Extracts from the Ancient Records of Pennsylvania.

Mss.974.8 Sq7B.P31 4

Date: 1748-1758 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 190 p.

Abstract

Volume of extracts from provincial records compiled by Thomas Sargeant, and printed in part in Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania 4 (1829), 205 through vol. 6 (1830), 369.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 190 p.

Provenance

Thomas Sargeant, gift.

Early American History Note

This volume contains a copy of the Provincial Council's internal minutes for the years 1748-1758. Portions of the volume were printed in Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania. Much of the volume involves correspondence on military aspects of the Seven Years War and on Indian affairs.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Diplomatic Material
  • Official Government Documents and Records
  • Political Correspondence
  • Public records.

Subject(s)

  • Colonial Politics
  • Diplomatic History
  • Military History
  • Native America
  • Pennsylvania History
  • Seven Years' War