Timothy Horsfield Papers 1684, 1733-1771

Peters, Richard, 1744-1828

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Richard Peters (June 22, 1744 – August 22, 1828) was a Pennsylvania lawyer, Continental Army soldier, Federalist politician, author and United States District Judge. Before his federal judicial service in the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, Peters served as secretary of the Continental Board of War, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and as member and speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and later the Pennsylvania State Senate. Born at...

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Grube, Bernard Adam

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Scull, Nicholas, 1686?-1761?

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Scull was surveyor general of Pennsylvania. From the description of Field notes, 1730-1755 (inclusive), 1741-1755 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122489766 Surveyor of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Nicholas Scull estate memorandum, 1762. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980879 ...

Croghan, George, 1720?-1782

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Indian agent and public official. From the description of Papers of George Croghan, 1768. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064125 According to Mr. Julian F. Boyd, Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, who viewed this document on October 1, 1938, with Mr. Carl Van Doren, this is am accurate, clerk's copy of the original minutes of the conference, corrected in the handwriting of Mr. Richard Peters, Secretary of the conference. From the description of...

Martin, James

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Brodhead, Charles

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Franklin, William, 1731-1813

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William Franklin was born in 1731, the illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin; his mother's identity is unknown. Prime Minister, Lord Bute, named William Franklin to the position of Royal Governor of New Jersey when the office became available in 1762. At first, Franklin was greeted in New Jersey with trepidation, as it was assumed that his famous father had obtained the office for him. In contrast to the low expectations of him, William Franklin became one of the most effective royal governors N...

Longshore, Robert

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Busse, Christian

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Barons, Benjamin

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Newcastle, Capt.

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Paris, Mr.

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Wesa, Phillip

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Shippen, Edward, 1639-1712

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Edward Shippen (b. Boston, Massachusetts, July 9, 1703; d. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1781) was a wealthy merchant and government official in colonial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In early life he laid out and founded the town of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. In 1746 to 1748, he was one of the founders of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), of which he was a member of the first board of trustees, from which he resigned in 1767. He was also a subscriber to the Philadelp...

Levers, Robert

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Schmick, John and Henry Fry

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Upper Smithfield Township (Pa.). Inhabitants.

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Teedyuscung, Delaware chief, 1700-1763

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Parsons, William, 1701-1757

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Schlosser, Johannes

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Chapman, John

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Hays, William

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Orndt, Jacob

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Peters, Richard, 1704-1776

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Rev. Richard Peters was a clergyman. He was the uncle of Judge Richard Peters of Philadelphia. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1765, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 190878612 Philadelphia clergyman, provincial secretary and councillor. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to [John Penn?], 1772 Mar. 2. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165787 From the description of ALS : Phila...

Morgan, Jacob

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Trent, Capt.

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Potts, John

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Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760

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Indian agent. Full name: Johann Conrad Weiser. Also known as John Conrad Weiser. From the description of Conrad Weiser correspondence, 1756-1758. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981334 Conrad Weiser was a Berks County farmer, tanner and president-judge who served as a colonial Indian agent and interpreter as well as Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the First Battalion of the Pennsylvania Regiment during the French and Indian War. From the description of Paper...

Penn, Richard, approximately 1736-1811

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Penn, John, 1729-1795

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The Wyoming Controversy was a conflict between the governments of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Britain, the Continental Congress, and the Indians over land in the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823, 1751-1823, (American Philosophical Society) Grandson of William Penn, last lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and Delaware under the proprietorship. From the description of Warrant : ...

Shippen, Joseph

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Morris, Robert Hunter, 1713-1764

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Peter Collinson (1694 – 1768) was an English merchant and botanist. From the guide to the Peter Collinson papers, 1560-1811 (inclusive), 1713-1811 (bulk), Bulk, 1713-1811, 1560-1811, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Jonathan, a Mohawk Sachem

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Levan, Jacob

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Spangenberg, August Gottlieb, 1704-1792

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August Gottlieb Spangenberg was the Vicar General of all America for the Moravian Church. From the description of Compendious manual by way of information de facto, for brethren who travel, 1753. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 41174764 ...

Widerhold, John Nicholus

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Read, James, 1718-1793.

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Reed, James

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Epithet: Quaker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001033.0x00006e Biographical Note James Reed was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As an officer of the Naval Construction Corps, he served at the Philadelphia, Puget Sound, and Mare Island Navy Yards, specializing in management and labor problems. F...

Shippen, Edward, approximately 1703-1781

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Edward Shippen was a merchant, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. From the description of Letters and papers, 1727-1781. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540100 The Shippen family was one of the most industrious and illustrious of Philadelphia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. They were active in government, the military, and in their various businesses: land acquisition and speculation, house...

Hohenlohe, Count

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Hamilton, James, 1710-1783

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The Wyoming Controversy was a conflict between the governments of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Britain, the Continental Congress, and the Indians over land in the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823, 1751-1823, (American Philosophical Society) The son of William Penn, Thomas Penn served as proprietor of Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Thomas Penn correspondence, 1747-1771, with...

Horsfield, Timothy, 1708-1773.

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Timothy Horsfield was a justice of the peace in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. From the description of Papers, 1733-1771. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122464756 Timothy Horsfield (1708-1773) was a butcher and prominent citizen of the Moravian town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was appointed Justice of the Peace by Governor James Hamilton (1710-1783, APS 1768), when Northampton County was founded in 1752. At the outbreak of the French ...

Galbreath, James

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Indians at Bethlehem and Wampaqueca (Wyoming).

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Brockden, C.

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Strettell, Robert

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Denny, William

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Reynolds, George

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George T. Reynolds was an American physicist whose insights led to developments in elementary particle physics, environmental science, and biological physics. From the guide to the George Reynolds Papers, 1940-2000, (American Philosophical Society) Epithet: of Paxton, county Huntingdonshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000023 ...

Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808

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David Zeisberger served as a Moravian missionary. From the guide to the On the prepositions of the Onondago language, [n.d.], n.d., (American Philosophical Society) From the guide to the A grammar of the language of the Lenni Lennape, or Delaware Indians, [1816], Circa 1816, (American Philosophical Society) Moravian missionary who worked to convert the Indians of Tuscarawas County, Ohio to Christianity. After hostile Indians forced them to leave the area, Zeisberger...