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CollectionBenjamin Franklin papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Correspondence, journals, records, articles, and other material relating to Franklin's life and career. Includes manuscript (1728) of his Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion; negotations in London (1775); letterbooks (1779-1782) of the U.S. legation in Paris, France; records (1780-1783) of the U.S. peace commissioners, including journals kept by Franklin and Richard Oswald; facsimile copy of his ledger as U.S. postmaster general (1775-1778); and...
- Contributor: United States. Legation (France) - Franklin, Benjamin - Oswald, Richard - Franklin, William Temple
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CollectionWilbur Wright and Orville Wright papers,
Wilbur and Orville Wright papers | Wilbur Wright papers | Orville Wright papers Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Correspondence, diaries, minutes, notebooks, writings, reports, business and legal papers, genealogical material, printed matter, patents, blueprints, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to the invention of the airplane and the development of aviation. Documents the lives and work of the Wright brothers who designed, built, and piloted the first machine to achieve powered, sustained flight in 1903 and the first practical airplane in 1905....- Contributor: Wright, Milton - Wright, Wilbur - Wright, Orville - McFarland, Marvin Wilks - Wright Cycle Company - United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - Wright and Wright
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CollectionBenjamin Franklin Papers The papers of statesman, publisher, scientist, and diplomat Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) consist of approximately 8,000 items spanning the years 1726 to 1907, with most dating from the 1770s and 1780s. The collection's principal strength is its documentation of Franklin's diplomatic roles as a colonial representative in London (1757-1762 and 1764-1775) and France (1776-1785), where he sought to win recognition and funding from European countries...
- Contributor: United States. Legation (France) - Franklin, Benjamin - Oswald, Richard - Franklin, William Temple
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CollectionMarquis de Lafayette papers,
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, papers Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Correspondence, letterbooks, writings, speeches, reports, minutes, notes, military records, financial and legal documents, family papers, broadsides, and other papers relating chiefly to the marquis's military, political, and private life, as well as to French and American history of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Subjects include Lafayette's involvement in the American Revolution and in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830, his imprisonment...- Contributor: Lasteyrie Du Saillant, Adrien-Jules - La Fayette, Michel Louis Christophe Roch Gilbert Motier - Jarnac, Philippe-Ferdinand-Auguste De Rohan-Chabot - La Tour-Maubourg, Anastasie Du Motier De La Fayette - Lasteyrie Du Saillant, Virginie Du Motier De La Fayette - Lafayette, Marie Adrienne De Noailles - Jarnac, Charles Rosalie De Rohan-Chabot - Lasteyrie Du Saillant, Louis - Périer, Natalie Du Motier De La Fayette - Jarnac, Louis Charles Guillaume De Rohan-Chabot - Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier - Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier - Lasteyrie Du Saillant, Olivia De Rohan-Chabot