Records describing over 6500 collections (~21 million individual items) of manuscripts and graphics, amassed since 1824, by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP).
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The Society's collections center on eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and parts of Delaware and Maryland, but also include a wealth of materials on the eastern United States, the founding of this country, and the diversity of ethnic and immigrant experiences across the United States. The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies merged with HSP in 2002. |
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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies |
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Cary Hutto |
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military tactics--Union
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Union
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United States--Politics and government
2
Confederate States of America
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Kansas--History--1854-1861
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Maryland. Constitution (1864)
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New Jersey--Politics and government--1775-1865
1
Pennsylvania--Politics and government
1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--18th century
1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--19th century
1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--20th century
1
Saint Croix (V.I.)
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United States--Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Civil War, 1861-1865
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles--Virginia
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Engineering & construction
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American, [Indian, etc.]
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives, Confederacy
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women
1
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763
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United States--History--Mexican War, 1845-1848
1
United States--History--National Bank
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United States--History--War of 1812
1
United States--Politics and Government--19th century
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United States--Politics and government--1861-1865
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United States--Treasury Dept
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Utah--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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Spouses--Correspondence--19th century
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
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Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
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Medicine
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Slavery--United States--History
2
United States. Army of the Potomac
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United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc
2
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers--History--19th century
2
African Americans--Georgia
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Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
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Appomattox Campaign, 1865
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Banking law--United States--History
1
Chinese Americans
1
Compromise of 1850
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Family life--Pennsylvania--18th century
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Family life--Pennsylvania--19th century
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Family life--Pennsylvania--20th century
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Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Hydrographic surveying--Mississippi River
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Korean War, 1950-1953
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Mexican War, 1846-1848
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Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Maps
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
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Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia
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Nez Perce Indians--Wars, 1877
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Plantation life
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Quakers--Pennsylvania--18th century
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Railroad--Construction
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Georgia
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Scott, Dred
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Barker, Abraham
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Buchanan, James 1791-1868
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Butler, Pierce 1807-1867
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Carpenter, Louis Henry 1839-1916
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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) 1808-1873
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Citizens' Bounty Fund Committee
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Cooke, Jay 1821-1905
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Drinker, Henry
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Drinker, Marilyn
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Gibbon, John 1827-1896
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Henry, Alexander 1823-1883
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Humphreys, A.A. (Andrew Atkinson) 1810-1883
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Justice, Jefferson b. 1840
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Leigh, Frances Butler 1838-1910
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Markoe, Abraham, Jr. 1775-1824
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Meade, George 1843-1897
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Meade, George Gordon 1815-1872
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Quick, Lavington 1819-1876
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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton 1812-1883
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United States Sanitary Commission Philadelphia Branch
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Wister, Sarah Butler 1835-1908
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1809-1865
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1814-1869
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1784-1850
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1795-1858
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1801-1872
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1807-1870
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1810-1883
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1815-1894
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1817-1881
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1822-1885
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1860-1938
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1649-1714
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1665-1743
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1671-1735
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1674-1751
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1680-1762
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1688-1747
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1708-1789
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1727-1806
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1731-1821
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1733-1812
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1741-1810
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1742-1787
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1744-1822
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1745-1834
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1751-1796
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1751-1838
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1755-1812
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1761-1839
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1762-1845
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