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Virginia. Lieutenant Governor (1751-1758 : Dinwiddie). Letter : Williamsburg, Virga. to [James Hamilton] 1754 Jan. 29.

Title: Letter : Williamsburg, Virga. to [James Hamilton] 1754 Jan. 29.

Copy of letter written by Governor Robert Dinwiddie to James Hamilton, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, on Jan. 29, 1754.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41088050 View

Hamilton, James, 1710-1783. Deed, 1761.

Title: Deed, 1761.

A deed, on parchment, September 25, 1761, from Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Pennsylvania, acting on behalf of colonial proprietors Thomas and Richard Penn, for 175.5 acres of land in the manor of Conestoga in Lancaster County, to Frederick Roughtson.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145772180 View

Cumberland County (Pa.). Cumberland County, Pa., land documents, 1750-1774.

Title: Cumberland County, Pa., land documents, 1750-1774.

Two 18th century official documents relating to parcels of land in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The first is a warrant dated August 31, 1750, signed by James Hamilton, directing Nicholas Scull to survey a sixty acre plot of land on behalf of Joseph Slass. A handwritten note in the lowwer left corner of the document directs Thomas Cookson, Esq. to execute the warrant, and is signed by Nicholas Scull. The second document is a large vellum deed dated May 23, 1774 for an estate called Auchline in Tyrone township, to Harry Gordon, sealed and witnessed May 26, 1774. A large wax and paper seal with ribbon is attached to the deed; a smaller seal accompanies the witness' signature on the reverse.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (2 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/719995425 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

Thomas Penn letters, 1748-1770.

Title: Thomas Penn letters, 1748-1770.

Letters to James Hamilton, relating to Pennsylvania affairs.

ArchivalResource: 95 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626698 View

Trumbull, David, 1819-1889. David Trumbull collection, 1727-1760.

Title: David Trumbull collection, 1727-1760.

Transcripts of John Winthrop's petition to the Court of St. James (17 Mar, 1727) complaining about the administration of the colony of Connecticut; the answer of the governor and the company to Winthrop's complaint; William Shirley's journal (24 Mar.-17 June 1745) kept during the siege of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia; instructions (1760) to the governor of Connecticut concerning prayers and litanies; and letter (13 Mar. 1754) from Roger Wolcott to James Hamilton concerning the Susquehanna land claims.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80202997 View

Burd, James, 1726-1793. James Burd papers 1755-1776 [mansucript].

Title: James Burd papers 1755-1776 [mansucript].

Papers include original and photocopied documents and letters and a transcript excerpt from Colonel Burd's journal. The journal primarily offers details about the stores and ammunition for his troops. Correspondence includes letters from Capt. Daniel Clark, Governor James Hamilton, John Harris, Lt. Lewis Ourrey and Mrs. Burd. Apso included is a diagram of the camp at Loyal Hannon (Fort Ligonier) and items concerning the road buildling project, the camp at Monongahela and orders and receipts for Fort Pitt.

ArchivalResource: .05 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43534770 View

Nead, Frank B. Documents, 1663-1866.

Title: Documents, 1663-1866.

Autograph letters and documents pertaining primarily to Pennsylvania colonial history; patent of land on the Delaware granted to Erick Nichelsen by Governor Richard Nicholls, 1663; original deed from Indian chiefs to William Penn for a portion of land in Pennsylvania, 1683; letter of instruction relating to legal and provincial matters, signed by William Penn, 1700; instruction to Governor Patrick Gordon concerning duties on English importation, signed by George II, 1732; papers, 1728-1777, relating to Indian affairs in which Robert Orme, William Johnson, Governor Robert H. Morris, Governor William Denny, Conrad Weiser, the Council of Safety, and others, were interested; petitions concerning extension of county boundary lines, iron industry, construction of roads, Connecticut affair, etc., 1728-1814; letters signed by George Washington, 1777-1783; certificates of enlistment, discharges, papers of the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania, etc., 1775-1783; plans of the Asylum Company and of the North American Land Company, 1795; letters of James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, Alexander J. Dallas, General Edward Braddock, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Nicholson, Louis Marie de Noailles, James Hamilton, Timothy Pickering, Edmund Randolph, Joseph Reed; and other items.

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Hamilton, James, 1710-1783. Papers of James Hamilton, 1780-1781.

