| 11 | Creator: | Rogers, Robert,1731-1795. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Estimate of the Fur and Peltry Trade in the District of Michilimackinac
| | | | Dates: | 1767 | | | | Abstract: | A New Hampshireman and one of the most famous military figures in colonial America, Robert Rogers saw brief service in the militia during King George's War, but found fame as a commander of rangers during the Seven Years War. An efficient leader and crack woodsman, Rogers gained a hard driving reputation in leading his rangers against the Abnaki Indians at St. Francis Quebec, and for service at Quebec, Montreal, Fort Pitt, and Detroit. After voyaging to England in 1765 to advance his career, he was appointed to the command of Fort Michilimackinac at the tip of the southern peninsula of Michigan, but was recalled less than two years later for impropriety and suspected treason. He later offered his services to George Washington before serving in the Loyalist Queen's Rangers.
As Commander of Fort Michilimackinac from 1766-1768, Rogers sat at the critical nexus of the British fur trade, the point connecting the vast interior of the western Great Lakes and northern plains to the trading centers at Montreal and elsewhere in the east. His "Estimate of the Fur and Peltry Trade in the District of Michilimackinac, according to the bounds and limits, assign'd to it by the French, when under their government: together with an account of the situation and names of the several out-posts" is, as the title suggests, an overview of this most important area of economic activity. Rogers gave this manuscript to Jonathan Carver (the man he has sent on an expedition to find the Northwest Passage), who relayed it to Thomas Barton of Lancaster, Pa., who, in turn, sent it to the American Philosophical Society. It was received at the APS and referred to the Committee on Trade and Commerce on December 20, 1768. | | | | Call #: | Mss.970.1.R63 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Barton, Thomas | Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780 | Colonial Politics | Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.) | Fur trade--Great Lakes | Government Affairs | International Trade. | Manuscript Essays | Native America | Official Government Documents and Records | Rogers, Robert,1731-1795. | Trade | |
| 12 | Creator: | Meriam, Ebenezer,1794-1864. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ebenezer Meriam correspondence, 1850-1855
| | | | Dates: | 1850-1855 | | | | Abstract: | Letters from two young Christian Onondaga Indians, Thomas La Fort and Jameson L. Thomas, about their efforts to get an education so they might help their tribe; from Chief David Hill, leader of the Christian Onondagas, asking for financial and political aid when the New York state legislature refused money for a school on the Onondaga reservation, and when the Christian and pagan Indians sought to divide the reservation between them. | | | | Call #: | Mss.970.3.On1 | | | | Extent: | 32.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Education | Government Affairs | Hill, David, -- Chief. | Indian reservations | Indians of North America--Education | Meriam, Ebenezer,1794-1864. | Native America | Native American Materials | New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. | Onondaga Indians | |
| 13 | Creator: | Great Britain.Board of Trade. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers on the West Indies, 1707-1709
| | | | Dates: | 1707-1709 | | | | Abstract: | These are miscellaneous documents relating to appointments, money acts, defense, etc., mostly addressed to Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, Secretary of State for the Southern Department. Contain signatures of important Englishmen, among whom are: Wm.Blathwayt, Jas. Craggs. Mitford Crow, Dartmouth, Herbert, Sir P.Meadows, Wm. Popple, Jr., Matthew Prior, John Smith, Stamford, Sunderland,etc. | | | | Call #: | Mss.972.9.G81 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration. | International Affairs | Military History | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | Sunderland, Charles Spencer, Earl of, 1674-1722 | West Indies, British -- History -- 18th century. | |
| 14 | Creator: | George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Act of incorporation, 1742, for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, [n.d.]
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | This is an undated copy of the deed of incorporation issued in 1742 by King George II and witnessed by George Thomas, Governor of Pennsylvania. | | | | Call #: | Mss.974.815.L223 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Articles of incorporation. | George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 | Government Affairs | Incorporation -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster. | Lancaster County (Pa.) | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Thomas, George, 1695?-1774 | |
| 17 | Creator: | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Rittenhouse receipt book, 1779-1785
| | | | Dates: | 1779-1785 | | | | Abstract: | This volume records payments principally by John Hart, treasurer of Bucks County, Pa., of taxes, such as militia fines, forfeited debts, supplies, monthly taxes, second-class tax, and excise taxes. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R51r | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Revolution | Business Records and Accounts | Government Affairs | Hart, John | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania History | Receipts. | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Taxation -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County. | |
| 18 | Creator: | 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: | Catalogue and Tracts relating to Pennsylvania, 1681-1770, collected by Joshua Francis Fisher (presented to APS in 1839), contains: 1. "Catalogue of Printed Tracts relating to the Political History of . . . Pennsylvania, 1681-1770," with an introduction by Fisher (20 pp.); 2. (Sir William Keith), "The Life and character of a strange `He Monster' lately arrived in London from an English Colony in America, . . .," n.d. The "Monster" is identified as Andrew Hamilton by Walker Lewis, William and Mary Quarterly 38 (1981): 269-294; 3. A modest apology for the eight members. (3 pp.); 4. Petitions of merchants and others to the King for the safety of the Province and against the Quakers, n.d. (4 pp.). | | | | Call #: | Mss.016.9748.C28 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Catalogs. | Colonial Politics | Fisher, Joshua Francis, 1807-1873 | Government Affairs | Hamilton, Andrew, d. 1703 | Manuscript Essays | Marischal, William Keith, -- Earl, -- ca. 1665-1712. | Miscellaneous | Official Government Documents and Records | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Pennsylvania History | Petitions. | Society of Friends. | |
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