa. DS. 

Description

Covering letter and petition requesting remission of the last installment of the debt on the President’s House which would instead be applied to the cost of erecting a Medical building.

15

1271

TRUSTEES (White, William, Chairman). November 12, 1804, Univ. Senate and House of Representatives of Pa. PD. 

Description

Plea for remission of principal on the debt owed to the state on the “President’s House.” Printers proof, with corrections and alterations from manuscript copy.

15

1272

TRUSTEES (White William, Chairman). November 12, 1804, Univ. Senate and House of Representatives of Pa. PD. 

Description

Petition regarding disposition of the debt owed to the state on the “President’s House.” Final copy.

15

1273

Committee Communications 

BOTANICAL COMMITTEE (Initials of R[awle], W[illiam], E[dward] B[urd], B[enjamin] C[hew], H[orace] B[inney] and J[ames] G[ibson]). September 5, 1820. Memorandum. 

Description

The expediency of erecting a greenhouse for the Botanical Department.

15

1274

BOTANICAL COMMITTEE (Rawle, William, Edward Burd, and Benjamin Chew). September 5, 1820. ADS. 

Description

Report: Recommends postponing the construction of a greenhouse at Ninth Street until Penn Township property has been sold.

15

1275

COLLEGE COMMITTEE ON UNION WITH THE UNIVERSITY. (Wilcocks, Alexander, Thomas Fitzsimons, George Clymer). July 19, 1791, Phila. William Bradford, Jared Ingersoll, Dr. James Hutchinson. ALS. 

Description

Arrangement of meeting between College and Univ. committees.

15

1276

COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CONSIDER THE EXPEDIENCY OF ENGRAFTING A PROFESSORSHIP OF BOTANY UNTO THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT (Levy, Moses, Edward Burd, William Rawle and Benjamin Chew). May 2, 1820. Trustees. DS. 

Description

Report: Find Dr. Barton’s proposition inexpedient but commend his industry and talents.

15

1276a

COMMITTEE APPOINTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENQUIRING INTO THE STATE OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL. n.d. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolutions recommending the licensing of apothecaries and the granting of the Master of Pharmacy degree.

15

1276o

COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INSPECT THE CONDITION OF THE LIBRARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS, June 2, 1807. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Report: Catalogue of books to be assembled; list of apparatus repairs submitted. Need for new maps and globes.

15

1277

COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO MAKE A TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT FOR THE SUPPLY OF A TEACHER OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY. September 7, 1813. Trustees (William White, Horace Binney, William Meredith). ADS. 

Description

Report: Arrangement made for Robert Patterson to assume duties.

15

1278

COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO PROVIDE PAYMENT FOR THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE (FitzSimons, Thomas and Edward Burd). October 6, 1801. Trustees. DS. 

Description

Report: Physical condition of building; recommendations for its use for teaching purposes and faculty accommodation; development of part of tract; moving problems.

15

1278a

COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO REPORT WHAT SALARY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO THE PROFESSORS AND TEACHERS. December 13, 1792. Trustees. AD. 

Description

Report on Faculty salaries and financial reorganization.

15

1278b

COMMITTEE FOR DISPOSING OF LOT IN FIFTH STREET. February 11, 1820. Trustees. AD. 

Description

Report difficulties in disposing of house and lot occupied by Board of Health, offered to Dispensary and Athenaeum.

15

1278c

COMMITTEE FOR THE SALE OF LOTS (Jackson, David and Edward Burd). February 2, 1796. ADS. 

Description

Report on the sale of lots on Arch and at Fifth and Walnut Streets.

15

1279

FINANCE (Gibson, James and George Fox). November 4, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Suggestions to increase insurance coverage and to make a series of repairs to Univ. properties.

15

1280

FINANCE. January 5, 1819. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft copy of part of next.

15

1281

FINANCE and ACCOUNTS (Burd, Edward and James Gibson). January 5, 1819. DS. 

Description

Report: Univ. financial statement, 1818.

15

1282

THE TRUSTEES (Ingersoll, Jared, James Hutchinson). August 8, 1791. ADS. 

Description

Willingness of the College to appoint a joint committee and to surrender its charter to the state legislature for the sake of union with the Univ. of the State of Pa. Preservation of the Charity School the only stipulation for merger.

15

1283

THE TRUSTEES (Rawle, William and Benjamin Rawle Morgan). February 24, 1800, Norristown. ADS. 

Description

Receipt of $20 from John Coates as a first payment on a Norristown lot No. 54.

15

1284

THE TRUSTEES (Levy, Moses and William Rawle). May 21, 1813, Chestnut Street (Phila.). Jared Ingersoll, Attorney at Law. ALS. 

Description

Notification that the balance of the debt to the Commonwealth can be paid.

15

1285

THE TRUSTEES (Gibson, James and George Fox). March 5, 1817, Phila. Edward Fox. DS. 

Description

Pay order for expenses for “the exobition on the 27th February.” Endorsed by Robert M. Patterson.

15

1286

THE TRUSTEES TO WAIT ON THE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA. (Fox, Edward). [ca. 1808]. Committee of the Pa. Legislature. AD. 

Description

Draft of an explanation of Univ. financial statements submitted to the Legislature.

15

1287

THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA APPOINTED TO CONSULT WITH THE FACULTY ABOUT THE BEST MODE OF REDUCING EXPENSES OF THE INSTITUTION (Ewing, Reverend John, Samuel Magaw, James Davidson, Robert Patterson, and Henry Helmuth). [ca. 1786]. DS. 

Description

Complaint against planned salary cuts; alternative budgetary suggestions.

15

1288

Committee on the 

ACADEMY BELL (Levy, Moses and Samuel M[ickle] Fox). May 21, 1807, Phila. ALS. 

Description

History of the bell in Fourth Street; approval of its delivery to the Union Fire Company.

15

1289

ACCOUNT OF HENRY HILL (White, William and Samuel Miles). July 16, 1792. ADS. 

Description

An examination of the account of Henry Hill, Treasurer of the late College, reveals a balance of £19/7/9 in favor of Hill.

15

1290

ACTION BROUGHT BY THE COMMONWEALTH AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY. May 4, 1813. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution to settle the amount of the debt due the Commonwealth as specified in the verdict in the case.

15

1291

ADDING TO THE PRESENT COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL (White, William and Joseph Borden McKean). October 1, 1816. ADS. 

Description

Report: recommendation to hire another teacher, expand course offerings, raise tuition, and allot new teacher $2 per pupil.

15

1292

ALTERATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS. December 1, 1818. Trustees (White, William, William Tilghman, William Rawle, Peter Stephen DuPonceau, James Gibson, John Sergeant, Horace Binney). Memorandum. 

Description

Report: increasing interest in general literature; resolution to establish a Professorship of General Literature.

15

1293

ALTERATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS (White, William, William Tilghman, William Rawle, Peter Stephen DuPonceau, and James Gibson). December 1, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Recommendation for the establishment of a Professorship of General Literature; recommendation to deny the request of Francis Porteus Corbin and William Rush excusing the senior class from attending afternoon recitation during the winter.

15

1294

ALTERATIONS IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL (Meredith, William, Benjamin Chew, Joseph Hopkinson, and Horace Binney). October 11, 1813. ADS. 

Description

Attendance for two courses of lectures to be required from candidates for Medical degrees.

15

1295

ALTERATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY HALL. n.d., ca. 1794. Memorandum. 

Description

Specifications of alterations planned for the College Hall and John Ewing’s house.

15

1296

APPLICATION OF REVEREND JAMES ABERCROMBIE (Levy, Moses, James Gibson, and John Sergeant). December 7, 1813, January 4, 1814. ADS. 

Description

Recommending the Trustees become parties to the release given to Abercrombie by his other creditors.

15

1297

APPLICATION OF THE EXECUTORS OF JOHN DUNLAP (Morgan, Benjamin Rawle and James Gibson). June 4, 1814. ADS. 

Description

Recommendation of a resolution to extinguish ground rent on land in Blockley Township originally forfeited to the Commonwealth by Joel Evans.

15

1298

APPLICATION OF SEVERAL MEDICAL PROFESSORS (Chew, Benjamin and William Rawle). October 8, 1810. ADS. 

Description

Bye-law submitted requiring candidates for Medical degrees to attend the Univ. for three years, including two courses of each set of lectures. Qualifications for students of other universities. Minimum age set at 21 years.

15

1299

APPLICATION TO ENLARGE THE MEDICAL HALL (Burd, Edward, James Gibson, George Fox, and Thomas Cadwalader). April 21, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Resolution to appropriate $8,000 for the enlargement of the Medical Hall according to the specifications of William Strickland.

15

1300

APPROPRIATION OF ROOMS (Rawle, William, Benjamin Chew, and William Meredith). November 6, 1810. [Thomas] McKean, [William] Rawle, [Benjamin] Chew, [William] Meredith, [Robert] Blackwell, and [John Fishbourne] Mifflin. ADS. 

Description

Suggesting the conversion of the former Provost’s rooms to a Library and a Board room.

15

1301

BETTER ACCOMMODATION FOR THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL (McKean, Joseph Borden). April 4, 1815. ALS. 

Description

Report: Provisionally appropriated Professors Barton and Nathaniel Chapman’s room for the Grammar School. The hiring of Francis Benjamin Varin to teach German and French appears advantageous.

15

1302

BILL OF JOHN STOCK (Fox, Edward). March 30, 1812. AD. 

Description

The charges for painting and glazing submitted by John Stock appear to be correct.

15

1303

BOARD OF HEALTH PROPERTY. February 1, 1820. Memorandum. 

Description

Interim report on sale of property occupied by the Board of Health. The Phila. Dispensary and the Athenaeum were possible purchasers.

15

1304

BOTANIC GARDEN. April 2, 1816. Cabinet of Sciences. Letter. 

Description

Draft of letter outlining rules for the administration of the Botanical Garden.

15

1305

BOTANICAL GARDEN (Rawle, William, Benjamin Chew, James Gibson, Horace Binney, Edward Burd). April 2, 1816. ADS. 

Description

Correspondence with the Cabinet of Sciences.

15

1306

BOTANICAL GARDEN (Fox, Edward). [1816]. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft of proposals to the Cabinet of Sciences regarding the Botanical Garden.

15

1307

BOTANICAL GARDEN (Fox, Edward). [1816]. Cabinet of Sciences. Memorandum. 

Description

Proposals to the Cabinet of Sciences regarding the designation, government, lectures contribution, and title for the Botanical Garden.

15

1308

BOTANICAL GARDEN (Rawle, William and Benjamin Chew). March 4, 1817. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution to purchase a messuage and 16 acres of land in Penn Township for the purpose of establishing a botanic garden.

15

1309

BOTANICAL GARDEN. April 1, 1817. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution to contract for the purchase of 42 acres in Penn Township for the establishment of a Botanic Garden.

15

1310

BOTANICAL GARDEN (Rawle, William, Benjamin Chew, James Gibson, and Horace Binney). May 5, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Details of purchase and the future funding of the Botanic Garden.

15

1311

BOTANICAL GARDEN. May, 1817. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft copy of foregoing.

15

1312

BOTANICAL GARDEN (Rawle, William, and Horace Binney). June 19, 1817. William Paul Crillon Barton. Letter. 

Description

Allowing Barton the use of the house on the Botanic Garden.

15

1313

BOTANICAL GARDEN. April 6, 1819. Memorandum. 

Description

Botanical Garden south of the College building. Signed by W[illiam] Rawle and Edw[ard] Burd.

15

1314

BUILDING THE MEDICAL HALL. February 3, 1807. Memorandum. 

Description

“Abstract Orders drawn and paid on account of the Medical Hall,” including payments to J. B. Latroupe (sic, Latrobe), Architect, H. Sailer, stonecutter and others.

15

1315

Mr. CARVER’S LETTER (Mifflin, John F., Edward Burd, Joseph Borden McKean). March 6, 1810. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Salary provision for writing-master of the Grammar School.

15

1316

CASE OF THE LATE WILLIAM OLIPHANT. (White, William, and David N. Conyngham). March 6, 1793. ADS. 

Description

The salary due the estate of William Oliphant for the period between March 1789 and his death a year later.

15

1317

CHARITY SCHOOL (Burd, Edward and Joseph Borden McKean). August 1, 1801. William Colliday, Leonard Jacoby, Richard Whitehead, and John Gardiner, executors of Christopher Ludwick. 

Description

The establishment of a Charity School in agreement with the conditions expressed in the will of Christopher Ludwick.

15

1318

COMMITTEE ON THE CLAIM OF THE STATE. December 11, 1812. Memorandum. 

Description

Recommends arbitration.

15

1318a

COMPLAINT OF PARENTS OF THE YOUNG GENTLEMEN. February 4, 1800. Memorandum. 

Description

Complaint by “parents of the young gentlemen” concerning the ill health and impaired competence of the Provost and the consequent over-crowding of Robert Patterson’s classes. Recommendation that Patterson offer afternoon instruction in the Provost’s room

15

1319

DEBT DUE THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. December 1, 1812. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution to submit a memorial to the Legislature suggesting an out-of-court settlement of financial claims made by the State against the Univ. Recommendation to accept the sum found due by arbitrators.

15

1320

CLAIMS OF Dr. [CASPAR] WISTAR (Jackson, David and John Bleakley). September 1, 1795. DS. 

Description

Concurrences with Caspar Wistar’s account of money spent on improvements to the Anatomical Theatre.

15

1321

DUTIES OF THE TREASURER AND SECRETARY. November 26, 1791. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft of a list of the respective duties of the Treasurer and Secretary.

15

1322

ESTABLISHING A PROFESSORSHIP OF RURAL ECONOMY. March 1, 1808. Memorandum. 

Description

Recommendation to establish a professorship of “Rural Economy.” With a general outline of topics to be covered.

15

1323

FACULTY LETTER ON CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOLS. December 3,1805. Memorandum. 

Description

The equalization of salaries, power over instruction and master, daily assembly, holidays, tuition, and the employment of tutors. Referred to [William] White, [George] Clymer, [Robert] Blackwell, Edward Tilghman, and [Moses] Levy on March 4, 1806.

15

1324

FACULTY OF ARTS (White, William, Horace Binney, James Gibson, and Peter Stephen Du Ponceau). November 3, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Separation of the Grammar School from the Collegiate Department, and its affiliation with another grammar school.

15

1325

FACULTY’S PROPOSITION ON REORGANIZATION. [January 5, 1808]. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft of resolutions regarding the reorganization of the Univ. Attached is a fragment of the printed resolutions.

15

1326

FACULTY’S PROPOSITION ON REORGANIZATION (White, William, Thomas McKean, George Clymer, and Alexander James Dallas). (January 5, 1808). Memorandum. 

Description

Handwritten outline of resolutions regarding the reorganization of the Univ.

15

1327

GROUND RENT DUE RICHARD WELLS. October 31, 1789. Memorandum. 

Description

Univ. not liable to pay ground rents due Richard Wells.

15

1328

HOLIDAYS (Cadwalader, Thomas and Horace Binney). June 6, 1820, Phila. ADS. 

Description

The reduction of holidays in the Grammar School and College Department to those existing wider the Plan of 1816.

15

1329

JANITOR’S APARTMENTS. December 6, 1803. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft of a report recommending locking the door from the janitor’s apartments to the yard used by the Provost and professors’ families. (On the complaint of John McCoy).

16

1330

LETTER FROM THE FACULTY OF ARTS (Binney, Horace and Joseph Borden McKean). August 6, 1816. ADS. 

Description

Adoption of regulations proposed by the Faculty, particularly in regard to tuition.

16

1331

LETTER FROM THE MEDICAL FACULTY (McKean, Joseph Borden and John F. Mifflin). December 13, 1810. ADS. 

Description

Desired alterations to the Anatomical Hall considered too costly; a suggestion to replace the copper dome with a skylight to improve lighting conditions.

16

1332

LETTER FROM MEDICAL FACULTY (McKean, Joseph Borden, George Fox, and James Gibson). November 5, 1816. ADS. 

Description

Recommending alterations to the Medical Lecture Room.

16

1333

LETTER FROM RICHARD MILES (Smith, Jonathan Bayard and John Bleakley). November 3, 1795. ADS. 

Description

Richard Miles’ claim to land in Norristown bought from the Univ. Price agreed upon.

16

1334

LETTER FROM THE PROVOST (Meredith, William and James Gibson). June 18, 1811, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Recommendation to adopt Senior, Junior, and Freshman Class designations as proposed by the Provost.

16

1334a

LETTER FROM THE PROVOST AND VICE PROVOST. June 4, 1799. Memorandum. 

Description

Rights and duties of Provost, Vice Provost, and Faculty.

16

1335

LETTER OF Dr. JOHN ANDREWS (Tilghman, William, William White, and Robert Blackwell). April 7, 1812. ADS. 

Description

An endorsement of Faculty disciplinary action according to the rules established by the Board of Trustees.

16

1336

LETTER OF JOHN ANDREWS (Miles, Samuel). July 16, 1792. ADS. 

Description

Report on the payment of bills for the building of Dr. Andrews’ kitchen.

16

1337

LETTER OF Dr. [FREDERIC] BEASLEY (Chew, Benjamin). January 6, 1817, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Report: College examination and Commencement dates; inconveniences caused by the use of the Hall by the Medical Class.

16

1338

LETTER OF Dr. WILLIAM PAUL CRILLON BARTON (Rawle, William, Edward Burd, and Benjamin Chew). August 14, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Support for Dr. Barton’s plan for a botanical establishment in the Univ. yard; details of greenhouse placement and dimensions; denial of an annual allowance for maintenance of the greenhouse and garden.

16

1339

LETTER OF MR. BOUCHARD (Chew, Benjamin, William Meredith, Benjamin R. Morgan). March 6, 1810. Approves Mr. Bouchard’s plan to board and supervise students. 

16

1339a

LETTER OF STEPHEN BOURNE. March 3, 1814. Memorandum. 

Description

Stephen Bourne’s claim to land at Fifth and Walnut Streets adjoining the Anatomical Hall. Resolution declining to take any further order at present.

16

1340

LETTER OF JOHN REDMAN COXE (Mifflin, John F[ishbourne], Edward Burd, Joseph Borden McKean). July 31, 1809. ADS. 

Description

Arrangements for Dr. Coxe’s chemistry lectures.

16

1341

LETTER OF JAMES DAVIDSON (Smith, Jonathan Bayard and John Bleakley). December 7, 1795. ADS. 

Description

An additional tutor considered unnecessary for the Latin School; recommendation that roll be called in the individual schools and that irregular conduct be reported to the Trustees.

16

1342

LETTER OF JAMES DAVIDSON (White, William, George Clymer, Robert Hare, William Rawle and Benjamin R. Morgan), Recommendations, 1801. 

16

1342a

LETTER OF JAMES DAVIDSON (Smith, Jonathan Bayard, Edward Burd, and John Bleakley). November 6, 1801. ADS. 

Description

Report on James Davidson’s teaching responsibilities and salary. Recommendation that his salary be supplemented in order for a tutor to be hired.

16

1343

LETTER OF JAMES DAVIDSON (FitzSimons, Thomas Edward Burd, and Samuel M. Fox). November 12, 1802. Memorandum. 

Description

Recommendations concerning an allowance for housing requested by James Davidson and compensation allowed William Rogers for losses sustained due to the decline in summer enrollment; recommendation to accommodate George Smith, the janitor, in the school bu

16

1344

LETTER OF WILLIAM POTTS DEWEES AND NATHANIEL CHAPMAN (Blackwell, Robert and John F. Mifflin). November 12, 1804. ADS. 

Description

The request (unspecified) of Dr. Dewees and Dr. Chapman cannot be granted.

16

1345

LETTER OF DAVID EWING (Irvine, James and John Bleakley). November 5, 1799. ADS. 

Description

Recommending a salary increase for the janitor of the Univ.

16

1346

LETTER OF JOHN EWING. ca. 1794. Letter. 

Description

Opinion urging the removal of the schools from Philosophical Hall to the College and the dismissal of Mr. Smith as the janitor’s assistant.

16

1347

LETTER OF JOHN McKINLEY (Blackwell, Robert, Joseph Borden McKean, and Benjamin Chew). February 3, 1817, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Resolution to increase the salary of John McKinley, the Teacher of the Charity School.

16

1348

LETTER OF THE MEDICAL FACULTY. December 1, 1807. Memorandum. 

Description

The Committee considers it unwise to require candidates to attend two full courses of lectures as a requirement for the M.D.

16

1349

LETTER OF THE MEDICAL FACULTY (Burd, Edward, Joseph Borden McKean, and William Meredith). November 20, 1815. ADS. 

Description

The distinction between building rental and matriculation fees; charges for alterations to the Medical Hall.

16

1350

LETTER OF THE MEDICAL FACULTY (Gibson, James, Thomas Cadwalader, and George Fox). November 4, 1817. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution to pay an additional $2,000 for Medical Hall improvements; rent increase for the Hall charged to the Medical Faculty.

16

1351

LETTER OF THE MEDICAL FACULTY and Dr. [PHILIP SYNG] PHYSICK. [October, 1807]. Memorandum. 

Description

Agreeing to the appointment of an adjunct professor of Surgery at the request of Professor Philip Syng Physick; rejecting other suggestions of the Medical Faculty,

16

1352

LETTER OF THE NIAGARA FIRE COMPANY (Gibson, James, George Fox, and Thomas Cadwalader). November 1, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Report: Resolution submitted granting the company’s request for use of the lot in Ninth Street [for an engine house].

16

1353

LETTER OF Dr. [ROBERT] PATTERSON (Morris, Anthony, William Meredith, and Benjamin Chew). April 28, 1810. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution granting the use of philosophical apparatus by Robert Patterson.

16

1354

LETTER OF R[OBERT] M[ASKELL] PATTERSON (Fox, Edward). August 6, 1816. AD. 

Description

Resolutions allowing Robert Patterson’s use of the philosophical apparatus and the College Hall, and his employment of a tutor for a course of evening lectures.

16

1355

LETTER OF GRANVILLE S. PATTISON. October 8, 1819, Phila. Memorandum. 

Description

Recommending that a special exception be made for Dr. Pattison to lecture and display his museum. Signed by William White, W. Meredith.

16

1356

LETTER OF PROVOST [FREDERIC BEASLEY]. April 4, 1820. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution authorizing the assignment of admission tickets at the beginning of each tem.

16

1357

LETTER OF THE PROVOST [JOHN EWING] (Ball, Joseph and David Jackson). August 4, 1795. ADS. 

Description

Repairs to John Ewing’s house.

