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Wilson, James, 1742-1798. Letters to Edmund Physick and John Montgomery, 1773 August 17-1775 September 14.

Title: Letters to Edmund Physick and John Montgomery, 1773 August 17-1775 September 14.

The letter dated 1773, James Wilson invites Edmond Physick to look over some land Wilson had just acquired in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The back of this letter is dated a few days later and asks Physick to pay Wilson a retaining fee. It is signed by John Penn.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves) + 1 engraving.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155866519 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Hooper, William, 1742-1790. ALS, 1777 February 1, Baltimore, to Robert Morris.

Title: ALS, 1777 February 1, Baltimore, to Robert Morris.

Hooper, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from North Carolina, writes a long letter to Morris, a signer from Pennsylvania, in which he praises the genius, conduct, and courage of General Washington; comments on other signers--Nelson, Harrison, Wilson, and Ross; relates the success of General Dickinson against a foraging party sent out by Cornwallis; and reflects on the policy of quartering soldiers with citizens.

ArchivalResource: 8 p. ; 22 x 18.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13522566 View

Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952,. Signers of the Declaration of Independence autograph collection, 1756-1818.

Title: Signers of the Declaration of Independence autograph collection, 1756-1818.

Personal and official correspondence and legal documents written or signed by all 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, most from the Revolutionary period. The papers relate chiefly to state and national political, financial, and military affairs. Correspondents include George Clinton, John Dickinson, William Lee, and George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 56 items ; 38 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122610541 View

North American Land Company. Ledger, 1795-1805.

Title: Ledger, 1795-1805.

This ledger shows accounts with prominent men of the time. In addition to the ledger are many deeds and other documents to which Robert Morris was a party.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (80 p.) ; 56 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488723 View

Wilson, James, 1742-1798. Writ, 1776 January.

Title: Writ, 1776 January.

Robert Semple, Sheriff of Cumberland County, Pa., is ordered by John Agnew to collect money from George Gibson in settlement of a suit and damages in the case of Gibson vs Ephraim Blaine. On the verso is a computation in Wilson's hand, of charges, including attorney's fees, levied on Gibson's house in Carlisle.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55230586 View

Duer, William, 1747-1799. Papers, 1774-1802.

Title: Papers, 1774-1802.

Correspondence, accounts, a letter book, and other papers of Duer (1774-1802). Two bound volumes contain chiefly correspondence related to supplying the American army during the Revolution, the Scioto Land Company, and the settlement of Illinois. One volume is a letter book also containing copies of contracts, articles of agreement, and other items relating to ventures to supply the Royal Navy and later the governments of France and Spain with timbers for masts and spars. Silas Deane, James Wilson, and Mark Bird were also associated with this enterprise (38 p.). The remainder of this volume appears to have been used for penmanhip practice and casual use.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58664580 View

Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809. Papers, 1747-1867.

Title: Papers, 1747-1867.

The bulk of the collection consists of Drinker's business correspondence, including some of the firms of James? there is a good deal of material concerning the resulting controversy and non-importation. Of particular interest are the letters from Pigou and Booth, London merchants, showing the British point of view. Present, too, are several letters discussing the war-time disruption of trade. The collection also includes typscripts of correspondence, 1777-1778, between Drinker and his wife, Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker, written while Drinker was exiled to Winchester, Virginia by the new Pennsylvania government. Drinker's correspondence after the war, 1783-1809, is largely concerned with land development and speculation in northern and western Pennsylvania. His correspondents include: Benjamin Rush, Benjamin West, James Wilson, and Aaron Burr. Also included in the collection are other items created or collected by Drinker's descendants: a late 19th century transcription of Henry Drinker's "Journal of a Voyage to England," 1759-1760; business letters, 1808-1867, of Henry Drinker's nephew Henry Drinker, Jr.; correspondence and two journals of Drinker's grandson, Sandwith Drinker, including the journal of his voyage to India, 1838, and to Zanzibar, 1840, and correspondence addressed to Nathan Kite, Philadelphia merchant and one of the administrators of the estate of Henry Drinker; annual trial balances, 1833-1838, of John Wheeler Leavitt, maternal great-grandfather of Henry S. Drinker; a diary, 1842-1854 of Leavitt's youngest daughter, Emily Austin Leavitt; and the manuscript for a story, 1887, by Thomas A. Janvier, husband of Sandwith Drinker's daughter Kate.