Title: Papers of James Hamilton, 1780-1781.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79452801 View

Native American History collection 1689-1921 Native American History collection

Title: Native American History collection 1689-1921 Native American History collection

The Native American History collection contains miscellaneous letters and documents concerning Native American Indians in the United States, Canada, and the West Indies, and their interactions with British and American settlers.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-342nat?rgn=main;view=text View

Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770. LS : to James Hamilton, 1754 June 21.

Title: LS : to James Hamilton, 1754 June 21.

Letter to the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania describing the skirmish on 27 May 1754 near Great Meadows, Pa., between Virginia militia under George Washington and a party of French troops that was a cause of the French and Indian War. The letter is also concerned with other colonies' provision of men and supplies to support the Virginians.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) in case ; 40 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145506955 View

Peters, Richard, 1704-1776. Papers, 1697-1845.

Title: Papers, 1697-1845.

The papers of Richard Peters comprise correspondence and documents, including accounts of negotiations and treaties with the Indians and some notes of General Timothy Pickering on the battle at Brandywine. They are of special interest for the colonial history of Pennsylvania because of Peters' official connection with the proprietary government. There are: minutes of council, 1756-1757; letters of Thomas Penn to Richard Peters, 1752-1772; letter book, 1737-1750; Governor James Hamilton accounts, records of marriage licenses, public house permits, 1748-1751; commonplace book, 1725; Richard Peters' drafts of Pennsylvania lands, 1795-1813; letters of the Rev. Richard Peters to the proprietors of Pennsylvania, 1755-1757; diaries, 1750, 1758, 1762; Episcopal license of the Rev. R. Peters, 1725.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523970 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

Bradford, William, 1755-1795. Manuscripts on Indian affairs, 1737-1775, [n.d.].

Title: Manuscripts on Indian affairs, 1737-1775, [n.d.].

The first volume includes extracts from the journals of Conrad Weiser and Christian Frederick Post, Charles Thomson's "An Enquiry into the causes of the alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British interest" (1759), and a printed version of Judge Bradford's "Statement of facts and observations respecting the penal laws" (1792). The second volume contains selected letters and documents in the Pennsylvania state records on Indian relations, French and Indian War, and Braddock's campaign. Some manuscripts are written by Deborah Norris Logan and Charles Thomson.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (879 p.) : copies.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122364935 View

Hamilton, James, 1710-1783. Papers, 1733-1783.

Title: Papers, 1733-1783.

Official papers of James Hamilton, mayor of Philadelphia and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. They include his commissions as Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, and bond for the same; private account book, 1768-1782; cashbook, 1739-1757; letter book, 1749-1783; daybook, 1759-1783; instructions from the proprietaries; miscellaneous papers regarding Pennsylvania and the Penns; and some surveys.

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Hamilton, James, 1710-1783. Servants and Apprentices Bound and Assigned before James Hamilton, Mayor of Philadelphia, 1745-1746.

Title: Servants and Apprentices Bound and Assigned before James Hamilton, Mayor of Philadelphia, 1745-1746.

Records of the certification of indentures of servants and apprentices in Philadelphia, Pa. for the years 1745 and 1746.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/147437268 View

Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823, 1751-1823

Title: Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823 1751-1823

Partly copied by Redmond Conyngham from the state records and part from and with the reports of Judge Gibson and Judge Thomas Cooper. Relates to dispute over Wyoming valley lands between Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Includes correspondence of Lord Amherst, John Armstrong, Jr., Charles Biddle, John Boyd, Zebulon Butler, Thomas Cooper, Thomas Fitch, John Franklin, James Hamilton, Joseph Hamilton, William Montgomery, John Penn, Richard Rush, Jonathan Trumbull, and Roger Wolcott.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s), 1 copy, 200 p.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.974.83.D65-ead.xml 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

