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Techtama, Cherokee chief. A message from Techtama and Homwhyowa or the Wolf King the two chiefs of the Cherokees to the Delawares : as it was delivered by Lowe [i.e. Wheunclowo] the messenger at Philadelphia to Mr. Peters & Israel Pemberton, 1758 June 20 / John Hart interpreter.

Title: A message from Techtama and Homwhyowa or the Wolf King the two chiefs of the Cherokees to the Delawares : as it was delivered by Lowe [i.e. Wheunclowo] the messenger at Philadelphia to Mr. Peters & Israel Pemberton, 1758 June 20 / John Hart interpreter.

Message from Cherokee chiefs Techtama and Homwhyowa intended to be delivered by Wheunclowo to the Delaware Indians and their chief, Teedyuscung, as interpreted June 20, 1858, by John Hart in the presence of Richard Peters and Israel Pemberton.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40450686 View

Smith, William, 1727-1803. Papers, 1690-1871 (bulk 1748-1804).

Title: Papers, 1690-1871 (bulk 1748-1804).

The William Smith Papers primarily document the public and political activities of William Smith from 1753 to 1775. William Smith's staunch support and advocacy of the Penn family, the Proprietors of colonial Pennsylvania, is well documented in the collection. There is extensive correspondence between William Smith and Thomas Penn for the years 1754 to 1770 which provides detailed reports of, and observations on, the state of the Proprietor's political interest in Pennsylvania. William Smith's staunch support and advocacy of the Penn family, the Proprietors of colonial Pennsylvania, is well documented in the collection. In addition to the Penn correspondence, the collection contains the legal briefs, petitions, and supporting documentation used to defend Smith in the libel suit brought by the Pennsylvania Assembly for his pamphleteering against it. The role of William Smith as an educator and fundraiser looms large in the collection, particularly in his correspondence with Richard Peters, the head of the College's Board of Trustees. The Peters correspondence covers the period 1762 to 1764, during which Smith conducted his extensive tour of Great Britain raising money for the College. The fund raising trip is also documented in a diary covering the months of November and December 1762. In addition to the correspondence with Thomas Penn, William Smith's work as Provost is found in four notebooks of the commencement exercises of 1765 to 1768. Smith's interest in education, in general, is documented in the bound book of minutes and correspondence of the German Free School movement conducted in Pennsylvania from 1754 to 1756. The collection also contains a small number of letters between various members of William Smith's family. The largest of these are between of his wife, Rebecca Moore Smith, and Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson. Some very personal reflections on the passing of William Smith's wife can be found in his correspondence with Benjamin Rush. There is also some correspondence of Charles Smith, William's son. The family correspondence stretches into the first three decades of the nineteenth century. In addition to the family correspondence there are some literary writings, primarily poems, authored both by Smith himself and by other members of his family.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122614729 View

Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756. A Brief account of Pennsylvania : in a letter to Richard Peters, Esq., in answer to some queries of a gentleman in Europe / By Lewis Evans, 1753.

Title: A Brief account of Pennsylvania : in a letter to Richard Peters, Esq., in answer to some queries of a gentleman in Europe / By Lewis Evans, 1753.

ArchivalResource: [28] p. ; 32 cm.

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Tempsford Hall papers, 1669-1916.

Title: Tempsford Hall papers, 1669-1916.

The collection contains the will of Admiral Sir William Penn, 1669; William Penn's instructions, 1689, to William Blackwell concerning the Proprietor's estate at Pennsbury; the marriage certificate of William and Hannah Penn, 1695; an inventory of Pennsylvania title papers and administrative records in the Proprietors' Philadelphia office, 1741, prepared by Richard Peters and Lyndford Lardner for Thomas Penn; letters, memoranda, and copies of wills of several Penn family members, 1682-1875, concerning family lands and forfeited estates in Pennsylvania. The collection also includes letters and personal financial papers, 1774-1830, of Archbishop Stuart, containing family, political, and ecclesiastical news, as well as letters to and from his grandson, William Stuart, 1870-1888, concerning the latters's Irish estates. Present, too, is a group of letters, 1805-1837, addressed to William Granville, natural son of Granville Penn, Sophia's brother. Most were sent to Granville by members of the Penn family and discuss Granville's career as a merchant in Ceylon and other family news.

ArchivalResource: ca. 350 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122316575 View

Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson papers, 1752-1795

Title: Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson papers 1752-1795

Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson (1737-1801), considered to be the outstanding female poet of her place and time, was a leader in the literary world of colonial Pennsylvania and an avid writer, who composed poems, songs, travel accounts and other writings, referencing literature, natural history, religion, politics and current events. This collection consists of six volumes of writings which probably represent all of her work, most of which is unpublished. Researchers interested in Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, women authors in colonial America and the early United States, or a female commentary on contemporary events will find this collection to be extremely valuable.

ArchivalResource: 1.33 Linear feet; 6 volumes

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_LCP_LCPFergusson View

Brodhead, Daniel, 1736-1809. Draper manuscripts: Daniel Brodhead papers, 1775-1846.

Title: Draper manuscripts: Daniel Brodhead papers, 1775-1846.