ArchivalResource: 1,100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488990 View

Deane, Silas, 1737-1789. Papers, 1740-1842.

Title: Papers, 1740-1842.

Correspondence, letterbooks, essays and drafts, contracts, expense records and accounts relating to his service as United States agent in France during American Revolution; account book of Franklin, Deane, and Arthur Lee (1776-1778); personal accounts and business papers; records of service in Continental Congress.

ArchivalResource: 7 ft. (1944 items, plus 7 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21121711 View

Signers collection, 1770-1826.

Title: Signers collection, 1770-1826.

Collection consists of holographic letters and documents of signers of the Declaration of Independence.

ArchivalResource: 60 documents.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49310920 View

Mifflin, Northumberland, and Bedford Counties conveyances, 1795.

Title: Mifflin, Northumberland, and Bedford Counties conveyances, 1795.

Land transactions of members of the Gratz family, James Wilson, and others.

ArchivalResource: 240 p. ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86155812 View

James Wilson account book and diary, 1773-1786, 1773-1786

Title: James Wilson account book and diary, 1773-1786 1773-1786

This is a volume of "Aitken's General American Register" for 1773, with entries dated 1774, and 1782-1786. The notes are in two different hands, and record receipts, expenses, and activities, the last probably not Wilson's.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 114 p.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.W6915-ead.xml View

North American Land Company. Records, 1793-1898 (inclusive), 1798-1810 (bulk).

Title: Records, 1793-1898 (inclusive), 1798-1810 (bulk).

North American Land Company minutes, 1795-1805; correspondence, 1765-1874; land records including descriptions, maps, deeds, etc., 1793-1898; finincial records consisting of daybooks, ledgers, receipt books, etc., 1795-1876.

ArchivalResource: 200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122524369 View

Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

Title: Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.

ArchivalResource: 14,250 items

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003008 View

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806. Autograph letter signed : New York, to James Wilson, 1789 Sept. 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed : New York, to James Wilson, 1789 Sept. 27.

Regarding his nomination by the President as Second Associate Judge of the Supreme Court, alongside Chief Justice John Jay and his associates John Rutledge, James Wilson , Robert Harrison, William Cushing and John Blair, "the station is honorable and the salary of $3500 /ann. not contemptible altho neither comes up to my wishes for you, but you must accept, it is said here that Mr. Rutledge will not accept"; regarding Mr. Hopkins, appointed District Judge, who has enemies slandering him; expressing his hope that the Convention has positive results for Philadelphia; explaining that he has "laboured hard to bring Congress into the neighborhood of our city" but all depends on tomorrow in the House of Representatives.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p., with address panel) ; 22.8 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/603541745 View

Montgomery, James A.,. Collection, 1702-1903.

Title: Collection, 1702-1903.

Papers pertaining chiefly to prominent Maryland families: Colonel Thomas White, merchant, quitrent book, 1702; letter book, 1751-1775; Thomas and Esther White estate papers, 1749-1803; Thomas R. White, Stafford Forge records, 1752; Bishop William White, correspondence and genealogical notes, 1769-1794; genealogies of families of Daniel Dulany, Daniel Charles Heath, Philip and Richard Key, 1710-1836; Edward Hall, merchant in West Indies, correspondence, 1796; Thomas H. Montgomery correspondence, 1879-1903; indenture of sale of Baltimore Iron Works by Daniel Dulany and Robert Carter, 1770; view of Annapolis, 1787; letters to James Wilson, 1769-1794; and notes on Wilson genealogy.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122590151 View

Konkle, Burton Alva, 1861-1944. Burton Alva Konkle papers, 1925-1943 [manuscript].

