12016-08-20T12:14:59-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a720046image_header2020-09-13T11:10:32-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe 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, and Timothy Horsfield sub-paths.
We have currently digitized 180 manuscripts, arranged chronologically in the path below "Contents."
12020-09-13T11:04:58-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aWilliam Penn to King of the Indians, October 18, 16812(path)gallery2020-09-13T11:17:06-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-06-12T19:08:07-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aDeed from Indians on the Susquehanna (1700)1(path)gallery2019-06-12T19:08:07-07:001700Susquehannock (Conestoga) people.Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (10768).Land deed from the Susquehannah Indians to William Penn dated September 13th, 1700. The deed concerns rights to the "River Susquehannah and all the Islands therein and all the Lands Situate lying and being upon both sides of the said River," as well as nearby woods, underwoods, miners, quarries, and other resources.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:32:18-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aMinutes of Contracts In Conestoga Manor, 1737-17604(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:38:50-07:001737-1760Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:14:52-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aTract of Land Situated in Conestoga Manor (January 18, 1752)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:40:30-07:001752Herr, Christian.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:02:14-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, March 28, 17531Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, March 28, 17532016-09-17T07:02:14-07:00Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Mss.B.Sh62American Philosophical Society. Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727_81.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:20:42-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to William Allen, June 17, 17553Edward Shippen to William Allen, June 17, 1755gallery2018-02-12T12:51:21-08:001755Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:28:46-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aTimothy Horsfield to William Parsons, December 14, 17551Timothy Horsfield to William Parsons, December 14, 1755gallery2018-04-04T19:28:46-07:001755Horsfield, Timothy, 1708-1773.Call Number: Mss.974.8.H78 (Timothy Horsfield Papers)Detailing his perplexity and soliciting advice regarding the terrified back inhabitants.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:59:19-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aMemoranda, 1756 to 17612Memoranda dated 1756 to 1761gallery2018-02-12T12:50:20-08:001756-1761Anonymous.Call Number: HC11-21023 (manuscript collection 1250, AA1.1)Available in the " Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 1)" at Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:30:52-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 25, 17632Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 25, 1763gallery2018-02-13T02:52:58-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:57:22-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aAccount of the Indian Complaints, 17562Tetamie's account of the Indian Complaints, Mosesgallery2018-02-12T12:52:54-08:001756TetamieCall Number: HC11-21019 (manuscript collection 1250, AA1.1)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 1)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:58:24-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aFriends' Address to the Governor, April 17562Friends' Address to the Governorgallery2018-02-12T12:54:44-08:001756Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures.Call Number: HC11-21022 (manuscript collection 1250, AA1.1)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 1)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:00:03-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aConversation with the Indians, April 19, 17562Conversation with the Indians at Israel Pemberton'sgallery2018-02-12T12:56:57-08:001756Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures.Call Number: HC11-21029 (manuscript collection 1250, AA1.1)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 1)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:42:25-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aChristopher Towne to Israel Pemberton, April 25, 17562Letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-12T12:58:11-08:001756Towne, ChristopherCall Number: HC11-21035 (manuscript collection 1250, AA1.1)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 1)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:19:26-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aMemorandum of an Account of the Indian Nicodemus, June 30, 17561Memorandum of an acct. the Indian Nicodemus.gallery2018-04-04T19:19:26-07:001756(not provided)Call Number: Mss.974.8.H78 (Timothy Horsfield Papers)Memo regarding unfriendly Indians.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:31-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aPassport for Joseph Peepy and Lewis Montour, January 9, 17571Passport for Joseph Peepy and Lewis Montour (friendly Indians)2018-04-04T19:02:31-07:00Denny, William , 1709-1765.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:27:10-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Ross to Richard Peters (February 24, 1757)2Letter to Richard Peters from John Ross, 24 February 1757plain2019-07-08T13:41:46-07:001757Ross, John.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore. For more information, visit http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/sd/r17sdc.htmManuscript.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:31-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aPassport for Nathaniel, April 4, 17571Passport for Nathaniel (friendly Indian)2018-04-04T19:02:31-07:00Galbreath, James.