16

1358

LETTER OF SAMUEL ROBINSON (Morgan, Benjamin Rawle and Benjamin Chew). May 8, 1813. ADS. 

Description

Resolution granting a temporary salary increase to Samuel Robinson, Master of the Charity School.

16

1359

LETTER OF SAMUEL ROBINSON (Blackwell, Robert and Benjamin Chew). June 30, 1814, Phila. ALS. 

Description

Samuel Robinson’s request that William Harrington, a young scholar in the Charity School, be admitted gratis to the classical course. Resolution that the Trustees cannot comply.

16

1360

LETTER OF Dr. WILLIAM ROGERS (Mifflin, John F., Edward Burd, and Joseph Borden McKean). January 2, 1810. ADS. 

Description

The impracticality of complying with William Rogers’ request for funds.

16

1361

LETTER OF JAMES ROSS (Meredith, William and Horace Binney). November 5, 1816. ADS. 

Description

Adoption of Ross’ Greek grammar in place of the one currently used.

16

1362

LETTER OF Dr. BENJAMIN RUSH (FitzSimons, Thomas, Edward Burd, and John F. Mifflin). May 7, 1805. ADS. 

Description

Additional demands on the janitor due to the untidiness of students; recommendation that classes be cautioned against the indulgence of habits injurious to the building.

16

1363

LETTER OF Dr. BENJAMIN RUSH (Mifflin, John F. and William Tilghman). May 16, 1805. ADS. 

Description

Recommending the appointment of Dr. Benjamin Rush as Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Physick and of Clinical Medicine following the resignation of Dr. Adam Kuhn as Professor of the Practice of Physick.

16

1364

LETTER OF Dr. BENJAMIN RUSH (Meredith, William, Benjamin Chew, Horace Binney, Joseph Hopkinson, and Anthony Morris). May 6, 1813, Phila. Memorandum. 

Description

Proposed alterations in the Medical School following the death of Dr. Rush.

16

1365

LETTERS FROM THE VICE PROVOST AND FACULTY. (April 1813). Memorandum. 

Description

The delivery of a letter from the Senior Class to the Trustees concerning the scheduling of Commencement.

16

1366

LETTER OF LAMBERT WILMER (Fox, Edward). August 3, 1801, Phila. Memorandum. 

Description

Report: Permission granted for public worship, though the applicants do not meet the religious requirements of the deed. Usual regulations to be applicable regarding candles and fire.

16

1367

LETTER OF REV[EREND] WILTRANK (Gibson, James and Peter Stephen DuPonceau). February 2, 1819. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Resolution allowing Mr. Wiltbank $300 per annum as Master of the Grammar School.

16

1368

LETTER OF JAMES WILTBANK (Meredith, William and Benjamin Chew). March 7, 1820. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Report: resolution to pay James Wiltbank $300 to compensate for low tuition.

16

1369

LETTER OF JAMES WILTBANK (Morgan, Benjamin Rawle, William Meredith, and Thomas Cadwalader). n.d. ADS. 

Description

Draft of a report and resolution allowing at least $2 per pupil per quarter in payment to an English teacher and refusing to furnish globes and maps for the Grammar School.

16

1370

LETTER OF MRS. [CASPAR] WISTAR (Sergeant, John, James Gibson, and Horace Binney). September 8, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Care and disposition of the anatomical museum left by Dr. Wistar: naming it the “Wistar Museum,” supervision of the Professor of Anatomy, erection of a building to house it.

16

1371

LETTERS FROM THE VICE PROVOST AND FACULTY. (April 1813). Memorandum. 

Description

Appointment of Dr. John McDowell as acting Provost. Resolution to dismiss Archibald Thomas Dick and to remove the suspension inflicted upon Charles Manigault.

16

1372

LETTERS OF THE FACULTY AND WILLIAM ROGERS. December 1, 1805. Memorandum. 

Description

Recommendation that faculty salaries be divided from the whole of tuition money. “Plan for the Improvement of the Present Plann [sic] of Education” to be considered by the Trustees. Allowance set for William Rogers.

16

1373

LETTERS OF [JOHN] McDOWELL AND CARVER (Mifflin, John F., Edward Burd, and Joseph Borden McKean). January 2, 1810. ADS. 

Description

The appointment of Mr. Carver as a writing and arithmetic teacher in the Grammar School with recommendations for tuition charges.

16

1374

LETTERS OF Dr. [JAMES] MEASE AND Mr. GEANTY (White, William, William Rawle, and Samuel Mickle Fox). December 7, 1802. ADS. 

Description

Dr. James Mease’s plan for his lectureship. Instruction during the vacancy of the Provostship: the transfer of Dr. [Robert] Patterson to the Philosophical Classes and the hiring of a tutor; the condition of the philosophical apparatus and its repair by G

16

1375

LETTERS OF WILLIAM ROGERS (Chew, Benjamin, Benjamin Rawle Morgan, and William Meredith). May 5, 1812. ALS. 

Description

Rent on William Rogers’ house in Chestnut Street considered due the University; free tuition for his son’s matter to be determined by the Board.

16

1376

Dr. [JOHN] McDOWELL’S MISSING KEY (Tilghman, William, Alexander James Dallas, William White, William Meredith). July 6, 1813. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Report on Junior Class prank involving the theft and return of Dr. [John] McDowell’s classroom key.

16

1377

MEDICAL SCHOOL. [1815?]. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolutions instituting Master of Pharmacy degree, requiring a list of qualified apothecaries, and establishing contents of the diploma.

16

1378

MISCONDUCT OF HAMMOND AND CHARLES SHOEMAKER, PUPILS OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. February 26, 1817. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Misconduct of pupils. Inappropriate disciplinary measures taken by Mr. Joseph Engles, who used his fists. Hammond Shoemaker dismissed; Charles Shoemaker suspended for one week.

16

1379

NORRISTOWN LOTS. March 4, 1800. Report of lots sold with names of purchasers, and plans for future sales 

16

1379a

NORRISTOWN LOTS. June 7, 1814. Memorandum. 

Description

Report: Resolution authorizing committee to sell Norristown lots.

16

1380

NORRISTOWN LOTS AND THE CLAIM OF JAMES STEPHENSON (Smith, Jonathan Bayard and William Rawle). June 14, 1797. DS. 

Description

Report on lot allocation, the river landing, purchase claim of James Stephenson.

16

1381

PERKASIE ESTATE (Rawle, William, James Gibson, George Fox, and Thomas Cadwalader). May 12, 1817. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Order to invest funds from the sale of the Perkasie Estate in United States stock.

16

1382

PERKASIE MANOR (Tilghman, William, and Benjamin Rawle Morgan). July 2, 1805, Phila. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Report: Visited farms, recommended releasing of property with new specifications for improvement included.

16

1383

PERKASIE MANOR. October 11, 1813. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Report on title, prior committee action regarding sale of property, account of tenant rents.

16

1384

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, Benjamin Rawle Morgan, and George Fox). November 29, 1814. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

“Project for improving the Estate on Perkasie Manor.” Plan to survey and release farms to reliable tenants approved by Committee.

16

1385

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, George Fox, James Gibson, Benjamin Rawle Morgan). July 29, 1816, Phila. 

Description

Transmission to John Penn the Board resolution and release form for the Perkasie property. Receipt of release, properly executed.

16

1386

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, George Fox and James Gibson). October 1, 1816. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Former report. Request immediate attention to the question of whether to sell Perkasie property or make farm repairs.

16

1387

PERKASIE MANOR. March 27, 1817. Mr. C[harles] W[illing] Hare and Mr. [Joseph] Barnes. Letter. 

Description

Recommendation to sell Perkasie Manor for at least $60,000. With draft of letter to Henry Rosenberger noting the impropriety of his claims.

16

1388

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, Thomas Cadwalader, George Fox, and James Gibson). April 1, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Conditions for the acceptance of Joseph Barnes’ offer to purchase Perkasie Manor.

16

1389

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, George Fox, Thomas Cadwalader, James Gibson, Benjamin Rawle Morgan). April 3, 1817. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolutions regarding disposal of outstanding rents, discontinuation of planned survey of Perkasie Manor.

16

1390

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, George Fox, James Gibson, and Thomas Cadwalader) .ADS. 

Description

Report on the sale of the Perkasie Manor to Joseph Barnes with a recommendation to enlarge credit for one year.

16

1391

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, Benjamin Rawle Morgan, Thomas Cadwalader, George Fox, and James Gibson). ADS. 

Description

Resolution granting $2500 to Joseph Barnes in compensation for a deficiency of 124 acres according to the previous title.

16

1392

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, George Fox, James Gibson, and Thomas Cadwalader). December 2, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Securities accepted concerning the sale of Perkasie Manor farms by Joseph Barnes.

16

1393

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, Thomas Cadwalader, James Gibson, and George Fox). December 11, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Resolutions authorizing the secretary’s use of the seal for land sales at Perkasie and granting mortgage payments to Joseph Barnes.

16

1394

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William and James Gibson). December 18, 1817. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Bonds from Joseph Barnes due as a part of his mortgage payment on Perkasie Manor.

16

1395

PERKASIE MANOR. [1817]. Memorandum. 

Description

Further report: securities to be used as collateral in the sale of the Perkasie Manor to Joseph Barnes.

16

1396

PERKASIE MANOR. [1817]. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Report [unfinished draft]: grounds for refusal to allow compensation for improvements made by tenants.

16

1397

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, Thomas Cadwalader, James Gibson, Benjamin Rawle Morgan, George Fox). April 6, 1818, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Report: full account of the circumstances of Henry Rosenberger’s claim. Draft and finished copy.

16

1398

PERKASIE MANOR (Rawle, William, George Fox, Benjamin Rawle Morgan, James Gibson). March 21, 1819. ALS. 

Description

Report: mortgage on Perkasie Manor reassigned from Joseph Barnes to John Conrad and Conrad Carpenter.

16

1399

PETITION OF ELIZABETH CHRISTIAN. June 19, 1797. Memorandum. 

Description

Payment of ground rent due from Elizabeth, widow of Frederick Christian.

16

1400

PLAN OF EDUCATION (White, William, William Rawle, William Meredith). August 27, 1810, Phila. PD. 

Description

Report: Plan of education of the College, the Academy, and the Charity Schools.

16

1401

PRESIDENT’S HOUSE (Burd, Edward and Samuel Mickle Fox). April 6, 1802. Memorandum. 

Description

Trustees. Sale of some of Fourth Street land, rental of rooms in McDowell’s classroom key.

16

1401a

PROPOSITION OF REVEREND JAMES ABERCROMBIE. November 3, 1812. ADS. 

Description

Recommendation to employ the Reverend [James] Abercrombie to instruct in Practical Elocution. Partial financial subsidy by students necessary.

16

1402

PROPRIETY OF CHANGING THE FUNDED STOCK. April 1, 1800. Memorandum. 

Description

Stock dividends and the surplus of interest left after the payment of annual expenses are to be reinvested. Also a draft of a resolution calling for the two highest classes in the Latin School to continue to study alternately with the Latin and Mathemati

16

1403

PROVOST’S LETTER. April 7, 1795. Memorandum. 

Description

Recommendations concerning the Plan of Education in response to a letter from John Ewing.

16

1404

PROVOST’S LETTER. May 4, 1819. Memorandum. 

Description

Mr. Magenis’ lectures on oratory, bell for the college building, medals for outstanding students, class recitations daily. Signed by William Rawle, M. Levy, Nicholas Biddle.

16

1405

RENT OF MEDICAL HALL. ca. 1819. Memorandum. 

Description

Past and present arrangements for the renting of Medical Hall to the Medical Faculty, alterations to the room of the Professor of Chemistry.

16

1406

REPAIR AND REMOVAL OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS. April 6, 1803. Memorandum. 

Description

Condition of the orrery, clock, large telescope, large air pump, electrical machine. Endorsed “Rec’d from Mr. J[onathan] B[ayard] Smith 6 Apr. 1803.”

16

1407

REPAYMENT OF THE DEBTS OF THE UNIVERSITY (Burd, Edward). March 2, 1819. ADS. 

Description

List of debts outstanding and proposals for retiring them.

16

1408

RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING NON-ATTENDANCE AND A TRUSTEES’ QUORUM (Chew, Benjamin, Benjamin Rawle Morgan, and William Rawle). October 8, 1810. ADS. 

Description

Resolution recommending the institution of fines for Trustees’ non-attendance at Board meetings and defining a quorum.

16

1409

RULES. [1791]. Memorandum. 

Description

“Rules to be observed by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania in Transacting the Business of the Institution.”

16

1410

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS (Mifflin, John F., Edward Burd, and Joseph Borden McKean). January 2, 1810. ADS. 

Description

Violation of the rules of March 4, 1800 regarding hours of instruction and the branches of science taught; recommendation to notify the Faculty of all rules and regulations; future holidays.

16

1411

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. [1809-1810]. AD. 

Description

Draft copy of foregoing.

16

1412

SALARIES. December 13, 1792. Memorandum. 

Description

Report to ascertain Faculty salaries.

16

1413

SALE OF NORRISTOWN LOTS. March 4, 1800. Memorandum. 

Description

Report: List of lots sold in Norristown, February 4, 1800, including purchasers and amounts paid. Most of these lots had been sold previously but forfeited.

16

1414

SALE OF NORRISTOWN LOTS (Rawle, William and Benjamin Rawle Morgan). [1800]. ADS. 

Description

Receipt for $16.25, first payment toward the purchase of a lot in Norristown.

16

1415

SANSOM APPLICATION FOR IMPROVING LEASE. [1797]. [Trustees]. Memorandum. 

Description

Recommendation that lot be leased, committee be appointed to draw contract.

16

1416

Dr. SMITH’S CLAIM. February 13, 1795. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

The foundation of Dr. William Smith’s claims. Includes excerpts of past Board minutes, prior action.

16

1417

STATE OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL (Rawle, William, Peter Stephen DuPonceau, and Nicholas Biddle). April 6, 1819. DS. 

Description

The state of the Medical School since the deaths of Posh, Shippen, Barton, etc. Recommending that the Professor of Materia Medica be styled “Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy.”

16

1418

STATE OF THE SEMINARY AND ITS DECLINE (White, William, George Clymer, William Rawle, Benjamin Rawle Morgan, and Robert Hare). 1801. Memorandum. 

Description

Letters from James Davidson and John Ewing on the decline of the Schools and the Plan of Education of 1800; enrollment figures for each school; the decline of the Latin and Philosophical Schools.

16

1419

STATE AND VALUE OF THE NORRISTOWN LOTS AND ON THE APPLICATION FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORRISTOWN. January 7, 1800. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Report: Unable to ascertain original terms of sale; advertisement inserted in Claypoole’s paper asking for written statements of claim. Recommendations for sale of property.

16

1420

SUIT BROUGHT BY THE COMMONWEALTH AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY (Burd, Edward, Moses Levy, and William Rawle). April 6, 1813. Memorandum. 

Description

Report of the settlement with the Commonwealth, including a copy of the agreement.

16

1421

UNION OF THE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY. 1791. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

(Attached paper missing.) Consider it not expedient to declare Act of 30 September 1791 the sole Univ. charter. Power of the Univ. to take and hold property alleged to be uncertain; recommend reference to [Richard Coxe] McMurtrie, [George Tucker] Bispham

16

1422

USE OF UNIVERSITY ROOMS (Hare, Robert]). [ca. 1791]. Memorandum. 

Description

Refers to the College deed allowing use of the Hall to Protestant ministers signing a declaration of faith.

16

1423

WISTAR MUSEUM (Burd, Edward, Zaccheus Collins, and James Gibson). June 6, 1820, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Additions to the collection; contributions of Drs. [Philip Syng] Physick and [William E.] Homer; proposals for annual funding.

16

1424

WITHDRAWAL OF STUDENTS IN THE JUNIOR CLASS (Bleakley, John and Joseph Borden McKean). December 5, 1797. ADS. 

Description

Report recommending the censure of John Andrews for dismissing his classes early.

16

1425

Committee to 

ANNOUNCE THE ELECTION OF THE NEW PROVOST AND VICE-PROVOST (Tilghman, William, William White, Edward Burd, and William Meredith). December 13, 1810. ADS. 

Description

Announcement of the election of John Andrews as Provost and Robert Patterson as Vice-Provost.

16

1426

CONFER WITH THE MEDICAL FACULTY (White, William). November 15, 1815. ADS. 

Description

Arrangements for teaching the Institutes and Practice of Physick. Resolution altering the by-laws to permit Medical students to attend either the Pennsylvania Hospital or the City Almshouse.

16

1427

CONSIDER ADDITIONAL PROFESSORSHIPS (White, William, William Lewis, William Rawle, Joseph Hopkinson). June 6, 1814. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Report: Recommendation to establish professorship in Oriental languages.

16

1428

CONSIDER WHETHER THE PROFESSORSHIPS OF ANATOMY AND SURGERY SHOULD BE SEPARATED (Mifflin, John F. and William Tilghman). May 16, 1805. ADS. 

Description

Recommendation that a Professorship of Surgery should be separated from the Professorship of Anatomy and Midwifery, and that surgery lectures be required for the M.D. degree.

16

1429

CORRECT AND REVISE THE LAWS AND RULES OF THE INSTITUTION. October 1, 1790. Memorandum. 

Description

A review of existing rules concerning discipline, holidays, tuition, commencement, seals, and faculty, with proposals for revising them.

17

1430

ENQUIRE UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES THE SEAT OF ANY MEMBER MAY BE VACATED (Lewis, William, William White, and William Rawle). ca. 1813. Memorandum. 

Description

Residence and attendance requirements for Trustees under past charters and present regulations.

17

1431

EXAMINE THE STUDIES PURSUED IN THE SEVERAL SCHOOLS OF THE UNIVERSITY. February 1794. Memorandum. 

Description

Proposed changes in instruction in the Collegiate Department, the Latin School, and the Mathematical School with supporting arguments.

17

1432

OBTAIN A MASTER OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL (Mifflin, John F[ishbourne], William Meredith, and James Gibson). August 26, 1811. ADS. 

Description

Applicants for the post of Master of the Grammar School, with a list of nine applicants and their addresses.

17

1433

PURCHASE LOTS (Jackson, David and Edward Burd). December 4, 1795. ADS. 

Description

Report on the purchase of a lot adjoining the College grounds on Fourth Street.

17

1434

REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY (Blackwell, Robert, William Tilghman, and Samuel M. Fox). June 5, 1804. ADS. 

Description

School enrollment figures; the failure of the Faculty to report enrollment figures as required by the resolution of February 7, 1797.

17

1435

REVISE THE BY-LAWS AND ORDINANCES. 1811. Trustees. Memorandum. 

Description

Report that copies of existing by-laws and ordinances have been prepared for Board members.

17

1436

VISIT THE ESTATE OF THE UNIVERSITY AT NORRINGTON [NORRISTOWN] (Bryan, George). September 15, 1780. Memorandum. 

Description

Condition of the mill and damage caused in 1777 by “the Enemy,” repair of a dam on Stoney Creek, and the regulation of privileges for tenants Josiah Wood and D. Shannon.

17

1437

WHOM WAS REFERRED THE APPLICATION OF MR. WILLIAM SANSOM. n.d. [1797]. Memorandum. 

Description

Report on lease of ground.

17

1437a

 

Faculty of Arts 

Box

Folder

Minutes 

Note

The minutes of the College faculty begin only in 1826. Similarly, rough minutes of the body, minutes of its executive committee and faculty minutes of individual schools commence after 1820, hence are outside the scope of this Guide.

Extracts from Minutes 

April 28, 1780. 

Description

Bachelor’s degree in Physic to be conferred on John Foulke in accordance with Trustees’ mandamus; Latin text for same.

17

1438

(Rogers, William). May 20-June 6, 1791. ADS. 

Description

School rules.

17

1439

(Rogers, William). June 13, 1806. ADS. 

Description

Resolution to dismiss Richard and Francis McDonald, Jr., sons of Francis McDonald, on account of their parents’ shameful behavior in the School.

17

1440

Communications 

March 4, 1817. Trustees. AD. 

Description

“Project of a code of Laws for the Government of the Collegiate Department of the University of Pennsylvania.”

17

1441

COMMITTEE TO UNITE THE SCHOOLS (Magaw, Samuel, James Davidson, Robert Patterson, William Rogers). January 7, 1792. ADS. 

Description

Report on the union of two Latin grammar schools and the English and Mathematical schools belonging to the Univ. classroom assignments, hiring of tutors.

17

1442

MASTERS, COLLEGE, ACADEMY AND CHARITABLE SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA (Smith, William, Francis Alison, James Davidson, James Cannon). January 23, 1777, College of Phila. Council of Safety. ALS. 

Description

Complaint about quartering of troops in school buildings without notice, forcible entry of Deputies of the Barrack, vandalism.

17

1443

PHILOSOPHICAL CLASSES. August 1798, Univ. of Pa. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Protest against the reduction of the summer vacation for Philosophical classes from six to four weeks in length.

17

1444

PROVOST, VICE PROVOST, and PROFESSORS. ca. 1797. Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pa. Petition. 

Description

Draft of petition requesting a salary supplement from the Legislature.

17

1445

TUTORS IN THE LATIN DEPARTMENT. December 6, 1794, Univ. Edward Tilghman and John Bleakley. ALS. 

Description

Request for extra compensation for teaching writing. With an addendum referring the issue to the Board signed by Edward Tilghman and John Bleakley, dated January 6, 1795.

17

1446

UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. November 19, 1784, Univ. Memorandum. 

Description

Admonition of students for bad conduct.

17

1447

UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1787. Trustees. AL. 

Description

Plan for cutting back expenses: faculty cut-backs (a temporary measure), sale of property, boys in Latin School, “German and English boys,” Dr. Helmuth and assistant Mr. Dicklaus.

17

1448

Univ. August, 1798. Trustees. 

Description

Discussion of academic calendar with recommendations as to vacations.

17

1448a

(Ewing, John, John Andrews, James Davidson, Robert Patterson, and William Rogers). May 5, 1795, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for a reconsideration of recently passed resolutions concerning salaries.

17

1449

(Ewing, John, John Andrews, James Davidson, Robert Patterson, and William Rogers). December 5, 1797. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting that the Hall’s use be limited to Univ. purposes, outlining objections to its use by other societies; faculty salaries; the replacement of James Latta, a tutor, by Mr. Wallace.

17

1450

(Ewing, John, John Andrews, James Davidson [signed by William Rogers], Robert Patterson, and William Rogers). February 6, 1798, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The Faculty’s petition to the Legislature for a salary supplement.

17

1451

(Ewing, John, John Andrews, James Davidson, Robert Patterson, and William Rogers). April 11, 1798, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The inadequacy of Faculty salaries.