Papers of Daniel Brodhead, an officer in the Continental Army, who served as an Indian negotiator and as commander of the Western Department, headquartered at Fort Pitt from 1779-1781. Included are correspondence, speeches, and treaty papers, 1775-1781, concerning Indian leaders Big Cat, Captain John Killbuck, Jr., Captain Johnny (also known as Israel), Captain Pipe (Hopocan) and John Montour of the Delaware; Half King (Tanacharison) of the Seneca and Samuel Houston (known as Raven) of the Cherokee; as well as copies of letters from George Washington to Brodhead, and Draper's copy of Brodhead's outgoing correspondence letterbook for 1780-1781.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 c.f. (3 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145784519 View

Berks and Montgomery County Papers, 1693-1869.

Title: Berks and Montgomery County Papers, 1693-1869.

Miscellaneous papers pertain to local government; they consist of petitions, laws, rules, regulations, lists of names of freeholders, assessments, etc. There are also some letters from prominent men of the times: Conrad Weiser, Richard Peters, John Potts, Thomas Mifflin, and others. These letters relate to Indian controversies, land transactions, social and economic affairs of the colonial period.

ArchivalResource: ca. 250 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489686 View

Horsfield, Timothy, 1708-1773. Papers, 1733-1771.

Title: Papers, 1733-1771.

These papers principally relate to the Indian affairs of Pennsylvania, especially the war in 1756.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (527 items).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122464756 View

Clark, Jonathan, 1750-1811. Draper manuscripts: Jonathan Clark papers, 1728-1810.

Title: Draper manuscripts: Jonathan Clark papers, 1728-1810.

Papers of Jonathan Clark, the elder brother of George Rogers Clark, including deeds and the will (1734) of his grandfather Jonathan Clark; family letters and military papers, including pay and muster rolls for the 8th Virginia Militia Regiment, lists of prisoners, orders from his superior officers, military commissions, and correspondence describing Continental Army operations, including William Clark's experiences as an officer under Anthony Wayne (1794).

ArchivalResource: 0.3 c.f. (2 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145784557 View

Dorsey, Greensbury, d. 1807. Family papers, 1734-1861.

Title: Family papers, 1734-1861.

Principally papers of Greensbury Dorsey, ironmaster of Barree Forge, Huntingdon Co., PA and his son-in-law Samuel Miles Green who eventually became manager of the forge. Greensbury Dorsey's incoming correspondence, bills, receipts, 1780-1847, concern personal financial affairs. Letters, 1824-1866, to Samuel Miles Green also relate to finances.

ArchivalResource: 300 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122589776 View

Pennsylvania. Provincial Council,. Report of the Commissioners to the Albany Congress : ms., 1754 Aug. 6.

Title: Report of the Commissioners to the Albany Congress : ms., 1754 Aug. 6.

Report of John Penn and Richard Peters, Pennsylvania commissioners to the Albany Congress, to Lt. Gov. James Hamilton and the Council, 6 Aug. 1754, on their purchase of more land beyond the Susquehanna from the Six Nations. The report begins with accounts of other negotiations for the same or adjacent lands which were in progress or rumored on their arrival, especially with agents of Connecticut, and consultations with various tribal leaders. Following is an account of part of the proceedings of the Albany Congress on 30 June, when it was decided not to make the Pennsylvania sale part of the Congressional proceedings. Next are accounts of the commissioners' meetings on 5 and 6 July with representatives of the Six Nations, in which they reached an agreement for the purchase of land up to the western border of Penn's grant, and the text of the deed from the Six Nations to proprietors Thomas and Richard Penn. Next is an account of a meeting on 9 July at which the participants ratified the treaty of 1736 (full text and endorsement given) whereby the Six Nations agreed not to sell any land within the boundaries of Penn's grant to anyone but the proprietors. There follows a list of Indians present, by tribe and/or location, with their original and European names. The report concludes with a statement that the Connecticut agents were satisfied of Penn's claim and agreed to stop their negotiations for the same land. Persons prominently involved include commissioners John Penn, Richard Peters, Isaac Norris, and Benjamin Franklin; Hendrick, the Mohawk sachem and chief spokesman for the Six Nations; William Franklin; Thomas Pownall; and Conrad Weiser, interpreter.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (35 p.) ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122524993 View

Burd-Shippen Papers, 1708-1792

Title: Burd-Shippen Papers 1708-1792

James Burd (1726-1793) was well-known in colonial Pennsylvania through his role in the French and Indian War, as well as his connections to many of the colony's leading families (most notably the Shippen family). Initially starting out as a merchant in Philadelphia, Burd became increasingly involved with colonial affairs after moving to Lancaster County with his family in 1752. It would be on the frontier where Burd would make his mark first as a soldier, and later as a magistrate. The Burd-Shippen Papers consist mainly of letters and business documents sent to James Burd, with the bulk of the collection relating to the French and Indian War, 1754-1763, in which Burd served as an officer commanding troops at Fort Augusta and elsewhere. The 2.5 linear feet in the collection reflects all aspects of Burd's life in Pennsylvania as a merchant, soldier, and magistrate; as well as his involvement with the Shippen family professionally and personally. Intermixed with items sent to Burd are receipts to his wife Sarah Shippen Burd, and correspondence between Edward Shippen and James Hamilton regarding land matters and Indian affairs in Lancaster.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 Linear feet; 12 volumes

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B892-ead.xml View

Dreer, Ferdinand J. (Ferdinand Julius), 1812-1902. Autograph collection. 1492-1925

Title: Ferdinand J. Dreer autograph collection 1492-1925

Ferdinand Julian Dreer’s chief hobby was collecting autographs. He started with two documents and over time he was able to amass more than 15,000 items from some of the world’s most prominent and intriguing public figures. Owing to this interest, Dreer became acquainted with many people in the world of arts and letters, politics, education, clergy, business, and international affairs. As he was aware of such a collection’s potential impact on scholarship and society, Dreer donated all of his holdings to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, with which he had been associated for many years as the institution’s vice president.