Elisha Kent Kane Papers, Bulk, 1843-1857, 1810-1953

Title: Elisha Kent Kane Papers Bulk, 1843-1857 1810-1953

The most stellar member of a stellar family, Elisha Kent Kane was among the most popular American explorers of the mid-nineteenth century, a hero in the tragic mode. Born in Philadelphia in 1820, the son of John Kintzing Kane and Jane Duval Leiper, Kane studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania before earning a commission as a naval surgeon. While in the Navy, Kane embarked on the succession of voyages to exotic locales that became the basis for his extraordinary fame. In 1843, he attended Caleb Cushing's first diplomatic mission to China as ship's physician, and subsequently traveled to the Philippines and Western Africa. Distinguishing himself in the Mexican War, Kane's greatest fame came from two expeditions to the arctic, aiming to locate the lost explorer, Sir John Franklin and to explore for evidence of the open polar sea. Kane died in 1857 while attempting to organize a third arctic voyage. Part of the Kane Family Collection, the Papers of Elisha Kent Kane contain a mix of personal and family correspondence with correspondence relating to all of Kane's explorations. Intelligent, articulate and very much a romantic, Kane's letters are expressive and passionate. The collection provides fine documentation of youth, his relationship with the Spiritualist Margaret Fox, and of course his travels to China and off the coast of Africa in 1846. Kane's two expeditions to the arctic are particularly well documented, with correspondence, notes, logbooks, diaries, and sketches, as well as Kane's post-expedition notes, writings, and lectures recounting his experiences.

ArchivalResource: 6.75 Linear feet

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United States manuscript, 1733-1799.

Title: United States manuscript, 1733-1799.

These miscellaneous items include: order in council on title of lands in Maine, 1733; letter of John Peagrum, 1737; letters on the defense of the colonies against the French, 1754; James Hamilton letter to General Monckton, 1760; observations on the relations of Great Britain with the United States, ca. 1785; and other items.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489780 View

Hamilton, James, 1710-1783. Servants and apprentices records, 1745-1773.

Title: Servants and apprentices records, 1745-1773.

Records of James Hamilton, mayor of Philadelphia, containing certification of indentures of servants and apprentices, 1745-1746; list of servants belonging to inhabitants of Pennsylvania, taken into British service without compensation to their masters, 1757; record of servants and apprentices bound and assigned before John Gibson, mayor of Philadelphia, December 5, 1772 to May 21, 1773.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/151376736 View

Letter to [James] Hamilton, [1754] Sep [6].

Title: Letter to [James] Hamilton, [1754] Sep [6].

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George Clinton papers 1697-1760 1745-1753 Clinton, George, papers

Title: George Clinton papers 1697-1760 1745-1753 Clinton, George, papers

This collection contains the letters, documents, and accounts of George Clinton, colonial governor of New York. The bulk of the collection is comprised of drafts of Clinton's letters, incoming official letters, Clinton's letter book for 1752-1753, military memoranda, documents related to Indian affairs, and personal, government, and military accounts during King George's War.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-333cli?rgn=main;view=text 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

William L. Clements Library. George Clinton papers, 1697-1760, bulk 1745-1753.

Title: George Clinton papers, 1697-1760, bulk 1745-1753.

This collection contains the letters, documents, and accounts of George Clinton, colonial governor of New York. The bulk of the collection is comprised of drafts of Clinton's letters, incoming official letters, Clinton's letter book for 1752-1753, military memoranda, documents related to Indian affairs, and personal, government, and military accounts created during King George's War.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758450191 View

Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1759-1763 : Hamilton). Warrant : Philadelphia, 1760 Jan. 30.

Title: Warrant : Philadelphia, 1760 Jan. 30.

Authorizes Richard McWilliam to administer the oath of office to Samuel Chew, who has been appointed attorney-general for New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 18 x 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122586191 View

Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor. License : New Castle, Del., [between 1748 and 1763].

Title: License : New Castle, Del., [between 1748 and 1763].

License for a pedlar or hawker. Printed form not filled in but signed by James Hamilton, who served as lieutenant governor 1748-1754 and 1759-1763.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122541855 View

Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775. Correspondence, 1747-1771, with James Hamilton.

Title: Correspondence, 1747-1771, with James Hamilton.

This volume contains approximately 175 letters written by Thomas Penn and Richard Penn on public business. A few are copies of letters by James Hamilton, a member of the Provincial Council, and by or to Abraham Taylor.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 500 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523539 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

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

Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768. Letter, 1762 October 16, to Sir William Johnson.

Title: Letter, 1762 October 16, to Sir William Johnson.

Encloses a letter to the chiefs of the Six Nations of the Iroquois at Gov. Hamilton's request. Espouses neutrality in the war between two of Britain's Indian allies. Asks Johnson to present a wampum belt to the Indians as a token of his friendship.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9052898 View

Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823.

Title: Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823.

This volume includes correspondence of Lord Amherst, John Armstrong, Jr., Charles Biddle, John Boyd, Zebulon Butler, Thomas Cooper, Thomas Fitch, John Franklin, James Hamilton, Joseph Hamilton, William Montgomery, John Penn, Richard Rush, Jonathan Trumbull, and Roger Wolcott.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 200 p.) : copy.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122316308 View

Penn, William, 1644-1718. Penn-Physick papers, 1684-1788.