17

1452

(Ewing, John, John Andrews, James Davidson, Robert Patterson, and William Rogers). May 1, 1798, Univ. ALS. 

Description

Request for an extension of a temporary Faculty salary increase.

17

1453

(Ewing, John, John Andrews, James Davidson, Robert Patterson, and William Rogers). December 10, 1799, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Faculty salaries owed by the Trustees; the threat of mass resignation by the tutors.

17

1454

(Rogers, William, Secretary). March 1, 1794, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Adoption of one of two proposed plans for the schools. Dissatisfied with the proposed method of paying faculty salaries. Endorsement of the right of the Faculty over individual professors to choose tutors.

17

1455

(Rogers, William). March 7, 1797. [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Return of Classes; enrollment figures.

17

1456

(Rogers, William). June 14, 1797. [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Return of Classes; enrollment figures.

17

1457

(Rogers, William). December 5, 1797. [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Return of the schools; enrollment figures.

17

1458

(Rogers, William). March 6, 1798. [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Return of Classes; enrollment figures.

17

1459

(Rogers, William). June 5, 1798. [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Return of the schools; enrollment figures.

17

1460

(Rogers, William). January 1, 1799. [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Return of the schools; enrollment figures.

17

1461

(Rogers, William). January 22, 1799. Memorandum. 

Description

Duties of the Janitor of the Univ.

17

1462

(Rogers, William). April 2, 1799. [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Return of the schools; enrollment figures.

17

1462a

 

Students of Arts 

Box

Folder

[STUDENTS]. March 20, 1813. Trustees. 

Description

Exculpatory declaration concerning a broken door in the Univ. building. Signed by twenty students.

17

1463

[STUDENTS]. March 20, 1813. Trustees. 

Description

Exculpatory declaration concerning a broken door in the Univ. building. Signed by eighteen students.

17

1464

COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF CLASS NUMBER I (Blackwell, Robert, Chairman). May 2, 1797 (June 6, 1797). ADS. 

Description

Report of their inspection of the College. The declining state of the institution, due to the lack of a fixed plan of education.

17

1465

COMMITTEE OF THE JUNIOR AND FRESHMAN CLASSES (Nassau, C[harles] W[illiam], Isaac Norris, R[obert] W. Morris, W[illiam] F[ullerton] Duncan and Henry Chancellor on behalf of (34 names)). July 4, 1820. Trustees. 

Description

Petition. Requesting for the restoration of former holidays.

17

1466

COMMITTEE OF THE PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY (Ashmead, William, Samuel Mickle Fox, Theophilus Parvin). June 3, 1817. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Renewed application for aid in meeting expenses for their Annual Exhibition.

17

1467

FIRST CLASS. December 7, 1781, Phila. Letter. 

Description

Follow-up on petition not to delay the Commencement.

17

1468

Dr. ROBERT HARE’S CLASS. June 17, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Signed statement of 21 students refuting the claim of some that Dr. Hare is “disliked by and is unpopular with those who attend his lectures.”

17

1469

Dr. ROBERT HARE’S CLASS. n.d. [June 1818]. Petition. 

Description

In support of Dr. Robert Hare (similar to foregoing). Two signatures in pencil.

17

1470

Dr. ROBERT HARE, SUPPORTERS OF, FROM HIS COURSE OF CHEMICAL LECTURES (Randolph, David M., Jr., Richard H. Mosley, Tasker C. Quinlan, Archibald Taylor, William Jones, and William A. Cocke). ADS. 

Description

Testimonial for Robert Hare.

17

1471

JUNIOR CLASS. 1806. Provost and Vice-Provost. ADS, 18 signatures. 

Description

Protest against the prolonging of their Commencement by eighteen members of the class.

17

1472

SENIOR CLASS. April 6, 1819. Trustees. ALS, 17 signatures. 

Description

Request that classes be allowed to attend two professors in the morning, leaving afternoons free, by seventeen members of the class.

17

1473

SENIORS OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. March 4, 1811, Phila. Trustees. Petition. 

Description

Having been denoted Freshmen, request the privileges of College hours.

17

1474

 

Faculty of Medicine 

Box

Folder

Minutes 

Volume 1. March 6, 1800-May 20, 1811 [1765-1814]. Contemporary minutes, 1800-1811. 

Description

An account of the history of the Medical School, degrees conferred 1766-1799 and faculty hired, was inserted in the front of the volume by Dean Horner in 1822. Records of examinations and commencements continue from 1811 to 1814. Rules respecting the co

17

1475

Volume 2. May 29, 1811-October 3, 1827 [1767-1827]. Contemporary minutes, 1811-1827, in the hand of John Redman Coxe. 

Description

A summary of rules for conferring degrees taken from “the original minutes” of 1767 and brought up to 1811 begins the book.

17

1476

Volumes 1-4. Alphabetical index. 

17

1477

Extracts from Minutes 

July 6 and July 8, 1809. Memorandum. 

Description

Faculty opinion that the Professor of Chemistry must be a physician.

17

1478

(Chapman, Nathaniel). April 4, 1815. ADS. 

Description

List of Medical graduates and their topics by state.

17

1479

(Coxe, John Redman). May 3, 1813. ADS. 

Description

Changes proposed in the structure of the Medical Department following the death of Benjamin Rush.

18

1480

(James, Thomas Chalkley). December 1, 1815. Edward Fox. ADS. 

Description

Acceding to propositions of the Trustees concerning the rent of the Medical Hall.

18

1481

[Woodhouse, James]. October 6, 1807. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The appointment of Dr. John Syng Dorsey as Adjunct Professor of Surgery, assisting Dr. Philip Syng Physick.

18

1482

Communications 

[MEDICAL FACULTY]. 1767. Memorandum. 

Description

Note on professors’ salaries.

18

1483

MEDICAL FACULTY. December 2, 1806. [Trustees]. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolutions establishing a thesis requirement for the M.D. degree, diplomas to be printed in English, and requiring two terms attendance for graduation.

18

1484

MEDICAL FACULTY. November 12, 1808. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolution requiring that professors shall decline the chair of the Medical Society of Phila. and other medical societies.

18

1485

[MEDICAL FACULTY]. November 8, 1809. [Trustees]. Memorandum. 

Description

Proposed “Rules and Regulations for the conferring of Medical Degrees….”

18

1486

[MEDICAL FACULTY]. [1818]. Memorandum. 

Description

Notations of expenditures, payments to [William] Strickland and [William Edmonds] Horner.

18

1487

[MEDICAL FACULTY] (Coxe, John Redman). March, 1820, Phila. Provost [Frederic] Beasley. Memorandum. 

Description

List of candidates for medical degrees and tentative commencement date.

18

1487a

MEDICAL FACULTY (Dorsey, John Syng, Dean). April 4, 1814, Univ. Trustees. INS. 

Description

Request conferral of Doctor of Medicine degree upon sixty-one students who are named in another hand.

18

1488

MEDICAL FACULTY (Physick, Philip Syng). March 27, 1809. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting a meeting with a committee of the Trustees to discuss subjects interesting to the School of Medicine.

18

1489

MEDICAL FACULTY (Physick, Philip Syng). June 1, 1813, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Suggesting the combined chairs of Materia Medica and the Practice of Physick and the combined chairs of Midwifery and Physiology; comments on the Theory and Institutes of Medicine.

18

1490

MEDICAL FACULTY (Rush, Benjamin, Caspar Wistar, Benjamin Smith Barton, Philip Syng Physick, and John Redman Coxe). December 4, 1810. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The need to enlarge the Medical apartments.

18

1491

MEDICAL FACULTY (Rush, Benjamin, Caspar Wistar, Jr., Benjamin Smith Barton, Philip Syng Physick, John Dorsey, John Redman Coxe). December 29, 1810. Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Pa. ADS. 

Description

Memorial soliciting a law requiring the licensing of physicians. (Original at College of Physicians of Phila.).

18

1492

MEDICAL FACULTY (Shippen, William, Jr.). July 13, 1790, College of Phila. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Proposed separate medical commencement date. Read at Trustees’ meeting, July 14, 1790.

18

1493

MEDICAL FACULTY (Shippen, William). April 18, 1792. ALS. 

Description

Examinations for Medical degree candidates.

18

1494

MEDICAL FACULTY (Shippen, William, Adam Kuhn, Benjamin Rush, Samuel Powel Griffitts, and Caspar Wistar, Jr.). June 2, 1794. Trustees. LS. 

Description

Students’ objections to diploma fees.

18

1495

MEDICAL FACULTY (Shippen, William, Benjamin Rush, James Woodhouse, Benjamin Smith Barton, and Caspar Wistar, Jr.). January 7, 1806, Phila. ALS. 

Description

Requesting an earlier Medical Commencement date.

18

1496

MEDICAL FACULTY (Shippen, William, Benjamin Rush, Caspar Wistar, Jr., James Woodhouse, Benjamin Smith Barton, and Philip Syng Physick). November 22, 1806, Phila. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Enclosing resolutions regarding medical theses.

18

1497

MEDICAL FACULTY (Woodhouse, James, Benjamin Smith Barton, William Shippen, Jr., Benjamin Rush, and Caspar Wistar, Jr.). September 23, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for accommodations in the new building in Ninth Street.

18

1498

 

Students of Medicine 

Box

Folder

Communications 

MEDICAL STUDENTS. December, 1815, Phila. Trustees. DS. 

Description

Signed petition of 100 Medical students for Dr. [James] Rush to fill the Chair of the Theory and Practice of Medicine vacated by Dr. [Benjamin Smith] Barton’s death.

18

1499

MEDICAL STUDENTS. August 3, 1818, Phila. DS. 

Description

Request that the professor selected for the Chemical Chair be himself possessed of a medical education. Signatures and home state of 45 students. [This is a reference to Robert Hare, whose M.D. is questionable].

18

1500

MEDICAL STUDENTS. February 26, 1819, Phila. Thomas T. Hewson. ADS. 

Description

Stating the “very important advantage” gained through attending Dr. Hewson’s anatomical lectures and lauding his “urbane and Gentlemanly Manners.” Signed by 24 men, largely students but including associates of the Pa. Hospital and Alms House.

18

1501

MEDICAL STUDENTS (Dill, Joseph Mason, Ryland Randolph, Nathaniel M. Miller). [1818]. Medical Faculty. 

Description

Memorial charging Mr. [Ellis] Lewis, a classmate, with quarrelsome behavior. Bound with testimonies of the incidents under discussion.

18

1502

MEDICAL STUDENTS (Green, George, James P. Screven, Jeremiah S. English, Gustavus Jones, Abner Nash, John Paxton, James Samuel Gunnell, Isaac Hays, Richard Dutton, John Elliott. (1820). John Redman Coxe. Memorandum. 

Description

Notes requesting examination before the faculty. Numbered.

18

1503

MEDICAL STUDENTS, Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. December 16, 1819, Univ. Medical Faculty. ADS, 53 signatures. 

Description

Request that screen separating students and faculty during examinations be dropped.

18

1504

MEDICAL STUDENTS, Class of 1820. Writers: [Robert Pryor Richardson, William B[aker] Scott, Leroy Branch, S[amuel] W[alter] Washington, George A[ugustus] Spiller, David C[hristie] Skerrett, Americius Vesp[ucius] Payne, John S[teel] Given, C[harles] F[rederick] Wilstach, Dudley Atkins, Thomas Shivers, R[obert] E[glesfield] Griffith, Benjamin J[ones] Pennock, Isaac Thomas, Joseph Browne, Samuel George Morton, Thomas J[efferson] Goode, William A. Davis, George Cuthbert, William F. Buchanan, Robert L. Armstrong, Charles F[rench] Matlack, John L[ight] Atlee, Robert W[alker] Withers, James May, William C[hapman] White, Luke White, J[onathan] D[avid] Price, Stewart Kennedy, G. Lane Corbin, R[obert] I. Clark. 1820, Phila. John Redman Coxe. ADS. 

Description

Forty-four notes by members of the 1820 medical class, requesting examinations by the Medical faculty. Each note typically includes student’s Phila. address and thesis topic. Series numbered one to fifty-eight; some are missing.

18

1505

MEDICAL STUDENTS, Committee of Medical Students (Bouldin, Robert E., Chairman). [September 9, 1818]. Medical Faculty. ADS. 

Description

Objection to Mr. [Robert] Hare as candidate for a chair in the Medical School because of his lack of a medical degree.

18

1506

MEDICAL STUDENTS, Committee of Medical Students (Clark, John Yardley, James Snodgrass Rich, Anthony W. Smith). [1818]. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Request that all students involved in a quarrel in the Medical School be examined.

18

1507

MEDICAL STUDENTS (Rogers, William). April 2, 1799. [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Return of the schools; enrollment figures.

18

1508

MEDICAL STUDENTS (Rogers, William). June 7, 1803, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of the Rev. John Blair Linn for the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

18

1509

MEDICAL STUDENTS (Rogers, William). June 5, 1804, Univ. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of the Rev. John Mitchell Mason for the degree of Doctor of Divinity; recommendation of the Rev. Samuel Miller, D.D. Union College, for admission in the Univ.

18

1510

MEDICAL STUDENTS (Rogers, William). June 4, 1805, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of the Rev. James Gray for the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

18

1511

MEDICAL STUDENTS (Thomson, James G.). April 7, 1812. The Committee of Examinations and [Trustees]. ADS. 

Description

Quarterly report of the Students and Scholars in the Univ.

18

1512

MEDICAL STUDENTS (Thomson, James G.). April 6, 1813, Univ. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Refusal of students Archibald Thomas Dick and Charles Manigault to sign exculpatory declarations concerning a broken door in the Univ. building.

18

1513

MEDICAL STUDENTS (Thomson, James G.). March 1, 1814. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Recommending that medals be prepared for students prior to April examinations.

18

1514

 

Financial Records 

Box

Folder

Account Books (by date) 

December 27, 1749-June 9, 1764. Journal. 

Description

“Journal A, Belonging to the Trustees of the Academy of Philadelphia Anno 1749.” Daily record of payment of subscriptions, for faculty salaries, building expenses, materials and furnishings purchased, repairs and services rendered and income from investments. Includes accounts with Benjamin Franklin, Peter Collinson and others in England for instruments and books. Title page has a table diagram and a list of food dishes evidently consumed at a trustees’ dinner.

18

1515

December 29, 1749-December 2, 1779; 1788, 1789. Journal. 

Description

“Day Book Belonging to the Trustees of the Academy” of Philadelphia. Daily record of College, Academy and Charity School and accounts payable for faculty salaries, building expenses, materials and furnishings purchased, repairs and services rendered and receipts from subscriptions and interest on investments. Includes accounts with Benjamin Franklin, Peter Collinson and others in England for instruments and books. The last pages contain an account of documents delivered by Francis Hopkinson to Henry Hill, Treasurer of the College board, May 7, 1789.

OS2

1516

January 16, 1749/50-December 2, 1779. Journal. 

Description

Academy of Philadelphia account book. Chronological record of funds advanced Treasurer and other principals to pay for goods and services, and to individual faculty members for salaries; includes receipts for rent from College tenants. Alphabetical index. In calfskin binding by Stephen Potts of Philadelphia.

18

1517

November 25, 1773-March 10, 1784. Receipt book of the College and Academy, 1773-1779, and of the University of the State of Pennsylvania, 1780-1784. 

Description

Notes expenditures for salaries, goods and services; ground rents, interest on loans and miscellaneous items. Signatories include George Bryan, Dr. Gerardus Clarkson, George Clymer, Francis Hopkinson, Rev. John Christopher Kunze, Thomas Mifflin, Thomas Nevell (house carpenter), John Smith (son of Robert Smith, architect), Right Rev. William White and members of the faculty.

19

1518

December 1, 1779-September, 1803. Journal. 

Description

University of the State of Pennsylvania, later University of Pennsylvania. Chronological record of assets, receipts and payments in the “Estate” of the University.

OS3

1518a

December 1, 1779-September, 1803. Ledger. 

Description

University of the State of Pennsylvania, later University of Pennsylvania. Record of payments to and receipts from named accounts; public securities; interest account; real estate.

OS4

1518b

January 1, 1780-May 23, 1791, Phila. Journal. 

Description

Daily cash book of the University of the State of Pennsylvania. Initial pages contain an inventory of debts of all kinds taken over from the late College as of January 1, 1780.

19

1519

February 5, 1780-November 29, 1787. Journal. 

Description

Cash accounts of the University of the State of Pennsylvania arranged by name of payee and thereunder chronologically.

19

1520

April 12, 1780-March 25, 1788. Ledger. 

Description

University of the State of Pennsylvania record of ground rents and bonds due, and salaries of instructors and employees.

19

1521

April 1, 1781-August 1, 1787. Ledger. 

Description

“A List of Houses and Lots Purchased of the State and Rented out on Account of the University” [of the State of Pennsylvania]. Alphabetical record of tenants occupying confiscated estate of Loyalists.

OS 17

1522

September 8, 1782-September 1, 1788. Real estate rent book. 

Description

Descriptions of productive real estate owned by the University of the State of Pennsylvania. Brief descriptions of property, and location, with details of ground rents paid.

20

1523

September 8, 1782-October 6, 1788. Real estate rent book. 

Description

Account of receipts from productive real estate owned by the University of the State of Pennsylvania. Alphabetical index by tenant, with some identifying comment of property (“frame house”) or of renter (“black man,” “shoemaker”).

20

1524

March 12, 1784-March 7, 1787. Journal. 

Description

Accounts of George Bryan, Treasurer, with the University of the State of Pennsylvania. Arranged chronologically. Audited March 7, 1787 by John Bayard, Samuel Miles, and Charles Pettit.

20

1525

March 23, 1787-November, 1789. Ledger, College and Academy of Philadelphia. 

Description

Record of interest received on bonds and rent income from tenants in Perkasie Manor. The entries cover the period of money due the College from the roughly 1779 to 1789. Alphabetical index.

20

1526

March, 1789-March, 1799. Ledger, University of the State of Pennsylvania [and University of Pennsylvania, after 1791]. 

Description

Details, property by property, payment of ground rents. The volume had been previously the account book of a broker identified from internal evidence as Lazarus Barnett, and includes his accounts with many Philadelphia dealers, principally Jews (including Lyon Hart, Jonas Phillips, Lazarus Levy, Abraham Levy, Moses Cohen, Ephraim Hart, Benjamin Nones, Izotick Joseph) for dry goods and sundries, including a debt “for Synagogue,” February 5-November 25, 1784.

20

1527

January 7, 1789-February 22, 1793. Receipt book of the Trustees of the University of the State of Pennsylvania and after 1791 the University of Pennsylvania. 

Description

Includes expenditures for salaries, repairs and services.

21

1528

September 3, 1789-December 31, 1800. Receipt book of Henry Hill, Treasurer of the College and Academy (1789-92) and of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (1791-1800). 

Description

Includes expenditures for salaries, repairs and services.

21

1529

January 2, 1800-December 31, 1822. Journal. 

Description

“Journal B” (spine title). Inventory of University-owned real estate, followed by chronological entries of receipts and expenditures. Separate index (vide 1532).

OS5

1530

January 14, 1800-December 31, 1822. Ledger. 

Description

“Ledger” (spine title). Accounts with individuals or companies, listed topically.

OS6

1531

1800-1822. Index ledger. 

Description

Alphabetical index book to “Journal B” (1800-1822). Vide 1530.

OS6

1532

January 1, 1800-July 9, 1822. Cash Book. Record of payments and receipts by the Univ., giving date, name and amount. 

21

1532a

January 2, 1800-December 31, 1809. Journal. 

Description

“No. 3″; Waste Book.” Record of cash payments and receipts by the Univ. giving date, name and amount.

21

1532b

January 16, 1801-December 22, 1809. Receipt Book. 

Description

Signed receipts for services and goods rendered Univ. Signatures include William Smith, John Andrews and Thomas FitzSimons

21

1532c

April 19, 1806-August 26, 1807. Receipt Book. 

Description

Signed receipts for building materials rendered Univ.

21

1532

January 1, 1810-July 9, 1822. Cash book. 

Description

Daily record of payments and receipts (names only), to which is appended a record of receipts for rents from ten tenants

22

1532e

April 1, 1812-April 1, 1828. Ledger. 

Description

Record of rents, bond receipts and other payments by tenants of Perkasie Manor. Included is a description of The Penn Foundation, a scholarship fund established in 1816 from these receipts.

22

1532

1762-1764. Lists of parochial subscriptions to the support of the Colleges of Philadelphia and New York, raised in England by the Reverend William Smith, Provost. 

Description

Arranged by county and thereunder by parish; includes 38 counties, London and Wales.

OS 19

1533

Individual Manuscripts 

November 27, 1779. Memorandum. 

Description

“Schedule of the Estates set over by the Supreme Executive Council to the University of the State of Pennsylvania, agreeably to the Act of Assembly of the 27 November 1779, establishing that Institution.” Confiscated estates of Loyalists acquired by the University.

OS 1

1534

November 11, 1780, Phila. “List of Houses, Lots, and Ground Rents purchased and reserved for the Use of the University of the State of Pennsylvania, out of the forfeited Estates lately sold in the City and County of Philadelphia.” 

Description

Gives date of sale, former owner’s name, description of property, cost, present tenant and yearly value.

OS 1

1535

(ca. 1785). Account of University owned real estate. 

Description

Includes details of tenants, rents and ground rents

OS 1

1536

(ca. 1779). Memorandum. 

Description

Account of bonds and ground rents of Perkasie Manor tenants, 1771-1779.

22

1536a

February 2, 1788. Memorandum. 

Description

Brief of title of a lot on Walnut Street forfeited by William Ross, shoemaker, sold to Jacob Lentz.

22

1537

March, 1788. Memorandum. 

Description

Account of real and personal estate of the University.

OS 18

1538

(ca. 1790). Memorandum. 

Description

Statement of ground rent due to Richard Wells from the University, March 25, 1785 to March 25, 1790.

22

1539

December 25, 1792. Memorandum. 

Description

Financial statement. Estimate of the annual income of the University, annual expenses and grants.

22

1540

March, 1800. “Writ of appraisment.” 

Description

An account of the value of estates purchased by the Trustees from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

22

1541

July 15 and November 22, 1800. Memorandum. 

Description

Notes on financial account for “President’s house” between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the University.

22

1542

1800. Memorandum. 

Description

“An Estimate of the probable produce of the different Revenues for the year 1800.”

22

1543

1800(?). Memorandum. 

Description

“A Bill to authorize the settlement of the Accounts between this Commonwealth and the Trustees.”

22

1543a

(ca. 1801). Memorandum. 