ArchivalResource: 105.0 Linear feet ; 330 boxes, 133 volumes, 2 flat files

http://www.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/d/Dreer0175.html View

Minutes of Indian treaties and conferences, 1721-1760, [n.d.]., 1721-1760

Title: Minutes of Indian treaties and conferences, 1721-1760, [n.d.]. 1721-1760

The first volume in the collection, "Particulars of an Indian treaty at Conestogoe between his excellency Sir William Keith, bart, governor of Pennsilvania and the deputies of the Five Nations [July 5-8, 1721]," is a manuscript copy of a printed work by Andrew Bradford, with a preface dated July 26. See , 3: 121. The volume regards a meeting between Sinnekaes, Onondagoes, Cayoogoes, Keith, and James Logan. Freeman Guide: 138 and 1769. Colonial Records

ArchivalResource: 7.0 Volume(s), 7 volumes, 328 p., copies.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.970.5.P26-ead.xml View

Peters, Richard, 1704-1776. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1765, n.d.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1765, n.d.

Consists of two letters: one dated 30 July 1765 to Mrs. Betsy Graeme, and one undated letter to Benjamin Chew.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/190878612 View

Gratz, Simon. American political subjects, 1641-1922.

Title: American political subjects, 1641-1922.

Presidential administrations, 1789-1901, letters of every President and cabinet member from George Washington to William McKinley; Albany Convention, 1745-1754; American diplomats, 1786-1898; American government, 1785-1892, letters of officials and of persons prominent in the affairs of the nation; miscellaneous American autographs, 1693-1895, letters of educators, diplomats, financiers, jurists, military and naval officers, merchants, publishers, statesmen; Annapolis Convention, 1771-1819; Articles of Confederation, 1769-1816; government officials in the Revolution, 1759-1816; colonial governors, 1642-1798; Committee and Council of Safety, 1764-1790; Declaration of Independence, 1757-1816, letters of all the signers, portraits, and views of their residences; Federal Convention, 1777-1810; first Congress under the Constitution, 1770-1812; foreign ministers to the United States, 1779-1910; governors of Pennsylvania, 1641-1922; letters and documents of William Penn, Richard Penn, Thomas Penn, and John Penn, and letterbook of Richard Peters containing letters to the proprietors of Pennsylvania, 1755-1757. Governors of states, 1759-1922; Hartford Convention, 1791-1843; members of Old Congress, 1754-1820; Mexicans and South Americans, 1801-1895; mayors of Philadelphia, 1692-1920; non-importation resolutions, 1739-1861; Peace Congress of 1861, 1815-1893; Pennsylvania Convention, 1752-1802; Pennsylvania Guard, 1863; Provincial Conference of 1776, 1730-1806; Provincial Congress of 1774, 1757-1805; Provincial Convention, 1758-1800; Presidents of the United States, Vice-Presidents, 1784-1896, includes also other eminent men of the period; Speakers of the House of Representatives, 1773-1911; Stamp Act Congress, 1734-1790; United States senators, 1775-1922; unsuccessful candidates for Presidency and Vice-Presidency, 1796-1904; Washington and his family, 1731-1859; Washington, his aides and secretaries, 1770-1820.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122645091 View

Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775. Thomas Penn letter, 1754.

Title: Thomas Penn letter, 1754.

An eight-page letter from Thomas Penn to Richard Peters answering letters he received from Peters in April and May 1754. He discusses payments due to the Attorney General Tench Francis and court cases about land titles.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/777854415 View

Pennsylvania. Provincial Council. Drafts of the minutes, 1757-1758.

Title: Drafts of the minutes, 1757-1758.

The proceedings during this period were primarily concerned with negotiations with the Delaware Indians. In the hand of Richard Peters, secretary.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122465438 View

Northamton County (Pa.) papers, ca. 1682-1887.

Title: Northamton County (Pa.) papers, ca. 1682-1887.