Title: Burton Alva Konkle papers, 1925-1943 [manuscript].

Correspondence of Konkle concerning portraits of Supreme Court justices James Iredell (1751-1799) and James Wilson (1742-1798) and funding for the publication of his biography of James Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 34 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24150826 View

Wilson, James, 1742-1798. Papers, 1718-1857.

Title: Papers, 1718-1857.

Material on the early Federal Government and on Wilson's business and professional activities: draft of the Constitution and a corrected copy of the same, 1787; notes of debates, resolutions, etc., in the Constitutional Convention; drafts of treaties, memoranda relating to regulation of immigration, and to establishment of the National Bank; business correspondence, 1773-1857, including a journal, July 9, 1794 to Aug. 26, 1794; letters and miscellaneous documents, 1770-1815; docket book, 1743-1768; commonplace book, 1767; deeds and wills, 1718-1785; surveys and maps of lands in Pennsylvania, 1737-1794; articles of agreement, bonds and accounts, 1794-1830; and letters of Mary Wilson Hollingsworth, 1801-1812.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122524279 View

Duane, William J. (William John), 1780-1865. Letter to Thomas Elder esq., 7 September 1831.

Title: Letter to Thomas Elder esq., 7 September 1831.

ArchivalResource: 1 folded sheet (2 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234342893 View

William Duer Papers, 1752-1836 (bulk, 1770-1800)

Title: William Duer Papers 1752-1836 (bulk, 1770-1800)

The Duer papers document William Duer's various mercantile and financial dealings, especially in contracts to outfit the Army during the Revolution, and his subsequent speculations leading to his incarceration in debtors' prison. They also include some correspondence to and from other members of the Duer family.

ArchivalResource: 13.9 Linear feet; (12 boxes, 3 volumes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/duer/duer.html View

Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume XII, Miscellany, 1769-1838

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume XII, Miscellany, 1769-1838

