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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Pennsylvania
United States
47
Philadelphia
37
Penn
25
Delaware
19
New Jersey
19
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New York (State)
14
Philadelphia (Pa.)
13
Berks County
10
New Sweden
10
Maryland
8
Ohio River Valley
6
Virginia
6
Berks County (Pa.)
5
Chester (Pa.)
4
Great Britain
4
Middle Atlantic States
4
Germany
3
Carlisle
2
Carlisle (Pa.)
2
Delaware River
2
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
2
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
2
England
2
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
2
Lancaster County (Pa.)
2
London (England)
2
Netherlands
2
Northampton Co
2
Northwest, Old
2
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History
399
Indians of North America
62
Sources
31
Politics and government
23
Quakers
21
Delaware Indians
14
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Description and travel
14
Pioneers
13
Frontier and pioneer life
12
Society of Friends
12
Genealogy
11
Societies, etc
11
Wars
11
Fortification
10
Biography
9
Germans
8
Iroquois Indians
8
Social life and customs
8
Tax collection
8
Taxation
8
Government relations
7
Pennsylvania Dutch
7
Scots-Irish
7
Economic conditions
6
Commerce
5
Indian captivities
5
Patriotic societies
5
Conestoga Indians
4
Courts
4
Emigration and immigration
4
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Penn, William, 1644-1718
18
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
11
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
10
Berks County (Pa.)
8
Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919
7
Berks County (Pa.) Collector of Excise
6
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Myers, Albert Cook, 1874-1960
6
Sipe, C. Hale b. 1880
6
Fisher, Joshua Francis, 1807-1873
5
Balderston, Marion
4
Bouquet, Henry, 1719-1765
4
Brosius, Nicholas
4
Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania
4
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
4
Kent, Donald H.
4
Pennsylvania Historical Commission
4
Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America
4
Rupp, I. Daniel 1803-1878
4
Browning, Charles Henry
3
Burns, J. A. 1867-1940
3
Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776
3
Dunn, Mary Maples
3
Dunn, Richard S.
3
Eshleman, H. Frank 1869-1953
3
Falckner, Daniel, b. 1666
3
Fisher, Sydney George, 1856-1927
3
Hazard, Samuel, 1784-1870
3
Keith, Charles Penrose, 1854-1939
3
Konkle, Burton Alva, 1861-1944
3
Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth
3
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Sources
35
Biography
28
Genealogy
14
Lists
9
History
7
Juvenile literature
6
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Periodicals
4
Treaties
4
Fiction
3
Maps
3
Registers
3
Bibliography
2
Biographies
2
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
2
Juvenile fiction
2
Microform catalogs
2
Abstracts
1
Addresses, essays, lectures
1
Archives
1
Bookplates (Provenance)
1
Booksellers' labels (Provenance)
1
By-laws
1
Catalogs
1
Charters
1
Color printing (Printing)
1
Correspondence
1
Diaries
1
Diary
1
Directories
1
Early works
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Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
1644-1718
55
Revolution, 1775-1783
25
18th century
24
17th century
14
To 1775
14
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1750-1815
9
French and Indian War, 1755-1763
9
1719-1765
8
1775-1865
6
1600-1775
5
1696-1760
5
1674-1751
4
Colonial period, 1600-1775
4
To 1795
4
d. 1782
4
1600-1799
3
1702-1775
3
1775-1783
3
1634-1687
2
1706-1790
2
1715-1779
2
1727-1803
2
1734-1820
2
French and Indian war, 1755-1763
2
1580-1632
1
1592-1663
1
1600-1699
1
1600-1750
1
1624-1695
1
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