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The following manuscripts were authored by numerous figures directly and indirectly involved in the Paxton debates, including Benjamin Franklin, Israel Pemberton, and Thomas Penn. Some correspondence predates and postdates the pamphlet war and offers bridges to other colonial events, including the Seven Years' War, Pontiac's rebellion, and the Black Boys uprising. You may also filter manuscripts by following the Correspondence Concerning Conestoga Manor, Edward Shippen, Friendly Association, Moravian Indian Diaries, Timothy Horsfield, Walking Purchase sub-paths.
 
 We have currently digitized 236 manuscripts, arranged chronologically in the path below "Contents."

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  1. William Penn to King of the Indians, October 18, 1681
  2. Deed from Indians on the Susquehanna (1700)
  3. Excerpts from the Minutes of the Board of Property, 1727-37
  4. Letter to Governor Penn, March 22, 1732/3
  5. Goods received, September 7, 1732
  6. Notes to James Steel, ca. 1732-35
  7. Map of the Delaware River, ca. 1735
  8. Minutes of Contracts In Conestoga Manor, 1737-1760
  9. Letter to the Lenape Chiefs, May 20, 1740
  10. Letter to Governor Thomas, January 3, 1741
  11. Letter to Governor Thomas (attestation), January 3, 1741
  12. Letter to the Allegheny Chiefs, October 20, 1741
  13. Tract of Land Situated in Conestoga Manor (January 18, 1752)
  14. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, March 28, 1753
  15. Edward Shippen to William Allen, June 17, 1755
  16. Timothy Horsfield to William Parsons, December 14, 1755
  17. Proclamation of Peace, August 3, 1756
  18. Memoranda, 1756 to 1761
  19. Account of the Indian Complaints, 1756
  20. Friends' Address to the Governor, April 1756
  21. Conversation with the Indians, April 19, 1756
  22. Christopher Towne to Israel Pemberton, April 25, 1756
  23. Memorandum of an Account of the Indian Nicodemus, June 30, 1756
  24. Letter to Richard Peters, December 11, 1756
  25. Memorandum on the Delawares, 1756
  26. Passport for Joseph Peepy and Lewis Montour, January 9, 1757
  27. John Ross to Richard Peters (February 24, 1757)
  28. Hyder deposition, March 1, 1757
  29. Marshall deposition, March 1, 1757
  30. Brown deposition, March 5, 1757
  31. Smith deposition, March 15, 1757
  32. Passport for Nathaniel, April 4, 1757
  33. George Stevenson Letter (April 12, 1757)
  34. Message to the Delaware, May 1, 1757
  35. Record of Council with Delaware, May 1, 1757
  36. George Croghan to Timothy Horsfield, May 24, 1757
  37. George Stevenson Letter (May 28, 1757)
  38. Conference between Croghan and Teedyuscung, August 1, 1757
  39. Garrison at Fort Halifax, August 1, 1757
  40. Terms sent to Teedyuscung, August 1, 1757
  41. Budge and Biddle depositions, August 2, 1757
  42. Croghan and Weiser despositions, August 2, 1757
  43. Shoemaker and Drake depositions, August 2, 1757
  44. Account of the Indian reaction to Teedyuscung, August 3, 1757
  45. Letter to Richard Peters, August 3, 1757
  46. Memorandum on Easton, August 3, 1757
  47. Extracts from a journal, August 7-8, 1757
  48. Letter to Governor Denny, August 12, 1757
  49. Hyndshaw deposition, August 31, 1757
  50. Lisle deposition, August, 1757
  51. Proprietors' defense against Indian claims, August 1757
  52. Weiser deposition, September 24, 1757
  53. Allen, Hamilton, Peters, and Lyell depositions, September 1757
  54. Allen, Hamilton, Peters and Denny depositions, October 1757
  55. Allen, Hamilton, Peters, Scull, and Denny depositions (fair copy), December 6, 1757
  56. Allen, Hamilton, Peters, Scull, and Denny depositions (heavily corrected), December 6, 1757
  57. Letter to Governor Denny, December 8, 1757
  58. Letter to Conrad Weiser, December 24, 1757
  59. Peters deposition, 1757
  60. Abstract of a bill (Penn v. Baltimore), ca. 1757
  61. Copy of the alleged 1686 treaty, ca. 1757
  62. Excerpt from August 24, 1737 Minutes, ca. 1757
  63. Misc. manuscripts and fragments, ca. 1757-62
  64. George Stevenson Letter (January 16, 1758)
  65. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, April 13, 1758
  66. Robert Strettell to Timothy Horsfield, April 14, 1758
  67. Journal of Christian Frederick Post, June 20, 1758
  68. General Forbes to Israel Pemberton, August 18, 1758
  69. Israel Pemberton to Charles Read, September 10, 1758
  70. Speech on behalf of the Delaware Indians, September 18, 1758
  71. Peters and Scull depositions, December 30, 1758
  72. General Forbes to Israel Pemberton, January 15, 1759
  73. Samuel Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, January 31, 1759
  74. Petition to the King, February 2, 1759
  75. James Kenny to Israel Pemberton, February 12, 1759
  76. George Stevenson Letter (March 2, 1759)
  77. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, March 27, 1759
  78. Samuel Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, May 16, 1759
