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Lightfoot family. Lightfoot family papers, 1726-1933 (inclusive), 1733-1885 (bulk).

Title: Lightfoot family papers, 1726-1933 (inclusive), 1733-1885 (bulk).

The majority of materials in this collection relate to surveys completed by Samuel, Benjamin (1726-1777), Thomas (1728-1793), Thomas Jr. (1779-1817), Benjamin Head (1787-1824), and Jacob Lightfoot (1793-1857). Papers include land records such as warrants, surveys, orders to survey, and indentures. Also included are correspondence, field books, and receipts that document the work of Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas (1728-1793), and Thomas Lightfoot Jr. (1779-1817), as well as their associates Benjamin Parvin, Benjamin Jacob, Andrew Lytle, and Mordecai Yarnall. There are also land and surveyor records for Thomas Lightfoot (1742-1821), Jesse Lightfoot, and Thomas Montgomery Lightfoot. Peppered throughout the surveyor records are personal correspondence, land papers, and records for estate administration. Also included is a brief journal describing the religious experience of Ruthanna Rutter, which passed into the Lightfoot family through Sarah Lightfoot Hughes.

ArchivalResource: 13 boxes, 21 vols. (8 linear ft.)

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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