The collection deals with the founding and early settlement of Northampton County. It reflects the character and nationality of the settlers, religion, commercial and land enterprises, Indian warfare, and includes letters and documents of men who were prominent in the economic development of the country. There are: land warrants, 1734-1887; surveys, 1705-1886; deeds, 1689-1867; correspondence, 1743-1804; field notes of surveys, 1768-1865; minutes of the Board of Property, 1776-1779; wills, administration accounts, 1682-1860; accounts, 1775-1855; bonds and agreements, 1742-1880; pleas and prosecutions, 1753-1848; tax list, 1816; and miscellaneous papers relating to land transactions, municipal, legal, political and domestic affairs, 1706-1880. The collection contains: commissioners minutes and accounts, 1755-1782; provincial tax assessments, 1767-1782; Northampton County assessments, 1768-1793; tax rates, 1762-1789; funding tax, 1789; state tax, 1782; supplementary tax, 1781; county treasurer's accounts, 1754-1770; miscellaneous assessments, 1808-1815; indentures, land warrants, petitions for roads, taverns, creation of new townships, oaths of allegiance, indictments, criminal proceedings, details of Indian warfare, military defenses, requests for provisions, arms, ammunition for forts and garrisons, letters relating to the Moravians in Bethlehem, the Nazareth community, etc., 1727-1858. Among the letters are those of: Edward Biddle, William Bradford, Henry Engel, James Hamilton, Timothy Horsfield, Robert Levers, Thomas Mifflin, Thomas McKean, Jacob Orndt, William Parsons, Richard Peters, Nicholas Scull, Jonathan Sergeant, William Shippen, Bishop Spangenberg, Daniel Stroud, Edward Tilghman, Conrad Weiser, and others. Included in the collection are: provincial tax receipts, 1776; duplicates for county tax, 1770; tax and assessment book, 1779; county tax, 1786; duplicates of provincial tax, 1789; duplicates of county tax, 1766, 1788; letters and documents relating to the Revolutionary War, transportation, litigations, commerce, politics, grand jury, indictments, marriage contracts, domestic affairs, etc., 1749-1783; surveys, surveyors' returns to the general office, 1776-1865; tax lists, papers relating to the Continental Army, Connecticut claimants, muster rolls, bonds, legal instruments, list of constables, 1765-1859; Bethlehem materials, letters relating to the number of people killed by the Indians, 1755-1757, Indian accounts, Quakers and their conduct at Easton, Nazareth community affairs, drafts, bills of sale, etc., 1765-1859. Other papers are: surveys and deeds, 1689-1867; Bethlehem and vicinity papers, 1741-1886, containing letters and documents on the settling of Bethlehem and adjacent areas, surveys and drafts of lands, details of Indian warfare military protection, means of defense of Forts Norris, Allen and Hamilton; petitions for new roads and tavern licenses, constables' returns, records of prices of food; minutes of the Committee of Observation and Inspection of Northampton County, 1774-1777, with Major Robert Traill's report of the proceedings of the Committee of Safety, relating to the execution of measures adopted by the Continental Congress; manuscript histories of Northampton County, by Matthew S. Henry, 1851, with notes on development of townships, education, religion, witchcraft, trade, Revolutionary War, Indian affairs, court cases, names of taxables, assembly proceedings.

ArchivalResource: 27 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380282 View

Barton, Thomas, 1730-1780. Letter : Redding [i.e. Reading, Pa.], to Richard Peters, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 1756 Feb. 6.

Title: Letter : Redding [i.e. Reading, Pa.], to Richard Peters, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 1756 Feb. 6.

February 6, 1756, letter from Barton, then in Reading, Pa., to Rev. Richard Peters, an Episcopal minister and secretary to Pennsylvania's governor, reporting the Jan. 27, 1756 massacre of Juniata and Perry County settlers by the Delaware Indians.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36205799 View

Peters, Richard, 1704-1776. Letter and order, 1757 Apr. 15-1760 Feb. 18.

Title: Letter and order, 1757 Apr. 15-1760 Feb. 18.

Letter (Apr. 15, 1757) and payment order (Feb. 18, 1760) relating to Indian affairs in Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (1 folder) ; 31 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39378546 View

Peters, Richard, 1704-1776. ALS : Philadelphia, to John Penn, 1771 July 6.

Title: ALS : Philadelphia, to John Penn, 1771 July 6.

Introduction for Danue [?] Kuhn, a young minister in training.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122347823 View

Johnson, Samuel, 1696-1772. Samuel Johnson papers, 1710-1971, bulk 1710-1772.

Title: Samuel Johnson papers, 1710-1971, bulk 1710-1772.

Three volumes of correspondence, including some letterbook copies; many sermons, individually bound; prayers; and other manuscript materials.

ArchivalResource: 6.5 linear ft. ( 1 box, 85 volumes & 2 card file boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/506128785 View

Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775. Letterbook, 1752-1772.

Title: Letterbook, 1752-1772.

This volume consists of copies of Thomas Penn's letters, 1752-1772, primarily written to Peters and copied by Thomas Balch (1821-1877), Pennsylvania historian, during the 1850s. The originals are in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The letters are replete with information on colonial history and government, including negotiations with the Indian Confederation, the collecting of quitrents, ejections for nonpayment, the organization and sale of lands, street planning, the arrival of German immigrants, provincial elections, Penn's disputes with the assembly, the drawing of the Mason-Dixon line, and Penn's frequent conflicts with Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Many letters refer to the French and Indian War, including the British government's preparations, Gen. Edward Braddock's (1695-1755) arrival in America and defeat at Fort Duquesne, the raising of colonial regiments and supplies for Braddock's troops, and the Indian menace. The letters also contain comments on the repeal of the Stamp Act, the demands for Penn's surrender of his proprietary government, the organization of Pennsylvania College, and Penn's politically troublesome nephew, Gov. John Penn (1729-1795).

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (320 p.) ; octavo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207163491 View

Penn, William, 1644-1718. Records of the proprietary government, 1629-1828.

Title: Records of the proprietary government, 1629-1828.

