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Heat in its mechanical applications, a series of lectures, 1883-84. London, 1885. 8°.

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International conference on Aerial Navigation. Proceedings of the conference held in Chicago, Aug. 1-4, 1893. New York, 1894. 8°. C

Ironmonger. Universal Engineer and Metal Trades Advertiser. v. 70-77. 2 v. London, 189596. 8°. N Irrigation Age. A journal of western America. v. 3-4, 12 (1892-93, 1897-98). Chicago, 189298. 8°. N Current. Monthly. Formerly published in Denver, Salt Lake City and San Francisco.

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Sanderson (John). Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. Volume XI., Pennsylvania. Illustrated by Thomas Addis Emmet, M.D. New York [1870?]. F°.

The text of the volume consists of the life of Robert Morris, by Robert Waln, jr., from volume 5, pages 187 to 375 of the original edition of Sanderson; of John Morton, by Robert Waln, jr., from volume 6, pages 209 to 222; and of James Wilson, by Robert Waln, jr., from volume 6, pages 111 to 175 and

351 to 354.

The material indexed consists of: broadsides 3, clipping 1, documents 14, engravings 3, letters 34, newspaper 1, portraits 68, views 9.

Engraving: Washington (George). Inscription: Engraved by J. Mc.Goffin at J. M. Butler's establishment, 84 Chestnut St. Philada. | Washington at Valley Forge. Inserted in a decorative frame engraved by Fittler in 1795, representing Liberty standing between couchant lions. With a small vignette of Washington after Stuart. Line. 4°. EM. 3039 Also in Irving's Washington, 4° ed., vol. 3 (N. Y., 1859) p.

334.

Portrait: Morris (Robert). Engraving by J. Heath after the painting by R. E. Pine. Inserted in a decorative frame, rectangular, with a bowl of coins above, engraved by E. W. Thompson in 1796. Stipple. 4°. EM. 3040 Unlettered. Apparently a proof before letter of the portrait in Delaplaine's Repository, Phila., 1815, part 3, p. 139. Letter: United States.-Congress, Continental, 1775-1789. Philadelphia, May 8, 1776. To Capt. John Barry. He is directed by the Marine Committee to repair with his officers and men to the provincial armed ship under Capt. Reed [Thomas Read], whom he is to supply with as many of his men as may be needed to man that ship, the floating battery, or the Reprisal; he is to use his utmost exertions in defending the pass at Fort Island, or in pursuing the enemy if the committee of this board now down the river should see fit; he may go down in the Hornet, Capt. [William] Hallock; Capt. Reed commands at the chevaux de frise. Lithograph fac-simile of A. L. S. by Robt. Morris, Vice Presdt., in the possession of R. C. Davis Esq., Philada. 2 pp. F. With a small wood engraving on India paper inscribed, (left) Drawn from memory by C. A. Poulson | (left) Washington's Mansion. | 190 Market Street (right) R. Morris' Mansion. S. E. cor. 6th & Market Sts. (centre) Philadelphia.

EM. 3041 Also in Brotherhead's Book of the Signers, Phila., 1861,

P. 3.

Letter: United States.-Congress, Continental, 1775-1789. In Secret Committee, Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 1776. To William Bingham, Martinico; per Capt. John Stevens. They send by the continental schooner Lewis, Capt. Stevens, a cargo of rice and indigo from Carolina to Martinico; if the indigo cannot be disposed of there, he is to reship it to France, consigned to Thomas Morris; the proceeds are to be applied as they have directed; should it be unsafe for the schooner to remain, he is to send her loaded with arms and ammunition to Levinus Clarkson and John Dorsius, continental agents in Charlestown, or to John Wereat, agent

in Georgia; the agents will reload her, and in the spring she may be sent back with more arms. A. L. S., Robt. Morris. Signed also by Fra. Lewis, Richard Henry Lee, and Wm, Whipple. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4°. EM. 3042

Portrait: Morris (Robert). Half length, directed and facing nearly to the front, looking to the right; right hand on hip, left hand pointing downward. Inscription: Robt. Morris (fac-simile signature). Photo-engraving. New York [1890 ?]. 8°. EM. 3043

Apparently from a painting of Robert Morris, father of the signer. Portrait: Morris (Robert). After the painting by R. E. Pine; bust; oval frame. Line. [New York? 1860?] 16°. EM. 3044

View: Liverpool. Inscription: View of Liv erpool in Lancashire. Line. [London? 1760?] 4°.

