The Burd-Shippen Papers contain numerous records belonging to James Burd, who served as a commanding officer at Fort Augusta during the Seven Years' War. This expansive collection features at least three diaries. One, from 1760 (2/8-11/7), recounts the construction of Fort Burd and expeditions throughout western Pennsylvania. This diary includes references to William Shippen (11/4/1760) and regular accounts of Native-white interactions, both peaceful and violent. Another journal from the summer of 1763 (6/5-10/24) documents his time at Fort Augusta. It recounts the opening of Pontiac's Rebellion and the initial reports of the Indian raid on the Connecticut settlers in the Wyoming Valley. Finally, there's a third fragment of a diary from August 1757 (8/2-8/10). In six leaves, Burd describes the Siege of Fort William Henry, including an account of the events of the capitulation and surrender of that British fort to the French and their Indian allies. These volumes ought to interest scholars researching the Seven Years' War, Pontiac's Rebellion, and colonial settlement practices more broadly.
 

Shippen visits numerous coffee houses and attends many lectures, including religious sermons. During his stay in London, he dines with William Franklin on at least one occasion (1/18/1760) and attends a sermon by George Whitefield (8/26/1759). In his medical training, he records his treatment of smallpox patients (9/26/1759). Perhaps most notably, Shippen regularly recounts news of the Seven Years' War. He celebrates Prince Ferdinand's victory on 8/8/1759 and also writes that he is "pleased with News of taking Quebec" on 10/18/1759.

The William Shippen journal offers an account of his daily activities in London with anecdotes pertaining to education. This bound volume, which spans 7/19/1759-1/22/1760, also includes a journal Shippen kept while pursuing medical training (obstetrics) in London. With entries related to medical lectures, sermons, and contemporaneous news from Philadelphia, this diary may interest scholars researching eighteenth-century medicine, religion, and the Seven Years' War.
 
Shippen visits numerous coffee houses and attends many lectures, including religious sermons. During his stay in London, he dines with William Franklin on at least one occasion (1/18/1760) and attends a sermon by George Whitefield (8/26/1759). In his medical training, he records his treatment of smallpox patients (9/26/1759). Perhaps most notably, Shippen regularly recounts news of the Seven Years' War. He celebrates Prince Ferdinand's victory on 8/8/1759 and also writes that he is "pleased with News of taking Quebec" on 10/18/1759.