Papers relating to the three lower counties, 1629-1774; Penn's deeds, 1639-1759, 1760-1801; leases and mortgages, 1670-1771; governor's proclamations, 1670-1775; county court records, town and county of Deale, 1681-1709; autograph petitions, 1681-1716; receipts for beaver skins for tenure, etc., 1752-1780; addresses to William Penn by Trade Society; petition to Lord Baltimore; petitions from Berks, Bucks, and Chester counties in favor of proprietary government, etc.; Pennsylvania land grants, 1681-1806; Assembly of Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, 1682-1874; the laws of Pennsylvania, 1682-1688; Pennsylvania charters, Frame of Government, with revised forms, 1683-1696, and marriage settlement and will of Thomas Penn, 1751-1774. Official correspondence, 1683-1817: letters from James Logan to John Penn and Hannah Penn, Lord Baltimore, William Penn, Governor Andrew Hamilton, Isaac Norris, W. Popple, Colonel Benjamin Fletcher, on Pennsylvania boundaries, acts for regulating trade, efforts to make Pennsylvania a crown colony, piracy and smuggling, decline in public morals, copper mine beyond Susquehanna, Keith-Logan controversy, Indian treaties, Conrad Weiser's address to the Germans, factions in politics, paper money, yellow fever, Ohio Company, Nicholas Scull, Edward Shippen, George Croghan, Connecticut intrusion, battle of Lexington, etc. Philadelphia land grants, Episcopal Church, Society of Friends, University Island in Delaware, 1684-1772; warrants and surveys, 1684-1776; Connecticut claims, 1684-1799; Planter's Speech to his Neighbors and Countrymen of Pennsylvania, East and West Jersey; Indian affairs, 1687-1801, contain information to Thomas Dongan, governor and vice admiral of New York, on invasion of Indians of the Five Nations, 1787; Governor Logan's speech to Sassoonan, 1731; negotiations with Six Nations; data on German Palatines, Conrad Weiser, Richard Peters, Sir William Johnson, Albany Congress, Connecticut purchase, Delaware controversy; George Croghan's account of Indian affairs, 1748-1749, to Braddock's defeat; maps and documents relating to Indian Walk, etc.; Governor John Blackwell manuscripts, 1689-1690; and acts of assembly, 1700-1763. Pennsylvania cash accounts, 1701-1778; Pennsylvania journals, 1701-1779, contain accounts of lands, quitrents, etc.; James Logan receipt book, 1702-1709, papers relating to iron, peltries, trade, etc., 1712-1817; bonds and powers of attorney, 1714-1828; "Supplementary Saunders Coates," 1720-1766, chiefly Thomas Penn letters to Richard Peters, on administrative affairs; Pennsylvania Assembly messages, 1727-1771; Wyoming controversy papers, 1731-1775, and William Smith and William Moore vs. Assembly, 1758-1759; account of quitrents, 1742; accounts of land in Chester County called "William Penn's Manor," 1747-1750; warrants to affix the great seal, 1749-1775; accounts, provincial tax for Philadelphia, 1759-1768; William Baker letterbook, 1769-1789; John Mifflin letterbook, 1788-1802; receipt book (of Philip Syng), provincial tax, 1759-1770; proprietary manors and lands in Pennsylvania, n.d.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122689696 View

Chew family. Chew Family papers, 1659-1986 (bulk 1740-1930).

Title: Chew Family papers, 1659-1986 (bulk 1740-1930).

The Chew Family Papers is a remarkable collection due to its range, depth, and scope. Nearly every major subject in early American history is touched upon in these papers; the date span of the collection allows for a study of the trajectory of American social, political, and economic development through the lens of one prominent family. This collection is the product of seven generations of the Chew family's professional and personal lives. Many of the papers were created during the late eighteenth through mid-nineteenth centuries, but they continued to be used over the course of the next one hundred years by the family as they settled estates, sold off land, and sought to settle debts. While the papers were an integral part of the management of the family's financial affairs, the Chews also prized the papers as part of their heritage. Around the time of the Centennial celebration in the United States, the Chews began to recognize the legacy of their family in the early history of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, and spent a great deal of time inventorying and describing the contents of the papers. The Chew family became archivists of their own records, maintaining the collection as a whole and retrieving portions of the papers that had been lost or sold during the nineteenth century. They stored some records in safe deposit boxes, and other portions of the collection were arranged methodically throughout Cliveden. They created extensive descriptions of where groups of materials were stored and arranged them by family member, an arrangement that has largely been maintained. Some of these inventories can be found within the collection; others are housed in the collection files, which may be accessed by asking an archivist for permission to view these files. The materials in this collection cover a wide range of topics, reflecting the Chew family's involvement in legal, business, political, private, and social spheres. This extensive collection documents the lives of the Maryland and Pennsylvania branches of the Chew family through seven generations. In addition to the collection's emphasis on the Chew family and their connections within Philadelphia's elite, the papers provide a perspective on the lives of many of the Chews'slaves and servants, and offer insights into family relationships, women's history, health, religion, legal history, the Revolutionary and Civil wars, politics, trade, land management and settlement, surveying, industrialization, and the growth and development of the city of Philadelphia. The focus of the collection revolves around Benjamin Chew, his son Benjamin Jr. and his offspring. Both father and son were influential lawyers, and together amassed large quantities of land in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. Benjamin Chew Jr.'s land holdings and estate became a major point of contention within the family after his death in 1844. This dispute, which continued for over forty years, was devastating to the Chews'family relationships and fortune, and is a central focus of the collection. The collection is divided into twenty-nine series, with over half of these dedicated to individual family members or family groups. Other series document the family's land holdings, Cliveden, their home in Germantown; the family's genealogical research; and their substantial map collection. The materials range in date from the seventeenth through the twentieth century, but the richest documentation is on nineteenth century life in the mid-Atlantic region. The collection contains business and financial records, cartographic material, correspondence, ephemera, legal documents, personal papers, and other materials created and collected by the Chews during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

