Pennsylvania. Provincial Council. Records, 1748-1758, 1819

Mss.974.8.Sa7

Date: 1748-1819 1748-1758 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 150 p., copy
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Abstract

This is a volume of extracts from provincial records copied by Thomas Sargeant when Secretary of the Commonwealth. Includes material on Indian affairs and French and Indian wars in Pennsylvania and the New England colonies.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 150 p., copy.

Provenance

Presented by Thomas Sargeant, 1819; accessioned, 1900 (1900 2691).

Alternate formats available

Printed in part in Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania 4 (1829): 205 and subsequent pages through 6 (1830): 369.

Naval History Note

Contains minor information regarding naval activities.

Early American History Note

This bound volume contains manuscript copies of official records held in the State Archives in Harrisburg. The documents range from 1749-1756 and touch on Native America, imperial, and military affairs. Most of the volume includes correspondence directed to or from the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania and the governor. The volume was printed.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Official Government Documents and Records
  • Political Correspondence

Geographic Name(s)

  • Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775.

Personal Name(s)

  • Sargeant, Thomas

Subject(s)

  • Colonial Politics
  • Diplomatic History
  • Government Affairs
  • Military History
  • Native America
  • Pennsylvania History
  • Seven Years' War, 1756-1763.