Portraits, prints, letters, documents, and manuscripts (with printed version) tipped into Volume 12 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: Washington Irving (2, 1 with autograph), George Washington, Cornwallis, Lafayette (2, 1 in color), Count de Grasse, Richard Henry Lee, William White, John Brooks, Napoleon, James Madison, John Adams (2), Samuel Osgood (2, 1 with autograph), Walter Livingston (with autograph), George Washington Parke Custis (with autograph), Mrs. Washington, Edmund Randolph, James Wilson (with autograph), John Blair, Robert Hanson Harrison, Fisher Ames, Thomas Jefferson (2), Louis 16th, Governeur Morris. Prints: Ende der Feindseeligkeiten. Die Engländer räumen den Americanern Neu Yorck ein.--1783; Mt Vernon, Residence of Washington; Early Days of Washington; [Martha Washington, Miss Custis, servant]; General Putnam's Escape from the British at Horse-neck; Washington Presiding in the Convention 1787; [Two men, a woman, and a baby in a boat fishing]; East View of Baltimore, Maryland; Sunnyside. Residence of Washington Irving; Inaugeration of Washington at the Old City Hall 1789; Fraunces' Tavern; Washington Taking Leave of His Mother; The First Cabinet. Letters: ALS, John Trumbull to John Taliaferro, May 24, 1838; AL[draft], John Trumbull to the Editors of the American [in defense of Benjamin West], [n.d.]; A[aman.]LS, Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln, May 25, 1790; ALS, Tobias Lear to Messers. Adam Stewart & Co., March 19, 1790; AL, Benjamin Franklin to Robert Hare, June 27 [1789]; ALS, Tobias Lear to William Pierce, October 6, 1795; A[aman.]LS, John Jay to William Carmichael, December 1, 1786; ALS, William Pierce to Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, January 29, 1786; A[aman.]LS, David Humphreys to John Trumbull, May 16, 1800; A[aman.]LS, Thomas Mifflin to John Houstoun, Governor of Georgia, April 21-22, 1784; A[aman.]LS, David Humphreys to Stephen van Rensselaer, March 6, 1810; ALS, Sam Nicholson to Arthur Lee, January 9-10, 1778; A[aman.]LS, George Clinton to Aaron Burr, March 27, 1790; ALS, U.S. Board of Treasury to Philip Schuyler [signed by Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, and Arthur Lee], July 17, 1788; ALS, Samuel Osgood to Samuel Holten, May 14, 1782; ALS, Arthur Lee to [?], August 4, 1769; ALS, James Madison Jr. to Auditors of the Public Accounts, Virginia, September 25, 1780; ALS, Henry Knox to William Hull, May 6, 1792; A[aman.]LS, Thomas Jefferson to James Brown, October 20, 1795; ALS, Henry Knox to Jeremiah Wadsworth, June 11, 1791; ALS, David Humphreys to Samuel Parker, September 2, 1803; ALS, Samuel Bard to Judge Thomson, February 6, 1812; A[aman.]LS, Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, May 13, 1790. Letters (continued): ALS, Edmund Randolph to Charles Simms, February 6, 1791; ALS, John Rutledge to Henry Lanney, July 18, 1778; ALS, [Virginia. Commission to treat with the Ohio Indians] to Edmond Pendleton [signed by Thomas Walker, Andrew Lewis, James Wood, Adam Stephen, J. Walker], October 20, 1775; ALS, Governeur Morris to Jonathan Dayton, July 8, 1807. Documents: D[printed]S, U.S. Board of Commissioner of the Federal city, Warrant [entitling Samuel Blodget, Jr. to share #319 of loan to City of Washington, signed by Thomas Johnson, David Stuart, and Daniel Carroll], May 18, 1792. Manuscripts: AM[draft], "General Washington," [n.d.]; AM[final draft], "General Washington," [n.d.]; AM, [advertisement for a print of "General Washington Resigning his Commission..."], [n.d.] Printed: "General Washington."

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (74 items).

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/6048497 View

Wilson, William. Letters : to Benjamin James, 1791-1793.

Title: Letters : to Benjamin James, 1791-1793.

Wilson, of Fredericksburg, Va., requests James, a law student in Charleston, S.C., to settle his brother's estate for him. Most of the letters deal with the settlement. Occasional Fredericksburg gossip is included. Of interest is the James family's plan to sell a slave to alleviate their son's financial distress.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29733992 View

Autograph albums of Davis R. Marshall [manuscript], ca. 1845-1865.

Title: Autograph albums of Davis R. Marshall [manuscript], ca. 1845-1865.

The collection consists of scrapbooks organized around famous U.S. lawyers, medical figures, governors, Congressmen, Army and Navy officers, and Revolutionary War figures, especially Declaration of Independence signers.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel. positive; 33 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647877917 View

Pennsylvania Population Land Company. Papers, 1792-1834.

Title: Papers, 1792-1834.

Papers of John Nicholson, president, and Tench Francis, treasurer of this land company, active in Allegheny, Beaver and Mercer counties. Among the papers are patents for land in Allegheny County, signed by Governor Thomas Mifflin, 1792-1800; records of transfers of land by Aaron Burr to John Nicholson, 1795; stock transfer book, containing the names of Aaron Burr, James Wilson, Theophilus Casenove, Walter Stewart, and others, 1794-1806; deeds to Aaron Levy, 1792-1794; stock certificate signed by John Nicholson, and Tench Francis, 1795-1797; stock transfers by John Nicholson, 1794-1801; a colored map of land owned by John Ashley, n.d.: correspondence of Enoch Marvin and Thomas Ashley, 1798-1825; miscellaneous accounts, agreements, contracts, and correspondence, 1796-1834.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122579722 View

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822. Pierce Butler papers, 1779-1787.

