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1	Author:	Day, Sherman,1806-1884.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Ephraim Dyer IV Collection, ca. 1842, of the sketches of Sherman Day
	Dates:	Circa 1842
	Abstract:	This collection contains the proofs of images for Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania. The book is over 700 pages long with more than 200 images. The book and images capture Pennsylvania life past and present and can provide insight into the customs of the period. Days' engravings provide detailed images of towns and areas of Pennsylvania circa 1840. Some of the over 250 images included in this collection are: Pittsburgh with steamboats traveling up the rivers and smoke spouting in the sky from factories, a redoubt at Fort Pitt, a vista of Reading, mines in western Pennsylvania, Native American engravings found on a rock, the public squares at Chambersburg, Lancaster and Erie, and Ephrata's houses. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.917.48.D33
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Pennsylvania History \| Social Life and Custom
	Genre:	Art \| General Correspondence \| Sketchbooks
	Subjects:	Architecture -- Pennsylvania. \| Delaware Indians \| Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania \| Landscape -- Pennsylvania. \| Seneca Indians

2	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Indian and Military Affairs of Pennsylvania, 1737-1775
	Dates:	1737-1775
	Abstract:	This large volume contains a wealth of data on Pennsylvania history beginning in 1737 and ending in 1775. Documents include letters, orders, and treaty minutes relating to Pennsylvania's military and political history. Although much of the material relates to the Seven Years' War, there are also documents relating to the Maryland-Pennsylvania border dispute, impressments of sailors, the founding of the Pennsylvania hospital, and other aspects of the political history of the colony. The bulk of the material deals with military, diplomatic, and political issues. Most of the documents have been printed in either the Pennsylvania Archives or Hazard's Register. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.974.8.P19
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Colonial Politics \| Diplomatic History \| Government Affairs \| Military History \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History \| Seven Years' War \| Social Life and Custom \| Surveying and Maps
	Genre:	Diplomatic Material \| Military Records \| Official Government Documents and Records
	Subjects:	Delaware Indians \| Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania \| Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763

3	Author:	Brainerd, David, 1718-1747	Requires cookie*
	Title:	David Brainerd diary, July 14, 1745 - November 20, 1745
	Dates:	1745
	Abstract:	This journal from 1745 recounts David Brainerd's time in western Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The vast majority of the journal depicts Brainerd's time in the Upper Susquehanna River Valley. Brainerd's journals and autobiography were published after his death. They were used as tracts to promote missionary efforts to Native Americans. Historians have determined that these published accounts were largely written by Brainerd and Jonathan Edwards in 1747 before Brainerd died of tuberculosis. They hoped to edit Brainerd's actual journals to make his efforts sound like a greater success, thus spurring others to follow in his footsteps. The APS journal is an original journal that differs from the one published by Jonathan Edwards. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B74j
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Native America \| Religion \| Travel
	Genre:	Diaries \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Missions \| Indians of North America -- New Jersey \| Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania \| Missionaries

4	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