Papers, 1664-1871.

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Papers, 1664-1871.

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A large section of this collection is composed of the papers of James Logan, scholar, secretary to William Penn, clerk of the Provincial Council, commisioner of property and receiver general for the province. These papers include: correspondence, among which are letters from William Penn, and some of Logan's scholarly, scientific, and biographical papers, 1681-1753; letter books of James Logan, 1701-1709, 1702-1726, 1712-1715, 1716-1743, 1720-1731, 1748-1750; Logan correspondence, copied by Deborah Logan, 1700-1747; letters pertaining to political and business affairs, 1698-1769; documents relating to Indian affairs, 1701-1802; archives of the Provincial Council, 1694-1755; James Logan's "Justification" before the assembly, 1709; his receipt book, 1702-1709; account book, 1712-1720; ledger, 1720-1727; and daybook, 1722-1723. The large body of official papers in this collection includes: records of the court held at Upland, under Edmund Andros, 1676-1681; extracts from the record book of the county court at Upland, 1676-1681; early Pennsylvania laws, 1693-1699; New Castle court records, 1677-1682; appeals, petitions, and grievances presented to the provincial council, 1700-1713; accounts of the quitrents collected by Governor John Blackwell, 1689, listing the names of the first settlers of Philadelphia; quitrents for the three lower counties, 1701-1713; the receipt book for quitrents of Lynford Lardner, receiver-general, 1739, 1743-1750; and Penticost Teague's receipt book, 1700-1717. Among the Logan family papers are: correspondence of Dr. George Logan, 1784-1820; his letter book and journal of a trip to England while he was a student at the University of Edinburgh, 1775-1779; notes from Dr. Hunter's lectures on the physiology of the alimentary tube (Dr. James Hutchinson to Logan), 1775; William Logan's journal of a trip to Georgia, 1745; letters and printed pamphlets pertaining to the political activities of Dr. George Logan, and to his foreign missions, 1809-1822; correspondence of Mrs. Deborah Logan, with a few miscellaneous additions, 1730-1836; an anatomy chart, some literary and biographical sketches by Deborah Logan, 1815-1827; her transactions on the farm and memoranda on various matters, 1813-1827; and Barbara Jones' master thesis on Deborah Logan, 1964. The Logan Collection includes many of the papers of John Dickinson and Dickinson family papers, 1697-1843. They include: documents expressing John Dickinson's opinion on educational, religious, and political matters; his correspondence, 1764-1807; his notes of arguments on Pennsylvania laws, 1760; his notes on the question of the abolition of slavery; on religious, philosophical and administrative matters; on domestic and personal affairs, 1777-1803; Dickinson's bible, 1740, with marginal notes; Jonathan Dickinson's ledger, 1699-1701; papers from the Dickinson estate, 1664-1806; papers concerning Dickinson's manor and other tracts of land; Poplar Ridge (Stephen Pleasonton) papers, 1677-1805; Kingston-on-Hull (Hunn and Asa Manlove) and Town Point (Caleb Luff and John Wethered) papers, 1671-1803; Dickinson's records pertaining to Rixom, 1747-1807, Canterbury, Rejected Valley, Wyeberry, Wyefield, 1714-1802; account of repairs at Fairhill House Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 1771-1776; records of his land and house in Wilmington, Delaware, 1754-1800, containing an account of material and labor, including records of land in the Brandywine Hundred, 1664-1797, and of a house in Jones Neck (Gideon Emery, Thomas White), 1791-1806; Dickinson's miscellaneous papers, 1750-1847, relate to land and include demand notes, indentures, and other business records; papers on land in Merion, 1710-1818. Also included are Henry W. Stiegel papers, Elizabeth Furnace in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, 1766-1775; papers belonging to the estate of Thomas Wilson, 1763-1776; John Moland's family, 1745-1785; and William Hicks, 1763-1792. Other volumes in the Logan collection are the estate of Richard Hill, 1708-1758; the estate of Richard Hill Accounts, 1729-1742; papers of Thomas Griffiths estate, 1719-1788; of Richard Harrison's estate, 1744-1775; of Dr. Lloyd Zachary's estate, 1730-1774; Thomas Fisher's ledger of the estate of William Logan, 1772-1783; Thomas Fisher's letterbook, 1793-1808; inventory of goods, copies of William Logan Will, 1772-1781; miscellaneous papers relating to the Norris estate, 1700-1797; including the Shardlow-Sweetapple (Wood-Ellis) papers, 1682-1775; papers relating to land of Duck Creek, 1683-1767; Beasley's land papers, 1725-1772; Friends meeting accounts, 1707-1743; a letterbook of Isaac Norris, 1735-1755; James Steel letter books, 1715-1732, 1730-1741, with some James Logan Letters in them; some Logan Parchments, 1734-1770; Norris Parchments, 1682-1764; Dickinson parchments, 1679-1803. A part of the Logan Collection contains a smaller collection called the Logan-Dickinson-Norris Collection, 1675-1876, comprising contracts, testimonies, agreements, etc., which are mainly John Dickinson's legal notes for law cases, 1675-1876; surveys, 1722-1850; accounts, list of prices of commodities, salaries, labor costs, 1729-1861, mainly Logan family accounts; deeds, bonds, leases, 1675-1839; wills, marriage certificates, 1726-1854; papers pertaining to administration of estates, 1730-1860; and "Charles Thompson's opinion of J. Dickinson and the Declaration of Independence," copies from the original by D. Logan, recopied by Sarah Miller Walker, 1845. This collection also has some miscellaneous correspondence, mostly by the Logan family, 1725-1871.

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