Description

Title abstract of lot owned by University, 1697-1801. Mentions Joseph Taylor, Andrew Bird, Randal Jenney, Thomas Coates, George Mifflin, Pentecost Teague, Francis Knowles, Jacob Colluck, Frederick Shinth, John Biddle, Benjamin Shoemaker, Benjamin Jackson.

22

1544

1801 (?). Memorandum. 

Description

Brief of title of the Ninth Street property, 1682-1801.

22

1545

October 1, 1802. Memorandum. 

Description

Account of the University with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

22

1546

1804 (?). Memorandum. 

Description

Account of ground rent payable in wheat on property of George Goblin, Berks County, July 25, 1782.

22

1547

April 1, 1808. Memorandum. 

Description

Detailed account of debt owed by University to Commonwealth, 1800-1808.

22

1547a

December, 1810. Memorandum. 

Description

Detailed account of debt owed by University to Commonwealth, 1807-1810.

22

1547b

January 1, 1811. AD. 

Description

Abstract of the State of Funds at the Univ.

22

1548

1812(?). Memorandum. 

Description

Claims of University in account with the Commonwealth.

22

1548a

January 1, 1813. AD. 

Description

Abstract of the State of Funds at the University.

22

1548b

April 6, 1813. Memorandum. 

Description

Brief concerning monies due the Commonwealth by the University, 1782-1813.

22

1549

May 15, 1813(?). Memorandum. 

Description

Account of the University with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

22

1549a

March, 1816. Memorandum. 

Description

Account of settlement of the Trustees with the estate of Philip Timmons.

22

1550

April 6, 1813. Memorandum. 

Description

Agreement in the case of the Commonwealth vs. the University of Pennsylvania. Signed by Jared Ingersoll, Edward Burd, Moses Levy, and William Rawle.

22

1551

1817. Memorandum. 

Description

Bill for poor tax on property occupied by Dr. Frederic Beasley, G., Thompson, James Wiltbank and R[obert] Patterson.

22

1552

1816 (?). Memorandum. 

Description

Accounts of the University with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

22

1553

March 31, [1819], Tavern. 

Description

James C[ornell] Biddle. Surveyor’s drafts of land of Leonard and Samuel Eckhart, surveyed by Caleb Foulke.

22

1554

n.d. Memorandum. 

Description

List of tenants of the University, dates when rent falls due.

22

1555

n.d. Memorandum. 

Description

“References to the Minutes of the University in relation to the building of the Old Medical Hall.”

22

1556

n.d. Memorandum. 

Description

Account of assets in real estate and certificate

22

1556a

 

Matriculation and Class Records 

Box

Folder

Combined Faculties 

Ledgers 

(ca. 1813). Large notebook. Chronological register of recipients of undergraduate, graduate and honorary degrees, 1757-1813. 

Description

Includes chronological list of trustees and faculty, 1749-1828. There are numerous errors.

22

1557

(ca. 1829). Large notebook. Chronological register of trustees, Arts faculty, Medical faculty, and of recipients of degrees. 

Description

Includes trustees, 1749-1828; Provosts, 1750-1828; Vice Provosts 1755-1828; Arts faculty 1749-1829; Medical faculty 1765-1828 and of recipients of Undergraduate Arts degrees, 1757-1828 and medical and honorary degrees 1757-1788.

22

1557a

Faculty of Arts 

Ledgers 

January 7, 1750/1-July 26, 1757. Tuition book. 

Description

“Book of Accounts Belonging to the Academy In Philadelphia.” Tuition book of Academy (only), arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by name of scholar. Includes name of person (student himself, parent or guardian) responsible for tuition at entrance or reentrance.

OS2

1558

July 18, 1757-December 23, 1769. “[Academy and] College Tuition Book from 1758 (sic)-1769.” 

Description

Actually tuition book of the Academy and College. Arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by name of scholar. Includes name of person (student himself, parent or guardian) responsible for tuition at entrance or reentrance.”

OS7

1559

July 17, 1767-October 1, 1779; July 1, 1789-April 12, 1791. Tuition Money book. 

Description

Record of tuition fees and charges for firewood and pens collected by the Academy and College of Phila. Lists of 1767-1779 do not differentiate between College and Academy students. Those of 1789-1791 list College and Academy students separately, and usually name parent or guardian.

OS7

1560

June 21, 1780-August, 1782. Tuition Money and account book. 

Description

Tuition Money and account book of the Univ. of the State of Pa. and its Lower Schools. Includes a catalogue of the English School, January 1, 1781; tuition and entrance fees paid, December 27, 1780-September 24, 1782 (list of students; Univ. students are those marked “P” (Philosophy School); pre-collegiate students marked “E” (English), “G” (German), “M” (Mathematical) and “L” (Latin); list of real estate subject to ground rents payable to the Univ., December 23, 1780-October 1, 1782; miscellaneous accounts, 1780-1782, scattered throughout.

22

1561

October 1, 1782-October 8, 1788. Tuition Money book. 

Description

Tuition fees collected by the Univ. of the State of Pa. and its Lower Schools. Univ. and pre-collegiate students are marked by letter indicating their respective school only through 1784. Arranged chronologically.

OS8

1562

May 5, 1787-February 27, 1792. Roll book. 

Description

Daily attendance record of students in the Univ. of the State of Pa. arranged by department: Univ. (first, second, third class), Latin School, Mathematical School, English School. Surnames only are given

OS8

1563

July 2, 1792-February 15, 1802. Roll book. 

Description

Daily attendance record of students in the Univ. of Pa. arranged by department: Philosophy School (collegiate division), Mathematical and English School, English School. Listing of Latin School begins 1794. Surnames only in most instances; scattered notes indicate Phila. street addresses or note “dead.”

OS7

1564

Individual Manuscripts 

1754-1776. Matriculation Book. 

Description

“Part of the College Register, beginning .May 1754,” including freshman classes entered 1754-1762, 1775; degrees granted 1757, 1759-1763, 1770-1776; medical students attending natural philosophy lectures, 1774-1776. Most include parent’s name and place of residence.

23

1565

1781-1789. Memorandum. 

Description

“List of Delinquent Students 1783-1788” (sic). Financial debts, dates of those who left school prior to October 1, 1788, lists of those who entered or returned since October 1, 1788.

23

1566

1789-1821. Memorandum. 

Description

List of graduates in the Arts in period indicated.

23

1567

1793. Memorandum. 

Description

List of graduates in the Arts in year indicated.

23

1568

January 1, 1810. Memorandum. 

Description

List of members of College Class of 1812.

23

1569

Faculty of Medicine 

Ledgers 

1791-1829. Ledger. “Register of the Medical Graduates of the University of Pennsylvania.” 

Description

Chronological list of graduates giving name, state, title of dissertation and geographical summaries. Title page has clipping of 1798 Commencement.

OS8

1570

1806-January 4, 1816. Ledger. Medical Matriculation Book. 

Description

Gives name, residence (state; occasionally city or county), geographical summaries. Actual signatures of students matriculating.

7

1571

1814. Ledger. “Register of Medical Graduates 1768-1814.” 

Description

Chronological lists of graduates giving name and, in some cases, state and title of dissertation.

23

1572

1814-1829. Ledger. “List of Graduates in Medicine from the year of our Lord 1816 until 1825” (sic 1829). 

Description

Gives name, state and title of dissertation, each entry written by student himself. Includes accounts of John B. Dick, Janitor, 1814-1816.

23

1573

1814-1850. Notebook. “List of Medical Graduates in the University of Pennsylvania from the year 1814 to 1850 inclusive.” 

Description

Record book of Deans John Redman Coxe and William Edmunds Horner. Gives “Rules and Regulations for Conferring Medical Degrees,” medical examination results (March 1814-1823 and scattered), extracts from meetings of University Trustees regarding medical appointments (1816-1819) and from meetings of the Medical Faculty (1816-ca. 1823), chronological lists of degree recipients (name, state, title of dissertation and account of fees), including special cases and deferred degrees (1814-1850), geographical recapitulations (1802-1825), Deans’ financial accounts with Medical Faculty (1818-1850), memoranda of student payments for diplomas and other miscellaneous fees, newspaper clippings (1814-1850) and printed commencement notices and programs (1825-1850).

23

1574

(ca. 1815). Ledger. “General Register Med. Classes University Penns. From 1762 [?] To 1815 Inclusive,” otherwise “General Register of Medical Students 1762-1815.” 

Description

Made up about 1815, this volume represents a then contemporary copy of original “Class Lists” of Dr. Adam Kuhn for 1768-1770 in full, 1784-1797 partial, and of Dr. Benjamin Rush for 1779, 1780, 1785-6, 1786-7, 1788-9 and then running continuously to the matriculates of the year 1815-16. The Kuhn lists give student’s name only; commencing in 1788-9 the Rush lists give name and home state; commencing in 1806-7 summaries of the states or countries represented come at the end of each year’s list.

7

1575

1816-1834. Ledger. “Matriculation Book commenced 1816 ended 1834.” 

Description

Gives number of each student in general list, name of student, state, course in which enrolled, number of each student in the first course. Commencing in 1829 the name of home city or county added. Lists of permits issued.

OS9

1576

1816-1852. Ledger. Index to Medical Matriculates, 1816-1852. 

Description

Stationer’s label of William H. Maurice, Phila. Arranged by surname initial letter, and thereunder by class. Gives name of student, state, county (from 1839), post office (from 1845), preceptor (from 1846), number of session, number of student in the matriculation book. Summary of attendance by states 1806-1851 and loose sheet for 1847-1848.

OS9

1577

1819-1822. Notebook. Medical “Candidates for Graduation,” 1819-1822 (Classes of 1820, 1821 and 1822) and “List of Apothecaries desiring a degree of Master in Pharmacy,” 1821. 

Description

First list gives name of student, Phila. address and landlady, title of dissertation, date and before whom defended. Second list gives name of student, Philadelphia address and date for degree conferral.

23

1578

Individual Manuscripts 

(ca. July, 1804). Memorandum. List of Medical graduates of June 6, 1804 with home states and thesis topics; newspaper clipping about College of Physicians elections July 3, 1804. 

23

1579

1804. Memorandum. List of Medical graduates in year indicated, with class ranking. 

23

1580

April, 1806. Memorandum. List of Medical graduates in year indicated. 

23

1581

1806-1820. Memorandum. List of Medical dissertations presented in years 1806-1820. 

23

1582

(ca. 1810). Memorandum. List of forty-five names, many of which were members of the Medical class of 1810. 

Description

Endorsed on reverse “Graduates,” but not all received degrees.

23

1583

April, 1811. Memorandum. Two lists of Medical graduates in year indicated. 

23

1584

1812. Memorandum. List of Medical graduates in year indicated with class ranking. 

23

1585

1814. Memorandum. List of Medical graduates in year indicated. 

23

1586

April 2, 1816, Univ. Memorandum. List of candidates for Medical degrees and draft of resolution to search for a replacement for Benjamin Smith Barton (probably 1816 also). 

23

1587

1817. Memorandum. List of Medical graduates in year indicated. 

23

1588

1818. Memorandum. List of Medical graduates and their home states in year indicated. 

23

1589

 

Matriculation and Lecture Tickets 

Box

Folder

Matriculation Tickets 

College: Elisha Hall, 1771. 

23

1590

University: Isaac Hays, 1817; George Lineaweaver, 1817; Montgomery Chambers, 1818-19; Stirling Ford, 1818-19; Isaac Hays, 1818-19; Jacob Hittel, 1818-19; George Lineaweaver, 1818-19; Isaac Hays, 1819-20; Jacob Hittel, 1819-20. 

23

1591

Medical Department: Jonathan Easton, Jr., 1809-10; George D. Baylor, 1810-11, 1811-12; Thomas Jones, 1810-11, 1811-12; Thomas V. Wisenthal, 1811-12; John Ingram, 1812-13, 1813-14; John Runkel, 1816-17. 

23

1592

Lecture Tickets (Name of issuing faculty member, name of course, name of student, date issued.) 

BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. Materia Medica: Jonathan Easton, Jr., 1807; George D. Baylor, 1810. 

23

1593

BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. Materia Medica, Dietetics, and the Natural History of Man: George D. Baylor, 1811. 

23

1594

BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. Theory and Practice of Medicine: John Ingram, 1813. 

23

1595

BEASLEY, FREDERIC. Moral Philosophy: Samuel N. Davis, 1816-17 (2); William Frazier, 1820-21. 

23

1596

BOND, HENRY. Anatomy: John Hackett Holt, 1820. 

23

1597

BOND, THOMAS. Clinical Lectures: incomplete, 1767; Jonathan Easton (M.B. 1771), 1770. 

23

1598

BOND, THOMAS. Practical Midwifery: Jonathan Easton, 1769. 

23

1598a

CALDWELL, CHARLES. Natural History: Isaac Hays, 1817-18. 

23

1599

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. Materia Medica: John Ingram, 1813; Joseph Kinnersley Smith, 1814. 

23

1600

CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL. Institutes and Practice of Medicine and Clinical Practice: Thomas W. Jones, 1816; John Runkel, 1816; Isaac Hays, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819; Stirling Ford, 1817; George Lineaweaver, 1817, 1818; Jacob Hittel, 1818, 1820, no date; Montgomer 

23

1601

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. Chemistry: Jonathan Easton, Jr., 1809; Thomas Ewell, 1809; George D. Baylor, 1811-12; Thomas W. Jones, 1811-12, 1816; John Ingram, 1812-13; John Runkel, 1816; Stirling Ford, 1817; George Lineaweaver, 1817; Isaac Hays, 1817, 1818, 1819. 

23

1602

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. Materia Medica: Montgomery Chambers, 1819. 

23

1603

COXE, JOHN REDMAN. Materia Medica and Pharmacy: Jacob Hittel, 1819, 1820. 

23

1604

DAVIS, DAVID JONES. Surgery and Physiology: George Lineaweaver, ca. 1818. 

23

1605

DEWEES, WILLIAM. Midwifery: William Dallam, ca. 1797; Thomas Ewell, 1809. 

23

1606

DEWEES, WILLIAM. Midwifery and Medical Jurisprudence: Stirling Ford, 1818 (2), 1819 (2), no date; Jacob Hittel, 1819 (2). 

23

1607

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. Surgery: Jonathan Easton, Jr., 1808, 1809; George D. Baylor, 1810, 1811; John Ingram, 1812, 1813; John Runkel, 1815. 

23

1608

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. Materia Medica: Thomas W. Jones, 1816; Stirling Ford, 1817; Isaac Hays, 1817, George Lineaweaver, 1817. 

23

1609

DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. Anatomy: Montgomery Chambers, 1818; Jacob Hittel, 1818. 

23

1610

EWING, JOHN. Natural and Experimental Philosophy: James Armstrong, 1767. 

23

1611

GIBSON, WILLIAM. Surgery: Isaac Hays, 1819, 1820; Jacob Hittel, 1819, 1820. 

23

1612

HARE, ROBERT. Chemistry: George Lineaweaver, 1818; Isaac Hays, 1818, 1819; Jacob Hittel, 1818 (2), 1820; John Hackett Holt, 1820. 

23

1613

HORNER, WILLIAM EDMONDS. Demonstrations on Practical Anatomy and Operative Surgery: Stirling Ford, 1819. 

23

1614

HUTCHINSON, JAMES. Chemistry and Materia Medica: David Hosack, 1790. 

23

1615

HUTCHINSON, JAMES. Chemistry: incomplete 179_. 

23

1616

JACOBS, W. S. Dissecting Class: Samuel Gartley, 1800. 

Description

Illustration of dancing skeletons, engraved by J. Akin.

23

1617

JAMES, THOMAS CHALKLEY. Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children: Jonathan Easton, Jr., 1809; George D. Baylor, 1811; John Ingram, 1813; Thomas W. Jones, 1816; John Runkel, 1816; George Lineaweaver, 1817, 1818; Henry S. Harris, 1817; Isaac Hays, 1817 

23

1618

KUHN, ADAM. Materia. Medica and Pharmacy: James Armstrong, 1768. 

23

1619

KUHN, ADAM. Botany: James Armstrong, 1769. 

23

1619a

MORGAN, JOHN. Materia. Medica and Practice of Physick: incomplete, 1765. 

23

1620

MORGAN, JOHN. Theory and Practice of Physick: incomplete, no date. 

23

1621

MORGAN, JOHN. Chemistry and Theory and Practice of Physick: incomplete, 1767. 

23

1622

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. Mathematics: Samuel N. Davis, 1816-17. 

23

1623

PATTERSON, ROBERT MASKELL. Natural Philosophy: Isaac Hays, 1818-19. 

23

1624

PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG. Surgery: Thomas Ewell, 1804; Jonathan Easton, Jr., 1808) 1809; George D. Baylor, 1810, 1811; John Ingram, 1812, 1813; John Runkel, 1815; Thomas W. Jones, 1816; Stirling Ford, 1817; Montgomery Chambers, 1818; Jacob Hittel, 1818; Geor 

23

1625

PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG. Anatomy: Isaac Hays, 1817, 1818, 1819; Jacob Hittel, 1818, 1819, 1820; John Hackett Holt, 1820. 

23

1626

RUSH, BENJAMIN. Chemistry: James Armstrong, 1769; Jonathan Easton, 1769, 1770; Thomas Parke, 1769 (copy). 

23

1627

RUSH, BENJAMIN. Theory and Practice of Medicine: David Hosack, 1790. 

23

1628

RUSH, BENJAMIN. Institutes of Medicine and Clinical Cases: William Dallam, 1797; Hugh McCorkle, 1799; Jonathan Easton, Jr., 1809; John Ingram, 1812. 

23

1629

RUSH, BENJAMIN. Institutes of and Practice of Medicine and upon Clinical Cases: George D. Baylor, 1810, 1811. 

23

1630

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, JR. Anatomy: incomplete, 1765; incomplete, 1767; Jonathan Easton, Jr., 1768, 1769; William Dallam, 1796; Samuel Gartley, 1798; Thomas Ewell, 1804. 

23

1631

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, JR. Anatomy, Surgery, and Midwifery: David Hosack, 1790; Alexander McWilliams, 1800. 

23

1632

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, JR. Anatomy and Midwifery: Benjamin Kugler, 1807. 

23

1633

THOMSON, JAMES G. Languages: Samuel N. Davis, 1816-17; William Frazier, 1820-21. 

23

1634

WATERHOUSE, Dr. Natural History: D. Easton, n.d. 

23

1634a

WILLIAMSON, HUGH. Natural and Experimental Philosophy: James Armstrong, 1767. 

23

1635

WISTAR, CASPAR, JR. Chemistry and Physiology: O. Bowen, 1789. 

23

1636

WISTAR, CASPAR, JR. Anatomy: William Dallam, 1796; Samuel Gartley, 1798; Thomas Ewell, 1804; George D. Baylor, 1811; Thomas V. Wiesenthal, 1811-12; John Ingram, 1812-13, 1813-14; Thomas W. Jones, 1816-17; Isaac Hays, 1816-17, 1817-18; Stirling Ford, 1817 

23

1637

WISTAR, CASPAR, JR. Dissecting: Thomas Ewell, 1809-1810. 

23

1637a

WOODHOUSE, JAMES. Chemistry: John Ham, Jr., 1796; Alexander McWilliams, 1800; Charles J. Wister, 1801; Thomas Ewell, 1803; Jonathan Easton, Jr., 1808; Thomas J. Randolph, 1808. 

23

1638

Non-University 

Pennsylvania Hospital: tickets permitting use of Hospital, attending the Practice thereof, and use of the Library. 

Description

John Archer, 1797; William Dallam, ca. 1797; Hugh McCorkle, 1799; Samuel Gartley, 1800; Thomas Ewell, 1803; Jonathan Easton, Jr., 1808, 1809; George D. Baylor, 1810; John Ingram, 1812-13, 1813; George Lineaweaver, 1817; John Runkel, 1817.

23

1639

American Medical Society: membership ticket (engraved by James Smither, Philadelphia, 1770). 

Description

Jonathan Easton, 1770.

23

1639a

Thomas Pole (of 102 Leadenhall Street, London): Midwifery 

Description

Jonathan Easton, 1793.

23

1639b

Alms House: tickets permitting practice in the Medical and Surgical Wards. 

Description

Stirling Ford, 1816, 1819; Isaac Hays, 1818; Jacob Hittel, 1818.

23

1640

J. and A. H. Humphreys, Printers, Book-Sellers, and Stationers (2nd and Walnut) 

Description

Advertising card lists authors and titles of contemporary medical books, ca. 1810.

23

1641

William Fuller, announcement card of lessons in self defense, at Shakespeare Hotel, New York, 1829. 

23

1641a

 

Curriculum Collection 

Box

Folder

Student Lecture Notes: Academy, College, University 

ALLEN, ANDREW, JOHN, and JAMES. 1756. ADS. 

Description

Francis Alison on ethics, economics, the law of nature, and politics, notes taken by three brothers.

23

1642

CLARKSON, JOSEPH. 1783, Phila. ADS. 

Description

“A Compendious System of Moral Philosophy by the Revd. Doctor [Samuel] Magaw Vice Provost Universitatis Philadelphiae 1783.” Largely in question and answer format.

24

1643

ELMER, JONATHAN. February 14-April 3, 1766, [Phila.]. Medical student notebook. 

Description

John Morgan on Materia Medica; one brief passage on “Anthelmintics” by Dr. Adam Kuhn. Taken during the first year of the Medical School’s existence.

24

1644

HOLCOME, HENRY. ca. 1820. Medical student notebook. 

Description

“[Nathaniel] Chapmans Lectures on the Practice of Medicine,” volume 1. 449pp. Some annotations from 1825.

24

1644a

HOLCOME, HENRY. ca. 1820. Medical student notebook. 

Description

Nathaniel Chapman’s Lectures on the Practice of Medicine, volume 2. 371pp.

25

1644b

HOLCOME, HENRY. ca. 1820. Medical student notebook. 

Description

Nathaniel Chapman on physiology.

25

1644c

JONES, SAMUEL. 1760, College of Phila. ADS. 

Description

“Book of metaphysics entered upon April 15th Anno Dom. 1760 at the College of Philadelphia, under the Direction and Tuition of Rev. Mr. Francis Alison D.D.” Sections on the human soul and on ontology.

25

1645

JONES, SAMUEL. January 2, 1761. ADS. 

Description

Chart of the divisions of moral philosophy into Law, Rights, Property and Contracts.

OS 1

1646

JONES, THOMAS M. [Spring] 1817. Medical student notebook. 

Description

“Notes Taken from Professor N[athaniel] Chapman’s Lectures ….” Notes from Class Second- diseases of the digestive organs, Class Third-diseases of the respiratory or pulmonary organs, and Class Fourth- diseases of the absorbent system. Some annotations

25

1646a

KINNERSLEY, WILLIAM. 1759, [Phila.]. ADS. 