  79. James Kenny to Israel Pemberton, June 19, 1759
  80. Israel Pemberton to John Stanwix, August 24, 1759
  81. Response to Franklin's petition, August 29, 1759
  82. George Stevenson to Richard Peters (December 29, 1759)
  83. Response to Thomson's pamphlet, 1759
  84. Criticism of Benjamin Franklin's Historical Review [Thomas Penn?]
  85. Various Memoranda, 1760
  86. Letter Concerning Conestoga Manor (January 18, 1760)
  87. George Stevenson to Richard Peters (January 24, 1760)
  88. George Stevenson Letter (February 2, 1760)
  89. George Stevenson to Richard Peters and Richard Hockley (April 23, 1760)
  90. George Stevenson Letter (April 24, 1760)
  91. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, May 16, 1760
  92. Account of the Return of Three White Prisoners, May 20, 1760
  93. Isaac Whitelock to Israel Pemberton, June 6, 1760
  94. Israel Pemberton, Captive Inquiry
  95. Nathaniel Holland to Friend, August 21, 1760
  96. Christopher Schultze to Israel Pemberton, August 29, 1760
  97. John and Richard Penn to the Friendly Association, September 5, 1760
  98. Benjamin Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, September 7, 1760
  99. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, September 17, 1760
  100. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, October 16, 1760
  101. List of Goods Applied to Indians (1761)
  102. George Stevenson to Richard Peters (March 14, 1761)
  103. George Stevenson to Richard Peters Concerning Blue Rock Plantation (March 14, 1761)
  104. Report of the Easton Conference, August 1761
  105. Christian Frederick Post to Israel Pemberton, August 8, 1761
  106. George Stevenson to Richard Peters and Richard Hockley (August 10, 1761)
  107. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 29, 1761
  108. Affidavit Respecting Indians, September 2, 1761
  109. Timothy Horsfield to James Hamilton, September 3, 1761
  110. Edward Shippen to [William Allen?], September 15, 1761
  111. Papunehan to Israel Pemberton, September 15, 1761
  112. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, September 30, 1761
  113. Governor Hamilton to Papunehan, October 12, 1761
  114. Message to the Governor, October 12, 1761
  115. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, December 20, 1761
  116. Account of presents sent to Pittsburgh, 1762
  117. Indenture For Lease of Blue Rock Farm (March 29, 1762)
  118. Richard Peters to Timothy Horsfield, May 7, 1762
  119. Peters deposition, May 28, 1762
  120. Account of a conversation between Joseph Fox and the Governor, June 21, 1762
  121. Speeches to the Indians at Easton, June 22, 1762
  122. Proceedings at Easton, June 22, 1762
  123. Present at Easton, June 22, 1762
  124. Account of the conversation between Galloway and Chew, June 24, 1762
  125. Extracts from the alleged 1686 diary, June 1762
  126. Papers respecting Teedyuscung's complaint, June 1762
  127. Francis Alison Sermons (1763)
  128. James Burd Diary at Fort Augusta
  129. Andrew Tail Bond (January 19, 1763)
  130. George Stevenson Letter (January 19, 1763)
  131. Robert Beaty to Richard Hockley and William Peters (January 22, 1763)
  132. John Mitchel to William Peters ( March 14, 1763)
  133. Samuel Nelson to William Peters (March 24, 1763)
  134. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 6, 1763
  135. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 13, 1763
  136. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, June 27, 1763
  137. Thomas McKee to James Burd, July 9, 1763
  138. Commission for Timothy Horsfield, July 11, 1763
  139. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 11, 1763
  140. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 21, 1763
  141. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, June 23, 1763
  142. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 25, 1763
  143. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 26, 1763
  144. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 27, 1763
  145. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 30, 1763
  146. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 13, 1763
  147. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 15, 1763
  148. Petition to James Hamilton, August 17, 1763
  149. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 19, 1763
  150. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 31, 1763
  151. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, September 1, 1763
  152. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 3, 1763
  153. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 15, 1763
  154. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, September 20, 1763
  155. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, October 10, 1763
  156. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, October 13, 1763
  157. Adam Bernard Grube to Timothy Horsfield, October 13, 1763