ArchivalResource: 848 boxes, 311 flat files, 36 rolls, (288.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435803841 View

Timothy Horsfield Papers, 1684, 1733-1771

Title: Timothy Horsfield Papers 1684, 1733-1771

An early settler and prominent citizen in the Moravian heartland near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Timothy Horsfield was named justice of the peace when Northampton County was formed out of Bucks in 1752, and was one of those given responsibility for the defence of the local white and Christian Indian populations during the French and Indian War. The Horsfield Papers offer a window onto the tumultuous history of northeastern Pennsylvania during the 1750s and 1760s. Comprised largely of correspondence and related documents between Horsfield, William Parsons, and provincial and military authorities, the collection includes important information on the Indian assaults on the region in 1756 and 1757 and the military and diplomatic response.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet; 205 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.974.8.H78-ead.xml View

Peters, Richard, 1704-1776. ALS : Philadelphia, to Thomas Scattergood et al., 1757 June 4.

Title: ALS : Philadelphia, to Thomas Scattergood et al., 1757 June 4.

Requests medical care for a young Mohawk with smallpox and says the governor wants Indians to be given everything they need.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 20 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122684201 View

Shippen, Edward, 1703-1781. Letters and papers, 1727-1781.

Title: Letters and papers, 1727-1781.

These letters and papers include ten small volumes of letterbooks (1752-1781), and ca. 100 pieces of correspondence with Joseph Shippen (1750-1778). Topics discussed are business in Philadelphia and Lancaster, provincial politics, army supply in the French and Indian War, land purchases and speculation, housebuilding, and family affairs.

ArchivalResource: ca. 190 items and 10 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122540100 View

Hall and Sellers. Shop book, 1767-1769.

Title: Shop book, 1767-1769.

This volume is a daily record of purchases of books, paper, quills, ink, and other stationer's supplies. Customers include prominent Philadelphians.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (95 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122474052 View

Morgan, John, 1735-1789. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1772-1776.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1772-1776.

Two letters of John Morgan: one dated 13 August 1772 in Kingston, Jamaica, to Rev. Dr. Richard Peters of Philadelphia; and one dated 28 July 1776 in New York, to Dr. Samuel Stringer of Albany. Also includes two typed transcriptions of the Peters letter.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (4 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155886251 View

Logan, James, 1674-1751. Papers, 1670-1749 (inclusive), 1734-1749 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1670-1749 (inclusive), 1734-1749 (bulk).

These papers reflect James Logan's activities as agent for the Penn family, land speculator, and scholar. Letterbooks, 1734-1748 (8 v.), several of which are marked "friendship" or "business," include correspondence to Letitia Penn Aubrey, Samuel Blunston, Peter Collinson, John Fothergill, Josiah Martin, Thomas Penn, William Penn III, Richard Peters, John Reading, and Ralph Smith; also additional letterbook of single letters, on scientific subjects addressed to Johann Albrect Fabricus, Abraham Gronovius, Hugh Hones, Carl Linnaeus, Richard Mead, and Hans Sloane. Logan's scholarship is further represented by drafts of "The Duties of Man as they may be deduced from Nature," [1736], and excerpts from Pietro Giannone, Civil History of the Kingdom of Naples, as reported in Archibald Bower, Historia Litteraria. There are also [Joshua Francis Fisher's] abstracts from Logan's "Notes for and answer to George Keith," 1699; "Of the Eseans," n.d.; "Literary, philosophical and religious fragments," n.d.; William Logan poem for Philadelphia, 1685.

ArchivalResource: 30 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122440875 View

Hall & Sellers shop book, 1767-1769, 1767-1769

Title: Hall & Sellers shop book, 1767-1769 1767-1769

This volume is a daily record of purchases of books, paper, quills, ink, and other stationer's supplies. Customers include prominent Philadelphians.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 95 p.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.H142-ead.xml View

Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume I, Miscellany, 1745-1856

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume I, Miscellany, 1745-1856

