Miscellaneous letters and documents, 1665-1801.

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Miscellaneous letters and documents, 1665-1801.

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Three volumes contain letters, laws, charters, reports, proclamations, petitions, and other official and semi-official documents relating principally to early Pennsylvania and New Jersey, signed by or addressed to William Penn, among others. A fourth volume is Penn's cash book, 1699-1703, which records expeditures, payments of quit rents, etc. Tipped in is "Catalogue of Goods left at Pensbury," and of goods left at Philadelphia, 1701.

4 v. (125 items).

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Lloyd, Thomas, 1640-1694

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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

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Fletcher, Benjamin, 1640-1703

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Markham, William, 1635-1704

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Turner, Robert, active 1654-1665

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Turner was an English astrologer and botanist. From the description of Two treatises concerning physick : the first an experimentall method for the curing of most internall & external diseases; the other sentences & aphorisms of chirurgery, with the method of curing wounds & ulcers / by R. Turner, 1656. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 50003175 ...

Claypoole, James, 1634-1687

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James Claypoole, a London Quaker merchant, emigrated to Philadelphia in 1683. From the description of Letter book, 1681-1683. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122523872 ...

Penn, William, 1644-1718

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The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land...

Eckley, John

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Simcock, John, 1630-1703

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Logan, James, 1674-1751

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James Logan, colonial statesman and scholar, became William Penn's secretary and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1699. Logan was later appointed Penn's financial agent in the colony and adviser for his descendants. During the next forty years, he held various positions in the colonial government including secretary of the province, clerk of the Provincial Council, and numerous other executive and judicial posts. Logan also amassed a fortune in land investment and in trade with the Indians. He was ...

Roberts, Hugh, d. 1702.

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Hamilton, Andrew, -1703

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Born in Scotland, Hamilton settled in New Jersey where he became deputy governor in 1687. He served as proprietary governor of East and West Jersey from 1692-1697 and 1699-1701, and deputy governor of Pennsylvania in 1701. He was also deputy postmaster-general of America, and organized the first postal system in the colonies. From the description of Writ of summons : Perth Amboy, N.J., to the sheriff of Monmouth County, 1694 Sept. 7. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record ...

Norris, Isaac, 1671-1735

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