Description

Lectures on moral philosophy, including ethics, the law of nature, contracts, prices of goods. In English and Latin.

26

1647

NEVES, THOMAS K. 1809. “Notes on Dr. Benj. S. Barton.” Botany. 

26

1647a

POULTNEY, SAMUEL. 1786. ADS. 

Description

“Notes on the Practice of Physic from A Course of Lectures delivered by Benjamin Rush, M.D.” Also records of individual cases.

26

1648

SMITH, ELIHU H[UBBARD] and ROBERT JOHNSON. 1791, Phila. ADS. 

Description

“A Course of Lectures on The Theory and Practice of Medicine by Benjamin Rush M.D. … Read in the College [of Philadelphia] from November 1, 1790 to February 1, 1791.” 9 Arranged by diseases, giving symptoms and cures. Indexed.

26

1649

YEATES, JASPER. May 1, 1759, College of Phila. ADS. 

Description

“A Compend of Logic,” with chapters on perception, judgment and proposition, reasoning and syllogism, and disposition and method.

26

1650

YEATES, JASPER. May 1, 1759. ADS. 

Description

“Some of the more difficult Derivations in the Second, Third, and Fourth Books, of Homer’s Iliads: Collected from the Clavis Homerica.” In Greek and Latin.

26

1651

YEATES, JASPER. 1759, College of Phila. ADS. 

Description

“A Brief Compend of Metaphysics,” with chapters on the human soul, ontology, and God and His perfections.

27

1652

YEATES, JASPER. April 20, 1760, College of Phila. ADS. 

Description

“A Compend of Ethics (Translated from the Latin).” Chapters on the chief good, human actions and their morality, and virtues and passions.

27

1653

YEATES, JASPER. May 1, 1760, College of Phila. Student notebook. 

Description

“Trigonometry, Plain Sailing, Surveying, With Heights and Distances. Collected from the most approved Writers on each Subject.” Includes (p. SO) a plan of part of Petty’s Island in the Delaware River.

27

1654

YEATES, JASPER. December 8, 1760, College of Phila. ADS. 

Description

“A Compendious System of Algebra: Collected from the most approved Writers.” With problems solved.

27

1655

YEATES, JASPER. 1760, College of Phila. ADS. 

Description

“An Introduction to the Mathematics containing Short Treatises (From the most approved Writers) … to these is added, a Specimen of Italian Bookkeeping. Collected by the Reverend Doctor William Smith.”

27

1656

YEATES, JASPER. 1760. ADS. 

Description

“Logic … with A Variety of Rules to guard against Error, in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as well as the Sciences.” Indexed.

27

1657

YEATES, JASPER. 1760. ADS. 

Description

“The Substance of a Course of Lectures on Rhetoric. Read in the College of Philadelphia By the Reverend Doctor William Smith.”

27

1658

YEATES, JOHN. 1790. ADS. (2 vols.) 

Description

Lectures on logic, metaphysics, and moral philosophy. In English and Latin. Not a lecture notebook, but apparently recopied and refined from lecture notes. Flyleaf bears date of July 6, 1790.

28

1659

YEATES, JOHN, JR. 1753, Phila. ADS. 

Description

“An Introduction to the Mathematics: Containing Compends of Arithmetic, Geometry and plain Trigonometry, The different Kinds of Sailing, with The common Method of keeping a Journal at Sea.” From the Academy lectures of Theophilus Grew. Contains practica

28

1660

YOUNG, JOHN RICHARDSON. ca. 1803. AD. Digestion. 

28

1661

n.n. 1786. Student notebook. 

Description

“Notes from Shippen’s Introductory Lectures.” Anatomy lectures by Dr. William Shippen.

29

1662

n.n.. before 1790. Lecture notes. 

Description

“The Evidences of natural and revealed Religion.”

29

1663

n.n. [18th century]. Student notebook. 

Description

William Smith on “Optical and Astronomical Lectures.” Includes notes on hydrostatics, gravity, pneumatics, lenses, astronomy.

29

1664

n.n. [18th century]. Memorandum. 

Description

The doctrines of Chemistry, including language, operations, and history of bodies.

29

1665

n.n. [18th century?]. Page on interrelated geometric conics from mathematics notebook. 

29

1666

n.n. [NOT PENNSYLVANIA]. 1785, Edinburgh, Scotland. Student notebook. 

Description

Dr. Walker’s lectures on Natural History, including ornithology, fish, shells, the scale of beings, mineralogy, fossils. Lecture 8 on the Colour of Shells is dated “Edenburg July 20, 1785.” Spine indicates this is the second volume of at least two.

29

1667

n.n. 5 November 1810. Medical student notebook. 

Description

“The Lectures delivered in the University of Pennsylvania on Materia Medica by Benjamin Smith Barton Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History and Botany.” 287pp.

29

1667a

Curriculum and “Apparatus” 

December 3, 1779. Memorandum. 

Description

Inventory of the Philosophical Apparatus belonging to the University of Pennsylvania.

OS 18

1668

[c. 1791]. Memorandum. 

Description

Weekly plans of study for the Latin Schools and the Collegiate Classes.

30

1669

1791 [?]. Memorandum. 

Description

Curriculum for the Freshman and Junior Classes in College and in the Latin School.

30

1670

June 1807. Memorandum. 

Description

“A List of the Apparatus in the University of Pennsylvania.”

30

1671

1816. Memorandum. 

Description

“List of the Philosophical Apparatus belonging to the University of Pennsylvania.”

30

1672

[September 1818]. Memorandum. 

Description

Draft of a resolution thanking Mrs. Caspar Wistar for the donation of her husband’s anatomical museum.

30

1673

1819-1820 through 1852-1853. AD. 

Description

Schedule of lectures in anatomy taught by Philip Syng Physick and William Edmonds Horner.

30

1674

1820. Texts read by each College class under the Plan of 1811 and under the “new plan.” 

30

1675

 

Commencement Collection 

Box

Folder

Order of Exercies and Related Material 

November 12, 1754, (Phila.). Anon. Robert Hunter Morris. Address. 

Description

“Extract From One of the Philosophical Exercises delivered publickly in the Academy at Philadelphia, upon the Visitation Day Novr 12th 1754, Being an Address to The honble. Robert Hunter Morris Esqr. Lieut. Governor of Pennsylvania andc.”

30

1676

June 10, 1761, Phila.
Viris Præcellentissimis, Thomæ Penn æ Richardo Penn, Armigeris, Provinciæ Pennsylvaniæ nec non Comitatuum Novi Castelli, Cantii and Sussexiæ ad fluvium Delaware veris atque folis Proprietariis; Viro Dignissimo, Literis humanioribus ornatissimo, Jacobo Hamilton, Armigero, Prædictæ Provinciæ et Comitatuum, Vice-Gubernatori præclarissimo, nec non hujus Collegii and Academiæ Philadelphiensis Curatori. PD, Broadside. 

Description

Lists trustees, faculty and thirteen A.B. candidates by name, followed by theses to be defended by degree candidates. In Latin. Printed by William Dunlap. Evans 8981.

OS 1

1677

June 15, 1762, Phila. [title same as foregoing]. PD, Broadside. 

Description

Lists trustees, faculty, and six A.B. candidates by name, followed by theses to be defended, and a catalogue of past degree recipients, 1757-1761. In Latin. Printed by Henry Miller. Evans 9239.

OS 1

1678

June 16, 1763, Phila. [title same as foregoing]. PD, Broadside. 

Description

Lists trustees, faculty and nine A.B. candidates by name followed by theses to be defended. In Latin. Printed by Henry Miller. Evans 9485.

OS 1

1679

May 17, 1775.
Account of the Commencement In The College of Philadelphia, May 17, 1775

Description

Program, including text of orations and speeches. Anonymous printer. Evans 14395.

30

1680

May 27, 1784. Miller, Joseph. Address, typescript. Commencement oration, “The Former, Present, and Future Prospects of America.” 

Description

(Gift of Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith, 1922).

30

1681

July 30, 1788, Phila. PD, Broadside.
Order of the Commencement at the University [of the State of Pennsylvania]

Description

Lists order of service, including orations by degree candidates, names of A.B., M.B., A.M., M.D., and D.D. candidates. Printed by Zachariah Poulson. Photocopy of original in possession of the Philomathean Society.

30

1682

July 30 and 31, 1789, Phila. PD, photocopy.
Order of Exercises … for conferring Degrees on the Students of the University [of the State] of Pennsylvania. 

Description

Lists order of service and orations by degree candidates. Does not list candidates. With manuscript marginal notes by an unknown member of the class of 1789. Location of original unknown.

30

1683

June 9, 1803, Phila. PD, Commencement program. 

Description

Order of exercises, including orations. Does not list degree candidates.

30

1684

June 5, 1805, Phila. PD, Commencement program. 

Description

Order of exercises, including orations, Does not list degree candidates. Printed by B. Graves.

30

1685

July 28, 1808, Phila. PD, Commencement program. 

Description

Order of exercises, including orations. Does not list degree candidates.

30

1686

[July 28,] 1808, Phila. PD, Admission ticket for commencement. 

30

1687

June 10, 1810. PD, Commencement program (2). 

Description

Order of exercises including orations. Does not list degree candidates. One copy mutilated.

30

1688

July 2, 1812. PD, Commencement program. 

Description

Order of exercises including orations. Does not list degree candidates. Periodical illustration of silhouette of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew pasted to reverse.

30

1689

[July 2,] 1812, Phila. PD. Admission ticket for commencement. 

30

1690

January 4, 1816, Phila. PD, Commencement program. 

Description

Order of exercises including orations. Does not list degree candidates.

30

1691

April 7, 1817, Phila. Patterson, R[obert] M[askell]. James Ross. PD. 

Description

Invitation to the Commencement for arts and medicine.

30

1692

April 10, 1817, Phila. PD. 

Description

Order of Procession for the Commencement.

30

1693

April 10, 1817, Phila. PD, Commencement program (2). 

Description

Order of exercises including orations. Does not list degree candidates.

30

1694

1819. PD. 

Description

Admission ticket for Commencement.

30

1695

Notices from Philadelphia Newspapers (clippings and/or photocopies) 

May 17, 1757. College. Announcements; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, April 7, May 12, August 11. 

30

1696

June 8, 1759. College. Announcement.
Pennsylvania Gazette, June 7. 

30

1697

May 1, 1760. College. Announcement; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, April 24, May 15. 

30

1698

May 26, 1761. College. Announcement; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May 21, May 28. 

30

1699

May 18, 1762. College. Announcement; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, April 22, May 27. 

30

1700

May 17, 1763. College. Dialogue; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May 26. (Examination of degree candidates
 Pennsylvania Gazette, April 5). 

30

1701

May 30, 1765. College. Announcement, with notice of institution of medical department; exercises; dialogues.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May 9, June 6, June 13. 

30

1702

May 20, 1766. College. Notice of gift of prizes; announcement; exercises; odes.
Pennsylvania Gazette, March 20, May 22, May 29, June 5. 

30

1703

November 17, 1767. College. Examination of degree candidates; exercises; dialogue and odes.
Pennsylvania Gazette, July 30, November 19, November 26. 

30

1704

June 21, 1768. College, Medical. Announcements; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, June 2, June 23, June 30.
 Pennsylvania Chronicle, June 27. 

30

1705

November 29, 1768. College, Arts. Exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, December 1. 

30

1706

June 30, 1769. College, Arts and Medical. Announcement; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, June 29, July 6. 

30

1707

June 5, 1770. College, A. and M. Announcement; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May 31, June 14. 

30

1708

June 28, 1771. College, A. and M. Announcement; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, July 4, July 11. 

30

1709

July 20, 1773. College, A. and M. Exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, July 28. 

30

1710

July -, 1774. College, M. Exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, August 3. 

30

1711

May 17, 1775. College, A. Announcement; exercises; orations; Provost’s charge.
Pennsylvania Gazette, April 5, May 24, May 31.
 Pennsylvania Packet, May 22.
 Pennsylvania Ledger, May 27, June 3. 

30

1712

July 4, 1780. University of the State of Pennsylvania. A. Announcements; exercises. Delayed College candidates of 1779.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May 31, June 21.
 Pennsylvania Journal, July 12. 

30

1713

July 4, 1781. University. A. and M. Announcement; exercises; report.
Freeman’s Journal, July 4, July 11.
 Pennsylvania Gazette, July 11. 

30

1714

March 21, 1782. University. A. and M. Announcement; exercises.
Freeman’s Journal, March 20, March 27.
 Pennsylvania Journal, March 16, March 27. 

30

1715

July 4, 1783, University. A. and M. Exercises.
Freeman’s Journal, July 9.
 Pennsylvania Journal, July 17.
 Pennsylvania Gazette, July 23. 

30

1716

December 13, 1783, University. Bestowal of honorary LL.D. which had been conferred on George Washington on July 4. Citation; recipient’s address.
Freeman’s Journal, December 17.
 Pennsylvania Journal, December 17. 

30

1717

May 27, 1784. University. A. and M. Examination of degree candidates; report; exercises; oration.
Pennsylvania Gazette, April 21.
 Pennsylvania Journal, May 29, June 5.
 Freeman’s Journal, June 2.
 Columbian Magazine, September, 1786. 

30

1718

May 6, 1785. University. A. and M. Announcement; exercises.
Pennsylvania Journal, April 30, May 14.
 Freeman’s Journal, May 2, May 11.
 Pennsylvania Gazette, May 4.
 Pennsylvania Mercury, May 13. 

30

1719

July 3, 1786. University. A. and M. Announcement; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, June 28.
 Freeman’s Journal, July 12. 

30

1720

November 22, 1787. University. A. and M. Announcement; exercises.
Pennsylvania Packet, November 21, 22.
Pennsylvania Evening Herald, November 28.
Columbia Magazine, November. 

30

1721

July 30, 1788. University. A. and M. Exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, August 6. 

30

1722

February 3 (?), 1789, University. M. Notice.
Pennsylvania Gazette, February 11. 

30

1723

July 30-31, 1789. University. A. and M. Announcements; exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, July 22, August 12.
Pennsylvania Packet, July 30, August 8. 

30

1724

June 8, 1790. College. M. Exercises; oration.
Universal Asylum and Columbia Magazine, June.
 American Museum or Universal Magazine, July. 

30

1725

July 8, 1790. University. A and M. Exercises; orations.
Pennsylvania Gazette, July 14.
 Pennsylvania Journal, July 14.
 Universal Asylum and Columbia Magazine, August, October. 

30

1726

July 17, 1790. College. A. Exercises; ode. Candidates of 1790 and also those of 1779 (ignoring conferral of degrees upon latter by the University in 1780).
Freeman’s Journal, July 28.
 Universal Asylum and Columbia Magazine, July. 

30

1727

December 15, 1790. College. M. Exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, December 29
 . Pennsylvania Journal, December 29.
 Universal Asylum and Columbia Magazine, December. 

30

1728

June 23, 1791. College. M. Exercises.
Freeman’s Journal, June 30. 

30

1729

April 18, 1792. University. A. Exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May 2. 

30

1730

May 11, 1792. University. A. and M. Exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May 16.
 Independent Gazetteer, May 19. 

30

1731

December 13, 1793. University. A. Exercises.
Gazette of the United States, December 14. 

30

1732

May 19, 1794. University. M. Exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May 28. 

30

1733

May 23, 1795. University. M. Exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, June 10. 

30

1734

July 20, 1795. University. A. Exercises.
Pennsylvania Gazette, July 29. 

30

1735

May 24, 1796. University. M. Exercises.
Independent Gazetteer, May 28.
 Gazette of the United States, May 26. 

30

1736

May 12, 1797. University. M. Exercises.
Philadelphia Gazette, May 13. 

30

1737

May 31, 1800. University. M. Exercises.
Universal Gazette, June S. 

30

1738

June 8, 1801. University. M. Exercises.
Gazette of the United States, June 13. 

30

1739

May 27, 1802. University. A. and M. Exercises.
Philadelphia Gazette, May 29. 

30

1740

June 9, 1803. University. A. and M. Exercises.
Gazette of the United States, June 11. 

30

1741

June 6, 1804. University. A. and M. Announcement.
Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser, June 6. 

30

1742

June 5, 1805. University. A. and M. Exercises.
Gazette of the United States, June 12. 

30

1743

April 21, 1806. University. M. Announcement.
Poulson’s, April 19. 

30

1744

April 30, 1811. University. A and M. Exercises. Newspaper not identified or dated. 

30

1745

July 27, 1820. University. A. Announcement; exercises. Newspaper not identified or dated. 

30

1746

 

Diploma and Certificate Collection 

Box

Folder

University 

Originals 

Allston, William, 1797 M.D. 

30

1747

Barclay, James Joseph, 1812 A.B. 

30

1748

Catlett, John, 1782 A.B. 

30

1749

Coats, Lindsay, 1760 A.B. 

30

1750

Crosby, Ebenezer, 1780 Medical Department certificate (Dr. Adam Kuhn) 

30

1751

Elmer, Jonathan, 1771 M.D. 

30

1752

Ewing, William, 1781 A.B. 

30

1753

Glentworth, James B., 1819 diploma, Academy of Philadelphia 

30

1754

Hagner, George Frederick, 1808 A.B. 

30

1755

Hall, Joseph, 1807 A.B. * 

30

1756

Hamilton, Samuel N., 1819 M.D. 

30

1757

Hays, Isaac, 1816 A.B. 

30

1758

Hays, Isaac, 1816 membership certificate, Philomathean Society 

30

1759

Hays, Isaac, 1820 M.D. 

30

1760

Houston, John, 1769 M.B. + 

30

1761

Houston, John, 1769 M.B. (photo). 

30

1761a

Houston, William Frederick, 1809 M.D. 

30

1762

How, Samuel Blanchard, 1811 A.B. 

30

1763

Jones, Samuel, 1795 A.M. 

30

1764

Kelso, Joseph, 1796 Medical Department certificate (Drs. Samuel Powel Griffitts, Adam Kuhn, William Shippen, Caspar Wistar, James Woodhouse) 

30

1765

Kelso, Joseph, 1796 Medical Department certificate (Dr. Benjamin Rush) 

30

1766

Latta, James, 1757 A.B. 

30

1767

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1812 M.D. 

30

1768

Lochman, George, 1789 A.B. 

30

1769

Lowber, John Cole, 1804 A.B. 

30

1770

Martin, William, 1786 M.B. 

30

1771

McCaa, John, 1814 M.D. 

30

1772

McCorkle, Hugh, 1800 Medical Department certificate (Drs. William Shippen and Caspar Wistar) 

30

1773

Randolph, Jacob, 1817 M.D. 

30

1774

Scollay, Samuel, 1816 M.D. 

30

1775

Seaman, Valentine, 1792 M.D. 

30

1776

Shoemaker, Nathan, 1810 M.D. 

30

1776a

Snow, Frisby H., 1819 M.D. 

30

1777

Tilton, George, 1768 M.D. 

30

1777a

TYLER, William., 1807 Medical Department certificate (James Woodhouse). 

30

1777b

Wallace, William, 1793 A.B. 

30

1778

Watson, John, 1783 M.B. 

30

1779

Wilcocks, Alexander, 1761 A.B. 

30

1779a

Wistar, Caspar, 1782 M.B. x 

30

1779b

Withy, Samuel Jones, 1813 M.B. 

30

1780

Woodhouse, James, 1787 A.B. 

30

1781

Woodhouse, James, 1792 M.D. 

30

1782

Yeates, Donaldson, Jr., 1810 M.D. 

30

1783

Young, John Richardson, 1803 M.D. 

30

1783a

Photographs of originals in other collections 

Alison, Francis, Jr., 1770 A.B. 

30

1783b

Allen, Thomas Lancaster, 1813 M.D. 

30

1784

Archer, John, 1769 M.B. 

30

1784a

Cowell, David, 1768 M.B. 

30

1785

Dilworth, Joseph H., 1792 A.B. 

30

1786

Hadley, John Livingston, 1812 M.D. 

30

1787

Jackson, David, 1768 M.B. 

30

1788

Marchant, Henry, 1762 A.M. 

30

1789

Mifflin, John Ross, 1808 A.B. 

30

1790

Parke, Thomas, 1787 Medical Department certificate 

30

1791

Rush, Joseph, 1780 A.B. 

30

1792

Seney, Joshua, 1773 A.B. 

30

1793

Washington, George, 1783 LL.D. (hon.) 

30

1794

Yeates, Caspar (sic, Jasper), 1765 A.M. 

30

1795

Non-University 

Academy of National Sciences of Philadelphia 1815. 

Description

Membership certificate, George Frederic Hagner

30

1796

American Linnean Society 1803. 

Description

Membership certificate, John Richardson Young

30

1797

American Medical Society. 

Description

1793 Adam Seybert

30

1798

Cliosophic Society of the College of New Jersey. 

Description

1799, John Richardson Young

31

1799

College of New Jersey. 

Description

1799 A.B. diploma of John Richardson Young

31

1800

College of Physicians of Philadelphia. 

Description

1787 Membership certificate, John Morris

31

1801

College of Physicians of Philadelphia. 

Description

1787 Membership certificate, Abraham Chovet

31

1801a

Managers and Physicians of the Pennsylvania Hospital. 

Description

1796 Medical practice certificate, Joseph Kelso; 1812 Benjamin Lincoln

31

1802

Medical Society of Philadelphia. 

Description

1796 Membership certificate, Joseph Kelso; 1803 Membership certificate, John Richardson Young; 1817 Membership certificate, Jacob Randolph

31

1803

Societé Royale de Physique, d’Histoire Naturelle et des Arts d’Orléans (France). 

Description

1785 Benjamin Franklin

OS 18

1804

 

Non-University Organizations 

Box

Folder

Communications 

APOTHECARIES HALL DUBLIN: GOVERNOR, DEPUTY GOVERNOR AND DIRECTORS OF THE. January 6, 1815, Dublin, Ireland. ADS. 

Description

Letter of introduction for John Stitt of Ballynaferan, County Down, qualified to become an apothecary’s apprentice. (Copy, with addendum signed by John Redman Coxe).

31

1805

CABINET OF SCIENCES (Cloud, Joseph, Joseph Kersey, Thomas Allibone, and J[ohn] F. Waterhouse). March 19, 1816. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

The issue of a prospectus and plan for the Botanic Garden. Subscribers procured and sites considered. Wish to unite their efforts with the Trustees.

31

1806

CHARITY SCHOOL SOCIETY, BOARD OF MANAGERS (Garrett, Philip). December 31, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Annual report including data on scholars and schools supported, adoption of the Lancasterian System and republication of its manual, teachers in the Walnut Street and Southwark schools.

