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  • Serial list of publications.

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    • Philadelphia, 1966.
    • 1966
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    Text JFD 76-5255Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Hungarian contributions to world civilization / by Francis S. Wagner.

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    • Philadelphia : Alpha Publications, 1977.
    • 1977
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    Text JFE 78-1214Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • American education, 1622-1860 : printed works in the collections of the American Philosophical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Library Company of Philadelphia / compiled by Cornelia S. King.

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    • New York : Garland Pub., 1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFG 85-185Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Due reverence : antiques in the possession of the American Philosophical Society / Murphy D. Smith ; [physical descriptions of the items by] David Borodin, consultant, of Frisk and Borodin Appraisers, Ltd.

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    • Philadelphia, Pa. : American Philosophical Library, c1992.
    • 1992
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 93-871Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge.

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    • Philadelphia : The Society, 1838-
    • 1838-present
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    Text *EA A571p v. 159, no. 3 (Sept. 2015)Offsite
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    Text *EA A571p v. 159, no. 4 (Dec. 2015)Offsite
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    Text *EA A571p v. 160, no. 3 (Sept. 2016)Offsite
  • "One grand pursuit" : a brief history of the American Philosophical Society's first 250 years, 1743-1993 / by Edward C. Carter II.

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    • Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1993.
    • 1993
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 94-1435Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • A guide to manuscripts relating to the American Indian in the library of the American Philosophical Society, compiled by John F. Freeman. Murphy D. Smith: editorial consultant.

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    • Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1966 [c1965]
    • 1966-1965
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    Text HBC (American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. Library. Guide to manuscripts relating to the American Indian)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Guide to the archives and manuscript collections of the American Philosophical Society, compiled by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. and Murphy D. Smith.

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    • Philadelphia, 1966.
    • 1966
    • 1 Item
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    Text F-11 3387Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Patriot-improvers : biographical sketches of members of the American Philosophical Society / Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.

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    • Philadelphia : The Society, 1997-
    • 1997-present
    • 3 Items
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    Text JFM 98-236 v. 1Offsite
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    Text JFM 98-236 v. 3Offsite
  • A catalogue of instruments and models in the possession of the American Philosophical Society. Compiled by Robert P. Multhauf assisted by David Davies.

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    • Philadelphia, 1961.
    • 1961
    • 1 Item
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    Text OAP (American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. Catalogue of instruments and models)Offsite
  • Du Simitiere : artist, antiquary, and naturalist, projector of the first American museum : with some extracts from his note-book / by William John Potts.

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    • Philadelphia [Pa. : s.n.], 1889.
    • 1889
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    Text MDG+ (Du Simitiere) (Potts, W. J. Du Simitiere)Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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  • Thomas Jefferson. Papers read before the American Philosophical Society in celebration of the bicentennial of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the Society. Annual meeting April 22, 23, and 24, 1943.

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    • Philadelphia, The American Philosophical Society, 1943.
    • 1943
    • 1 Item
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    Text A p.v. 858Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species. To which are added, Strictures on Lord Kaim's discourse, on the original diversity of mankind. By the Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith ... Philadelphia, printed.

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    • London, Re-printed for John Stockdale, 1789.
    • 1789
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    Text *KF 1789 (Smith, S. S. Essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • The early French members of the American Philosophical Society. By J. G. Rosengarten.

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    • [Philadelphia? 1907]
    • 1907
    • 1 Item
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    Text OAI p.v. 53, no. 1 no. 1-21Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The origin and activities of the American Philosophical Society and an address on the dynamic factor in evolution, by Francis X. Dercum.

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    • [Lancaster, Pa., Lancaster Press] 1927.
    • 1927-
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    Text OAI p.v. 89 no. 1-6Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Classified index to the publications of the American Philosophical Society; a list of papers, monographs, treatises and books published by the Society, 1769-1940, classified according to subject ...

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    • Philadelphia, 1940.
    • 1940
    • 1 Item
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    Text *EA A571c (American philosophical society, Philadelphia. Classified index)Offsite
  • An historical account of the origin and formation of the American philosophical society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge, by Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, president of the society; with the communication of J. Francis Fisher, esq., and the report of the committee to which these papers were referred, read October 15, 1841; and the report of the committee on the date of the foundation of the society, accepted May 1, 1914.