EM. 3045

Portrait: Willing (Charles). Bust; directed and facing to the left, looking to the front. Inscription: Etched by H. Wright Smith, From the original in possession of Dr. Willing | Chas. Willing (fac-simile signature) Mayor of Philadelphia, 1748 & 1754. [New York? 1875?] F°. EM. 3046 Portrait: Peters (Richard). Inscription: Richard Peters (fac-simile signature). Wood engraving. 4°.

EM. 3047

The same engraving appears in Scharf and Westcott's Philadelphia, vol. 2 (1884) p. 1529.

Society of the Sons of St. George. A Number of Englishmen have heretofore arrived in this province, unacquainted with the country, and having conceived expectations, in which they found themselves disappointed, have been reduced to the greatest difficulties, which have been heightened by their not knowing where to apply for advice and assistance. . . . It is proposed therefore, that a meeting of Englishmen should be had, in order to form a plan for an English Society, similar, as far as may be, to those of the St. Andrew and Hibernian. Your company is desired at the Indian Queen on

Monday evening next, the 13th instant, at seven o'clock,... [Philadelphia, 1772.] I page. 4 EM. 3048 Dated, in ink, "Philada, 10 Apr 1772", and addressed "To Mr. William Pollard."

Document: Society of the Sons of St. George. Philadelphia. June 9, 1772. Certificate of membership of William Pollard. Printed form filled in. D. S., Richard Peters, President, Dan!. Rundle, Treasurer. Countersigned, R Peters jr Secy. dorsed. I page. 4°.

The seal has been removed.

EnEM. 3049

Portrait: Washington (George). Bust; profile to the right; uniform; oval. Lithograph. [New York? 1860?] 8°. EM. 3050

Unlettered.

Letter: Roberdeau (Daniel). Philadelphia, July 30, 1781. To Gov. George Clinton. Clinton's friendly letter of the 3d inst. lays him under obligation, although the subject of his own application and Clinton's answer has been for some time enveloped in a cloud, and the concurrence of the states will be long wanting. A. L. S. Endorsed "... Private." I page. 4°. EM. 3051 Document: Smith (Mary). Philadelphia, Apr. 5. 1791. Power of attorney to John Smith, to receive the interest on the stock standing in her name in the books of the Commissioner of Loans for Pennsylvania. Printed form filled in. D. S, Mary Smith. Witnessed, Jon". Smith jr, Sam1. H. Smith. Certified before J. B. Smith. I page. 8°.

EM 3052 Letter: Jones (Joseph). Collrs. Office, Petersburg, [Va.,] June 1, 1820. To Samuel L[atham] Mitchell [Mitchill], New York. He has forwarded the pamphlets that came from the Imperial and Royal Academy of Florence, by the sloop Superior, Capt. Van Pelt. A postscript states that as Capt. Van Pelt failed to call for them, they have been sent by Capt. Latorett. A. L. S. I page. 4°. EM. 3053 Letter: Miralles (Juan de). [Philadelphia,] Apr. 10, 1780. To Joseph Reed. The schooner Buckskin, Capt. John Wilson, being about to sail with despatches for the governor of Havana, he asks permission to send by her thirty barrels of flour for his family. A. L. S. In French. Endorsed.

8°.

I page. EM. 3054 Portrait: Laurens (Henry). Profile to the left; after Du Simitière. Inscription: Edwin sc. Henry Laurens Esq. Stipple. 8°. EM. 3055

Also in the Portfolio, vol. 12 (Phila., 1814) p. 237. Morris (Robert). To the Citizens of Pennsylvania. [Vindicating himself against insinuations as to his public accounts, charges of depreciating the currency, etc.] Philadelphia: Printed by Hali & Sellers. [1779.] 2 pp. F°. EM. 3056

Hildeburn, no. 3908.

Document: Francis (Tench). [Philadelphia,] Jan. 28, 1790. Draught on C[hristian] Febiger, Treasurer of Pennsylvania, for £79 14s. 6d., to be paid to Thomas Hamilton out of the interest due on Francis's certificates. A. D. S. Narrow strip of paper. EM. 3057

Document: Bank of the United States. — Directors. [Philadelphia,] Jan. 11, 1792. Authentication by the President of a resolution adopted by

the directors, Dec. 29, 1791, authorizing the President to appoint persons in the several states to receive interest due to the bank, on Jan. I. D. S., Thos Willing, Prest. I page. 4°. EM. 3058

The seal has been removed.