Title: Pierce Butler papers, 1779-1787.

Notes of proceedings of the Constitutional Convention containing notes of remarks by Oliver Ellsworth, Benjamin Franklin, Elbridge Gerry, Alexander Hamilton, John Lansing, James Madison, William Paterson, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Edmund Randolph, John Rutledge, Roger Sherman, Hugh Williamson, and James Wilson; with printed drafts of the Constitution, notes, resolutions, and other material. Also, letter (1779 May) from Butler to Benjamin Lincoln.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79455344 View

Meredith, Samuel, 1741-1817. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1791.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1791.

Oath of office as Treasurer of the United States, 15 March 1791; witnessed by James Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/190872183 View

Blaine, Ephraim, 1741-1804. Receipt book, 1772-1798.

Title: Receipt book, 1772-1798.

The receipt book comprises mainly receipts for court judgments and lawyer's fees collected by Blaine as sheriff prior to the Revolution and receipts for bonds and land sales after the war; contains signatures of leading Pennsylvania political figures including James Wilson, George Ross and James Smith, signers of the Declaration of Independence.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/151372323 View

[United States Constitution : first manuscript draft] 1787 / [by James Wilson]

Title: [United States Constitution : first manuscript draft] 1787 / [by James Wilson]

Holograph draft for the Constitution of the United States, July 1787.

ArchivalResource: 4 sheets ; 39 x 48 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71514502 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Alexander, Lucien Hugh, 1866-1926. Papers, 1899-1911.

Title: Papers, 1899-1911.

The papers of a controversy between Lucien H. Alexander, Philadelphia lawyer and member of the James Wilson Memorial Committee, and Burton Alva Konkle, historian and secretary of the Committee which originated the idea of bringing the remains of James Wilson from North Carolina to Philadelphia in 1906. There is also material on an attempt by Alexander to publish a commemorative volume.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122365027 View

Galloway, Grace Growden, d. 1782. Papers, 1778-1781.

Title: Papers, 1778-1781.

These diaries and letters detail the difficulties Grace Galloway had in securing the property once owned by her family. Social life among prominent Philadelphians is also described.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122474421 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Papers of Thomas Jefferson and the Jefferson and Randolph families [manuscript], 1736-1902 (bulk 1777-1815).

Title: Papers of Thomas Jefferson and the Jefferson and Randolph families [manuscript], 1736-1902 (bulk 1777-1815).

Papers of the Jefferson and Randolph families include letters, copies of Jefferson family indentures, 1736 and 1741; between William Randolph and Peter Jefferson; a $30.00 Continental note, issued in Baltimore, 1777; and a receipt signed by Thomas Jefferson. In a letter, 1790 May 4, New York, Jefferson writes an introduction for Judge James Wilson to Col. Nicholas Lewis. In a letter, 1807 June 6, Washington, D.C., Jefferson writes to John Barnes concerning repayment of a debt to Barnes and asking Barnes to "recover Beckley's debt." In a letter, 1781 April 5, Thomas Jefferson, in Council, writes to Nicholas Lewis and Thomas and John Walker concerning the settlement of Col. Wood's account. In a letter, 1791 September 1, Edmund Randolph sends a note to Wilson Cary Nicholas, by Jefferson, confirming an agreement regarding a deed made by Mr Page.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647811939 View

Hopkinson, Joseph, 1770-1842. Lecture notes, 1791.

Title: Lecture notes, 1791.

A collection of notes taken by Joseph Hopkinson during a course of lectures on law, delivered by James Wilson, University of Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122316556 View

North American Land Company ledger, 1795-1805, 1795-1805

Title: North American Land Company ledger, 1795-1805 1795-1805

The North Amercian Land Company ledger contains accounts with prominent men of the time; in additon to the ledger are numerous deeds and other documents involving Robert Morris.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.973.N75-ead.xml View

Wilson, James, 1742-1798. Account book and diary, 1773-1786.

