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1	Author:	Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Nathanael Greene Papers
	Dates:	1777-1780
	Abstract:	The Nathanael Greene Collection is a large collection of correspondence primarily related to supplying the Continental Army. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1778-1780, during which time Greene served as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. The correspondence captures the supply issues that the Army faced during the war, and the means of financing and supplying it. Because the bulk of the collection is correspondence and not account or ledger books, the letters to Greene from the field often provide interesting details and anecdotes on requisitioning. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.G83
	Extent:	4 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Government Affairs \| Military History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Military Records \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Quartermasters -- United States

2	Author:	Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817	Requires cookie*
	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	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. 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.

4	Author:	Various	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Pennsylvania Stamp Act and Non-Importation Resolutions Collection
	Dates:	1765-1775
	Abstract:	This collection contains a range of documents on the imperial crisis in Philadelphia. Specifically, the documents focus on the Stamp Act and the Non-importation agreements of 1773. For the Stamp Act, there are many letters from John Hughes, the Stamp Tax collector. The letters detail his tribulations. There is also a large, oversize letter from John Hughes to the Commissioners of the Stamp Office in London defending his actions and outlining his experiences during the Stamp Act controversy (first page missing). The documents surrounding the 1773 boycott of tea in Philadelphia include detailed reports from commissioners appointed by residents to negotiate with the East India company officials and the testimony of the firm of James and Drinker who were designated distributors of the tea. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.973.2.M31
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Colonial Politics \| Government Affairs \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History
	Genre:	Legal Records \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Political Correspondence \| Printed Material
	Subjects:	Non-importation agreements, 1768-1769 \| Sons of Liberty \| Stamp Act, 1765 \| Tea tax (American colonies)

5	Author:	Hughes, John. -1772	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Letter to the Commisioners of the stamp office from the Pennsylvania Collector
	Dates:	1765
	Abstract:	This document is cross-listed with the Pennsylvania Non-Importation Collection (Mss.973.2.M31). The finding aid for that collection contains additional details on this item. In summary, part of the collection contains a series of letters that John Hughes, the appointed collector of the stamp tax in 1765, wrote detailing his experience.The letters provide an account of Philadelphia's reaction to the Stamp Act from the persepctive of Hughes. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.973.31.H87
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Colonial Politics \| Government Affairs \| Philadelphia History
	Genre:	Official Government Documents and Records \| Political Correspondence

6	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	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.

7	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	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

8	Author:	Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796	Requires cookie*
	Title:	David Rittenhouse Papers
	Dates:	1774-1932
	Abstract:	The David Rittenhouse Collection contains a variety of Rittenhouse-related documents from the Revolutionary era. Receipts, correspondence, and records of official government business compose much of it. A full inventory of the collection and its content is available on MOLE. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.SMs.Coll.11
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Colonial Politics \| Government Affairs \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| General Correspondence \| Official Government Documents and Records

9	Author:	Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775	Requires cookie*
	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

10	Author:	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825
	Dates:	1775-1825
	Abstract:	This is the primary collection of Thomas Jefferson Papers at the APS. The collection is rich and extensive. The collection is well-described and inventoried in MOLE. What follows below is a general summary of some of the more noteworthy pieces. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.J35
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Colony and State Specific History \| Diplomatic History \| Early National Politics \| Government Affairs \| Native America \| Natural history \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Boundaries, State. \| Canals. \| Chemistry \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Linguistics. \| Louisiana Purchase -- Enclopedias. \| Plants. \| Science -- United States -- 18th century. \| Scientific apparatus and instruments. \| Seeds.

11	Author:	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790	Requires cookie*
	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