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    • Philadelphia, The American philosophical society, 1914.
    • 1914
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    Text *EA A572.D (American Philosophical Society. Historical account)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Useful knowledge : the American Philosophical Society millennium program / Alexander G. Bearn, editor.

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    • Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 00-354Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species. To which are added strictures on Lord Kaim's discourse, on the original diversity of mankind. By the Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith ...

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    • Philadelphia, Printed and sold by Robert Aitken, 1787.
    • 1787
    • 2 Items
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    Text *KD 1787 (Smith, S. S. Essay on the causes of the variety of complexion)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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    Text Sc Rare C 15-55 (Lapidus Collection)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • Cadmus: or, A treatise on the elements of written language, illustrating, by a philosophical division of speech, the power of each character, thereby mutually fixing the orthography and orthoepy ... With an essay on the mode of teaching the surd or deaf, and consequently dumb, to speak. By William Thornton, M.D. ...

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    • Philadelphia, Printed by R. Aitken & Son, 1793.
    • 1793
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    Text *KD 1793 (Thornton, W. Cadmus)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Serial list of publications.

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    • Philadelphia, The American Philosophical Society, 1938.
    • 1938
  • List of the members of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge.

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    • [Philadelphia? : American Philosophical Society?, 1865?]
    • 1865
    • 1 Item
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    Text *EA p.v. 1, no. 1-10Offsite
  • A catalogue of manuscript and printed documents chiefly Americana, selected from the archives and manuscript collections of the American philosophical society, held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge, and placed upon exhibition in the library of the society, December 28-31, 1937, on the occasion of the annual meeting of the American historical association and the societies gathering concurrently.

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    • Philadelphia, The American philosophical society, 1937.
    • 1937
  • Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge. Memorial volume I.

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    • Philadelphia : The Society, 1900.
    • 1900
    • 1 Item
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    Text *EA.A571pmSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Laws and regulations of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, as finally amended and adopted

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    • Philadelphia.
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    Text *EA p.v. 1, no. 1-10Offsite
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    Text *EA p.v. 4, no. 1-17.Offsite
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    Text *EA A571Pa (American philosophical society. Laws and Regulations) 1866, 1885, 1894Offsite
  • Franklin and Condorcet : two portraits from the American Philosophical Society.

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    • Philadelphia, Pa. : American Philosophical Society, c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text JAX C-367Offsite
  • The princess & the patriot : Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin , and the Age of Enlightenment / Sue Ann Prince, editor.

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    • Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 2006.
    • 2006
    • 1 Item
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    Text *QDZ 07-2285Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Frederick W. Kobbé and Helen Jay De Bois genealogical research papers, 1817-1944.

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    • 1817-1944
    • 3 Items

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    Mixed material MssCol NYGB 18173 box 1Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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    Mixed material MssCol NYGB 18173 box 2 Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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    Mixed material MssCol NYGB 18173 vol 1 Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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  • The American Philosophical Society and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania / [Samuel A. Green].

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    • [Massachusetts? : s.n., 1893?]
    • 1893
    • 1 Item
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    Text *EA p.v. 6, no. 1-26Offsite
  • The American Philosophical Society, 1743-1903 : address ... at the annual dinner of the Society, April 3, 1903 / by J.G. Rosengarten.

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    • Philadelphia : [American Philosophical Society?], 1903.
    • 1903
    • 1 Item
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    Text *EA p.v. 5, no. 1-26Offsite
  • Letters from Silas Weir Mitchell to John Hay, 1897-1905.

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    • 1897-1905
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    Mixed material MssCol 13412 Mitchell, Silas Weir, M.D., 1829-1914Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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  • The Founding Fathers, Education, and "The Great Contest" : The American Philosophical Society Prize of 1797 / edited by Benjamin Justice.

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    • New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
    • 2013
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 13-8294Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • William Bartram : botanical and zoological drawings, 1756-1788 / reproduced from the Fothergill album in the British Museum (Natural History) ; edited with an introduction and commentary, by Joseph Ewan.

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    • Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1968.
    • 1968
    • 1 Item
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    Text AH-10 11Offsite
  • List of the members of the American Philosophical Society [electronic resource] : held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge.