Title: Account book and diary, 1773-1786.

This is a volume of "Aitken's General American Register" for 1773, with entries dated 1774, and 1782-1786. The notes are in two different hands, and record receipts, expenses, and activities, the last probably not Wilson's.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 114 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488831 View

Read Family Papers, 1568-1906, (bulk 1775-1906)

Title: Read Family Papers 1568-1906 (bulk 1775-1906)

Read (Reed) family of New Castle, Delaware, later of Pennsylvania. Correspondence, deeds and indentures, genealogical records, commissions, printed matter, and other material. Papers of George Read relate chiefly to his activities during the American Revolution and his law practice in New Castle. Papers of John Read include a notebook of correspondence and memoranda which he kept as secretary of the Asylum Company, a land company of Philadelphia. Those of John Meredith Read pertain primarily to his involvement in Pennsylvania state politics, and papers of John Meredith Read, Jr., include correspondence and genealogical material pertaining to his book about Henry Hudson, correspondence regarding the sale of Read’s collection of Robert Morris papers, and English legal documents.

ArchivalResource: 35 items; 8 containers; 2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240 View

Letters and documents of signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1750-1933.

Title: Letters and documents of signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1750-1933.

Letters and documents by signers of the American Declaration of Independence particularly Button Gwinnett and Charles Carroll.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. (.33 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00997/catalog View

Gratz family. Papers, 1794-1919.

Title: Papers, 1794-1919.

Correspondence, documents, and clippings by and about the Gratz family and notebooks compiled by William V. Byars for his edition of the Gratz papers (never published) and other books about the family. Most of the correspondence is among members of the family, especially Rebecca Gratz; Benjamin's first wife, Maria Cecil Gist Gratz, and her mother, Judith Cary Bell Gist Scott; and Joseph Gratz, brother of Rebecca and Benjamin. The land records include deeds signed by Virginia governors Patrick Henry and Edmund Randolph, and a document signed by James Wilson, purchasing shares in the Indiana Company, in which Barnard and Michael Gratz were major investors. Also included are miscellaneous personal papers and clippings of newspaper articles by and about family members, especially Rebecca Gratz. The Byars notebooks contain typescript transcriptions of many Gratz letters and other documents not in this collection, with photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, and other original and secondary material inserted. There are also two volumes of papers concerning the related Campbell and Anderson families of Virginia and Kentucky.

ArchivalResource: Papers 2 boxes (ca. 150 items)Byars notebooks 34 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122490154 View

Wilson, James, 1742-1798. [Deed] 1794 Aug. 29 / James Wilson.

Title: [Deed] 1794 Aug. 29 / James Wilson.

A deed between Wilson, Jeremiah Jackson, and James Cummings. Jackson and Cummings sell Wilson 105,600 acres of land in the counties of Northumberland and Mufflin in Pennsylvania in exchange for other lands and £14,500.

ArchivalResource: [2] p. ; 40 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/491391188 View

Henry A. Willard II Collection, 1743-1888, (bulk 1770-1840)

Title: Henry A. Willard II Collection 1743-1888 (bulk 1770-1840)

Papers and records collected by Henry A Willard II including Bradley-Willard family papers and correspondence, Willard Hotel records, miscellaneous business records, and autographs collected by Henry A. Willard I that include the signers of the Declaration of Independence, presidents of the Continental Congress, and related individuals.

ArchivalResource: 625 items; 2 containers; 0.8 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007105 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

[United States Constitution : second manuscript draft] 1787 / [by James Wilson]

Title: [United States Constitution : second manuscript draft] 1787 / [by James Wilson]

Holograph draft for the Constitution of the United States, August 1787.

ArchivalResource: 6 sheets ; 39 x 48 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71514506 View

Wilson, James, 1742-1798. James Wilson - Yazoo land documents, 1794.

