| 2 | Author: | Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817 | Add | | Title: | Ebenezer Hazard papers, 1766-1813
| | | Dates: | 1766-1813 | | | Abstract: | The Ebenezer Hazard Collection contains a range of documents relating to the early history and establishment of the postal service in the new American nation. Ebenezer Hazard was a New Yorker who served as a deputy postmaster general during the American Revolution and early republic.Included in the collection are two letters from Benjamin Franklin, one appointing him to the post and another advising him to quickly establish a post to Albany. There are a series of military passes issued to Hazard, lending insight into how the postal service operated during the war years. Other correspondents include Thomas Jefferson, who wrote a letter to Hazard in 1775 endorsing a proposed public papers project, and George Washington, who corresponded with Hazard as General of the Army during the war and as President.
View finding aid for a full description
| | | Call #: | Mss.B.H338 | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Government Affairs | Military History | | | Genre: | Institutional Records | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | | | Subjects: | Postal service -- United States. | |
3 | Author: | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Add | | Title: | David Rittenhouse receipt book, 1779-1785
| | | Dates: | 1779-1785 | | | Abstract: | This small volume records the various payments David Rittenhouse, as state treasurer, received from John Hart, the treasurer for Bucks County, for the years 1779-1785. The accounts do not contain much detail aside from the amount of funds Hart received for fines, taxes, and other fees that he then transferred to the state treasury. The data may complement some of the lieutenant and treasury data contained in the Pennsylvania Archives, however.
View finding aid for a full description
| | | Call #: | Mss.B.R51r | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Government Affairs | Pennsylvania History | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Official Government Documents and Records | | | Subjects: | Taxation -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County. | |
5 | Author: | unknown | Add | | Title: | Documents, 1728-1816, relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution
| | | Dates: | 1728-1819 | | | Abstract: | This volume contains documents that relate to the government of Pennsylvania. Although the volume is described in MOLE as pertaining to the American Revolution in Pennsylvania, the volume begins with a proclamation from 1728 and contains a range of proclamations from the Seven Years' War, before ending with a series of proclamations from the 1770s and 1780s. Although there are some lists and petitionsand orders in the volume, almost all of the documents are official government proclamations, often from the governor. The revolutionary era documents are a bit more diverse. In addition to official government documents, such as militia instructions, the volume contains manuscript copies of letters and essays intended for print, as well as private correspondence and messages from other colonies.
View finding aid for a full description
| | | Call #: | Mss.974.8.D65 | | | Extent: | 1 volume,_50_p. | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Pennsylvania History | | | Genre: | Official Government Documents and Records | |
7 | Author: | unknown | Add | | Title: | Papers of American Loyalists, 1782-1798
| | | Dates: | 1782-1798 | | | Abstract: | The Loyalist Collection contains ten documents that pertain to the interests and affairs of American Loyalists after the American Revolution. The items convey the grievances of Loyalists, particularly merchants. The documents of relate to how the states treated Loyalists and their property after the Revolution. Most of the documents are either official government documents or formal reports. Reports by the Committee of American Merchants, a Loyalists group that formed in Britain after the war, are included as are records relating to the disposition of Penn family interests in Pennsylvania. Also of note is a multi-page, loose-leaf list of loyalists and their claims on the British treasury for services rendered during the war.
View finding aid for a full description
| | | Call #: | Mss.973.314.L95 | | | Extent: | 10 item(s) | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Land and Speculation | | | Genre: | Legal Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | | | Subjects: | American loyalists. | Commerce. | |
9 | Author: | Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775 | Add | | Title: | Thomas Penn correspondence, 1747-1771, with James Hamilton
| | | Dates: | 1747-1771 | | | Abstract: | This Thomas and Richard Penn Collection contains a range of correspondence from the proprietors of Pennsylvania, Thomas and Richard Penn (especially Thomas, the chief proprietor), to their agents in Pennsylvania, especially James Hamilton, who served as governor in the 1750s. The Collection begins in the 1740s, spans the Seven Years' War, and ends in the midst of the imperial crisis. Because of the time period covered, the letters touch on many important matters regarding the militarization of Pennsylvania, political battles within the colony, and the crisis brought about by imperial consolidation in the 1760s.
View finding aid for a full description
| | | Call #: | Mss.974.8.P36c | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Land and Speculation | Military History | Pennsylvania History | Seven Years' War | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | General Correspondence | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | |
11 | Author: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Add | | Title: | Benjamin Franklin Papers, 1642-1841
| | | Dates: | 1642-1841 | | | Abstract: | The Papers of Benjamin Franklin are a rich source as varied and expansive as Dr. Franklin's storied life. The Collection has been calendared, catalogued, and much of it is transcribed in printed volumes and online at www.franklinpapers.org.
View finding aid for a full description
| | | Call #: | Mss.B.F85 | | | Extent: | 85.5 Linear Feet | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Americans Abroad | Business and Skilled Trades | Diplomatic History | Government Affairs | International Travel | Land and Speculation | Marriage and Family Life | Military History | Pennsylvania History | Printing and Publishing | Social Life and Custom | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Diplomatic Material | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Manuscript Essays | Political Correspondence | Printed Material | Scientific Correspondence | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 | Postal service -- United States | Printers -- Pennsylvania | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform | |
|