Records describing books, pamphlets and serials, 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 |
Editor |
Lee Arnold |
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United States
189
Kansas
35
California
19
Texas
7
Africa
3
Massachusetts
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New Mexico
3
Pennsylvania
3
Boston
2
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
2
Mississippi
2
New Hampshire
2
Oregon
2
Slavery in the United States
2
Alabama
1
Ashland (Ky.)
1
États-Unis
1
Middle West
1
Missouri
1
Oregon Territory
1
Southern States
1
Southwest, Old
1
Utah
1
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Extension to the territories
Slavery
189
Politics and government
78
Afro-Americana
25
History
24
Speeches in Congress
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18
%SP3
15
Compromise of 1850
15
Republican
14
Democratic
12
Missouri compromise
11
Campaign literature, 1860
9
Political aspects
7
Squatter sovereignty
7
Annexation to the United States
6
Powers and duties
6
Campaign literature, 1856
5
Democratic (Southern)
5
Kansas-Nebraska bill
5
Law
5
Statehood (American politics)
5
Elections
4
Justification
4
Law and legislation
4
Slave trade
4
Territories and possessions
4
Controversial literature
3
Territorial expansion
3
Admission
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United States. Congress House
11
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
5
Grow, Galusha A. 1823-1907
4
Mann, Horace, 1796-1859
4
Seward, William H. 1801-1872
4
Breckinridge, John C. 1821-1875
3
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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866
3
Clayton, John M. 1796-1856
3
Hale, John P. 1806-1873
3
Pennsylvania General Assembly Senate Select Committee Relative to the Admission of Kansas into the Union
3
Read, John M. 1797-1874
3
Reeder, Andrew H. 1807-1864
3
Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896
3
United States Congress Senate
3
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858
2
Bigler, William, 1814-1880
2
Buckalew, Charles Rollin, 1821-1899
2
Burlingame, Anson, 1820-1870
2
Carter, John C.
2
Chamberlain, E. M. 1805-1861
2
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
2
Crittenden, John J. 1787-1863
2
Curry, J. L. M. 1825-1903
2
Davis, Henry Winter, 1817-1865
2
Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861
2
Fitch, Graham N. 1809-1892
2
Howe, J. W. 1801-1873
2
Jay, William, 1789-1858
2
Miller, Jacob Welsh, 1800-1862
2
Montgomery, William, 1818-1870
2
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Speeches in Congress
49
Congressional addresses
25
Controversial literature
24
Anti-slavery literature
7
Campaign literature, 1856
3
Addresses
2
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Legislative addresses
2
Portraits
2
Publishers' advertisements
2
Anti-abolition literature
1
Authors' presentation inscription (Provenance)
1
Campaign literature,
1
Campaign literature, 1860
1
Congressional addreses
1
History
1
Letters
1
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1854-1861
33
1856
25
1850
15
1857-1861
15
1860
15
1846-1850
14
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1848
10
1853-1857
10
1854
7
1813-1861
5
1858
5
1845-1849
4
19th century
4
1775-1865
3
1849-1861
3
1859
3
1791-1868
2
1820-1870
2
1846
2
To 1865
2
1777-1852
1
1782-1852
1
1782-1866
1
1784-1850
1
1789-1809
1
1805-1862
1
1809-1817
1
1815-1861
1
1817-1825
1
1820
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