Title: James Wilson - Yazoo land documents, 1794.

The collection consists of a four-page manuscript memoranda of James Wilson (1742-1798) and others relating to the Yazoo Land sales. The manuscript includes: 1. Power of attorney from James Wilson to Matthew McAllister and Seaborn Jones, authorizing them to act for him in buying land in Georgia - dated November 20, 1794; 2. Receipt of Matthew McAllister and Seaborn Jones to James Wilson for $25,000; 3. Receipt of Seaborn Jones to Matthew McAllister for $25,000 "in bank bill, which the Honourable James Wilson hath placed in his & my hands ..." - dated November 20, 1794; 4. Record of release by Matthew McAllister "as a grantee," to Colonel Wade Hampton of South Carolina, giving answerable bond [transcribed from the Washington (Georgia) Monitor of September 24, 1803] ; 5. Page of memoranda referring to "Pamphlet."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (0.1 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/300074540 View

James Wilson Documents, 1779-1796

Title: James Wilson Documents 1779-1796

Born on September 14, 1742 in Carskerdo, Fife, Scotland. Although James Wilson attended numerous universities while living Scotland, he never attained a degree. It was Wilson's pursuit of studying law that helped pave become a significant figure in American history. Wilson began studying law at the law office of John Dickinson. By 1766, Wilson attained the bar in Philadelphia and soon after opened his own practice in Reading. Wilson was fairly successful as a lawyer and he managed to amass a small fortune during this time. Wilson's greatest achievement in public life was his part in the establishment of the United States Constitution. He regularly advocated the idea that sovereignty resided in the people, that the President and members of both houses of Congress should be popularly elected. This small yet historically significant collection contains a select number of original documents that highlight the political and professional activities of James Wilson. The documents specifically reveal Wilson's achievements as a prominent American lawyer, politician, and businessman which helped solidify his legacy in early American history.

ArchivalResource: 12.0 items

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_UPENN_BIDDLE_USPULPULMSS016 View

Wilson, James, 1742-1798. ALS, 1781 May 24, York, Pa., to Robert Morris, Philadelphia, Pa.

Title: ALS, 1781 May 24, York, Pa., to Robert Morris, Philadelphia, Pa.

Concerns Morris's recent appointment as Superintendent of Finance and the execution of mutineers on the Pennsylvania line.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 35 cm.

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Wilson, James, 1742-1798. ALS : Philadelphia, to Jasper Yeates, 1783 June 9.

Title: ALS : Philadelphia, to Jasper Yeates, 1783 June 9.

Wilson asks Yeates to lend him money for the completion of "the Works at Delaware".

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

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Indiana Company. Records relating to claim against Virginia, 1779-1792.

Title: Records relating to claim against Virginia, 1779-1792.

Contains two drafts of a bill of equity presented to the U.S. Supreme Court, 11 August, 1792, asking the court to inquire into the claim and require Virginia to make full compensation for the company's losses and their expenses in pursuing the claim. The bill sets forth the history of the company's claim and the charters, deeds, and treaties on which it is based; and includes transcripts of the company's memorials to the Virginia legislature and the legislature's resolutions and notices to the company. The collection contains also copies of the company's memorials to the Continental Congress, 11 September 1779 and 30 November 1780; a list of shareholders; a list of documents required for preparing the bill of equity; a broadside account of the debates on the company's memorial in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1 November 1791; a blank company deed and survey warrant; extracts from Indian treaties; and three letters concerning the claim and other company business. Persons represented include Richard Bache, John Baynton, Theodorick Bland, George Croghan, William Floyd, Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, David Franks, Joseph Galloway, Barnard Gratz, Sir William Johnson, Levy Andrew Levy, William Lewis, James Madison, George Morgan, William Rawle, Joseph Simon, William Trent, Samuel Wharton, Thomas Wharton, and James Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (13 items) ; 41 cm.