31

1807

CHARITY SCHOOL SOCIETY COMMITTEE (Robbins, Samuel and Joseph M. Paul). March 1818, Phila. Phila. Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools. ADS. 

Description

Certification that the accounts of Treasurer Benjamin Williams are balanced.

31

1808

CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA (Punshow, Robert and William Gairey). April 2, 1808. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting temporary use of the Academy building in Fourth Street for worship, its members having withdrawn from the Methodist Episcopal Church.

31

1809

COMMITTEE FROM THE GERMAN REFORMED OR CALVINIST CHURCH (Schreiner, Jacob, Frederick Erringer, Philip Peltz, Michael Freytag, F. Good(?), Peter Ozeas. January 25, 1809. Trustees of the Academy in Fourth Street. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of College Hall in Fourth Street for an English-language service for members of the German Reformed Church.

31

1810

COMMITTEE FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE ART OF PSALMODY (Jaudon, D., Stephen Addington, James Swain, Benjamin Shaw, Silas Dinsmoor, Joseph Musgrave, John McMullin, and William Bell). March 4, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of Univ. rooms for singing schools established by Andrew Law.

31

1811

COMMITTEE FOR THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP (Wilmer, Lambert, John Hood, Thomas Allibone, Caleb North, Jacob Baker, and Thomas Haskins). July 6, 1801, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for use of the Hall of the Univ. for public worship in the forenoon and evening each Lord’s day.

31

1812

COMMITTEE FOR THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP (Baker, Jacob, Thomas Allibone, Caleb North, and James Swain). September 1, 1801. President and Trustees of the Univ. ALS. 

Description

Requesting further use of the College Hall at 3 o’clock each Lord’s day and each Wednesday evening.

31

1813

COMMITTEE OF THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE COMPANY (Cowgill, Joseph, Robert Coe, Jr., Benjamin Williams, Owen Biddle, Joseph Maxfield, and Charles Allen). February 17, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting permission to erect an engine house of 10 by 16 feet on the Academy lot in Fourth Street.

31

1814

COMMITTEE OF THE PHILADELPHIA MEDICAL SOCIETY (Channing, Walter and Jacob Bigelow). February 3, 1810. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of the Academy Hall for the annual oration of the Phila. Medical Society.

31

1815

ELECTING COMMITTEE OF THE CHARITY SCHOOL SOCIETY (Paul, Joseph M.). June 9, 1818. Thomas Bradford, President of the Charity School Society. ADS. 

Description

The election of Nathan Bunker, William Collins, Richard G. Wood, Sansom Perot and Dr. David Gallaher as members. With a list of seven committee members present. Attested by Pearson Serrill.

31

1816

ELECTING COMMITTEE OF THE CHARITY SCHOOL SOCIETY. June 9, 1818. Richard Price, Secretary of the Charity School Society. ADS. 

Description

Copy of foregoing.

31

1817

ELECTING COMMITTEE OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF CHARITY SCHOOLS (Paul, Joseph M.). June 17, 1817. Thomas Bradford. ALS. 

Description

Election of Major Anthony Gale, Joseph Johnson, and Dr. Nathan Shoemaker to the Charity School Society. Attested by Pearson Serrill.

31

1818

ELECTING COMMITTEE OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT (Paul, Joseph M.). April 7, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Report on the election of the new members Stevenson Smith, Thomas F. Gordon, and John Ella. With list of members present. Attested by Pearson Serrill.

31

1819

ELECTING COMMITTEE OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT (Paul, Joseph M.). n.d. Thomas Bradford, President of the Charity School Association. ADS. 

Description

Election of Benjamin Shaw, William Lippincott, Joseph Gilbert, John K[intzing] Kane, William Jones, Samuel L. Shober, and James Kerr. Attested by Pearson Serrill.

31

1820

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CONGREGATION OF ST. JOHN’S CHURCH (Wampole, J.). July 1809, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Copy of a resolution thanking the Trustees for the use of the Old College Hall in Fourth Street before their church was built.

31

1821

EVANGELICAL REFORMED CONGREGATION (Peltz, Philip and Philip Justus). June 28, 1811, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Thanks for the use of the Hall in Fourth Street. Facilities will be available to the Baptist Congregation, Sansom Street on June 30.

31

1822

FEMALE HOSPITABLE SOCIETY (Douglass, Sarah, Maria C. Pidgeon, Rebekah Wilmer and Ann Cook). January 3, 1809. Simon Snyder. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of the College in Fourth Street for a sermon by Methodist minister Mr. Phillips. For the benefit of the Female Hospitable Society designed for the relief of indigent sick persons.

31

1823

GERMAN AND ENGLISH BAPTIST SOCIETY (Keyser, Peter and James Lynd). March 19, 1817, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for the use of the College Hall until a meetinghouse can be built.

31

1824

GERMAN LUTHERAN CONGREGATION (Lex, Peter, Charles Eberle, John Long, Godfrey G. Coxe, Christian Schumaker, John Geyer, and Andrew Geyer). February 3, 1817, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request for the use of the College Hall in Fourth Street.

31

1825

HALIFAX MEDICAL SOCIETY (Keegan, Thomas G.). October 6, 1812, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Benjamin Smith Barton. ALS. 

Description

David B. Lynds’ surreptitiously obtained diploma. Requests confirmation of forgery.

31

1826

HALIFAX MEDICAL SOCIETY (Keegan, Thomas G.). October 6, 1812, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Benjamin Rush. ALS. 

Description

Rumor that Univ. medical degrees could be bought by unqualified persons. Example of David B. Lynds.

31

1827

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA (Pettit, Charles, President). December 20, 1800. Trustees. PDS. 

Description

Insurance policy for building at southwest corner of Fourth and Arch Streets. (Provost’s house).

31

1828

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA (Pettit, Charles, President). January 5, 1805. Trustees. PDS. 

Description

Insurance policy for north part of former College building, west side of Fourth between Market and Arch Streets.

31

1829

INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF LANCASTER [PENNSYLVANIA]. December 13, 1756. DS. 

Description

Character reference for John Charles Segelley, apothecary and practitioner in physic. Fifty five signatures in English and German script. Edward Shippen is one.

OS 1

1830

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF COPENHAGEN (Brandis, D. Klingberg). July 10, 1815. Dr. John Syng Dorsey. LS. 

Description

Letter enclosing certificate of (associate) membership. In Latin.

31

1830a

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA (Lee, George, Nathaniel Chapman, Jr. and Edward D. Smith). February 4, 1800. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Request to use college rooms for their anniversary oration, and to rent a room suitable for regular meetings.

31

1831

MERCHANTS OF FALMOUTH, VIRGINIA. April 18, 1817, Falmouth, Va. ALS. 

Description

Recommendation of Dr. Benjamin H. Hall as a physician, surgeon, and man-midwife; has 14 signatures.

31

1832

[METHODIST EPISCOPAL UNION SOCIETY]. December 2, 1815-October 16, 1816. Memorandum. 

Description

Docket entries.

31

1833

THE MOSHEIM SOCIETY (Fisher, J. N., William Yeager, and Chr[istian] F[rederic] Cruse). November 5, 1815, Phila. Trustees. Letter. 

Description

Requesting the use of the Old Academy Hall.

31

1834

THE NEW BAPTIST CHURCH RECENTLY CONSTITUTED FROM THE FIRST SOCIETY OF BAPTISTS (Staughton, William, Thomas Billings, and James Patterson). February 4, 1811. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of the Academy Hall. With an addendum approving the request signed by Edward Burd and Benjamin Chew and dated April 20, 1811.

31

1835

NIAGARA FIRE COMPANY. n.d. [read October 9, 1817]. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Requesting the use of ground in South Ninth between Market and Chestnut Streets for an engine house. Twenty-one signatures, including T[homas] I[saac] Wharton, Jared R. Ingersoll, William Strickland and C[ephas] G[rier] Childs.

31

1836

OWNERS OF LOTS NEAR NINTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS (Claudius, A., Caleb North, Stephen Henderson, James Montgomery, and John Creary). August 2, 1814, Phila. Trustees. ADS. 

Description

Request by owners of adjacent lots to purchase a Univ. owned lot near Ninth and Chestnut Streets.

31

1837

PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCUIT COURT OF (Caldwell, David, Clerk). April 6, 1812. DS. 

Description

Copy of a Bill of Ejectment for land in the Northern Liberties, Lessee of Benjamin Hilton vs. Lewis Bender, April Session 1798, entered October 21, 1801.

31

1838

PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCUIT COURT OF (Caldwell, David, Clerk). April 6, 1812, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Copy of Bill of Ejectment for land in the Northern Liberties, Lessee of Benjamin Hilton vs. Charles Brown, April Session 1799, entered April 28, 1806.

31

1839

PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCUIT COURT OF (Caldwell, David, Clerk). October 12, 1812, Phila. DS. 

Description

Certificate of judgment, Sarah Allen vs. Matthew Lyons. Trespass and Ejectment for a messuage and lot in Fourth between High and Chestnut Streets, in favor of the lessor.

31

1840

PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF. n.d. [post November 27, 1779]. Rough draft of “A bill to authorize the settlement of the Accounts between the Commonwealth and the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.” 

31

1841

PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF. n.d. [post November 27, 1779]. Finished draft of same (no. 1841). 

Description

Includes itemized accounts.

31

1842

PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF. September 30, 1791. PD. 

Description

“An Act to unite the university of the state of Pennsylvania, and the college, academy, and charitable school of Philadelphia, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” Pages 21-23 in Chapter 78 of an unidentified book.

31

1843

PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF (Mendenhall, P. for William Duncan). April 12, 1817, Phila. County. Adam Ressinger. PDS. 

Description

$3.42 received from Society of Univ. for land in Incorporated East Northern Liberties for the Direct Tax of 1816.

31

1844

PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF, SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE (Dickinson, John, President). October 25, 1781. Joseph Dean. PDS. 

Description

Deed to lots “on the South Side of Pine Street between the Seventh and Eighth Streets from the River Schuylkill.” Seal of the State of Pa. Witnessed by Timothy Matlack.

31

1845

PENNSYLVANIA, GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PROVINCE OF. Of issue: May 20, 1758. PDS. 

Description

Twenty shilling note, Pa. Provincial Currency, bearing Penn arms and the signatures of Joseph Saunders, Peter Reeve(?), and Joseph Morris. [Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall].

31

1845a

PENNSYLVANIA, GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PROVINCE OF. Of issue: May 1, 1760. PDS. 

Description

Twenty shilling note, Pa. Provincial Currency, bearing Penn arms and the signatures of Matthew Drayson, Jonathan Evans and John Jervis. [Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall].

31

1845b

PENNSYLVANIA, GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PROVINCE OF. Of issue: October 1, 1773. PDS. 

Description

Ten shilling note, Pa. Provincial Currency, bearing Penn arms and the signatures of Samuel Miles, Owen Jones, Jr. and William Wister. [Printed by Hall and Sellers].

31

1846

PENNSYLVANIA, GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PROVINCE OF. Of issue: December 20, 1773. PDS. 

Description

Four shilling note, Pa. Provincial Currency, bearing Penn arms and the signatures of Frederick Kuhl, Jacob Winey, and Charles Jervis. [Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1773].

31

1847

PENNSYLVANIA, LEGISLATURE OF. March 19, 1807. Memorandum. 

Description

Text of the extract from an act of the Legislature granting $3000 to the Univ. for a Botanical Garden.

31

1848

PENNSYLVANIA, LEGISLATURE OF (McJimsey, Joseph A., Clerk of the Senate). January 27, 1818, Harrisburg, Pa. Philip Garrett, Chairman of the Board of Managers [of the Charity School Society]. PDS. 

Description

Printed copy of bill titled “An Act relating to the Philadelphia society for the establishment and support of charity schools.” Certified a true copy of the bill passed and signed by the Governor.

31

1849

PENNSYLVANIA, LEGISLATURE OF. n.d. [1802?]. Copy of “A Act to authorize the settlement of the Accounts between the Commonwealth and the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.” 

Description

Redress to University of eviction of its rent charge on forfeited estates of Joseph Griswold (later Charles Thomson and John Fromberger) and Samuel Shoemaker.

31

1850

PENNSYLVANIA, SUPREME COURT OF (Tilghman, Edward and William Bradford, Jr.). March 26, 1790. Memorandum. 

Description

Ejectment of the Supreme Court in the case of Isaac Austin’s lessee vs. the Univ. Verified by Thomas Hennessy.

31

1851

PENNSYLVANIA, SUPREME COURT OF (Jervis, Charles, jury foreman). January 22, 1791. Special verdict in the case Isaac Austin vs. The Trustees of the Univ. verified by Thomas Hennessy. 

31

1852

PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS. (Penington, Edward, Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, and Samuel Bradford). November 5, 1810, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of the Hall in Fourth Street for their annual discourse.

31

1853

PERKASIE MANOR, TENANTS OF. September 2, 1817. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting compensation for improvements made on property.

31

1854

PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF HEALTH (Buckingham, John). March 5, 1817. Mrs. Heirneisen. PDS. 

Description

Printed Health office notice to remove the nuisance arising from a filthy privy.

31

1855

PHILADELPHIA CHARITY SCHOOL SOCIETY MEMBERS (Garrett, Philip, Richard George, H. V. King, Benjamin Warner, William Chamberlain, and Blakey Sharpless). August 7, 1818, Phila. Thomas Bradford. ADS. 

Description

Requesting a special meeting to be called on August 10. Endorsed to Richard Price by Thomas Bradford, Jr., President of the Society.

31

1856

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP. November 27, 1785. John Wister. PDS. 

Description

Insurance policy on John Wister’s house in Germantown. Signed by Thomas Morris, George Roberts and Joseph Rakestraw.

31

1857

PHILADELPHIA DISPENSARY, COMMITTEE OF MANAGERS OF THE. I mo. 31st day [Jan. 31] 1820, Phila. Edward Burd, Chairman of Trustees Committee. Letter. 

Description

Terms of proposed sale of property of the Univ. now occupied by the board of health to the Phila. Dispensary. Signed Robert Smith, Samuel Powel Griffitts.

31

1858

PHILADELPHIA LINNEAN SOCIETY (Barton, William Paul Crillon, President, and Aaron B. Tucker, Secretary). April 11, 1816. Trustees’ Committee on the Botanic Garden [William Rawle, Benjamin Chew, Edward Burd, James Gibson, and Horace Binney]. ADS. 

Description

Resolutions supporting the establishment of a Botanic Garden as an appendage to the Medical School.

31

1859

PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF CHARITY SCHOOLS (Williams, Benjamin). January 7, 1817, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Annual statement of the situation of the Funds.

31

1860

PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF CHARITY SCHOOLS. March 5, 1817, Phila. ADS. 

Description

List of 46 names and addresses of newly elected members of the Society. Attested by Pearson Serrill. Appended on March 31, 1817 for the collection of dues; signed by Charles Biddle, Jr. and Joseph Ash.

31

1861

PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF CHARITY SCHOOLS (Williams, Benjamin). January 6, 1818, Phila. ADS. 

Description

Financial statement for 1817, including membership figures, legacies held, and estimated income for 1818.

31

1862

PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF CHARITY SCHOOLS. July 7, Memorandum. 

Description

List of signatures not procured for the Charity Schools Society Constitution.

31

1863

PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY. April 11, 1807-November 7, 1807. Memorandum. 

Description

Minutes, incomplete.

31

1864

PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Chew, Benjamin and Jonathan Smith). January 7, 1812. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the continued use of a room for meetings.

31

1865

PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. [November(?), 1811]. American Fire Insurance Company. Memorandum. 

Description

Agreement for the transfer of insurance policies.

31

1866

PHYSICIANS OF THE CITY AND LIBERTIES OF PHILADELPHIA. September 7, 1819, Phila. Trustees. Petition. 

Description

Testimonial for Dr. Thomas T. Hewson and Dr. Joseph Hartshorne. 60 signatures including Joseph Parrish, James Rush, Richard Harlan, George B. Wood, John Rhea Barton, Franklin Bache, Samuel Jackson, and Joseph G. Nancrede.

31

1867

PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA. [n.d., 1819]. Trustees via J. B. McKean. Letter. 

Description

Testimonial for Thomas T. Hewson for the Anatomical Chair. Signatures include Franklin Bache, William P. C. Barton, and Samuel Jackson.

31

1868

PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION IN THE WESTERN PARTS OF PHILADELPHIA (Ralston, Robert, John Stell, and John Magoffin). January 3, 1812, Phila. Edward Fox. ALS. 

Description

Requesting use of the Hall in Fourth Street when it is no longer wanted for the Baptist congregation.

31

1869

PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION UNDER REVEREND JAMES K. BURCH (Sprague, Edward and Ebenezer McDowell). May 30, 1820, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting use of the College Hall in Fourth Street for religious worship after the English Lutheran Church vacates it as expected in July. Its present locality in the Washington Academy at Fourth and Vine Streets is disadvantageous.

31

1870

ROCKHILL [PENNSYLVANIA], INHABITANTS OF. February 16, 1791. Trustees. DS. 

Description

Memorial requesting a reduction of wheat rent prices. Poor harvest due to insect blight and high taxes mentioned.

31

1871

SOCIETY FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF INDIGENT BOYS (Eves, Joseph Bennett). February 4, 1800, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of Univ. rooms for the Society’s evening school. Includes a list of 15 members.

31

1872

SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS (Banger, Timothy, John Lake, William Julian, Peter Vanhorn and Peter Harvy). January 16, 1809, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of College Hall in Fourth Street by dissenters from the Universalist Society meeting in Lombard Street.

31

1873

SUPPORTERS OF Dr. GEORGE WATSON. 1819. Copies and extracts of letters and testimonials for Dr. George Watson. 

Description

From: J. Robinson, M.D., of Petersburg to Adam Seybert of Phila., n.d.; James McClurg, M.D., of Richmond to Trustees, n.d.; William Tazewell, M.D., of Richmond to John Redman Coxe, December 21, 1818; W. Foushee, M.D., of Richmond, to , December 10, 1818;

31

1874

THE UNION CHURCH SABBATH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION (White, Thomas, George G. Tresse, and Richard Perry). October 31, 1816, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of a room in the Charity School in Fourth Street.

31

1875

THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION (Montgomery, John C[rathorne], H. Simpson, Sansom. Perot, John C[ole] Lowber, John A. Latimer, Thomas G. Hollingsworth). January 21, 1814, Phila. Trustees. ALS. 

Description

Requesting the use of the College Hall in Fourth Street for an oration on Washington’s Birthday.

31

1876

WASHINGTON SOCIETY [not signed]. n.d. [1800]. Faculty. Letter. 

Description

Requesting the use of College Hall on July Fourth for an oration by Jonathan Meredith, Jr.

31

1877

YOUNG LADIES’ SEMINARY. February 16 and 23, 1811, Phila. PDS. 

Description

Weekly character report of Harriot Lane, a pupil. Signed by J. Owen and E. Lane; with blank form.

31

1878

[UNNAMED RELIGIOUS GROUP]. February 16, 1820, Phila. Trustees of the Phila. Academy. Petition. 

Description

Requesting use of Academy in Fourth Street for their congregation (10 signatures).

31

1879

Extracts from Minutes 

THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY BOARD OF MANAGERS (Robbins, J.). June 11, 1817. ADS. 

Description

Recommendation by the Committee on Republishing the Manual of the Lancasterian Schools to reprint 500 copies of the manual.

31

1880

PENNSYLVANIA, COUNCIL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF (Trimble, James). September 11, 1783, Phila. DS. 

Description

Certified copy of the resolution of the General Assembly appointing John Ewing, David Rittenhouse, John Lukens and Thomas Hutchins to determine the boundary between Pa. and Va.

OS 1

1881

PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, BOARD OF MANAGERS (Coates, Samuel). February 13, 1813. John Redman Coxe, Dean, and the Faculty of Medicine. ADS. 

Description

Refusal to admit John Bankhead, a medical student from Va., to practice at the hospital until he apologized for “gross misconduct.”

31

1882

PENNSYLVANIA, SUPREME COURT OF. April 12, 1793. Memorandum. 

Description

Extract of a docket endorsed “Supreme Court Docket 1790,” Trustees vs. Isaac Austin, September, 1786.

31

1883

PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF CHARITY SCHOOLS (Sharpless, B.). August 4, 1818. ADS. 

Description

Meeting called to determine the propriety of leasing the cellar.

31

1884

UNION FIRE COMPANY. March 3, 1807. Memorandum. 

Description

References 1750-1752, regarding a bell placed at the Academy in Fourth Street.

31

1885

UNIVERSITY OF ORLEANS. October 31, 1816. Memorandum. 

Description

Resolutions concerning the employment of professors of the English and French languages. inquiry for qualified applicants.

31

1886

ABSTRACT OF A REPORT READ APRIL 41, 1820, AT A MEETING OF THE TRUSTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY. 

Description

Extracts from Minutes of the Trustees containing committee’s report on courses of study, submitted by Thomas Cadwalader, James P. Wilson, Moses Levy, George Fox. (2 copies).

31

1886a

 

Printed Pieces 

Box

Folder

Additional Charter of the College, &c, of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, [Phila.], 1755. 

Description

Evans 7540. See entry 1120.

31

1887

Additional Charter of the College, &c. of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. [Phila., 1791]. 

Description

Contains text of this charter of 1755 and also the charter of 1753 and the Pa. Acts of 1779, 1785, 1789 and (Act of Union) 1791. 5 copies. Not in Evans.

31

1888

Adminiculum Puerile: Or, An Help for School-Boys … (Dublin printed, Phila. reprinted by W. Dunlap, for the Use of the College and Accademy (sic) there, 1764). 

Description

Autographs of Samuel Niles, 1782, on flyleaf. NIAI 41439. (1758 ed. is Evans 8111).

31

1889

Alexander, Archibald,
The Tears of Sympathy. A Discourse occasioned By the Burning of the Theatre in the City of Richmond… Delivered at the request of the Va. students attached to the Medical Class (Phila.: printed by John Welwood Scott, No. 147 Chestnut street for Daniel Wilson, M.D., 1812). 

Description

Shaw and Shoemaker 24583.

32

1890

April 3, 1804.
Thirteen Members Present, Resolved, That a Quorum…June 5, 1804. Eight Members Present… Edward Fox, Secretary. (Phila., Bartholomew Graves, printer). 

Description

Resolutions of Univ. Trustees.

32

1891

Archer, John (Jr.),
An Inaugural Dissertation on Cynanche Trachealis, commonly called Croup or Hives. (Phila.: printed by Way and Groff, No. 27 Arch-street. 1798). 