Title: Penn-Physick papers, 1684-1788.

Gov. William Penn' s accounts to Samuel Carpenter, from his departure from Pennsylvania, 5 June 1684 to his return, 20 Aug. 1699, and from Oct. 1699 to 29 Sept. 1709; receipt of payment to George Gottlieb for use of Evan Oliver's children, 10 May 1704, signed by James Logan; draft appointment, undated, of James Taylor as reviser of the surveyor general's office, signed by James Logan; draft of lease between Samuel Carpenter and Isaac Norris, and Thomas Carly, for land on the Skuylkill River and Mahanalany Creek, 4 Dec. 1708; D. Powell's accounts against W. Aubrey, William Penn, and Thomas Callowhill, 1709; petition of Richard and Margery Hough to grant to John Chapman land deeded to John Clows, 30 Aug. 1712; title to Isaac Norris' plantation, 1712; note to James Steele, receiver general, instructing him to pay Capt. Richard Budden forty pounds, signed by John Penn, London, 11 Dec. 1735; household account of Thomas Penn, 1733-1735, with his note to James Steele to pay the bill; printed inventory of the household goods of John Penn, Philadelphia, 22 May 1788; proposal for a court of enquiry to examine titles of all lands in the province, undated; and draft of an advertisement regarding the proper channels for acquiring title to province lands, undated.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76794952 View

Jacobs papers, 1681-1838.

Title: Jacobs papers, 1681-1838.

The papers of John Jacobs, member of Assembly for Chester County; Joseph Jacobs, saddler; Israel Jacobs, weaver, member of Congress, 1791; Isaac Jacobs, mayor of Philadelphia, 1767-1768; Benjamin Jacobs, surveyor, appointed by the Continental Congress to sign and number bills of credit, 1776. Among the papers are patents of land granted to early pioneers, one issued to Clement Dungan, Bucks County, 1684, signed by William Penn; another to Joseph Tanner, 1681, signed by William Parr; and a map of land on Delaware Bay, N.J., laid out and surveyed by John Woolidge and John Budd, 1691, containing a list of names of settlers. There are also records of the names of the first purchasers of land within the extended boundaries of Bedford, Sussex, Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmoreland, Philadelphia, and Bucks counties, on the Allegheny and Susquehanna rivers, on the Perkiomen, Yellow and Briar creeks, and other localities, 1729-1770, and an agreement pertaining to purchase of land in Nova Scotia, 1766. There are letters and documents of William Maclay, David Rittenhouse, Michael Hillegas, Edward Shippen, H. Vanderslice, John Robinson, Robert H. Morris, James Hamilton, Thomas Lawrence, Owen Biddle, Jacob Duché, Robert Bass, Nicholas Scull, John Lukens, Joseph Hilbon, treasurer of Pennsylvania Hospital, and many others, 1744-1769. Commerce and prices of commodities are shown in Joseph Jacobs ledger, 1760-1765; Joseph Jacobs and Samuel Wallis ledger, 1762-1766; Israel Jacobs ledger, 1776-1810; John Jacobs ledger, 1784-1818; Benjamin Jacobs ledger, 1765-1775; Juanita Iron Company stock books, 1766; bills of exchange, bills of lading, bonds, receipts, accounts. A large portion of the papers pertain to incidents during the period of the Revolution: Sargent Chambers, London merchant, letter, 1766, gives an account of Benjamin Franklin's efforts before Parliament for repeal of the Stamp Act; other letters are from John Galloway, R. Strettel Jones, Francis Johnston, commissioner to negotiate with the Indians, Benjamin Lightfoot, mobbed as a Tory, Jacob Richardson, who conducted the British army into Philadelphia, and others.

ArchivalResource: 500 items in 3 v. ; 44 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/151373875 View

Hamilton, James, 1710-1783. Docket book, 1745.

Title: Docket book, 1745.

ArchivalResource: 79 p. ; 33 cm. (bound).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616549 View

Southard Hay autograph collection, 1750-1885

Title: Southard Hay autograph collection 1750-1885

Correspondence, legal documents, financial papers and other items chiefly relating to the history of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. A large proportion of the papers concern the business affairs of Joseph Higbee of Trenton, Nathaniel Pendleton of New York, Thomas Woodruff and John Beatty, presidents of the Trenton Banking Company and Robert Morris of Philadelphia. Also in the papers are letters by several United States presidents, cabinet officers, Supreme Court justices and governors.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear foot

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0268 View