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Alexander Wilson's Double-Barreled Shotgun

 Item — no container: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2011-034-Artifact
Scope and Contents

Hammer lock double barreled shotgun, maybe 20 gauge. Probably walnut right-handed stock with raised cheek piece. Includes ramrod, with pineapple decor forward of the trigger guard.

Dates: circa 1790s-1800s

ANSP Investments and Loans Papers

 Collection — Box: Small Collections 12
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0583
Scope and Contents

The miscellanea here assembled is a scattered sampling of investment documents. A record of a loan to the Academy, 1826 by five of its members; treasurer's investment report for 1853; records of interest due for 1887 and 1890; bid price of securities, 1930; and information about the G. W. Carpenter estate holdings, 1891 and the Breece Mining Co., 1902 are all included.

Archived from various sources in 1960.

Dates: 1826-1930

ANSP Memberships, Signatures of those accepting membership

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0423
Scope and Contents Introductory statement: "In becoming a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, I promise to conform myself to its constitution, laws and regulations, and in testimony of this declaraction, I do hereunto subscribe my name." The first page is signed by Wm. Maclure, Zaccheus Collins, George Ord, Reuben Haines, Edward Barton, John Barnes, Thomas Say, LeSueur, Isaiah Lukens, T. Peale, Jacob Peirce, J. Gilliams, and Benjamin Say. The first 51 pages have no dates or code...
Dates: 1831-1924

ANSP Petitions and Resolutions Papers

 Collection — Box: Small Collections 13
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0602
Scope and Contents These petitions and resolutions are close pieces, possibly written by the person proposing the action, as a note for the secretary when copying his minutes. Most of them are transcribed into the Minutes of the Academy but oftentimes changed in wording or intent. The petitions number only four and were made mostly to the legislature of Pennsylvania, or to some branch of the Federal Government, their inclusive dates being 1837-1876. The resolutions have been arranged in two groups, first those...
Dates: 1826-1895

ANSP Reception Committees Papers

 Collection — Box: Small Collections 12
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0585
Scope and Contents

Collection of material containing records of various reception committees, especially those dealing with a founder's day anniversary dinner in 1854, and the reception and dinner for the Peary Exploring Party in 1892. There are lists of subscribers, bills, receipts, 'letters and miscellaneous data.

Signers of letters, all dated 1854:

Dates: 1854-1901

Charles Willson Peale Painting of Charles Alexander Lesueur

 Item — no container: 1
Identifier: ANSP-2011-048

John Neagle Painting of George Ord

 Item
Identifier: ANSP-2011-050

Zaccheus Collins Committee Reports

 Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0513
Scope and Contents

The papers consist largely of memoranda and documents pertaining to Academy affairs. The reports of special committees are signed by Collins as a co-signer.

Archived partly from the editor's copy of the first series of the Academy's Journal and partly from its "Official correspondence."

Dates: 1821-1827

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Names
Say, Thomas (June 27, 1787-October 10, 1834) 3
Bridges, Robert, 1806-1882 2
Carson, Joseph (1808-1876) 2
Cassin, John 2
Griffith, R. E. 2
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Heilprin, Angelo, 1853-1907 2
Jessup, Augustus Edward (1797-1859) 2
LeConte, John Lawrence (May 13, 1825 - November 15, 1883) 2
Lea, Isaac 2
Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846 2
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895 2
Wetherill, John P. 2
Arnoult, Eugene 1
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 1
Bancker, C. N. 1
Beck, T. Romeyne 1
Betton, Thomas F. 1
Biddle, J. B. 1
Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857 1
Breece Mining Co. 1
Browne, Peter A. (Peter Arrell), 1782-1860 1
Buckley, Edward S. 1
Carpenter, George W. (George Washington), 1802-1860 1
Coates, B. 1
Coates, B. H. 1
Collins, Percival 1
Collins, Zaccheus, 1764-1831 1
Cooke, John 1
Cope, C. 1
Corse, James M. 1
DaCosta, T. 1
Dock, George 1
Draper, Edmund 1
Duponceau, P. S. 1
Durand, Elias (1794-1873) 1
Elwyn, Alfred Langden 1
Emory, Moses H. 1
Fisher, C. F. 1
Fisher, James Coggswell 1
Foulke, William Parker (1816-1854) 1
Fox, Charles 1
Gambel, William, 1823-1849 1
Geddings, E. 1
Gerard, Troost (1776-1850) 1
Goddard, Kingston 1
Godman, John Davidson (1794-1830) 1
Grigg, John 1
Haines, John 1
Haines, Reuben (1786-1831) 1
Haldemann, Samuel Stehman (August 12, 1812 – September 10, 1880) 1
Hamilton, G. 1
Hanson, Hugh C. 1
Hare, Robert (1781-1858) 1
Harian, Richard 1
Harrison, Joseph, Jr. 1
Hays, Isaac, 1796-1879 1
Hazard, Samuel 1
Hembel, William, Jr. 1
Henderson, A. A. 1
Henszey, William C. 1
Hiester, John 1
Hopkinson, Jos. 1
Jordan, John, Jr. 1
Kane, E. K. 1
Keating, W. H. (William Hypolitus) (1799-1840) 1
Kenderdine, R. N. 1
Kirtland, Jared P. 1
Lambert, John 1
Lang, Edmund 1
Lawrence, George N. 1
Lea, Joseph 1
Lea, T. G. 1
Lea, Thomas T. 1
Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 1
Lejee, W. R. 1
Lewis, A. J. 1
Lewis, E. J. 1
Lewis, Francis 1
Logan, J. Dickinson 1
Lukens, Isaiah, 1779-1846 1
Maclure, Alexander 1
Markland, I. H. 1
McClellon, J. H. B. 1
McClure, R. 1
McEuen, Thomas, Jr. 1
Meigs, Charles D. 1
Meigs, I. Forsyth 1
Mitchill, J. E. 1
Morong, Thomas 1
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 1
Neagle, John, 1796-1865 1
Negus, James E. 1
Nicholson, Charles 1
Nolan, Edward J. (Edward James), 1846-1921 1
Norman, R. W. 1
Nuttall, T. S. 1
Parker, C. F. 1
Patterson, R. M. (Robert M.) 1
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 1
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