Description

Evans 33307. Austin 50.

32

1892

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the University, Tuesday, December 7 1819. 

Description

Extracts from Minutes of the Trustees containing resolution to institute a freshman class and to create a professorship of mathematics (William Rawle, Edward Burd, William Meredith); Edward Fox, Secretary

32

1892a

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the University, May 8, 1813. Extracts from Minutes of the Trustees containing report of Trustees’ Committee on the Medical School 

Description

(William Meredith, Benjamin Chew, Horace Binney, Joseph Hopkinson, Anthony Morris) and from Minutes of the Medical Faculty containing resolution of May 3, 1813 on same subject and letter from Medical Faculty of June 1, 1813; Edward Fox, Secretary.

32

1893

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the University, Saturday, May 8, 1813. 

Description

Extract from Minutes of the Trustees regarding the circumstances under which the seat of a member may be vacated by his non-attendance as reported by the Committee on that subject (William Lewis, William White and William Rawle); Edward Fox, Secretary.

32

1894

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the University, Tuesday, March 5, 1811. 

Description

Extract from Minutes of the Trustees containing report of Trustees’ Committee on the Plan of Education; Edward Fox, Secretary. Corrected in manuscript.

32

1895

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the University, Tuesday, March 5, 1811. 

Description

Extract from Minutes of the Trustees containing resolution on standing committees submitted by William Meredith; Edward Fox, Secretary.

32

1896

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the University, Tuesday, June 1, 1819. 

Description

Extract from Minutes of the Trustees containing report of Trustees’ Committee on “What Alterations are Necessary in the Department of the Arts;” Edward Fox, Secretary. Cover addressed to Right Rev. Bishop [William] White.

32

1896a

At a Stated Meeting of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, January 5, 1808. 

Description

Extract from Minutes of the Trustees relating to the reorganization of the Univ. into three parts, the return of the Academy to Fourth Street, tuition, examinations, holidays. 4 copies.

32

1897

Bank of the United States, Philadelphia, 181-. 

Description

Blank check.

32

1897a

At a Meeting of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, 3d December 1805. 

Description

Extracts from Minutes of the Trustees containing report of Trustees’ committee meeting with the Faculty regarding power of Faculty, public examinations, worship services, holidays, tuition. Edward Fox, Secretary.

32

1897b

Barton, William Paul Crillon,
Memorial from the Professor of Botany in the University of Pennsylvania, to the Trustees of that Institution; praying for the removal of the Professorship from the Faculty of Natural Science, into The Medical Faculty; and to render it a requisite branch for the attainment of A Medical Degree. (Phila.: printed by Robert P. McCulloh, No. 6, South Eighth Street, 1820). 

Description

Shaw and Shoemaker 1820-334. (Note: a second printing is present also.)

32

1898

Barton, William Paul Crillon,
Syllabus of the Lectures Delivered on Vegetable Materia Medica, and Botany, in the University of Pennsylvania, by Professor Barton. (Philadelphia: printed for the use of the classes by J. R. A. Skerrett, 1819). 

Description

Shaw and Shoemaker 47172. Includes rare printed cover pages, T
o the Students who honour a Lectures … Price of the Ticket to attend the whole Course … Books recommended to the students.

32

1898a

A brief account of the Academy in the City of Philadelphia and other articles,
The Gentleman’s Magazine, December, 1753 [Except], pp. 549-554. 

Description

Article gives information on purpose, organization, and prospects of the schools.

32

1899

The Committee Appointed by the Resolution of April 11th 1810. 

Description

Report, dated August 27, 1810, of Trustees’ Committee on Plan of Education (William White, William Rawle and William Meredith) reporting Faculty propositions for reorganization of the College, Academy and Charity Schools. Corrected in manuscript. 2 copies.

32

1900

The Committee on the Perkasie Lands…. 

Description

Suggestions for the improvement of the estate and sale of land to Joseph Barnes. In names of William Rawle, James Gibson, George Fox, Benjamin Rawle Morgan. [1817].

32

1901

Communication made by Dr. R. M. Patterson to the Honourable the Board of Trustees 4th of August, 1818. 

Description

Covers testimonials in behalf of Robert Maskell Patterson, candidate for the professorship in Chemistry, from applicant, Joseph Cloud, Adam Seybert, Thomas P. Jones, Clement C. Biddle, Charles Caldwell, John Moore, Joseph Parrish, Joseph Hartshorne and William Edmonds Homer.

32

1902

Conclusion of doctor [John] Morgan’s Remarks on doctor [William] Shippen’s feeble Attempts to Vindicate himself. January 4, 1781. (Phila.: printed by David C. Claypoole, 1781). Broadside. fol. 

Description

Evans 17240.

OS 18

1903

Dashiell, Alfred H.,
An Oration delivered before the Hermean Society at the University of Pennsylvania. In commemoration of Washington’s Birthday. Published at the request of the Society (Phila.: Adams, 1811). 15 pp. 

Description

Shaw and Shoemaker 22661.

32

1904

[Davidson, James (1732-1809)],
A short introduction to Latin Grammar, for the Use of the University and Academy of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia; carefully revised, corrected and amended (Alexandria: Cottom and Stewart, 1805). 

Description

This is a later edition of a book originally published in 1781.

32

1904a

The Democratic Press, Contains advertisement for principal master in Latin School in the Academy. (Phila.: issue of May 23, 1811). 

32

1905

Duché, Rev. Jacob,
The Duty of Standing Fast in Our Spiritual and Temporal Liberties, A Sermon, Preached Before the First Battalion of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia. (Phila.: printed and sold by James Humphreys, Junior, The Corner of Black-horse Alley, Front-street, 1775). 

Description

Evans 14013.

32

1906

Elmer, Jonathan,
Dissertatio medica, inauguralis, de sitis in febris causis et remediis (Phila.: Herman Miller, 1771). 

Description

With signature of John Redman Coxe. Evans 12035. Austin 724.

32

1907

Ten medical dissertations, by William Nelson, et al., submitted for the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University Pennsylvania, 1802, published the same year by different publishers, but bound together in one volume 

32

1907a-j

Nelson, William.
Observations on the management of Peruvian bark : submitted as an inaugural dissertation, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine: to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, … (Philadelphia: John Geyer, 1802). 

32

1907a

Duvall, Grafton.
An experimental botanico-medical essay on the Melia azedarach of Linnæus (Philadelphia: Hugh Maxwell, 1802). 

32

1907b

Rogers, Patrick Kerr.
An investigation of the properties of the Liriodendron Tupipifera, or, Poplar tree (Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1802). 

32

1907c

Price, Thomas D.
An inaugural dissertation on the Magnolia glauca, or common white laurel-tree: submitted to the examination of the Rev’d. John Ewing, … For the degree of Doctor of Medicine (Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1802). 

32

1907

Rowan, Thomas.
An essay on the hydrocephalic state of fever. (Philadelphia: W.F. McLaughlin, 1802). 

32

1907e

Whiteford, Hugh.
An inaugural dissertation on the catamenia : submitted to the examination of the Reverend John Ewing, … for the degree of Doctor of Medicine (Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1802). 

32

1907

Thomas, George G.
An inaugural dissertation on the kalmia latifolia and angustifolia : submitted to the examination of the Reverend John Ewing, … for the degree of Doctor of Medicine (Philadelphia: McLaghlin, 1802) 

32

1907g

McDonald, Thompson.
An inaugural dissertation on cynanche trachealis (Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1802). 

32

1907h

Getty, John C.
An experimental essay on the absorption of medicines (Philadelphia: Hugh Maxwell, 1802). 

32

1907i

Logan, George.
Observations on the hepatic state of fever … (Philadelphia: W.F. McLaughlin, 1802). 

32

1907j

Exhibition of the Philomathean Society, June, 1815. Order of the Exercises. 

32

1908

Extract from the act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania … “That the sum of three thousand dollars … The Subscribers, sensible of the importance of a Botanical Garden …” (March 19, 1807). 

Description

Statement of legislature appropriation followed by heading of subscription list (not used).

32

1909

The following Papers, stated to have been mislaid, having been returned…[1818]. 

Description

Letters of reference to status and abilities as a physician of Thomas Cooper, from Benjamin Rush, James Armstrong, William C. Chambers, James Gustine, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Jonathan H. Walker and James P. Freeman, with letter of Trustees of Dickinson College to Cooper.

32

1910

Gloucester Road Lottery. [Colonial period]. 

Description

Lottery ticket, Rhode Island, signed by William Ross.

32

1911

Greene Academy Lottery in Smithfield. 1812. 

Description

Lottery ticket, Rhode Island, signed by An. Winsor.

32

1912

Hopkinson, Francis, Jacob Duché letter dated Phila., February 1, 1757,
The Gentleman’s Magazine, April 1757 [excerpt], pp. 177-180. 

Description

Account of the “surprizing progress” of the Academy and College, including excerpts from William Smith’s Masque of Alfred, performed by the students.

32

1913

In Senate, April 10, 1815. 

Description

Report by Mr. Cochran, New York State senate, on the bill entitled “an act to incorporate the trustees of the Medical Institution of the state of New-York.”

32

1914

Kuhl, Frederick, Jacob Winey and Charles Jervis. March 20, 1773. Printed currency signed. Four shilling note of Pennsylvania printed by Hall and Sellers, Phila. 

32

1914a

“Leges sine moribus vanae Library of the University of Pennsylvania.” Bookplates in uncut sheets. Probably in use circa 1820. 

32

1915

Linn, John Blair, “Biography,”
The Assembly’s Missionary Magazine; or Evangelical Intelligencer, I (September, 1805), no. IX, 409-414. 

Description

The life of the Rev. John Ewing.

32

1916

A List of the Members and Officers of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; with their Places of Residence in the Borough of Lancaster. [1803]. 

Description

Legislators and their boarding houses.

32

1917

Magaw, Samuel,
An Address delivered at the University of Pennsylvania… on the fifth of June, 1782; when his appointment to the Vice-Provost’s Chair was announced. (Phila.: 1782). 

Description

Not in Evans.

32

1918

Meredith, Charles, John Field and Abraham Usher. October 1, 1773. Printed currency signed. Twenty shilling note of Pennsylvania printed by Hall and Sellers, Phila. 

32

1918a

Miles, Samuel, Owen Jones and William Wister. October 1, 1773. Printed currency signed. Ten shilling note of Pennsylvania printed by Hall and Sellers, Phila. 

32

1918b

Mr. [George] Greene very respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of this City… Announcement of his lecture at the City Hall, Burlington, N.J., on the Eidourian or Transparent Orrery. 1800. Broadside. 

Description

Not in Evans.

32

1919

Monro, George,
Disputatio Medica Inauguralis de Suffocatione Stridula. (Edinburgh, Balfour and Smellie, 1786). 

Description

Edinburgh medical dissertation of author, a resident of Delaware and M.B., Univ. of State of Pa., 1784. Presentation inscription on flyleaf to John Archer (M.B. 1768, College).

32

1920

Moores, Daniel, Tractus Inauguralis de Febre Remittent Marilandica. (Edinburgh, Balfour and author, a resident of Maryland. 

Description

Signature on flyleaf of John Archer (M.B. 1768, College).

32

1921

My Dear Sir, It was my intention, in common with the rest of the Professors … [Printed by J. Hopkinson and Earle, 1818]. 

Description

Letter from Nathaniel Chapman, Phila., August 1, 1818; to Joseph Hopkinson, concerning lack of qualifications of Robert Hare for the Medical Faculty and in support of Robert Maskell Patterson. Two copies, one with manuscript corrections. Shaw and Shoemaker 43577.

33

1922

Neue Philadelphische Correspondent. Phila. Newspaper. Issue of September 2, 1801. 

33

1922a

Peale, Charles Willson,
Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History, Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 1799. (Phila.: printed by Francis and Robert Bailey, no. 116 High Street, 1800). 

Description

Evans 38204.

33

1923

The Pennsylvania Gazette, Phila., issue of May 13, 1789. 

Description

Contains notice by Rev. William Smith, Provost, of the reopening on April 15, 1789 of the Charitable School, Academy, Latin Grammar School and College.

33

1924

Philadelphia, July 1st, 1817. Estate of University Dr. to William Haslett. 

Description

Tax bill for four houses.

33

1924a

Potts, Jonathan,
Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de febribus intermittentibus, potentissimum [sic] tertianis. (Phila.: Typis Johannis Dunlap, 1771). 

Description

Evans 12204. Austin 1561.

33

1925

Prospectus of a Plan for the Establishment of a Botanic Garden, near the City of Philadelphia, to be called The Pennsylvania Botanic Garden … Philadelphia N. S. Allison, Secretary. 

33

1926

Record. Bucks County, ss. The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, vs. [blank]. 

Description

Eviction notice to Perkasie Manor tenants, not completed. [1817].

33

1927

Relf’s Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser, Phila., issue of May 16, 1816. 

Description

Contains advertisement for subscribers to tile Botanical Garden.

33

1928

Report of the Committee Appointed to provide for the payment of the President’s House, &c. (Phila., Zachariah Poulson junior, printer). [1801?]. 

Description

List of real estate owned by Univ., letter of Trustees of December 29, 1800 to Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect, notes on progress and expenses of conversion of building to academic use.

33

1929

Robertson, Felix,
An Essay on Chorea Sancti Viti. (Phila.: printed for the author, by Joseph Rakestraw, no. 84, North Front-street, 1805). 

Description

Shaw and Shoemaker 9267. Austin 1612.

33

1930

Ross’s Greek Grammar. Prospectus of work of James Ross, with heading for subscription list. [November, 1816]. 

Description

Attached is writer’s ALS to Trustees, dated 44 North 4th Street, Phila.

33

1931

Rules and Statutes of the University of Pennsylvania, Enacted by the Board of Trustees. 1820. 

Description

Regulations for the administration and operation of the University. (3 copies).

33

1931a

Rules and Statutes of the University of Pennsylvania, Enacted the, Board of Trustees on Friday, the 21st of June, 1811. Phila. 

Description

Regulations for the administration and operation of the University. (2 copies).

33

1931b

Second ACADEMY Lottery. 1755, Class the Third. Lottery ticket. 

33

1932

Sir, As it is now Known that Dr. Dorsey will be a candidate for the anatomical chair in the University of Pennsylvania… March 5, 1818. [Phila.,1818]. 

Description

Addressed to William Rawle. Offer of self as candidate for chair of Chemistry by Thomas Cooper, M.D., with his signature.

33

1933

Sir, You are requested to attend a stated meeting of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania… October 1, 1816. [Phila., 1816]. 

Description

Outline of eight resolutions on agenda covering sessions, holidays, examinations, commencements, faculty fees, sale of Perkasie lands, establishment of Faculty of Natural Science, improvement of Grammar School.

33

1934

Sir, You are requested to attend a stated meeting of the Trustees of the University… June 3, 1817. [Phila., 1817]. 

Description

Announcement signed by Edward Fox, Secretary, addressed to William Rawle.

33

1935

Sir, You are requested to attend an adjourned meeting … June 17, 1817. [Phila., 1817]. 

Description

Announcement signed by Edward Fox, Secretary, addressed to William Rawle.

33

1935a

Smith, William,
An Humble Representation, by William Smith, D.D. Provost of the College, Academy, and Charitable School, of Philadelphia.; in Behalf of the said Seminary, and by Appointment of the Trustees thereof. (London, 1762). 

Description

Sabin 84622.

33

1936

Smith, William,
Discourses on Several Public Occasions During the War in America… (London: printed for A. Millar … R. Griffiths… and G. Keith, 1759). 

Description

Sabin 84601.

33

1937

Smith, William,
Eulogium on Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. (Printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache, Phila., 1792). 

Description

Delivered March 1, 1791 before the American Philosophical Society. Evans 24799.

33

1938

Smith, William,
To the Friends of Religion, and Patrons of Liberty and Useful Knowledge; The Humble Representation and Address of William Smith, D.D., Provost of The College and Academy of Philadelphia in Behalf of that Seminary, [Charleston, 1772]. 

Description

Not in Evans.

33

1939

Smith, William and James Jay,
An Humble Representation By William Smith, D.D. and James Jay, M.D. In Behalf of the lately erected Colleges of Philadelphia and New York. (London, 1762). 

Description

Sabin 84523.

33

1940

Smithfield and Cumberland Bridge Lottery. 1786. Lottery ticket, Rhode Island, signed by David Sayles. 

33

1941

Statement of the Funds of the University of Pennsylvania, January 1, 1810. 

Description

Investments, income, year 1809. With certification of Trustees Committee of examiners (Jonathan Bayard Smith, John Hill Brinton, James Gibson). Phila., Bartholomew Graves, printer [1810]. Part missing.

33

1942

Statement of the Funds of The University of Pennsylvania, January 1st, 1814. 

Description

Investments, income, expenses year 1813. With certification of Trustees’ Committee of Finances and Accounts (Edward Burd, James Gibson, George Fox).

33

1943

Stevenson, William. July, 1817, Phila. Univ. Estate. PD. 

Description

Bill for taxes on Univ. property in High Street and North Ward.

33

1944

Testimonials, submitted to the consideration of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. [Phila., 1818], 24 pp. 

Description

In behalf of Robert Hare, candidate for the professorship in Chemistry, from John Syng Dorsey, Benjamin Silliman, Thomas Parke, Robert Patterson, Joseph Cloud, William Potts Dewees, Nathaniel Chapman, Thomas P. Jones, Henry Brevoort, Samuel Latham Mitche

33

1945

Tilton, James,
Dissertatio medica, inauguralis [de hydrope] quam … eruditorum examini subjectam sustinuit. (Phila.: Typis Gulielmi Bradford, 1771). 

Description

Evans 12242. Austin 1908.

33

1946

Tilton, James,
Economical Observations on Military Hospitals and the Prevention and Cure of Diseases Incident to an Army. (Wilmington, Del.: printed by J. Wilson, 1813). 

Description

Shaw and Shoemaker 29953. Austin 1909.

33

1947

To All Christian … Appointment by Trustees under the power of a Royal Brief of August 19, 1762 of John Byrd, John Hall, and John Stevenson as Collectors to ask and receive monies for William Smith and James Jay as agents for the Governors and Trustees for the Colleges of Philadelphia and New York. [Westminster], April 30, 1763. 

Description

Left half of broadside only; right half, with signature of Trustees, is missing.

33

1948

To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Petition of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. (Univ., November 12, 1804). 

Description

Appeal for remission of principal on debt owed to the state for the President’s House, reciting its purchase, alterations, the advantages of a medical and arts education; William White, Chairman. Printer’s proof, with manuscript corrections and alteratio

33

1949

To the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. Gentlemen, There being a vacancy in the chemical chair of this University… August 4, 1818. [Phila., 1818]. 

Description

Application of Thomas Cooper, 282 Chestnut Street, Phila. for professorship of Chemistry, addressed to William Rawle. Shaw and Shoemaker 43733.

33

1950

To the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, January 25, 1816. C. S. Rafinesque has the honour to offer his services … [Phila., 1816]. 

Description

Application for the chairs of Natural History and Botany, giving extensive vita and bibliography of Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Manuscript character reference from Samuel L. Mitchell, N.Y., January 23, 1816 attached. Not in Shaw and Shoemaker.

33

1951

To Thomas Cooper, Esq. Carlisle, 29th September, 1815. Dear Sir, The trustees of Dickinson College… 

Description

Character reference furnished Thomas Cooper upon his resignation from professorship at Dickinson College.

33

1952

Trustees of the Univ. of Pa., for the Manor of Perkasie. Fifteen identical printed forms, indenture of lease, partially completed in manuscript, some signed by lessees and witnessed, but all unexecuted. [1807]. 

Description

Several bear fine paper impressions of Orrery seal; various dates in 1807 and 1809 and undated. Filed with one blank form

33

1953

“University of Pennsylvania.”
American Magazine of Useful Knowledge. Vol. II, No. 4, pg. 141. [ca. 1836]. 

Description

Brief description of the University , with etching of the President’s House form the 9th and Market Street Campus.

33

1953a

University of Pennsylvania. July 17th, 1820. Sir, The semiannual examination of the college classes… 

Description

Printed letter in name of Robert Maskell Patterson, Secretary, Sent to Joseph Ball.

33

1954

Watson, Daniel,
A sermon Preached on Occasion of the Brief for the American Colleges. (Newcastle: printed by J. White and T. Soint…, 1763). 

Description

Sabin 102128.

33

1955

York, Heidelberg, and Lebanon Lottery. Class the First. 1769. Lottery ticket, signed by Henry Wm. Stiegel. 

33

1956

 

Typescripts of Other Documents 

Box

Folder

PORT FOLIO, THE, vol. 3, 520. 1814, Phila. Excerpt from periodical. “Account of the University of Pennsylvania.” 

Description

Promotion of the College, including summary of planned innovations.

33

1957

RANDOLPH, THOMAS JEFFERSON, November 11, 1808, [Peale’s] Museum, [Phila.]. Thomas Jefferson. Letter. 

Description

His matriculation at the Univ.; expenses.

34

1958

RANDOLPH, THOMAS JEFFERSON. December 28, 1808, [Peale’s] Museum, [Phila.]. Thomas Jefferson. Letter. 

Description

Insurrection at Amherst; expenses.

34

1959

RANDOLPH, THOMAS JEFFERSON. February 4, 1809, [Peale’s] Museum, [Phila.]. Thomas Jefferson. Letter. 

Description

Progress of the studies; planned journey to Washington.

34

1960

RANDOLPH, THOMAS JEFFERSON. May 29, 1809, [Peale’s] Museum, [Phila.]. Thomas Jefferson. Letter. 

Description

Supplies; want of correspondence.

34

1961

WOOLEY, EDMOND and JOHN COATS. February 1, 1749, Phila. James Logan, Thomas Lawrence, 

Description

William Allen, John Inglis, Tench Francis, William Masters, Lloyd Zachary, Samuel McCall, Jr., Joseph Turner, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Leech, William Shippen, Robert Strettell, Philip Syng, Charles Willing, Phineas Bond, Richard Peters, Abraham Taylor, Thomas Bond, Thomas Hopkinson, William Plumsted, Joshua Maddox, Thomas White, William Coleman (Trustees of the College).~Deed for land west of Fourth Street adjoining that of Jonathan Price and [Christ] Church Burying Ground. (The deed for the original site of the Univ.). Vide No. 1116.

34

1962

 

Photocopies of Other Documents 

Box

Folder

“BOARD OF FACULTY,” EXTRACT FROM MINUTES OF (Rogers, William). September 19, 1801. Memorandum. 