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:11:22-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (April 12, 1757)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:42:21-07:001757Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:20:36-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aMessage to the Delaware, May 1, 17571Message to the Delaware (Christian) Indians to attend at the Treaty at Lancastergallery2018-04-04T19:20:36-07:001757(no provided)Call Number: Mss.974.8.H78 (Timothy Horsfield Papers)(not provided)American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:24:38-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aRecord of Council with Delaware, May 1, 17571Record of council with Delaware (Christian) Indiansgallery2018-04-04T19:24:38-07:001757(not provided)Call Number: Mss.974.8.H78 (Timothy Horsfield Papers)(not provided)American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:27-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Croghan to Timothy Horsfield, May 24, 17571George Croghan to Timothy Horsfield, 1757 May 242018-04-04T19:02:27-07:00Croghan, George, 1720?-1782.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Desiring to expedite two friendly Indians to Teedyuscung.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:05:29-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (May 28, 1757)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:43:48-07:001757Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:04:12-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (January 16, 1758)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:45:04-07:001758Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:00:44-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aNathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, April 13, 17582Letter to Israel Pemberton from Nathaniel Hollandgallery2018-02-12T12:59:30-08:001758Holland, NathanielCall Number: HC11-21131 (manuscript collection 1250, AA1.1)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 1)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:33-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aRobert Strettell to Timothy Horsfield, April 14, 17581Robert Strettell to Timothy Horsfield, 1758 April 142018-04-04T19:02:33-07:00Strettell, Robert.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Regarding Teedyuscung.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:43:22-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJournal of Christian Frederick Post, June 20, 17582Journal of Christian Frederick Postgallery2018-02-12T13:00:59-08:001758Post, Christian Frederick, 1710-1785Call Number: HC11-22017 (manuscript collection 1250, AA2.2)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 2)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12017-01-21T10:25:29-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeneral Forbes to Israel Pemberton, August 18, 17583General Forbes' letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-12T23:13:08-08:001758Forbes, John, 1707-1759Call Number: HC11-22066 (manuscript collection 1250, AA2.2)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 2)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12017-01-21T09:34:01-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aIsrael Pemberton to Charles Read, September 10, 17582Israel Pemberton's letter to Charles Readgallery2018-02-12T23:14:51-08:001758Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779Call Number: HC11-22073 (manuscript collection 1250, AA2.2)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 2)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12017-01-21T09:33:24-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeneral Forbes to Israel Pemberton, January 15, 17592(path)gallery2018-02-12T23:16:04-08:001759Forbes, John, 1707-1759Call Number: HC11-22114 (manuscript collection 1250, AA2.2)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 2)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:44:12-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aSamuel Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, January 31, 17592Bills and Receipts; Samuel Lightfoot's letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-12T23:17:28-08:001759Lightfoot, Samuel, 1701-1777Call Number: HC11-22132 (manuscript collection 1250, AA2.2)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 2)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:45:41-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Kenny to Israel Pemberton, February 12, 17592Letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-12T23:19:17-08:001759Kenny, JamesCall Number: HC11-22137 (manuscript collection 1250, AA2.2)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 2)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:02:13-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (March 2, 1759)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:46:34-07:001759Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:47:41-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aNathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, March 27, 17592Nathaniel Holland's letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-12T23:21:08-08:001759Holland, NathanielCall Number: HC11-23029 (manuscript collection 1250, AA3.3)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 3)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:51:28-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aSamuel Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, May 16, 17592Samuel Lightfoot's letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-12T23:22:39-08:001759Lightfoot, Samuel, 1701-1777Call Number: HC11-23059 (manuscript collection 1250, AA3.3)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 3)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:52:17-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Kenny to Israel Pemberton, June 19, 17593James Kenny's letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-12T23:24:21-08:001759Kenny, JamesCall Number: HC11-23072 (manuscript collection 1250, AA3.3)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 3)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:46:39-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aIsrael Pemberton to John Stanwix, August 24, 17593Israel Pemberton's letter to General John Stanwixgallery2018-02-12T23:25:25-08:001759Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779Call Number: HC11-23028 (manuscript collection 1250, AA3.3)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 3)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:47:46-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson to Richard Peters (December 29, 1759)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:49:45-07:001759Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-12-12T15:59:32-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aCriticism of Benjamin Franklin's Historical Review [Thomas Penn?]3Criticism of Franklin's historical review of the constitution and government of