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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 Edward Shippen, Timothy Horsfield, or Friendly Association sub-paths.
 
 We have currently digitized 128 manuscripts, arranged chronologically in the path below "Contents."

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  1. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, March 28, 1753
  2. Edward Shippen to William Allen, June 17, 1755
  3. Timothy Horsfield to William Parsons, December 14, 1755
  4. Memoranda, 1756 to 1761
  5. Account of the Indian Complaints, 1756
  6. Friends' Address to the Governor, April 1756
  7. Conversation with the Indians, April 19, 1756
  8. Christopher Towne to Israel Pemberton, April 25, 1756
  9. Memorandum of an Account of the Indian Nicodemus, June 30, 1756
  10. Passport for Joseph Peepy and Lewis Montour, January 9, 1757
  11. Passport for Nathaniel, April 4, 1757
  12. Message to the Delaware, May 1, 1757
  13. Record of Council with Delaware, May 1, 1757
  14. George Croghan to Timothy Horsfield, May 24, 1757
  15. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, April 13, 1758
  16. Robert Strettell to Timothy Horsfield, April 14, 1758
  17. Journal of Christian Frederick Post, June 20, 1758
  18. General Forbes to Israel Pemberton, August 18, 1758
  19. Israel Pemberton to Charles Read, September 10, 1758
  20. General Forbes to Israel Pemberton, January 15, 1759
  21. Samuel Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, January 31, 1759
  22. James Kenny to Israel Pemberton, February 12, 1759
  23. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, March 27, 1759
  24. Samuel Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, May 16, 1759
  25. James Kenny to Israel Pemberton, June 19, 1759
  26. Israel Pemberton to John Stanwix, August 24, 1759
  27. Criticism of Benjamin Franklin's Historical Review [Thomas Penn?]
  28. Various Memoranda, 1760
  29. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, May 16, 1760
  30. Account of the Return of Three White Prisoners, May 20, 1760
  31. Isaac Whitelock to Israel Pemberton, June 6, 1760
  32. Israel Pemberton, Captive Inquiry
  33. Nathaniel Holland to Friend, August 21, 1760
  34. Christopher Schultze to Israel Pemberton, August 29, 1760
  35. John and Richard Penn to the Friendly Association, September 5, 1760
  36. Benjamin Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, September 7, 1760
  37. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, September 17, 1760
  38. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, October 16, 1760
  39. Christopher Schultze to Israel Pemberton, December 1, 1760
  40. Report of the Easton Conference, August 1761
  41. Christian Frederick Post to Israel Pemberton, August 8, 1761
  42. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 29, 1761
  43. Affidavit Respecting Indians, September 2, 1761
  44. Timothy Horsfield to James Hamilton, September 3, 1761
  45. Edward Shippen to [William Allen?], September 15, 1761
  46. Papunehan to Israel Pemberton, September 15, 1761
  47. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, September 30, 1761
  48. Governor Hamilton to Papunehan, October 12, 1761
  49. Message to the Governor, October 12, 1761
  50. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, December 20, 1761
  51. Account of presents sent to Pittsburgh, 1762
  52. Richard Peters to Timothy Horsfield, May 7, 1762
  53. Francis Alison Sermons (1763)
  54. James Burd Diary at Fort Augusta
  55. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 6, 1763
  56. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 13, 1763
  57. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, June 27, 1763
  58. Thomas McKee to James Burd, July 9, 1763
  59. Commission for Timothy Horsfield, July 11, 1763
  60. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 11, 1763
  61. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 21, 1763
  62. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, June 23, 1763
  63. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 25, 1763
  64. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 26, 1763
  65. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 27, 1763
  66. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 30, 1763
  67. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 13, 1763
  68. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 15, 1763
  69. Petition to James Hamilton, August 17, 1763
  70. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 19, 1763
  71. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 31, 1763
  72. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, September 1, 1763
  73. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 3, 1763
  74. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 15, 1763
  75. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, September 20, 1763
  76. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, October 10, 1763
  77. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, October 13, 1763
  78. Adam Bernard Grube to Timothy Horsfield, October 13, 1763
  79. Joseph Shippen Jr. to James Burd, October 21, 1763
  80. Edward Shippen to Governor James Hamilton, October 29, 1763
  81. John Penn to Timothy Horsfield, November 14, 1763
  82. Conestoga Indians to John Penn, November 30, 1763
  83. Thomas Penn to John Penn, December 10, 1763
  84. Edward Shippen to John Elder, December 16, 1763
  85. Thomas Penn correspondence, December 18, 1763
  86. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, December 19, 1763
  87. Thomas Penn correspondence, December 23, 1763
  88. Account for Maintaining Indians at Lancaster, December 27, 1763
  89. Account of the Indian murders, December 27, 1763
  90. The Congregational Diary of Lancaster Moravian Church, December 27-28 , 1763
  91. Letter from Matthaus Hehl to the Church Leadership, December 29, 1763
  92. Epistle from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1764
  93. Letter from Albrecht Ludolph Russmeyer to Nathanael Seidel, January 2, 1764
  94. Joseph Shippen Jr. to Colonel James Burd, January 3, 1764
  95. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, January 5, 1764
  96. Apology of the Paxton Volunteers
  97. Petition of the Inhabitants of Lancaster County
  98. Sir William Johnson to Gov. John Penn, February 9, 1764
  99. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, February 11, 1764
  100. Manuscript Copy of Remonstrance, February 13, 1764
  101. Thomas Penn correspondence, March 17, 1764
  102. Circular on Royalization
  103. Thomas Penn correspondence, May 5, 1764
  104. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 12, 1764
  105. Thomas Penn to Sir William Johnson, September 7, 1764
  106. Treatise on the Indians of North America (1764)
  107. Journal of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon (1765 Excerpts)
  108. Captain Thomas Barnsley to Thomas Gage, March 11, 1765
  109. John Armstrong to George Croghan, March 26, 1765
  110. James Maxwell Deposition, April 3, 1765
  111. William Smith Deposition, April 3, 1765
  112. John Penn to Sir William Johnson, May 23, 1765
  113. Thomas Penn to John Penn, June 8, 1765
  114. Thomas Penn to Benjamin Chew, July 20, 1765
  115. John Penn to Thomas Gage, June 28, 1765
  116. Sir William Johnson to Gen. Thomas Gage, July 14, 1766
  117. Edward Shippen to James Burd, January 19, 1768
  118. William Allen to High Sheriffs, January 19, 1768
  119. Edward Shippen to Rev. George Craig, January 9, 1769
  120. Gov. John Penn to the Wyaloosing Indians, June 29, 1769
  121. Account of the Indian Conference, October 22, 1770
  122. Robert Callendar to John Pemberton and Owen Jones, April 22, 1771
  123. Account of Conference between the Indians and the Friendly Association, May 10, 1771
  124. William Patterson to Israel Pemberton, June 10, 1771
  125. The Indians' Letter to the Representatives of Pennsylvania, May 16, 1772
  126. Friendly Association's Message to the Delaware Indians, August 6, 1772
  127. Minutes of Conference with Jos. Peepy and Peter Harrison, November 19, 1772
  128. Philadelphia Friends to Wyaloosing Indians, November 28, 1772
  129. Philadelphia Friends to Wyaloosing Indians, July 8, 1773
  130. Sam Patterson to Levi Hollingsworth, June 28, 1774
  131. Letter from Ludwig Weiss to Johann Christian Hasse, April 20, 1782
  132. Journal of a Settlement on the Susquehanna
  133. Sermon Concerning Friendly and Enemy Indians (undated)
  134. Wyoming Petition to the Governor of Pennsylvania (undated)

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