Portrait: Leiper (Thomas). Inscription: (left) Painted by Otis (right) Engd, by J. Sartain. | Thomas Leiper (fac-simile signature) Ætat 75. Mezzotint. 4. EM. 3059

Also in H. Simpson's Lives of eminent Philadelphians, Phila., 1859, p. 648.

Letter: Donaldson (John). Commissary-General's Office, [Philadelphia,] June 28, 1800. [To Samuel Bryan, Register Gen.] He incloses Gen. [Thomas] Proctor's accounts, and papers relating to them; his opinion is that the accounts have been settled by the state and cannot be opened again for discussion; no relief can be given except perhaps under the most favorable construction of the act of the legislature authorizing the General to bring an action; he desires Bryan's opinion. A. L. S. 2 pp. 4°. EM. 3060

The address has been added by Dr. Emmet. Portrait: Louis XVI., King of France. Bust; directed to the left, facing and looking to the front; oval frame with laurels above, roses and coat-of-arms below. Inscription: (on a tablet) Louis XVI Roi de France et de Navarre. Né à Versailles le 23. Août 1754 (below, left) Marillier del. (right) Dupin sculp. | A Paris chès Esnauts et Rapilly rue St. Jacques à la Ville de Coutances A. P. D. R. Line. [1775] 8°. EM. 3061

Portrait: Washington (George). Bust; after the Athenæum head by Stuart; oval frame within a rectangle. Line [by William E. Marshall]. [Boston, 1862.] F°. EM. 3062

Baker, no. 286. The inscription has been trimmed away. Portrait: Morris (Robert). Inscription: (left) J. B. Longacre (right) H. B. Hall | Robert Morris. (right) Printed by W. Pate. | Robt Morris (facsimile signature). New York G. P. Putnam. Stipple. 4°. EM. 3063

Also in Irving's Washington, 4° ed., vol. 4 (N. Y., 1859)

P. 342.

Portrait: Washington (George). Inscription: (right) Geoffroy | George Washington d'après le tableau de Stuart. Stipple. 8°. EM 3064 Also in Guizot's Washington, Paris, 1851, frontispiece. Baker, no. 229.

Portrait: Morris (Robert). Inscription: Robert Morris. Engraved by J. B. Longacre from an Original Painting in the Possession of Mrs. Morris. Stipple. 8°. EM. 3065

Also in Sanderson's Biography of the Signers, vol. 5 (Phila., 1824) p. 189.

Portrait: Washington (George). Threequarters length, seated; directed to the left; dress sword in left forearm; to the left a table, upon which is an inkstand, pen, and upright book; oval frame within a rectangle, ornamented corners. Inscription: (left) Painted by Stuart. (centre) Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863 by Thomas Doney in the clerks office of the District court of Illinois. (right) Engraved by Doney. | Washington. Mezzotint. Fo. EM. 3066

Apparently the plate described as Baker, no. 201, differing slightly in the lettering.

Portrait: Jay (John). Profile to the left; circular frame within a rectangle. Inscription: (left)

Drawn from the life by Du Simetiere in Philadel phia. (right) Engraved by B. L. Prevost at Paris. | (right) No. 3. Line. [1783 ?] 8°. EM. 3067 Letter: Nesbitt (John Maxwell). Headquarters, George Emlen's house [Whitemarsh, Penn.], Nov. 17, 1777. To Thomas Riche, New Windsor [N. Y.]. He applied to Gen. [Washington] for a pass for Mrs. Riche, and mentioned the situation of Riche's sister; the General answered that it was particularly necessary to prevent anyone going to town at present that could give intelligence of our vessels or the condition of the river; in a few days the same objection might not apply; he asked [Tench] Tilghman to remind the General at a proper season, and he himself will write from Lancaster; expresses his obligations for Riche's hospitality. A. L. S. I page and I leaf, upon which the address has been pasted. Fo. EM. 3068

Portrait: Osgood (Samuel). Bust; after the painting by Trumbull. Inscription: (right) Max Rosenthal. Samuel Osgood (fac-simile signature). Etching. [Philadelphia, 1885?] 4°. EM. 3069

