MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1755-1792
Abstract:
The first volume includes extracts from the journals of Conrad Weiser and Christian Frederick Post (1757), Charles Thomson's "An Enquiry into the causes of the alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British interest" (1759), and a printed version of Judge Bradford's "Statement of facts and observations respecting the penal laws" (1792). The second volume contains selected letters and documents in the Pennsylvania state records on Indian relations, including transcriptions of several treaties between the Province of Pennsylvania and the Delawares and other Indians (1755-1758); the French and Indian War; and Braddock's campaign. Some manuscripts are written by Deborah Norris Logan and Charles Thomson.
Call #:
Mss.970.4.M415
Extent:
2 volume(s)
Subjects:
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Armstrong, John | Barton, Thomas, 1730-1780 | Braddock's Campaign, 1755. | Braddock, Edward, 1695-1755 | Bradford, William, 1755-1795 | Claus, Daniel, 1727-1781 | Croghan, George | Delaware Indians | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Hamilton, James, 1710-1783 | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania | Indians of North America -- Treaties | Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880 | Law | Logan, Deborah Norris, 1761-1839 | Logan, James, 1674-1751 | Manuscript Essays | Mercer, Hugh, 1726-1777 | Montour, Andrew | Morris, Robert Hunter, 1713-1764 | Native America | Official Government Documents and Records | Orme, Robert, 1728-1801 | Paris, Ferdinand John | Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775 | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Pennsylvania History | Post, Christian Frederick,1710 | Printed Material | Seven Years' War | Sharpe, Horatio, 1718-1790 | Shawnee Indians | Shippen, Joseph, 1706-1793 | Shirley, William, 1694-1771 | Social Life and Custom | Stanwix, John | Stobo, Robert, 1726-1770 | Teedyuscung, ca. 1700-1763 | Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | Trent, William, 1715-1787? | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763. | Walsh, John | Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760