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1	Author:	State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania	Requires cookie*
	Title:	State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Records
	Dates:	1819-1955
	Abstract:	These two volumes record the admissions to Eastern State Penitentiary for the years 1839-1850 (excluding, apparently, 1844). The records contain a wealth of information about each prisoner admitted. The entries often contain a physical description of the inmate, a description of the crime(s) committed, and, occasionally, statements the prisoner made. Most entries contain a detailed biographical history of the prisoner that includes information on the background of the criminal, such as their family life, how they were raised, previous incarcerations, and the social habits of the prisoner, such as drinking in taverns or their religiosity. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.365.P381p
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Government Affairs \| Law \| Philadelphia History \| Social Life and Custom
	Genre:	Legal Records \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Prisoners -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Women prisoners -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

2	Author:	Braddock, Edward, 1695-1755	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Manuscripts on Indian affairs, 1755-1792, [n.d.]
	Dates:	1755-1792
	Abstract:	These volumes contain an assortment of documents relating to colonial Pennsylvania's relations with Indian groups. Most notably, the collection contains journals and treaty minutes from the Seven Years' War, including a journal by Conrad Weiser, a manuscript version of Charles Thomson's "Enquiry into the Alienation," and official government records from the war. There are other documents that do not bear directly on Indian affairs. Most notably, there is a manuscript essay by Lewis Evans on German immigration that details the often brutal experience of immigrants' journey to Pennsylvania and proposes a series of reforms. There is also a printed essay in the back of the volume that opposes capital punishment and was printed in Philadelphia in 1792. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.970.4.M415
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	Diplomatic History \| Law \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History \| Seven Years' War \| Social Life and Custom \| Travel
	Genre:	Diplomatic Material \| Manuscript Essays \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Printed Material \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Braddock's Campaign, 1755. \| Delaware Indians \| Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania \| Indians of North America -- Treaties \| Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Shawnee Indians

3	Author:	Yeates, Jasper	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Jasper Yeates Papers
	Dates:	1738-1910
	Abstract:	The Jasper Yeates Collection contains a range of documents from this prominent Pennsylvania lawyer and judge, most of which are from the early republic. Because the collection is new to the APS, the MOLE entry contains an item level catalogue of the collection's content. Yeates was active during the American Revolution as a leader of opposition to Great Britain in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. After the Revolution, he became an Associate Justice on the State Supreme Court. He was also related through marriage to the Shippen and Burd families. This collection contains personal letters written between Jasper and his wife Sally. There are also legal records and court proceedings. Within these documents, there is an account of a slave insurrection in Lancaster County during the American Revoltuion. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.151
	Extent:	3 Linear Feet
	Topics:	African American \| Law \| Marriage and Family Life \| Pennsylvania History \| Seven Years' War \| Social Life and Custom
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Legal Records \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Lancaster County (Pa.) -- History \| Pennsylvania -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 \| Pennsylvania Supreme Court \| Slavery -- Pennsylvania. \| United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763

4	Author:	Fox family	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Fox Family papers, ca. 1690-1915
	Dates:	1690-1915
	Abstract:	This collection contains information on the prominent Philadelphian Fox family with a large portion of the collection focusing on the family's land holdings and business dealings. George Fox was a close friend of William Temple Franklin, who bequeathed to Fox his grandfather's papers. George Fox was a doctor educated at the University of Pennsylvania. His brother Samuel was a businessman. Samuel's son Charles became a doctor. The collection reflects various papers relating to the lives and careers of these three men. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.F832f
	Extent:	2 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Americans Abroad \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Education \| International Travel \| Land and Speculation \| Law \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine \| Pennsylvania History \| Social Life and Custom \| Surveying and Maps
	Genre:	Commonplace Book \| Diaries \| Educational Material \| Family Correspondence \| General Correspondence \| Maps and Surveys \| Travel Narratives and Journals