Portrait: Cadwalader (Lambert). Half length; directed, facing and looking to the front. Inscription: Etchd, by H. B. Hall, 1870, from the Original in Possession of Mr. Cadwalader Phila. | Col. Lambert Cadwalader. Lambt. Cadwalader (fac-simile signature). F°. EM. 3070 Philadelphia,

Letter: Bingham (William). Mar. 16, 1793. To Henry Jackson [Boston?]. He thinks the lottery prizes [of lands in Maine] ought to be purchased, but he is astonished at the prices offered; purchasers forget that locations cannot be ascertained without a survey, which the State has refused to enter into; the favorable arrangement of Mme. Leval's claims ought to stimulate her to form a settlement on the lands; asks to whom the remaining part of No. 7 belongs, and whether he could procure the remainder of Mount Desert, and how Trenton is to be divided so as to make out a deed to Mme. Leval and M. La Roche; he expects many French settlers next summer; hopes the legislature will pass a law favorable to the admission of foreigners. A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 8°.

Portrait: Washington (George). After the painting by Charles Willson Peale. Bust, directed slightly to the left, facing and looking to the front; uniform; oval, within a large ornamented rectangle. Inscription: (above) Galerie des hommes Illustres (on a tablet) Wasington, Généralissime des Etats unis de L'Amerique. (below, left) Dessiné par Bounieu d'apres un Tableau fourni par M. le Marquis de la Fayette. (right) Gravé par Chevillet. Line. [Paris, 1785 ?] F°. EM. 3076

vivans.

Baker, no. 6.

Letter: Lowrey (Thomas). Amwell, [Penn.,] Feb. 21, 1777. To Mathew Irvine [Irwin ?], Headquarters. Acknowledges letter with his Excellency's note at the foot; flour can be had near Easton from William Patterson or Col. Jacob West; he will order beef and pork from John Shenerd; Robert Wilson and Mark Thompson of Hacketts Town can furnish supplies; Robert Hoops has a mill near Easton. A. L. S. 1 page. F°. EM. 3077

The address has been pasted on the back.

Document: Smith (Thomas) and Shippen (Edward). [Philadelphia ?] July 26, 1794. Certificate to the effect that, upon oath of James Service, there is no improvement upon the 400 acres of land on the east side of John Taylor's survey, including Big Trough Creek in Union township, Huntingdon county, for which Benjamin Burd has made application. D. S. Endorsed: "18th August 1794.' I page. 4. EM. 3078

A signature between that of Smith and that of Shippen has been obliterated by ink.

Letter: Reed (Joseph). Newtown, [N. J.,] June 16, 1774. To. Desires that the inclosed be signed by Judge [Richard] Stockton and then forwarded to Burlington; reminds him of a promised copy of the settlement of Col. Reed's Jersey lands; twenty acres have been sold for taxes. A. L.S. Endorsed: " John Duncan & Thomas Lawns Bonds.' I page. 4°.

EM. 3079

Portrait: Washington (George). Threequarters length; directed to the front, facing and looking slightly to the right; left hand holding telescope and resting on map, right hand pointing towards it; uniform; in the background to the left a river and town, to the right a tent. Inscription: (within the field to the left) M. Alophe (centre) 59 (right) Imp. de Jacomme et Cie. r. de Lancry, 16, Paris. | (below, left) Peint d'après nature par G. Stuart. (centre) Dessiné par S. E. Dubourjal, painter in New-York. (right) Lithographié par Alophe. | Washington (Virginia). Lithograph. [1840?] F°. EM. 3080

Document: Johnson (William). Dec. 27, 1805. Order on the Cashier of the Bank of the United States for $800, in favor of Peter Browne, to be paid out of his salary for the present quarter. A. D. S. Endorsed. 1⁄2 page. 4. EM. 3081

Portrait: Laurens (John). Bust; directed, facing, and looking slightly to the left; after a miniature in the possession of the family. Inscription: (right) H. B. Hall 1871 | Lt. Col. John Laurens. John Laurens (fac-simile signature). Etching. [New York.] F°. EM. 3082

Letter: Swanwick (John). Philadelphia, Aug. 21, 1783. To [Horatio] Gates, Virginia. He sends by [Joseph ?] Nourse the spectacles made