Pennsylvaniagallery2018-02-12T23:26:57-08:001759Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775Call Number: Mss.974.8.C86This manuscript offers a critique of A Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania (1759). A Historical review was anonymously published, but it has been credited to either Benjamin Franklin or Richard Jackson. Written in the wake of the politically divisive 1750s, the pamphlet attacked the proprietors of Pennsylvania and the proprietary nature of the colonial government and defended the actions of the Assembly and Quaker Party during the Seven Years' War. The manuscript in the APS's vault was written in 1759 or 1760, likely in London. It defends the proprietor and the government in general. Largely unknown to historians, this manuscript provides insight into the deep political divisions within colonial Pennsylvania by offering a clear view into the beliefs of the proprietors and the proprietary party. The anonymous author of the work is almost certainly Thomas Penn. The manuscript was never published.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:01:35-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aVarious Memoranda, 17602Memoranda of various kindsgallery2018-02-12T23:28:24-08:001760Anonymous.Call Number: HC11-21159 (manuscript collection 1250, AA1.1)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 1)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:12:24-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aLetter Concerning Conestoga Manor (January 18, 1760)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:50:43-07:001760Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:44:40-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson to Richard Peters (January 24, 1760)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:52:36-07:001760Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:10:09-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (February 2, 1760)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:53:55-07:001760Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:56:25-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson to Richard Peters and Richard Hockley (April 23, 1760)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:54:50-07:001760Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:08:25-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (April 24, 1760)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:55:58-07:001760Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:50:47-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aNathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, May 16, 17602Nathaniel Holland's letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-12T23:29:36-08:001760Holland, NathanielCall Number: HC11-23049 (manuscript collection 1250, AA3.3)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 3)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:56:28-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aAccount of the Return of Three White Prisoners, May 20, 17602Post's Account of return of three white prisoners from Indiansgallery2018-02-13T02:04:21-08:001760Post, Christian Frederick, 1710-1785Call Number: HC11-23176 (manuscript collection 1250, AA3.3)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 3)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:53:07-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aIsaac Whitelock to Israel Pemberton, June 6, 17602Isaac Whitelock's letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-13T02:05:35-08:001760Whitelock, Isaac, 1712-1785Call Number: HC11-23163 (manuscript collection 1250, AA3.3)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 3)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-08-20T12:18:25-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aIsrael Pemberton, Captive Inquiry2Correspondence, Israel Pemberton captive inquirygallery2018-02-13T02:31:14-08:001760Pemberton, Israel, 1685-1754.Contained in the "Simon Gratz Collection" at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.As the French and Indian Wars wind down, The Commissioners for Indian Affairs are negotiating to secure the release of the white settlers that are still being held prisoners by the Indians. However even before a general Treaty, Trustees of the Mennonite Church are attempting to accelerate this release by offering the Indians 'presents' if they would escort the white prisoners from their lands to Pittsburgh. This gesture is to be considered payment for the cost and inconvenience to the Indians for this journey, and not as a ransom for releasing the white prisoners...Letter written by Israel Pemberton addressed to the Indian Affairs Commission inquiring about an agreement to instruct agents in Indian towns along the frontier to look into how many captives are in each town, and their physical descriptions. He also implores the commission to ask the agents to make inquiries to the "dispositions" of the Indians holding captives, as well as their readiness to accept ransom in exchange for release of captives.Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:02:24-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aNathaniel Holland to Friend, August 21, 17602Letter from Nathaniel Hollandgallery2018-02-13T02:06:47-08:001760Holland, NathanielCall Number: HC11-24001 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:03:15-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aChristopher Schultze to Israel Pemberton, August 29, 17602Pemberton's Letter from Christopher Schultzegallery2018-02-13T02:08:04-08:001760Schultz, ChirstopherCall Number: HC11-24003 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:04:02-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn and Richard Penn to the Friendly Association, September 5, 17602John and Richard Penn's Letter to the Friendly Associationgallery2018-02-13T02:09:07-08:001760Penn, John, 1729-1795; Penn, Richard, 1735-1811Call Number: HC11-24006 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:04:52-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aBenjamin Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, September 7, 17602Pemberton's Letter from Benjamin Lightfootgallery2018-02-13T02:10:31-08:001760Lightfoot, BenjaminCall Number: HC11-24007 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:05:32-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aNathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, September 17, 17602Pemberton's Letter from Nathaniel Hollandgallery2018-02-13T02:11:34-08:001760Holland, NathanielCall Number: HC11-24011 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:06:14-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aNathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, October 16, 17602Pemberton's Letter from Nathaniel Hollandgallery2018-02-13T02:13:34-08:001760Holland, NathanielCall Number: HC11-24013 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:08:17-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aChristopher Schultze to Israel Pemberton, December 1, 17603Pemberton's Letter from Christopher Schultzegallery2018-02-13T02:15:15-08:001760Schultz, ChristopherCall Number: HC11-24018 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-06-12T19:11:08-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aList of Goods Applied to Indians (1761)2(path)gallery2019-06-12T19:11:44-07:001761Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures.Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Cox-Parrish-Wharton family papers (14359).The Friendly Association, short for "The Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures”, was established by a group of eminent Philadelphia Quakers in 1756. The group formed in reaction to months of horrific violence between settlers, mostly Scots-Irish and German, and Native Americans on the Pennsylvania frontier. The leaders of the Friendly Association endeavored to establish lasting and productive peace with the Native American tribes of Pennsylvania [mostly Lenape, Susquehannock], and as a consequence prove the effectiveness of Quaker pacifism. This digital record contains images that depict the entire contents of folder 13, held in box 18 of the Cox-Parrish-Wharton papers.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:42:07-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson to Richard Peters (March 14, 1761)3(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:57:14-07:001761Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:20:49-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson to Richard Peters Concerning Blue Rock Plantation (March 14, 1761)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:58:48-07:001761Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:10:48-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aReport of the Easton Conference, August 17612Report of the conference between the trustees of the Friendly Association and the Indians at Eastongallery2018-02-13T02:19:01-08:001761AnonymousCall Number: HC11-24040 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.lHaverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:11:32-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aChristian Frederick Post to Israel Pemberton, August 8, 17612Pemberton's Letter from Frederick Postgallery2018-02-13T02:20:18-08:001761Post, Christian Frederick, 1710-1785Call Number: HC11-24047 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.lHaverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:00:46-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson to Richard Peters and Richard Hockley (August 10, 1761)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:02:36-07:001761Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:15:41-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 29, 17611James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1761 August 29gallery2018-04-04T19:15:41-07:001761Hamilton, James, 1710-1783.Call Number: Mss.974.8.H78 (Timothy Horsfield Papers)Desiring information on Indian affairs.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:27:41-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aTimothy Horsfield to James Hamilton, September 3, 17611Timothy Horsfield to James Hamilton in reply to Aug. 29, 1761 September 3gallery2018-04-04T19:27:41-07:001761Horsfield, Timothy, 1708-1773.Call Number: Mss.974.8.H78 (Timothy Horsfield Papers)In reply to August 29, 1761 letter.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:02:15-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to [William Allen?], September 15, 17611Edward Shippen to [William Allen?], September 15, 17612016-09-17T07:02:15-07:00Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Mss.B.Sh62American Philosophical Society. Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727_81.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:12:16-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aPapunehan to Israel Pemberton, September 15, 17612Papunehan's and Other Indians' letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-13T02:16:30-08:001761PapunehanCall Number: HC11-24054 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:13:03-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aNathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, September 30, 17612Nathaniel Holland's letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-13T02:17:48-08:001761Holland, NathanielCall Number: HC11-24055 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:14:53-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGovernor Hamilton to Papunehan, October 12, 17612Governor Hamilton's message to the Papunehansgallery2018-02-13T02:21:30-08:001761Hamilton, James, 1710-1783Call Number: HC11-24066 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.lHaverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:13:55-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aMessage to the Governor, October 12, 17612Message to Governor to the Munsiesgallery2018-02-13T02:23:17-08:001761AnonymousCall Number: HC11-24065 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.lHaverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:15:48-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aNathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, December 20, 17612Nathaniel Holland's letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-13T02:24:38-08:001761Holland, NathanielCall Number: HC11-24073 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.lHaverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:16:37-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aAccount of presents sent to Pittsburgh, 17622Account of presents sent to Pittsburghgallery2018-02-13T02:25:48-08:001762AnonymousCall Number: HC11-24094 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.lHaverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:13:27-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aIndenture For Lease of Blue Rock Farm (March 29, 1762)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:02:57-07:001762Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:32-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aRichard Peters to Timothy Horsfield, May 7, 17621Richard Peters to Timothy Horsfield, 1762 May 72018-04-04T19:02:32-07:00Peters, Richard, 1743-1828.