  158. Joseph Shippen Jr. to James Burd, October 21, 1763
  159. Edward Shippen to Governor James Hamilton, October 29, 1763
  160. John Penn to Timothy Horsfield, November 14, 1763
  161. Conestoga Indians to John Penn, November 30, 1763
  162. Province Island Diary (December 1, 1763 - January 4, 1764)
  163. Thomas Penn to John Penn, December 10, 1763
  164. Edward Shippen to John Elder, December 16, 1763
  165. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, December 19, 1763
  166. Thomas Penn correspondence, December 23, 1763
  167. Account for Maintaining Indians at Lancaster, December 27, 1763
  168. Account of the Indian murders, December 27, 1763
  169. The Congregational Diary of Lancaster Moravian Church, December 27-28 , 1763
  170. Letter from Matthaus Hehl to the Church Leadership, December 29, 1763
  171. Epistle from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1764
  172. Apology of the Paxton Volunteers
  173. Petition of the Inhabitants of Lancaster County
  174. Letter from Albrecht Ludolph Russmeyer to Nathanael Seidel, January 2, 1764
  175. Joseph Shippen Jr. to Colonel James Burd, January 3, 1764
  176. Diary of the Indian Gemeinlein on Pilgrimage (January 4-17, 1764)
  177. Diary of the Indian Gemeine in the Barracks in Philadelphia (January 5 - April 3, 1765)
  178. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, January 5, 1764
  179. Proceedings at a Council Held at Fort George (January 9, 1764)
  180. John Whitmer to William Peters (January 16, 1764)
  181. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, January 16, 1764
  182. Travel Diary of the little Indian Gemeine (January 18 - 24, 1764)
  183. Diary of the Indian Gemeine in the Barracks in Philadelphia, Original Draft (March 1 - October 27, 1764)
  184. Letter from Philadelphia (January 19, 1764)
  185. Diary of the Indian Gemeine in the Barracks in Philadelphia, Final Draft (January 24 - December 31, 1764)
  186. John Penn to William Murray (January 29, 1764)
  187. Thomas Gage to Cadwallader Colden (January 30, 1764)
  188. Sir William Johnson to Gov. John Penn, February 9, 1764
  189. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, February 11, 1764
  190. Manuscript Copy of Remonstrance, February 13, 1764
  191. John Penn to William Johnson (Februrary 17, 1764)
  192. Jacob Whistler Letter (March 12, 1764)
  193. Thomas Penn correspondence, March 17, 1764
  194. Jacob Whistler to William Peters (April 9, 1764)
  195. Circular on Royalization
  196. Thomas Penn correspondence, May 5, 1764
  197. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 12, 1764
  198. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, July 12, 1764
  199. Thomas Penn to Sir William Johnson, September 7, 1764
  200. 1764 Election Returns
  201. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, October 20, 1764
  202. Treatise on the Indians of North America (1764)
  203. Journal of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon (1765 Excerpts)
  204. Captain Thomas Barnsley to Thomas Gage, March 11, 1765
  205. John Armstrong to George Croghan, March 26, 1765
  206. Maxwell deposition, April 3, 1765
  207. Smith deposition, April 3, 1765
  208. John Penn to Sir William Johnson, May 23, 1765
  209. John Miller and Robert Beaty Bond (April 3, 1765)
  210. Smith deposition, April 3, 1765
  211. Thomas Penn to John Penn, June 8, 1765
  212. Thomas Penn to Benjamin Chew, July 20, 1765
  213. Sir William Johnson to Gen. Thomas Gage, July 14, 1766
  214. John Penn to Thomas Gage, June 28, 1765
  215. Edward Shippen to James Burd, January 19, 1768
  216. William Allen to High Sheriffs, January 19, 1768
  217. John Armstrong to John Penn (February 7, 1768)
  218. Edward Shippen to Rev. George Craig, January 9, 1769
  219. Gov. John Penn to the Wyaloosing Indians, June 29, 1769
  220. Account of the Indian Conference, October 22, 1770
  221. Robert Callendar to John Pemberton and Owen Jones, April 22, 1771
  222. Account of Conference between the Indians and the Friendly Association, May 10, 1771
  223. William Patterson to Israel Pemberton, June 10, 1771
  224. The Indians' Letter to the Representatives of Pennsylvania, May 16, 1772
  225. Friendly Association's Message to the Delaware Indians, August 6, 1772
  226. Minutes of Conference with Jos. Peepy and Peter Harrison, November 19, 1772
  227. Philadelphia Friends to Wyaloosing Indians, November 28, 1772
  228. Philadelphia Friends to Wyaloosing Indians, July 8, 1773
  229. Sam Patterson to Levi Hollingsworth, June 28, 1774
  230. Letter from Ludwig Weiss to Johann Christian Hasse, April 20, 1782
  231. Jacob Whistler Receipt in Conestoga Manor (undated)
  232. Sermon Concerning Friendly and Enemy Indians (undated)
  233. William Watson to William Peters (undated)
  234. Wyoming Petition to the Governor of Pennsylvania (undated)
  235. Journal of a Settlement on the Susquehanna

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