| 1 | Author: | unknown | Add | | Title: | Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823
| | | Dates: | 1751-1823 | | | Abstract: | This volume relates to the controversy between Pennsylvania and Connecticut over control of the northern third of what is today Pennsylvania. While much of this documentation is available in printed sources – namely the Pennsylvania Archives and the Papers of the Susquehanna Company – these are originals of these documents. Some of the documents in the APS collection do not appear to be part of these printed collections, notably a series of legal documents and pronouncements that contain marginalia that may be of interest to historians. The documents span the entire period of the controversy, with the first documents dated from the 1750s and the last ones from the early nineteenth century. Many are manuscript copies of originals.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.974.83.D65 | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | Colonial Politics | Pennsylvania History | | | Genre: | Legal Records | Official Government Documents and Records | | | Subjects: | Land settlement -- Pennsylvania. | |
3 | 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.
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| | | 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. | |
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