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    • [Philadelphia : The Society, 1865]
    • 1865
  • A public discourse in commemoration of Peter S. Du Ponceau, LL. D. [electronic resource] : late president of the American Philosophical Society : delivered before the Society, pursuant to appointment, on the 25th of October, 184 / by Robley Dunglison.

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    • Philadelphia : Printed for the Society, 1844
    • 1844
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  • Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, [electronic resource] : Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Volume II.

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    • Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Aitken, at Pope's Head in Market Street, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
    • 1786
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  • In Senate of the United States, January 23d, 1800. [electronic resource] : Ordered, that the memorial of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences; also, the memorial of the American Philosophical Society, communicated on the 10th instant, be printed for the use of Senate.

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    • [Philadelphia, 1800]
    • 1800
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  • Due reverence : antiques in the possession of the American Philosophical Society / Murphy D. Smith ; [physical descriptions of the items by] David Borodin, consultant, of Frisk and Borodin Appraisers, Ltd.

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    • Philadelphia, Pa. : American Philosophical Library, [1992], ©1992.
    • 1992-1992
    • 1 Item
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    Text Q11 .P612 v.203 203Off-site
  • Hungarian contributions to world civilization / Francis S. Wagner.

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    • Center Square, Pa. : Alpha Publications, c1977.
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
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    Text DB920.5 .W34Off-site
  • Classified index to the publications of the American Philosophical Society / a list of papers, monographs, treatises and books published by the Society, 1769-1940, classified according to subject ...

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    • Philadelphia, 1940.
    • 1940
    • 1 Item
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    Text 506 Am3212Off-site
  • An historical account of the origin and formation of the American philosophical society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge / by Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, president of the society; with the communication of J. Francis Fisher, esq., and the report of the committee to which these papers were referred, read October 15, 1841; and the report of the committee on the date of the foundation of the society, accepted May 1, 1914.

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    • Philadelphia : The American philosophical society, 1914.
    • 1914
    • 1 Item
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    Text 506 Am332Off-site
  • The List of the American Philosophical Society ...

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    • [Philadelphia] : The Society, 1910-34.
    • 1910-1934
    • 2 Items
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    Text 506 Am321 1910-1912Off-site
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    Text 506 Am321 1922,1929,1931,1933,1934Off-site
  • Serial list of publications.

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    • Philadelphia : The American Philosophical Society, 1938.
    • 1938
    • 1 Item
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    Text 506 Am3213Off-site
  • Annual general meeting [program]

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    • Philadelphia
    • 19
    • 2 Items
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    Text 506 Am3214 1943Off-site
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    Text 506 Am3214 1947Off-site
  • Useful knowledge : the American Philosophical Society millennium program / Alexander G. Bearn, editor.

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    • Philadelphia, PA : American Philosophical Society, 1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
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    Text Q11 .P612 v.234Off-site
  • A catalogue of instruments and models in the possession of the American Philosophical Society / Compiled by Robert P. Multhauf assisted by David Davies.

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    • Philadelphia, 1961.
    • 1961
    • 1 Item
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    Text 620.71 Am354Off-site
  • The princess & the patriot : Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin , and the Age of Enlightenment / Sue Ann Prince, editor.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 2006.
    • 2006
    • 1 Item
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    Text DK169.D3 P75 2006Off-site
  • A catalogue of manuscript and printed documents chiefly Americana, selected from the archives and manuscript collections of the American philosophical society, held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge, and placed upon exhibition in the library of the society, December 28-31, 1937, on the occasion of the annual meeting of the American historical association and the societies gathering concurrently.

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    • Philadelphia, The American philosophical society, 1937.
    • 1937
    • 1 Item
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    Text L.SOC.120.21.10Off-site
  • Biographical notice of Charles Caldwell, M.D. : read before the American Philosophical Society, by appointment, January 19, 1855 / by B.H. Coates.

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    • Philadelphia : T.K. and P.G. Collins, printers, 1855.
    • 1855
    • 1 Item
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    Text Med 223.16Off-site
  • The career of Benjamin Franklin : a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, May 25, 1893, at the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its formation in that city / by Samuel Abbott Green.

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    • Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1893.
    • 1893
    • 1 Item
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    Text US 4534.52.2Off-site

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