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-07-17T00:46:35-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aFrancis Alison Sermons (1763)1(path)gallery2018-07-17T00:46:35-07:001763Alison, Francis, 1705-1779.Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA. Archives RG 294.Record Group 294 consists of Alison's sermons, miscellaneous manuscripts, and miscellaneous items; also included are some family documents. Francis Alison, born in Ireland, 1705. He studied at the University of Glasgow before travelling to America in 1735. In 1737 he became pastor of Pennsylvania's New London Presbyterian Church. Ten years later he opened an academy in New London. Students included three signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Secretary of the Second Continental Congress. In 1752 Alison moved to Philadelphia to take charge of the Philadelphia Academy. He was later appointed Vice-Provost of the newly established University of Pennsylvania, as well as Professor of Moral Philosophy. He was also assistant minister at the First Presbyterian Church. Alison died in 1779.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-07-15T23:17:27-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Burd Diary at Fort Augusta2(path)gallery2018-07-16T11:42:20-07:001763Burd, James, 1726-1793.American Philosophical Society, Burd-Shippen Papers, Mss.B.B892.James Burd was well-known in colonial Pennsylvania through his role in the French and Indian War, as well as his connections to many of the colony's leading families (most notably the Shippen family). This diary from the summer of 1763 documents Burd's time at Fort Augusta. It recounts the opening of Pontiac's Rebellion and the initial reports of the Indian raid on the Connecticut settlers in the Wyoming Valley.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:17:11-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aAndrew Tail Bond (January 19, 1763)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:06:06-07:001763Tail, Andrew.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:07:01-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (January 19, 1763)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:04:59-07:001763Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:58:17-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aRobert Beaty to Richard Hockley and William Peters (January 22, 1763)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:07:12-07:001763Beaty, Robert.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:27:09-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Mitchel to William Peters ( March 14, 1763)2Letter to William Peters from John Mitchel, 14 March 1763plain2019-07-08T14:08:19-07:001763Mitchel, John.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore. For more information, visit http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/sd/r17sdc.htmManuscript.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:38:15-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aSamuel Nelson to William Peters (March 24, 1763)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:08:39-07:001763Nelson, Samuel.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:24:53-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 6, 17632Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 6, 1763gallery2018-02-13T02:27:33-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:27:10-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 13, 17632Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 13, 1763gallery2018-02-13T02:32:48-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:06:14-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aBenjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, June 27, 17632Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, June 27, 1763gallery2018-02-13T02:34:12-08:001763Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.Call Number: Mss.B.F85.miscAvailable in the "Benjamin Franklin-Richard Jackson Collection" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-02T07:31:57-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThomas McKee to James Burd, July 9, 17632Thomas McKee to James Burd, July 9, 1763gallery2018-02-13T02:44:41-08:001763McKee, ThomasCall Number: vol. 6, p. 41.Available in the "Shippen Papers" at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:26-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aCommission for Timothy Horsfield, July 11, 17631Commission for Timothy Horsfield as Commander of the Companies of Foot from Northampton County2018-04-04T19:02:26-07:00Hamilton, James, 1710-1783American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:17:46-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 11, 17631James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 July 11gallery2018-04-04T19:17:46-07:001763Hamilton, James, 1710-1783Call Number: Mss.974.8.H78 (Timothy Horsfield Papers)Authorizing Horsfield to raise two Companies of Foot with recruiting instructions.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:28:36-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 21, 17632Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 21, 1763gallery2018-02-13T02:51:32-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:29-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, June 23, 17632James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 June 23plain2018-04-04T20:10:57-07:00Hamilton, James, 1710-1783.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Requesting, intelligence on Indian affairsManuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:29-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 26, 17631James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 July 262018-04-04T19:02:29-07:00Hamilton, James, 1710-1783.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Reposing confidence in his nomination of officers.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:29-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 27, 17632James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 July 27plain2018-04-04T20:11:31-07:00Hamilton, James, 1710-1783.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Regarding additional force at Easton.