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 |
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Lee Arnold |
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Kansas
65
California
20
Pennsylvania
12
Southern States
11
Massachusetts
8
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États-Unis
7
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
6
Maryland
6
Great Britain
4
Kentucky
3
Missouri
3
Utah
3
Washington (D.C.)
3
Boston
2
Illinois
2
Latin America
2
Mississippi
2
New Mexico
2
Oregon
2
Oregon Territory
2
Pittsburgh
2
Russia
2
South Carolina
2
Texas
2
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
2
Alabama
1
British West Indies
1
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
1
Middle West
1
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Politics and government
Slavery
Extension to the territories
78
History
60
Controversial literature
36
Speeches in Congress
33
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Afro-Americana
26
Secession
21
%SP3
19
Political aspects
18
Campaign literature
16
Democratic
15
Compromise of 1850
12
African Americans
11
Republican
11
Campaign literature, 1856
9
Causes
9
Justification
9
Law and legislation
9
Abolitionists
7
Emancipation
7
Esclavage
7
Politique et gouvernement
7
States' rights (American politics)
7
Antislavery movements
6
Campaign literature, 1860
6
Description and travel
6
Powers and duties
6
Civil war
5
Enslaved persons
5
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Seward, William H. 1801-1872
8
United States. Congress Senate
8
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
7
United States. Congress House
6
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
5
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868
5
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Arnold, Isaac N., 1815-1884
4
Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879
4
Anderson, Charles, 1814-1895
3
Benjamin, J. P. 1811-1884
3
Bigler, William, 1814-1880
3
Brown, Aaron V. 1795-1859
3
Burlingame, Anson, 1820-1870
3
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866
3
Chase, Salmon P. 1808-1873
3
Gasparin, Agénor, comte de, 1810-1871
3
Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876
3
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
3
Pennsylvania General Assembly Senate Select Committee Relative to the Admission of Kansas into the Union
3
Read, John M. 1797-1874
3
Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896
3
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
3
Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875
3
Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915
2
Bennett, Henry, 1808-1868
2
Booth, Mary L. 1831-1889,
2
Breckinridge, John C. 1821-1875
2
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
2
Buckalew, Charles Rollin, 1821-1899
2
Buffinton, James, 1817-1875
2
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Controversial literature
63
Speeches in Congress
61
Congressional addresses
19
History
12
Sermons
6
Anti-abolition literature
4
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Anti-slavery literature
4
Biography
4
Letters
3
Thanksgiving sermons
3
Addresses
2
Campaign literature, 1856
2
Campaign literature, 1860
2
Portraits
2
Printed wrappers (Binding)
2
Publishers' advertisements
2
Addresses, sermons, etc
1
Authors' presentation inscription (Provenance)
1
Biographies
1
Case studies
1
Congressional addreses
1
Early works
1
Early works to 1800
1
Exhibition catalogs
1
Exhibitions
1
Quotations
1
Speeches in Congr
1
Type-size change (Printing)
1
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1857-1861
76
1854-1861
64
1861-1865
64
1856
33
1860
30
Civil War, 1861-1865
23
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1853-1857
22
1775-1865
18
1850
16
1846-1850
13
1849-1861
13
1845-1849
12
Civil War
12
1849-1853
11
1861
10
1863
9
1815-1861
8
1859
8
19th century
8
1809-1865
7
1862
7
1858
6
To 1865
6
1783-1865
5
1848
5
1851
5
John Brown's Raid, 1859
5
1732-1799
4
1775-1783
4
1847
4
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