Description

“Laws, relating to the Moral Conduct, and Orderly Behaviour, of the Students and Scholars of the University of Pennsylvania.” (Printed by John Ormrod [41] Chestnut Street). (Original at Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Soc. Misc. Col. Box 10-B).

34

1963

[BUREAU OF THE CENSUS]. 1790. 

Description

Page from 1790 manuscript Federal census for Phila. which includes entry for Provost William Smith, 86 Arch Street.

34

1964

COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA.
General Heads and Plan of a course of Lectures, in Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Given in the College of Philadelphia, 1778. (Printed broadside). 

Description

(Original at New York Public Library. Evans 15994).

34

1965

COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE, ETC. 1801. Paper covers marked “Benjamin Rawle Morgan, Esq. No. 95, Second Street.” PD. 

Description

Providing payment for President’s House (Ninth Street). Includes list of estates and property of the Univ., expenditures; valuation of Fourth Street property, alteration plans and estimate of Benjamin Latrobe. (Printed by Z. Poulson, Jr.) Same as Guide number 1929.

34

1966

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. September 27, 1766, London. Daniel Wister. ALS. 

Description

Thanking Wister for helping protect his name, conditions in Germany following the late war, Mr. Allen’s misunderstanding of Franklin’s support of the repeal of the Stamp Act.

34

1967

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. July 5, 1775, Phila. William Strahan. ALS. 

Description

Franklin declares his enmity with Strahan a long-time friend, based on Strahan’s Tory sympathies in Parliament.

34

1968

GENERAL HEADS AND PLAN OF A COURSE OF LECTURES, IN NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY, GIVEN IN THE COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA. 1778. 

Description

Schedule of lectures. (2 copies).

34

1968a

HOPKINSON, THOMAS, JR. (ca. 1765). 

Description

Lecture notes on Logic taken at the College with interlinings allegedly by William Smith. (Original in possession of Richard W. Friedman, Baltimore, Md.).

34

1969

MEDICAL FACULTY (Rush, Benjamin, Caspar Wistar, B[enjamin] S[mith] Barton, Philip Syng Physick. December 29, 1810. 

Description

Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Pennsylvania. Memorial. Requesting licensing of physicians by law.

34

1969a

MORGAN, JOHN. September 26, 1781, [Phila.]. Memorandum. 

Description

“Report of the State of the British Prisoners in the Pennsylvania Hospital” by John Morgan, attending physician.

34

1970

MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY. December 7, 1810. Trustees. PDS. 

Description

Insurance policy for Medical Hall, west side of Ninth between Chestnut and Market Streets.

35

1971

PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE. August 12, 1756. 

Description

Issue containing Plan of the College submitted by William Smith, Francis Alison, Ebenezer Kinnersley, Theophilus Grew, and Paul Jackson.

OS 18

1972

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP (Evans, David). April 26, 1797. 

Description

Resurvey of the Academy, west side of Fourth between High and Mulberry Streets.

35

1973

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP (Evans, John C.). January 2, 1818. 

Description

Survey of “the old College,” west side of Fourth, south of and near Mulberry Street.

35

1974

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP (Evans, John C.). January 2, 1818. 

Description

Survey of [Provost’s] house, southwest corner of Fourth and Mulberry Streets.

35

1975

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP (Evans, John C.). January 3, 1818. 

Description

Survey of house belonging to Trustees, occupied by Board of Health, East side of Fifth Street, north of and near Walnut Street.

35

1976

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP (Wetherill, Samuel, Jr.). December 3, 1765. AD. 

Description

Insurance survey for the “new building” of “Pennsylvania Colledge” on the west side of Fourth between Market and Arch Streets. Later notation dated 1800 John Beveridge also signs.

35

1977

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP (Wetherill, Samuel, Jr.). May 1, 1770. 

Description

Insurance survey, for new house and kitchen of Michael Gross, corner of Mulberry and Fourth Streets.

35

1978

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP (Wetherill, Samuel, Jr.). May 2, 1776. 

Description

Insurance survey for house and kitchen of Dr. William Smith, belonging to the College, southwest corner of Mulberry and Fourth Streets.

35

1979

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP (Wetherill, Samuel, Jr.). May 2, 1776. 

Description

Insurance survey for two houses and back buildings of James Cannon and James Davidson, belonging to the College, west side of Fourth between High and Mulberry Streets.

35

1980

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP. October 5, 1813. 

Description

Thomas Armat, Administrator; for the Estate of Thomas W. Armat Deceased. Policy for reinsurance of house and kitchen at Mulberry and Fourth Streets, commencing September 19, 1813.

35

1981

PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP. November 11, 1822. 

Description

Insurance survey for Ninth Street building, final page only.

35

1981a

PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH. June 24, 1782, Birmingham [England]. Benjamin Franklin. ALS. 

Description

Phlogiston experiments; disagreement with Lavoisier.

35

1982

ROGERS, WILLIAM. June 11, 1793, Phila. PD. 

Description

Announcement in National Gazette, Phila., June 13, 1793 of Faculty resolution to abolish fines lateness and absence, substituting monthly reports to parents.

35

1983

SEARANCKE, JOHN. May 1, 1779, London. 

Description

Codicil to will of John Searancke of Bishops Hatfield, Hertfordshire offering revenue from the sale of land in Pa. to the College of Phila.

35

1984

SHIPPEN, Edward, Jr. January 11, 1761, Phila. Edward Shippen. 

Description

Amusing account of engagement of cousin Nancy Willing to “Tenny” (Tench) Francis. Location of original unknown.

35

1985

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM. (1777). Continental Congress. AD. 

Description

Outline of plans for the organization of a Medical Department and “Flying Hospital” for the Revolutionary Armies. Joint work of Shippen and John Cochran. (Original at Library of Congress).

35

1986

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, ADAM KUM, NICHOLAS WAY, JONATHAN ELMER, JANES TILTON, JONATHAN POTTS, CASPAR WISTAR, JOHN MORGAN. 

Description

Title pages to printed medical dissertations of Shippen (Edinburgh, 1761), Kuhn (Edinburgh, 1762), Way, Elmer, Tilton, and Potts (all Pa., 1771), Wistar (Edinburgh, 1786);
Morgan’s Discourse Upon the Institution of Medical Schools in America (Phila., 1765) and his
 Vindication of His Public Character… (Boston, 1777).

35

1987

TRUSTEES OF THE PHILADELPHIA FREE SCHOOL. July, 1740, Phila. 

Description

Proposed advertisement for subscriptions for building of a Charity school on Mulberry Street.

35

1988

(WASHINGTON, GEORGE). (May, 1784), (Phila.). Dr. [John Foulke.] Memorandum. 

Description

Reply to invitation written in the third person. Washington regrets being unable to attend Dr. [John] Foulke’s lecture on pneumatics to be held at Academy hall, May 17, 1784, “because the business which brought him to this City does not leave him at liberty, as the members of the Cincinnati are anxious to bring it to a close.” With printed lecture ticket. Note by William Parker Foulke states that Foulke exhibited the first balloon in America at this lecture.

35

1989

n.n. June 14, 1740. Memorandum. 

Description

Bill for services rendered in building of the Charity School House.

35

1990

n.n. (ca. 1755?). Plots of the Fourth Street campus. 

35

1991

 

Microfilm 

Box

Folder

MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES (see also Trustees, Minutes) 

Description

Vol. I. November 13, 1749-October 18, 1768. College, Academy and Charitable Schools; Vol. II December 20, 1768-November 22, 1779; March 9, 1789-November 5, 1791. College, Academy and Charitable Schools. Appended is a contemporary copy of the Constitutions signed individually by the first Board of Trustees, lists of books and instruments and Charity School admissions for 1765-1766.; Vol. III December 1, 1779-August 16, 1788. Univ. of the State of Pa. Appended is the oath record of that body.; Vol. IV August 25, 1788-September 24, 1791. Univ. of the State of Pa.; Vol. V November 8, 1791-June 20, 1811. Univ. of Pa.; Vol. VI June 21, 1811-May 24, 1822. Univ. of Pa.

35

1992

STOKLY (STOKELY), DAVID. October 24, 1819-November 17, 1820. AD, microfilm. 

Description

Diary of his journey from Wellsburg, Va. (now West Va.) to Phila. to enter the Univ. Medical Department. Stokly attended only the session of 1819-1820. Location of original manuscript unknown.

35

1993

 

Iconographic Collection 

Box

Folder

BIRCH, WILLIAM and THOMAS BIRCH. 1800. Stipple engraving, hand colored. “The House intended for the President of the United States, in Ninth Street, Philadelphia.” 

Description

Published by R. Campbell and Company, 30 Chestnut Street, Phila.; plate 13 in
The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the Year 1800, published by W. Birch. 12-7/8″h x 14-15/16″w.

OS 1

1994

EDWIN, DAVID. (period 1813-1830). Stipple engraving. Portrait of the Reverend John Andrews (1746-1813), Provost, after Thomas Sully. 

Description

Full bust in robes, face front. Oval, 6-1/2″h x 4-1/4″w.

35

1995

FIELDS, S. (ca. 1810). Miniature in watercolor on paper. Portrait of Robert Patterson (1743-1824), Professor of Mathematics and Vice Provost. 

Description

Profile head facing left. Reverse signed “ROBERT PATTERSON S. Fields Fecit.” 4-3/8″ h x 3-1/2″w.

35

1996

GOODMAN, CHARLES and ROBERT PIGGOT. (period 1817-1822). Stipple engraving. Portrait of Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), M.B. 1782, Professor of Chemistry and Anatomy, after Bass Otis “from the original picture in the possession of Mrs. Wistar.” 

Description

Nearly half length, seated left, nearly full face. 9″h x 7w.

35

1997

GOODMAN, CHARLES and ROBERT PIGGOT. 1819. Stipple engraving (2). Portrait of John Syng Dorsey (1783-1818), M.D. 1802, Professor of Anatomy, after Thomas Sully. 

Description

Nearly half length figure, facing left, holding book. Inscribed “As a Memorial of a Beloved Professor this portrait … was caused to be engraved by his private pupils.” Engraved for the Medical Recorder. Published by J. Webster, 1819. 8-1/2″h x 5″w.

35

1998

LENEY, WILLIAM SATCHWELL. (period 1813-1820). Stipple engraving. Portrait of Rufus King (1755-1827), LL.D. 1815, after Joseph Wood. 

Description

Half length, facing right. Printed by B. Rogers, published by Joseph Delaplaine. 4-1/4″w x 6″h.

35

1999

MAVERICK, PETER RUSHTON. (period 1794-1802). 65 Liberty Street, [New York, N.Y.]. Line engraving. 

Description

Bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin in fur cap. Oval with ribbon and flowers above. 5-1/8″h x 3-7/16″w.

35

2000

NEAGLE, JOHN. (period 1817-1822). Stipple engraving. Portrait of Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), M.B. 1782, Professor of Chemistry and Anatomy, after Bass Otis. 

Description

Half length, seated left, full face, letter in left hand, right hand resting on table with books behind. “Published by Saml. C. Atkinson.” 8-5/8″h x 5-1/4″w (cut).

35

2001

NEAGLE, JOHN. 

Description

Another version of same with name of publisher omitted. 11-7/8″h x 8-1/4″w.

35

2002

PEALE, CHARLES WILLSON (Museum of). Ca. 1808. Paper surround silhouette of George Frederick Hagner, A.B. 1808. 

Description

Embossed “Museum.” 4-3/4″h x 4″w.

35

2003

PEALE, CHARLES WILLSON. 1811. Paper silhouettes (20). Nineteen paper surround silhouettes of members of the college class of 1811, and one of a member of the class of 1812, cut at the Museum of Charles Willson Peale (sixteen are embossed “Museum”). 

Description

Owned by Benjamin Gratz, to whom two are inscribed; his own is labeled a copy. Three are now mutilated. This may be the first attempt at “senior pictures” in the United States. Included are silhouettes of Joseph Barr, Robert B. Belville, Thomas P. Benn

35

2004

SAINT AUBIN, AUGUSTIN de. 1777, Paris. Line engraving. Bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin, after a drawing by Charles Nicholas Cochin the younger. 

Description

Figure facing right, with fur cap and glasses. Inscribed “Né à Boston, dan le neuvelle Angleterre le 17 Janvier 1706.” 7-1/2″h x 5-1/2″w.

35

2005

SAINT MEMIN, CHARLES BALTHAZAR JULIEN FEVRET de. (period 1798-1804), Phila. Physionotrace engraving. Portrait of Robert Patterson (1743-1824), Professor of Mathematics and Vice Provost. 

Description

Inscribed “Drawn and engrl. by St. Memin Philadela.” Circular profile. Identification of subject in pencil. Paper size 6″h x 4-3/4″w.

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2006

STRICKLAND, WILLIAM, artist, and SAMUEL SEYMOUR, engraver. (ca. 1812) “South Front of the Pennsylvania Hospital.” 

Description

Copper-engraved certificate head, cut from certificate of attendance at lectures at the Hospital. 9-7/8″h x 16-7/8″w, overall 11″ x 18.”

OS 1

2007

(Unknown). (ca. 1810). Copperplate engraving, hand colored. Medical cartoon, “A case of infectious fever (from ’81 South Street, 4 doors from Callowhill Street,’ Philadelphia) before the New York Board of Health.” 

Description

9-7/16″ h x 12-1/8″w.

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2008

(Unknown). (ca. 1815). Portrait in oil on canvas. Jean Baptiste Clement Rousseau (1760-1839), M.D. 1800. 

Description

Half length of dark-haired, sallow sitter in black coat with gilt buttons and white stock grasping in left hand edge of writing table on which rest books, ormolu. inkwell and paper upon which rests right hand holding quill pen. On paper is inscribed “So

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2009

 

Architectural Drawings and Plans 

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Folder

December, 1763. ADS. Survey. Archibald McClean, Surveyor. To the Trustees. “Draught and Division of the Part of the Proprietaries Mannor of Perkasie… Resurveyed and divided in April, June, and December 1763.” 

Description

Shows names and property lines of tenants, with pictorial detail (houses, barns, etc.)

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2010

November, 1791. Plan of lots in the Town of Norris in Montgomery County, with streets named and lots numbered. 

OS 1

2011

1800. Architectural plan of the second floor of the Univ. building on Ninth Street, the so-called “President’s House.” 

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2012

April 22, 1805. Elevation, longitudinal view, and floor plans for a proposed (rejected) plan for Medical Hall. Watercolor. Stephen Bourne. 

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2013

October 7, 1812. Plat. “Draught or Plan of the Division of the Lands held by Jacob Wambold and Jacob Trumbour in Tenancy under the Trustees.. ..” 

Description

Surveyed by Cadwalader Foulke. Shows names and property lines of tenants, with pictorial detail.

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2014

(1817). Proposed plan of Greenhouse, Engine House, etc. on Ninth Street just south of the Univ. Watercolored. William Strickland, Architect. 

OS 20

2015

n.d. (early nineteenth century). Plat. “Proposed division of Univ. property on Ninth Street between High (Market) and Chestnut Streets.” 

OS 18

2016

n.d. (early nineteenth century). Plat. “Plan of the lots of the Univ. on Ninth Street between Chestnut and Market Streets.” Portions watercolored. 

OS 18

2017

n.d. (early nineteenth century). Plat of land at Ninth and Market Streets showing location of Medical hall, carriage shed, privies. 

OS 1

2018

n.d. (ca. 1812). “Plat of Back Lott belonging to the Trustees of the University.” 

Description

Proposal of alleys, etc. to accommodate five houses.

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2018a

n.d. (early nineteenth century). Watercolored plan of major alteration and reconstruction of the medical annex on Ninth Street showing longitudinal view and floor plan. William Strickland, Architect. 

OS 20

2019

n.d. (early nineteenth century). “Extracts from Mr. Strickland’s proposed Erections of Builds. at the old academy in Fourth Street.” 

OS 18

2020

n.d. (early nineteenth century). Plan of lots sold on west side of Fourth Street south of Arch Street. 

Description

Fragment of separate page listing lot dimensions attached.

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2021

n.d. (early nineteenth century). Proposed plan of lots and buildings at corner of Fourth and Arch Streets. 

Description

Shows apportionment of Academy building into Grammar School and Charity School.

OS 18

2022

n.d. (early nineteenth century). “Plan of Estate in Fourth Street” including location of pump, shed, and privy. Portions watercolored. 

OS 18

2023

n.d. (early nineteenth century). “Plan of Fourth Street Estate” including location of court and alley. 

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2024

n.d. Appended is a “mem of plan of College” listing deficiencies of the so-called “President’s House” on Ninth Street. (early nineteenth century). 

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2025

 

Memorabilia 

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Folder

LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE. 18th century. German “burning glass,” 1-3/4″ diameter glass with wire handle and red paper case. 

Description

A personal possession of General Lafayette left behind by him at a dance at the home of General Ebenezer Huntington in Norwich, Connecticut in 1824.

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2026

PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG, M.D. Pre-1820 (?). Brass mounted lancet (fleam or “bleeder”), signed Wiegand, Phila., in worn morocco case; 2-3/4″ x 1-3/8.” 

Description

Stated to have been the property of Philip Syng Physick when given to Dr. I. S. Ravdin.

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2027

RITTENHOUSE, BENJAMIN. 1790. Brass plain surveying compass, face inscribed “Benjamin Rittenhouse Fecit Anno 1790.” 

Description

Engraved face with light compass points and degree markings, set screw, and original glass.

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2028

SAPPINGTON, FRANCIS BROWN. (ca. 1775). 

Description

Brown satin knee breeches worn at the graduation exercises of the Univ. in 1775 by Sappington, A.B. 1775.

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2029

SMITH, REVEREND WILLIAM, D.D. 1803. Mourning ring for Provost Smith, plain gold circle with black enamel setting on which is applied a funerary urn in brilliants (damaged). 

Description

Script inscription inside “Revd. Dr. WM Smith ob. 14 May 1803 Aet. 76.”

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2030

UNIVERSITY. (ca. 1762 (?). Gavel made, according to tradition, from section of interior staircase of the first College dormitory. 

Description

Brown stained mahogany railing. Handle, added later, is pine, painted brown. 4-3/4″ x 10-1/2″ x 1-3/4.”

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2031

UNIVERSITY. (ca. 1762 (?). Shutter hook, which according to tradition, came from the first College dormitory. 

Description

Black painted iron hook of diamond shape with disc at one end and “c” curve at the other. 6″ x 1-3/8″ x 7-1/4.”

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2032

UNIVERSITY. (ca. 1802-1820). Two leather fire buckets, 27″ high x 9″ diameter with original nails around top and leather handles (one mutilated). 

Description

Painted black, inscribed in white “University Ninth Street.”

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2033

UNIVERSITY. (ca. 1820). Modified Windsor chair painted yellow with reddish brown decoration, with massive moveable writing arm covered in black oilcloth and studded with brass headed nails. 

Description

After a design by Benjamin Franklin, its presumed ownership by him is impossible.

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2034

WHITE, RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM, D.D. 1787. Fragment of the robe of alumnus and Trustee White worn by him at his consecration as first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pa. February 4, 1787. 

Description

Framed with his autograph.

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2035

 

Personal Papers 

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Folder

Robert Dechert Papers 

PARKER, ELIZABETH. January 31, 1805, Lexington, [Kentucky]. General Andrew Porter. ALS. 

Description

To her father, discussing their scattered family and her own impecunious condition. Mentions “Mr. [James] Moor[e] our presedent has left the simenary [Transylvania Seminary] his place is vacant.”

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1106

PORTER, ANDREW. September 15, 1806, July 1, 1808 (codicil). ADS. 

Description

Copy of will and codicil of Andrew Porter.

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1107

PORTER, (Mrs.) MARY. June 23, 1798, Lexington, [Kentucky]. Colonel Andrew Porter. ALS. 

Description

To her “Papy” (father in law?), apologizing for not having written sooner. Her health and her family’s health, news of relatives, her thanks for having “the Best of husbands.”

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1108

PORTER, WILLIAM. November 21, 1805, Baltimore, [Maryland]. General Andrew Porter. ALS. 

Description

To his father, informing him of the death of Andrew’s son (and his brother) Andrew, and the death of his own infant daughter.

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1109

TODD, WILLIAM. September 23, 1806, Lexington, Kentucky. General Andrew Porter. ALS. 

Description

Enclosing a copy of the court records and proceedings in the case of Alexander Kerr, agent, v. Robert and Andrew Porter, as requested by his cousin E. Parker. Since the case was insufficiently prosecuted to show Robert Porter insolvent, this should exonerate Andrew Porter.

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1110

Francis Brisbane Dick Collection 

DICK, FRANCIS BRISBANE. 1820 1823, 1837 1843, Phila. First Presbyterian Church Account Book. 

Description

Accounts of work at old First Presbyterian Church and all payments for work building the new church on Washington Square, including payments to architect John Haviland, stone mason John Struthers, cabinetmaker/ builders Henry Connelly and Ephraim Haines, 1820 1823. Also private accounts of Dick as sexton and locksmith, including attendance on funerals, 1837 1843. Later used as scrapbook.

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1111

Dwight Collection 

See number 1777a. 

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Thomas Sovereign Gates Collection 

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. January 4, 1746, Phila. William Strahan. ALS. 

Description

Order for books, with mention of specific titles, and arrangements for payment of bill. Letter encased in glass and leather case, presented to Thomas Sovereign Gates in 1940 “in grateful recognition of the first ten years of his devoted service as President of the University of Pennsylvania.”

OS 21

1111a

Elisha Kent Kane Collection 

KANE, ELISHA KENT. 1802 1833, Phila. 

Description

Receipt book of Abraham Kintzing (1802 1805), Eliza Kintzing (1806 1807), and Elisha Kent Kane (1808 1833).

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1112

William Martin Collection 

MARTIN, WILLIAM (1765 1798; M.B. 1786, Physician in Chester, Pa. and Georgetown, D.C.). 1757 1796. 

Description

Volume of miscellaneous manuscripts (evidently bound by his grandson, John Hill Martin of Phila., ca. 1865) containing court and legal notes copied from cases of 1757; copies of patriotic addresses by William Martin of 1794 and n.d.; medical case notes and observations, 1789 1792; literary extracts, poems, and fragments, 1791 1795; American longevity, 1790 1792; copies of his letters, 1792 1794, letter to him of 1790, and rules of Chester (Pa.) School, 1796.

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1113

Alfred Fitler Moore Collection 

1801 1820. 

Description

Eight deeds for land in Northern Liberties and Penn Township, Phila. County, to or from John Gravel, Frederick Barnholt, John Hare Powel, Eleanor McCall, Samuel Mifflin, William Wilson, John Hill, Thomas Oliphant, Godfrey Frederickson, Michael Weaver, and Bartholemew Doyle.

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