MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1838
Abstract:
Catalogue and Tracts relating to Pennsylvania, 1681-1770, collected by Joshua Francis Fisher (presented to APS in 1839), contains: 1. "Catalogue of Printed Tracts relating to the Political History of . . . Pennsylvania, 1681-1770," with an introduction by Fisher (20 pp.); 2. (Sir William Keith), "The Life and character of a strange `He Monster' lately arrived in London from an English Colony in America, . . .," n.d. The "Monster" is identified as Andrew Hamilton by Walker Lewis, William and Mary Quarterly 38 (1981): 269-294; 3. A modest apology for the eight members. (3 pp.); 4. Petitions of merchants and others to the King for the safety of the Province and against the Quakers, n.d. (4 pp.).
Call #:
Mss.016.9748.C28
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
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Catalogs. | Colonial Politics | Fisher, Joshua Francis, 1807-1873 | Government Affairs | Hamilton, Andrew | Manuscript Essays | Marischal, William Keith, -- Earl, | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Pennsylvania History | Petitions. | Society of Friends.