One chart is addressed to Benjamin Franklin, "président de l'Etat de Pennsylvanie et président de la société phylosophique...1789." All or most of the material was sent to Thomas Jefferson as president of the United States and of the American Philosophical Society. Contains also an English translation of the above Observations... Contains also copies made by M. Legaux of tables 2-5.

There are observations from 1802 to 1810 made by Heckewelder at Gnadenhütten, Pennsylvania, which continue those he made for 1800 [published in "Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal" 1,2 (1805): 134]. There are also observations from 1810 to 1814 made by George G. Miller at Beersheba, Ohio, and from September 1-7, 1800 made by Christian Frederick Denke at Fairfield, Upper Canada [the latter printed in "Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal" 1,2 (1805): 142].

Initially proposed by Peter Legaux at a meeting of the American Philosophical Society in 1793, the Vine Company of Pennsylvania was a stock company that encouraged the domestic production of grapes, wines, and brandy, and dissemination of knowledge about viticulture. After its incorporation in 1802, the Company operated vineyards on Legaux's farm at Spring Mill, 13 miles northwest of Philadelphia, until it failed in 1822. The three volumes of Journals of the Vine Company of Pennsylvania record the daily operations of America's first commercial vineyard bewteeen 1803 and 1814. Kept by the superintendent, Peter Legaux, the journals provide careful records of weather, planting, harvesting and other field work, as well as some of the doings of the officers and shareholders of the Company. The fourth volume is essentially a weather diary kept by Legaux at Spring Mill from 1822 until his death in 1827. The last volume of Vine Company records covering the last eight years of its operation, 1814-1822, has been lost.

James Burd (1726-1793) was well-known in colonial Pennsylvania through his role in the French and Indian War, as well as his connections to many of the colony's leading families (most notably the Shippen family). Initially starting out as a merchant in Philadelphia, Burd became increasingly involved with colonial affairs after moving to Lancaster County with his family in 1752. It would be on the frontier where Burd would make his mark first as a soldier, and later as a magistrate. The Burd-Shippen Papers consist mainly of letters and business documents sent to James Burd, with the bulk of the collection relating to the French and Indian War, 1754-1763, in which Burd served as an officer commanding troops at Fort Augusta and elsewhere. The collection reflects all aspects of Burd's life in Pennsylvania as a merchant, soldier, and magistrate; as well as his involvement with the Shippen family professionally and personally. Intermixed with items sent to Burd are receipts to his wife Sarah Shippen Burd, and correspondence between Edward Shippen and James Hamilton regarding land matters and Indian affairs in Lancaster.