Collection, 1659-1911.

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Collection, 1659-1911.

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Autograph letters and documents of distinguished jurist and other prominent persons, ca. 1659-1873; lists of grand jury indictments, 1701; Philadelphia court docket book, 1737; papers on land contreversies in Maryland and New Jersey, 1753; contemporary copy of Penn's case relating to buying up of grants made to first settlers, 1769; letters reflecting events of the Revolutionary War and early national political questions, tariff, transportation, construction of turnpikes, bridges, etc, 1770-1860; Abraham van Vechten, correspondence from New York, 1780-1841; papers of Jacob Thornton's trial for conspiring to pass conterfeit bank notes, 1821; portraits of members of the bar. James T. Mitchell's personal papers, records of his activities as a member of the bar and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; also papers of D. B. Canfield, publisher of the Law Register, 1852-1888; James T. Mitchell portrait collection, 1888-1907; John Hill Martin's notes on members of the bar, 1882-1889; papers of Commonwealth vs. Alburger re title of Franklin Sqare, 1836; Manayunk tax record, 1840; Erastus Corning correspondence, 1842-1864; and Peter A. Browne papers, ca. 1857.

15 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Martin, John Hill, 1823-1906

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John Hill Martin practiced law in Philadelphia's Orphan Court and the Commonwealth's Admiralty Court from 1844 to 1881. He was the legal editor of the Philadelphia Intelligencer from 1857, a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and an inveterate compiler of lists. From the description of Manuscript, 1789-1872. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122644975 John Hill Martin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 13, 1823, the son ...

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 : ...

Mitchell, James T. (James Tyndale), 1834-1915

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Thornton, Jacob

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Browne, Peter A. (Peter Arrell), 1782-1860

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Corning, Erastus, 1794-1872

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Vechten, Abraham van.

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Canfield, D. B.

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