Portraits, prints, letters, documents, and manuscripts tipped into Volume 1 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312 I72++ 1898). Portraits: G.P. Putnam, Edward Everett, William the Conqueror, King Stephen, King Richard I, King Henry III, King Edward I, John Baliol, King Edward III, Thomas Lord Fairfax, Oliver Cromwell, Edward Vernon, Thomas Lee, James Hamilton, Daniel Boone, Robert Dinwiddie, Horace Walpole (2), Robert Morris, Lord Viscount Keppel, William Johnson (2), Robert Monckton, Edward Braddock, Benjamin Franklin (10), Peter Halket, Thomas Gage, [Samuel Davies], Peyton Randolph. Prints: Lindisfarne Church, Durham; Cathedral Church of Durham; The Cathedral Church of Durham; Worcester, Worcesterhire; A view of the Juniatta River; Washington Crossing the Allegany River; Washington and Gist Visit Queen Aliquippa; Interview between Mr. Dinwiddie and Washington; Defeat and Death of General Braddock in North America; Fall of Braddock; Braddock's Retreat; Braddock's Fields; [Mount Vernon?]; Settlers Imploring Washington's Protection; A North View of Fort Frederic or Crown Point. Letters: ALS, George Croghan to Barnard Gratz, [n.d.]; A[aman.]LS, Robert Dinwiddie to Andrew Elliott, January 29, 1768; ALS, Edward Braddock to William Adair, December 24, 1745; A[aman.]LS, William Shirley to Benjamin Pollard, [n.d.]; ALS, Richard Peters to General Schuyler, October 15, 1776; ALS, William Shirley to Robert Morris, March 3, 1755; A[aman.]LS, Thomas Gage to Abraham Mortier, January 6, 1764; ALS, John Armstrong to Governor Denny, November 21, 1756; John Armstrong to [?], May 18, 1755. Documents: ADS, Massachusetts (Colony), [statement of expenses payable to Benjamin Pollard, signed by P. Margt. Pollard], April 1755; ADS, William Parsons, [promissory note to Richard Peters], August 6, 1757, with ALS, Richard Peters, [note], November 16, 1758; ADS, Andrew Bunner, [petition of creditors of John Perry and James Perry, signed also by Benjamin Franklin], May 13, 1788. Manuscripts: AMS, Edward Everett, [comment on Washington], March 23, 18.̲̲

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (67 items).

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Richard Peters collection 1749-1825 Peters, Richard collection

Title: Richard Peters collection 1749-1825 Peters, Richard collection

This collection contains correspondence and documents related to Reverend Richard Peters (1704-1776) and his nephew, also named Richard Peters (1744-1828), both of Philadelphia. The bulk of the material pertains to their professional and financial affairs.

ArchivalResource: 11 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-230pet?rgn=main;view=text View

Peters, Richard, 1704-1776. ALS : Philadelphia, to [John Penn?], 1772 Mar. 2.

Title: ALS : Philadelphia, to [John Penn?], 1772 Mar. 2.

Peters writes that he is slowly recovering from illness; he gives his opinion on a matter involving the governor's father's will and some land.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86165787 View

Norris family. Papers, 1742-1860.

Title: Papers, 1742-1860.

The papers of Isaac Norris (1671-1735), merchant, mayor of Philadelphia; Isaac Norris (1701-1766), merchant, alderman, speaker of the Assembly; Charles Norris (1712-1766), trustee of the General Loan Office of Pennsylvania. These papers include letterbooks of the two Isaac Norris', 1699-1766; account books, 1705-1761; the second Isaac Norris' account with the estate of Thomas Griffith, 1723-1766; Norris and Griffith papers, 1753; documents relating to real estate in Chester and Delaware counties, 1682-1762, in Philadelphia, Bucks, and Berks counties, 1685-1768, in Montgomery, Lancaster and Mifflin counties, 1728-1789; family accounts, 1740-1790, and 1748-1816; miscellaneous correspondence, 1740-1765; family letters and other papers, 1684-1814, including some of the papers of Thomas Lloyd, 1664-1698, among which are documents relating to the controversy between Lloyd and the Bishops of St. Asaph, 1681; a box of deeds and wedding certificates, 1687-1790; architect's plan for a house; and some correspondence dealing with the affairs of the Pennsylvania Fire Company, 1850-1860. Among the Norris miscellany are genealogical notes and extracts from the letterbooks of Isaac Norris on the Norris-Lloyd families; extracts from the letterbooks of Isaac Norris, 1699-1734; scrapbook containing letters from Thomas Lloyd, 1642-1779; extracts of letters from Thomas Penn to Richard Peters, 1752-1772; papers relating to the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1773-1812; approx. 50 pamphlets, 1746-1804; The Examiner, Student's Gazette, 1777-1778, Theatre Critic Universal, 1759; 3 almanacs: Bailey's, 1883, Poor Will's, 1834, Philadelphia, 1835; 12 school exercise books, 1774; some mathematics problems; a box of poetry, with notes, 1750-1835. Many of Charles Norris' papers preserved in this collection deal with the administration of the General Loan Office of Pennsylvania: list of subscribers to a loan, 1758; Edmund Wooley's account with the Province of Pennsylvania, 1750-1758; an undated alphabetical list of the mortgages in the General Loan Office; list of mortgages in Chester County, 1755; undated list of mortgages in Philadelphia; mortgage list for Bucks County, 1755-1756; list of payments due or discharged, 1753-1758; an account with the Province of Pennsylvania, 1742-1756; General Loan Office account books, 1750-1768; settlements of the General Loan Office, 1751-1765; General Loan Office accounts of quota and interest money, 1751-1766; General Loan Office entry books, 1753-1757; General Loan Office records of orders of commissioners, soldier's certificates, and account books, 1755-1760; warrants from the commissioners to Charles Norris to make payments to militia and the French who remained neutral, and to discharge bills of various sorts, 1755-1765; certificates, 1758-1760; Loan Office accounts of Indian charges, 1753-1764, and assemblymen's wages, 1750-1751; a box of pay vouchers issued by the commissioners of the General Loan Office, 1762. Also included are expense accounts of James Burd's road to the Ohio, and the road cutters' accounts, 1755; Charles Norris letterbook, 1733-1734; cashbook, 1748-1750; cashbooks and account books, 1733-1766, among which are the cashbooks of Joseph Sermon, 1751-1759, Hugh Robert, 1747-1755, and a cashbook for 1717; Norris' receipt book, 1758-1762; tax receipt book of C.S. Norris, 1744-1747; letterbook of William Griffith, 1748-1752; cashbook of Charles Norris, Jr., 1809-1812; bill of lading book, 1765; undated sheriff's subpoena book, notes of the House of Representatives, 1734-1735; minutes of the Pythonian Society, 1779; minutes of the Board of Education, 1845-1847.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489089 View

Peters, Richard, 1704-1776. Philadelphia land survey request: letter, 1773 Jan. 3.

