| | 23 | Author: | Dixon, Jeremiah | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Minutes and papers of the Mason and Dixon survey, 1760-1768
| | | | Dates: | 1760-1768 | | | | Abstract: | The Mason and Dixon Survey Collection consists of two volumes relating to their work drawing a border between Pennsylvania and Maryland and a box of correspondence. This entry describes the two volumes. One contains the Penn family's costs, which goes into specific details about items purchased and used for the venture. The second volume is a manuscript copy of the commissioners' minutes from 1760-1768. The commissioners were representatives of both Baltimore and Penn, and gave directions to Mason and Dixon. The minutes contain negotiations between the commissioners, which provide insight into surveying methods and the various disagreements between the two sides about boundaries, particularly as they relate to the Delmarva Peninsula. There are a few mentions of Indians and diplomacy, especially around 1767 when Mason and Dixon were extending the line into the Ohio Country.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.974.8.P383 | | | | Extent: | 2 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Native America | Pennsylvania History | Surveying and Maps | | | | Genre: | Maps and Surveys | Official Government Documents and Records | | | | Subjects: | Surveys. | |
| 27 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | 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. | |
| 30 | Author: | Logan, James, 1674-1751 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Selections from the correspondence of the Honourable James Logan, 1699-1750
| | | | Dates: | 1699-1750 | | | | Abstract: | These four volumes of letters are edited transcriptions of letters now at the HSP. The letters were edited by Deborah Norris Logan, who authored books on colonial Pennsylvania history in the nineteenth century. Although many of the letters are nearly complete, Norris occasionally summarizes content rather than transcribe it. There are some letters that are not from or to Logan, but were likely in his possession. Among those are letters from Conrad Weiser, Richard Peters, and Thomas Lee of Virginia. Although the letters are from 1674-1751, most are from the first quarter of the eighteenth century.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L82 | | | | Extent: | 4 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Pennsylvania History | | | | Genre: | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | |
| 32 | Author: | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Requires cookie* | | | 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.
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| | | | 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. | |
| 34 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Keugh, Lieutenant William, Report of British Officer to His Majesty from Camp at German Town 28th of Setptemr. 1777
| | | | Dates: | 1777 September 28- October 7 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains an official account of the British Army's actions in the Philadelphia-area during the American Revolution. It complements SMS Coll 7 and SMS Coll 9. Recorded by British Army officer Lieutenant William Keugh, the after action report is extensive and detailed.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.SMs.Coll.8 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Military History | Philadelphia History | | | | Genre: | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | | | | Subjects: | Brandywine, Battle of, 1777 | British Landing at Head of Elk, Maryland, 1777 | Germantown, Battle of, 1777 | Paoli Massacre, 1777 | |
| 35 | Author: | Fisher, Joshua Francis, 1807-1873 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Catalogue of political tracts relating to the history of the colony of Pennsylvania from 1681 to 1770, 1838
| | | | Dates: | 1838 | | | | Abstract: | This volume contains a series of manuscript essays compiled by Joshua Francis Fisher and presented to the APS in the early 19th Century. It is part of the APS collection of documents relationg to colonial Pennsylvania politics and governance. The first part of the volume has a bibliography made in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century that lists all of the printed pamphlets and other similar documents printed about Pennsylvania from 1681 to 1770. The remaining documents appear to involve the political career and rivalries of William Keith and Andrew Hamilton. The first is an essay "The Life and Character of a strange 'He Monster," that is purportedly written by William Keith about Andrew Hamilton. The second and third pamphlets "A Modest Apology" and "A Petition … against the Quakers" were written during Hamilton's life and involve political controversies he was involved in surrounding defensive measures. The final document is an obituary for Andrew Hamilton.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.016.9748.C28 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Pennsylvania History | | | | Genre: | Manuscript Essays | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | | | | Subjects: | Society of Friends. | |
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