Indian papers, 1746-1878.

Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810

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Chief Justice Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) was the only surviving son of Dr. Samuel Chew and his first wife, Mary Galloway. Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, he would eventually serve as recorder of Philadelphia, attorney general, recorder-general, and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania under the colonial government. After the Revolution, he was selected as the president of the High Court of Errors and Appeals. His 1747 marriage to Mary Galloway (1729-1755), produced four survi...

Parker, W. B. (William B.)

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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...

Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862

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Resident of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Indian vocabulary of Mathew Schropp Henry, ca. 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71057462 Matthew Schropp Henry was a 19th century Indian language scholar. From the description of Delaware language-english dictionaries, 1859-1860. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524240 From the description of Vocabularies of Indian languages: Klikatat and Kalapo...

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania was established in 1824 by seven young Philadelphians who were inspired by the patriotic celebrations and renewed civic pride brought on by the Marquis d Lafayette's visit to the United States. The aim of their fledgling organization was to collect and preserve evidence related to history of the commonwealth, to encourage scholarly research, and to stimulate public interest in American history. This mission remains central to the wo...

Jones, David, 1736-1820

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David Jones, born in New Castle County, De., was ordained a Baptist minister in 1766 and obtained a Pastorate in Freehold, N.J. that same year. In 1772 he undertook a largely unsuccessful mission to the Indians on th east side of the Ohio River. He was appointed Chaplain to a Pennsylvania regiment in 1775, served in that capacity under Col. St. Clair and Generals Gates, Wayne, Brown and Wilkinson until 1802. From the description of Journal of two visits made to some Nations of Indian...

Teedyuscung, Delaware chief, 1700-1763

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Aupaumut, Hendrick, 1757?-1830

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Hendrick Aupaumut was Chief of the Mohican Indians at Stockbridge, MA. From the description of Journal of a mission to the western tribes of Indians / y Hendrick Aupaumut, 1791. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 86138755 ...