Title: Philadelphia land survey request: letter, 1773 Jan. 3.

An example of an 18th century Philadelphia legal transaction related to the survey and transfer of land for Richard Peters, a prominent colonial clergyman, inserted into a book containing the last two sermons preached at Christ's Church in Philadelphia, July 3, 1737.

ArchivalResource: 2 sheets in bound volume; 19 x 15 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122477120 View

Bill sent to Richard Peters

Title: Bill sent to Richard Peters

ArchivalResource:

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Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760. Papers, 1741-1783 (inclusive), 1741-1760, 1783 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1741-1783 (inclusive), 1741-1760, 1783 (bulk).

These papers contain correspondence, chiefly with Richard Peters, Pennsylvania provincial secretary, 1743-1760 and Captain Christian Busse, commander of Ft. Henry, 1756-1757, memoranda, official documents, muster rolls, accounts, and receipts relating to Weiser's affairs as Indian agent and soldier. The collection also contains original and photostat of Conrad Weiser ledger, 1746-1760, continued by son Conrad Weiser, Berks County farmer, 1773-1783; photostat of a copy of "A Journal of the proceedings of Conrad Weiser in his journey to Ohio," 1748; and "A Journal of the proceedings of Conrad Weiser in his journey to Onontago," 1750. In addition, the papers contain son Samuel Weiser, Berks County, correspondence, accounts, receipts, and draughts of land, 1760-1766.

ArchivalResource: 225 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122441203 View

Documents, 1728-1816, relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution, 1728-1816

Title: Documents, 1728-1816, relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution 1728-1816

This volume includes messages and proclamations of governors of the province, a petition to the King from the province of Georgia [n.d.], the draft of an address of the University of the State of Pennsylvania to George Washington (1781), a letter from Arthur Lee to Alexander Wedderburn (1774), letters of Timothy Matlack to Abiel Holmes (1819), and George Wythe's draft resolutions (1775).

ArchivalResource: 1.0 volume, 50 p.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.974.8.D65-ead.xml View

American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.

Title: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

Though the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection is composed of items that do not fall readily into any other existing collection, the two dominant intellectual areas represented in the collection are Early American History and History of Science.

ArchivalResource: 25.0 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.200-ead.xml View

Hughes, John. Papers, 1725-1818.

Title: Papers, 1725-1818.

Among these papers are several dealing with the history of the Stamp Act, incuding a letter from Benjamin Franklin to John Hughes, Indian agent and distributor of stamps in Pennsylvania, 1765; a pamphlet, Instructions for the Distributors of Stamped Parchment and Paper in America, 1765; the manifest of the ship Royal Charlotte carrying 3 cases and 7 packages of stamps for America, 1765; the account book of John Hughes with Benjamin Franklin, 1755-1757; letters from Anthony Wayne to John Hughes relating to survey of land in Nova Scotia, 1765; a folder of the correspondence of John Hughes relating to the land project in Nova Scotia in which Benjamin Franklin was interested, 1763-1769; bonds, mortgages, and agreements, 1753-1782; letters from John Hughes to Isaac Hughes, relating his journey to Charles Town, 1769-1771; a pamphlet, The Bill for Better Raising of Money on the Inhabitants of Philadelphia for Public Use, 1739; the commission to John Hughes and Edward Shippen to build a fort and houses in Indian territory in connection with the Tedyuskung treaty signed by William Denny and Richard Peters, 1757; the daybook of John Hughes, 1761-1818; a record of bills introduced in the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, 1814-1815; and patents and deeds, mostly pertaining to land in Upper Merion, Montgomery County, 1730-1802.

ArchivalResource: ca. 400 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122541083 View

Burd, James, 1726-1793. Burd-Shippen Papers, 1740-1792 (bulk).

Title: Burd-Shippen Papers, 1740-1792 (bulk).

Relating principally to the French and Indian War, this collection contains letters, 1740-1792, (ca. 400 items) to Burd from Edward Shippen of Lancaster, Henry Bouquet, John Hambright, Lynford Lardner, Samuel Miles, William Trent, Walter Stirling, Daniel Wister, and others, on personal and business matters.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1250 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86102558 View

Edward Shippen letters and papers, 1727-1781, 1727-1781

Title: Edward Shippen letters and papers, 1727-1781 1727-1781

These letters and papers include ten small volumes of letterbooks (1752-1781), and ca. 100 pieces of correspondence with Joseph Shippen (1750-1778). Topics discussed are business in Philadelphia and Lancaster, provincial politics, army supply in the French and Indian War, land purchases and speculation, housebuilding, and family affairs.

ArchivalResource: 10.0 Volume(s), Ca. 190 items; 10 volumes

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sh62-ead.xml View