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:32:18-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 30, 17632Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 30, 1763gallery2018-02-13T02:54:02-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:28-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 13, 17631James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 August 132018-04-04T19:02:28-07:00Hamilton, James, 1710-1783.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:35:15-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 15, 17632Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 15, 1763gallery2018-02-13T02:55:05-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:21:52-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aPetition to James Hamilton, August 17, 17631Petition to James Hamiltongallery2018-04-04T19:21:53-07:001763Upper Smithfield Township (Pa.). InhabitantsCall Number: Mss.974.8.H78 (Timothy Horsfield Papers)Requesting men to range and scour the woods.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:28-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 19, 17631James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 August 192018-04-04T19:02:28-07:00Hamilton, James, 1710-1783.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Regarding an associated independent company at Mt. Bethel.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:37:04-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 31, 17632(path)gallery2018-02-13T02:57:29-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:30-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, September 1, 17631James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 September 12018-04-04T19:02:30-07:00Hamilton, James, 1710-1783.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Acknowledging satisfaction at his Journal of proceedings.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:39:23-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 3, 17632Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 3, 1763gallery2018-02-13T02:58:42-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:02:18-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 15, 17631Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 15, 17632016-09-17T07:02:18-07:00Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Mss.B.Sh62American Philosophical Society. Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727_81.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:30-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, September 20, 17631James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 September 202018-04-04T19:02:30-07:00Hamilton, James, 1710-1783.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Indian affairs.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:29-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, October 10, 17631James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 October 102018-04-04T19:02:29-07:00Hamilton, James, 1710-1783.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Indian affairs.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:29-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, October 13, 17631James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 October 132018-04-04T19:02:29-07:00Hamilton, James, 1710-1783.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Desiring his attendance at Pennsylvania with testimony in favor of Moravian Indians.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:11:44-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aAdam Bernard Grube to Timothy Horsfield, October 13, 17631Adam Bernard Grube to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 October 13gallery2018-04-04T19:11:44-07:001763Grube, Bernard Adam.Call Number: Mss.974.8.H78 (Timothy Horsfield Papers)Regarding Indians.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-02T07:28:43-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJoseph Shippen Jr. to James Burd, October 21, 17632Joseph Shippen Jr. to James Burd, October 21, 1763gallery2018-02-13T03:01:07-08:001763Shippen, Joseph, 1732-1810.Call Number: Shippen MSS VI, 57 (i).Available in "SCP, 2:276-77" in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:41:30-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Governor James Hamilton, October 29, 17632Edward Shippen to Governor James Hamilton, October 29, 1763gallery2018-02-13T03:14:02-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:02:30-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Penn to Timothy Horsfield, November 14, 17631John Penn to Timothy Horsfield, 1763 November 142018-04-04T19:02:30-07:00Penn, John, 1729-1795.American Philosophical Society, Timothy Horsfield Papers, Mss.974.8.H78.Appointing Major Clayton to succeed to command of Companies.Manuscript, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-11-04T14:27:15-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aConestoga Indians to John Penn, November 30, 17632(path)gallery2018-11-04T19:14:01-08:001763Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, James Madison Papers.Microfilm of letter to Governor John PennWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-08-26T12:26:34-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aProvince Island Diary (December 1, 1763 - January 4, 1764)8(path)gallery2019-09-02T13:24:14-07:001763-1764Moravian Archives of Bethlehem, MissInd 127.Excerpt from Julia Maynard Maserjian, "Moravian Indians: A Brief Introduction." Bethlehem Digital History Project, 2000-2009. bdhp.moravian.edu/community_records/christianindians/narrative.html The Pennsylvania frontier recalled the violence visited upon it during the Seven Years' War. The new bloodshed brought about by Pontiac's War bore down on the western backcountry and bred a new contempt among frontiersmen toward Indians and the government to the east. These individuals saw no distinction between hostile, friendly and Christian Indians. In an attempt to protect the Moravian Indians, the government moved them from the villages of Nain and Wechquetank to Philadelphia in November of 1763. Angered by the government's protection of the Moravian Indians, while it seemed to ignore the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier, an angry band of men called the Paxton Boys visited their rage upon a small group of Conestoga Indians near Lancaster. On December 14, 1763, fifty armed men murdered six Conestoga Indians at their settlement. The remaining fourteen Indians were taken into protective custody only to be brutally murdered by the Paxtonians on December 27. Fortunately, through negotiations, attempts to make the Moravian Indians housed near Philadelphia their next target