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Wilson, James, 1742-1798. James Wilson papers, 1784-1795.

Title: James Wilson papers, 1784-1795.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

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Herman, Ileana C., 1970-. As Clay in the hands of the potter : James Wilson and the origins of American democracy.

Title: As Clay in the hands of the potter : James Wilson and the origins of American democracy.

Herman examines James Wilson's philosophical and intellectual foundation, his position in formulating the new national government, his opinions on the roles of the state and the national governments, his thoughts on social equality and participation in government, and the implementation of his theories.

ArchivalResource: [3], iii, 152 p. ; 28 cm.

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Burr conspiracy collection, 1806-1808.

Title: Burr conspiracy collection, 1806-1808.

Chiefly letters to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison relating to Aaron Burr's conspiracy, trial, and acquittal, including his involvement with Harman Blennerhassett and James Wilkinson. Includes printed matter and some material in cipher. Correspondents include Erick Bollmann, William C. C. Claiborne, William Eaton, Comfort Tyler, James Wilkinson, and James Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.1 microfilm reel.

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United States. Continental Congress. Proceedings : concerning the Connecticut cession, 1786.

Title: Proceedings : concerning the Connecticut cession, 1786.

The first document consists of extracts from the minutes of Congress, 22 May, dealing with Connecticut's cession of its western land claims to the United States. Includes the text of a committee report and various amendments and related motions, with the action taken on each. The second document is a copy of the resolution finally adopted on 26 May, accepting the cession of all but that portion of northeast Ohio known as the Western Reserve.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (6 p.) ; 33cm.

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Read family. Papers, 1568-1906 (bulk 1775-1906).

Title: Papers, 1568-1906 (bulk 1775-1906).

Correspondence, deeds and indentures, genealogical records, commissions, printed material, and other papers. Papers of George Read relate chiefly to his activities during the American Revolution and his law practice in New Castle, Del. Includes a journal containing memoranda (1782-1784) kept by James Read as secretary of the Continental Congress Marine Committee and a record of his personal accounts (1794-1812). Papers of John Read include a notebook (1809-1818) of correspondence and memoranda which he kept as secretary of the Asylum Company, a land company of Philadelphia, Pa. Those of John Meredith Read pertain primarily to his involvement in Pennsylvania state politics, and papers of John Meredith Read, Jr., include correspondence and genealogical material pertaining to his book about Henry Hudson, correspondence regarding the sale of Read's collection of Robert Morris papers, and English legal documents (1568-1696, n.d.) from his ms. collection. Correspondents include John Bubenheim Bayard, James Buchanan, Thomas Cadwalader, Simon Cameron, George Clymer, John Dickinson, Philemon Dickinson, Joseph Galloway, Ulysses S. Grant, Gouverneur Kemble, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Samuel Meredith, John G. Nicolay, Caesar Rodney, Tench Tilghman, Samuel Wharton, and James Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 2.2 linear ft.

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Wilson, James, 1742-1798. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1784-1890.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1784-1890.

Petition to John Dickinson, President of the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania, dated 17 April 1784 in Philadelphia and signed by James Wilson, Jonathan D. Sergeant, Alexander Wilcocks, William Lewis, William Bradford, Jr. and Jared Ingersol. The petitioners, who identify themselves as "the Practitioners of the Law in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia," request that the offices of Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas by kept separate; previously the Justices of the Peace had presided over the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (3 leaves).

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Wilson, James, 1742-1798. LS, 1780 April 19 : Philadelphia, to Joseph Reed, President of Pennsylvania.

Title: LS, 1780 April 19 : Philadelphia, to Joseph Reed, President of Pennsylvania.

Presents some material facts "as Council for John Lynch in a maritime Cause now depending before the Court of Appeals ..." Also signed by William Lewis.

ArchivalResource: 1 1/2 p. ; 31 x 20 cm.

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