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Penn, William, 1644-1718. Miscellaneous litigations and papers, 1672-1764.

Title: Miscellaneous litigations and papers, 1672-1764.

Miscellaneous litigations: Ford vs. Penn accounts, 1672-1694, plea of the defendants, 1682-1727; Ford vs. Penn, Penn vs. Beranger, 1674-1716; Ford vs. Penn, 1705-1707; law suits, 1713-1869; Penn vs. Penn, 1722-1727, contains bill of complaint of Hannah Penn, et al., against Aubrey Thomas and Gulielma Maria, his wife, answer of Springett Penn, interrogations, depositions, etc. Other items: letters of William Penn, 1681-1692; records of Sussex County, 1681-1710; an act of Parliament, 1697; maps and surveys, Mason and Dixon Line, 1701-1705; Eastburn map of Indian Walk, 1757; original warrant signed by William Penn ordering Isaac Taylor and Thomas Pierson to survey line between County of Chester and County of New Castle, 1701; certificate signed by Isaac Taylor and Thomas Pierson, with map, "The Figure of the Circular Line Dividing between the County of New Castle and County of Chester, 1701;" merchants account books (Bristol, Eng.), 1717; map of part of the estate of William Penn in the Barony of Imokilly, 1764; proprietary manors and lands in Pennsylvania of John Penn, Jr., and John Penn, including maps; and other material.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

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Swank, James Moore, 1836-1914. Papers, 1785-1898 (inclusive), 1785, 1871-1898 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1785-1898 (inclusive), 1785, 1871-1898 (bulk).

Correspondence of James M. Swank, secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association, with industrialists, political leaders, and others, relating to tariff and to the development of the iron industry in the United States. Among the correspondents are: George Bancroft, 1885; William Belknap, 1871; Simon Cameron, 1876; H. C. Carey, 1871; Andrew Carnegie, 1898; S. P. Chase, 1872; A. G. Curtin, 1878; John Dallzell, 1896; Hamilton Fish, 1871; H. C. Frick, 1893; A. Gorman, 1894; Benjamin Harrison, 1888; Marcus A. Hanna, 1902; William McKinley, 1891; Justin S. Morrill, 1893; O. H. Platt, 1884; M. S. Quay, 1884; Samuel J. Randall, 1884; Carl Schurz, 1872; General W. T. Sherman, 1871; J. W. Forney, and others. There are also letters of an earlier period contributing information on political and economic trends; Hugh H. Brackenridge, 1808; John Binns, 1812; Abner Lacock, draft of a letter, 1832, to President Andrew Jackson concerning the Seminole and Florida War, and revealing J. C. Calhoun's attitude toward Jackson in 1818; Henry C. Clay, 1849; John C. Breckinridge, 1860; James Monroe, 1822; deeds of John Penn, Jr., and John Penn, 1785, conveying land in Westmoreland County; and other items.

ArchivalResource: ca. 250 items.

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