were thwarted. The dispersing of the Paxton Boys did not, however, alleviate the threat to the Moravian Indians. The Pennsylvania government tried to transfer the refugees to New York or New Jersey, but the Moravian Indians were rejected by both governments and were returned to Philadelphia where they remained confined in barracks until 1765. After their release from the barracks in Philadelphia, the missionaries and their converts, in an effort to place themselves as far away as possible from any future threats posed by white settlements, moved to the Wyalusing valley. There the second Friedenshutten was founded and would flourish until 1771. Although the Iroquois granted the land for Friedenshutten to the mission Indians in 1768, they sold the Wyalusing land to Pennsylvania in 1771. Land disputes were avoided when the Delawares of the Tuscarawas Valley offered the Christian Indians a home in Ohio. By 1773, virtually all of the Moravian Indians had moved from their various settlements to Ohio bringing an end to Moravian missions in Pennsylvania. The events of 1763 through 1765 drastically altered not only the Moravian Mission effort but also the face of Pennsylvania colonial politics. The challenges faced by the Moravian Indians during this period speak to these regional events. Like their unconverted counterparts, the Christianized Indians suffered attack, betrayal, persecution, and forced migration." Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-06-01T00:27:18-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThomas Penn to John Penn, December 10, 17632(path)gallery2019-06-03T20:28:47-07:001763Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775.The Newberry Library, Edward E. Ayer Collection. VAULT box Ayer MS 695.Letters from Thomas Penn to nephew John Penn, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania (Dec. 10, 1763) and Sir William Johnson, British superintendent of Indian affairs (Sept. 7, 1763), regarding Indian disturbances and colonial administration. To his nephew, Penn praises the military response of Col. John Armstrong to Indian aggression and mentions parliamentary bills to enlarge the military and end paper money disputes with the Pennsylvania Assembly. Penn praises Johnson's handling of Indian affairs and advises him on obtaining preferment. He also discusses Johnson's plan to set a boundary line between the colonies and the Indians, and notes Pennsylvania's intention to pay the Indians for any lands lost in the demarcation.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:43:34-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to John Elder, December 16, 17632Edward Shippen to John Elder, December 16, 1763gallery2018-02-13T03:16:45-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:45:04-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, December 19, 17632Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, December 19, 1763gallery2018-02-13T03:20:35-08:001763Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-08-19T12:59:39-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThomas Penn correspondence, December 23, 17632plain2016-10-31T07:02:22-07:00from John Penn (nephew) / delivered by George CroghanPenn Family Papers - volume 9, page 21412/23/1763; Philadelphia, PA18 x 22.5 cm11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12017-10-19T08:32:34-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aAccount for Maintaining Indians at Lancaster, December 27, 17632Felix Donnally's "account for maintaining Indians at Lancaster." Dated December 27, 1763. Addressed to John Hay, high sheriff of Lancaster County.gallery2018-02-13T03:22:44-08:001763Donnally, FelixCall Number: McA MSS 025. Document Number: 7307.F.72Available in the "McAllister Miscillenous Manuscripts, 1683-1872" at the Library Company of Philadelphia.Library Company of Philadelphia.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:17:21-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aAccount of the Indian murders, December 27, 17632D.A. Henderson's account of Indian murdersgallery2018-02-13T03:24:36-08:001763Henderson, D.A.Call Number: HC11-24104 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-23T17:52:48-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Congregational Diary of Lancaster Moravian Church, December 27-28 , 17633Excerpt from the congregational diary of Lancaster Moravian Church, 27-28 December 1763gallery2018-02-13T03:26:10-08:001763Anonymous.Call Number: Bethlehem Lancaster Congregational DiaryManuscript, 2 pages.Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-23T17:51:37-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aLetter from Matthaus Hehl to the Church Leadership, December 29, 17632Letter from Matthaus Hehl, [Lititz, Pennsylvania], to church leadership [in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania], 29 December 1763gallery2018-02-13T03:27:18-08:001763Hehl, Matthaus Gottfried, 1704-1787Call Number: Misslnd 127.5.5Manuscript, 4 pages.Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-12-19T15:01:30-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEpistle from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 17641(path)gallery2018-12-19T15:01:30-08:001764Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.Copyright permission granted by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Originals manuscript held at Library of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain.Epistle from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1764, YM/MFS/PHIL/1, Library of the Society of Friends.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-08-19T17:54:55-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aApology of the Paxton Volunteers2Apology of the Paxton Volunteersgallery2018-02-13T03:33:16-08:001764Anonymous.Call Number: Paxton Boys Mss 'Apology of the Paxton Volunteers of 1764' Am .283Draft of an unpublished pamphlet which blames Quakers in the Pennsylvania Assembly for attacks upon frontier settlements during the French and Indian War and for the massacre of Conestoga Indians in December, 1763. Continues with copies of depositions, 1764, detailing the losses of settlers.Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-02T07:26:43-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aPetition of the Inhabitants of Lancaster County4The humble petition [to Governor John Penn] of the inhabitants of certain townships in Lancaster Countygallery2019-05-27T23:15:56-07:001764Anonymous.Call Number: MissInd 127.5.7Manuscript, 2 pages.Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-23T17:50:20-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aLetter from Albrecht Ludolph Russmeyer to Nathanael Seidel, January 2, 17642Letter from Albrecht Ludolph Russmeyer, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Nathanael Seidel, 2 January 1764gallery2018-02-13T03:28:53-08:001764Russmeyer, Albrecht LudolphCall Number: Available in Letters from Lancaster to the Provincial Helpers' Conference (PHC), 1754-1790Manuscript, 3 pages.Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-02T07:30:30-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJoseph Shippen Jr. to Colonel James Burd, January 3, 17642Joseph Shippen Jr. to Colonel James Burd, January 3, 1764gallery2018-02-13T03:30:33-08:001764Shippen, Joseph, 1732-1810.Call Number: vol. 6, p. 73.Available in the "Shippen Papers" at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-08-26T12:54:23-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aDiary of the Indian Gemeinlein on Pilgrimage (January 4-17, 1764)4(path)gallery2019-09-02T13:24:34-07:001764Moravian Archives of Bethlehem, MissInd 127.Excerpt from Julia Maynard Maserjian, "Moravian Indians: A Brief Introduction." Bethlehem Digital History Project, 2000-2009. bdhp.moravian.edu/community_records/christianindians/narrative.html The Pennsylvania frontier recalled the violence visited upon it during the Seven Years' War. The new bloodshed brought about by Pontiac's War bore down on the western backcountry and bred a new contempt among frontiersmen toward Indians and the government to the east. These individuals saw no distinction between hostile, friendly and Christian Indians. In an attempt to protect the Moravian Indians, the government moved them from the villages of Nain and Wechquetank to Philadelphia in November of 1763. Angered by the government's protection of the Moravian Indians, while it seemed to ignore the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier, an angry band of men called the Paxton Boys visited their rage upon a small group of Conestoga Indians near Lancaster. On December 14, 1763, fifty armed men murdered six Conestoga Indians at their settlement. The remaining fourteen Indians were taken into protective custody only to be brutally murdered by the Paxtonians on December 27. Fortunately, through negotiations, attempts to make the Moravian Indians housed near Philadelphia their next target were thwarted. The dispersing of the Paxton Boys did not, however, alleviate the threat to the Moravian Indians. The Pennsylvania government tried to transfer the refugees to New York or New Jersey, but the Moravian Indians were rejected by both governments and were returned to Philadelphia where they remained confined in barracks until 1765. After their release from the barracks in Philadelphia, the missionaries and their converts, in an effort to place themselves as far away as possible from any future threats posed by white settlements, moved to the Wyalusing valley. There the second Friedenshutten was founded and would flourish until 1771. Although the Iroquois granted the land for Friedenshutten to the mission Indians in 1768, they sold the Wyalusing land to Pennsylvania in 1771. Land disputes were avoided when the Delawares of the Tuscarawas Valley offered the Christian Indians a home in Ohio. By 1773, virtually all of the Moravian Indians had moved from their various settlements to Ohio bringing an end to Moravian missions in Pennsylvania. The events of 1763 through 1765 drastically altered not only the Moravian Mission effort but also the face of Pennsylvania colonial politics. The challenges faced by the Moravian Indians during this period speak to these regional events. Like their unconverted counterparts, the Christianized Indians suffered attack, betrayal, persecution, and forced migration." Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-08-26T13:59:47-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aDiary of the Indian Gemeine in the Barracks in Philadelphia (January 5 - April 3, 1765)3(path)gallery2019-09-02T13:26:00-07:001765Moravian Archives of Bethlehem, MissInd 127.Excerpt from Julia Maynard Maserjian, "Moravian Indians: A Brief Introduction." Bethlehem Digital History Project, 2000-2009. bdhp.moravian.edu/community_records/christianindians/narrative.html The Pennsylvania frontier recalled the violence visited upon it during the Seven Years' War. The new bloodshed brought about by Pontiac's War bore down on the western backcountry and bred a new contempt among frontiersmen toward Indians and the government to the east. These individuals saw no distinction between hostile, friendly and Christian Indians. In an attempt to protect the Moravian Indians, the government moved them from the villages of Nain and Wechquetank to Philadelphia in November of 1763. Angered by the government's protection of the Moravian Indians, while it seemed to ignore the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier, an angry band of men called the Paxton Boys visited their rage upon a small group of Conestoga Indians near Lancaster. On December 14, 1763, fifty armed men murdered six Conestoga Indians at their settlement. The remaining fourteen Indians were taken into protective custody only to be brutally murdered by the Paxtonians on December 27. Fortunately, through negotiations, attempts to make the Moravian Indians housed near Philadelphia their next target were thwarted. The dispersing of the Paxton Boys did not, however, alleviate the threat to the Moravian Indians. The Pennsylvania government tried to transfer the refugees to New York or New Jersey, but the Moravian Indians were rejected by both governments and were returned to Philadelphia where they remained confined in barracks until 1765. After their release from the barracks in Philadelphia, the missionaries and their converts, in an effort to place themselves as far away as possible from any future threats posed by white settlements, moved to the Wyalusing valley. There the second Friedenshutten was founded and would flourish until 1771. Although the Iroquois granted the land for Friedenshutten to the mission Indians in 1768, they sold the Wyalusing land to Pennsylvania in 1771. Land disputes were avoided when the Delawares of the Tuscarawas Valley offered the Christian Indians a home in Ohio. By 1773, virtually all of the Moravian Indians had moved from their various settlements to Ohio bringing an end to Moravian missions in Pennsylvania. The events of 1763 through 1765 drastically altered not only the Moravian Mission effort but also the face of Pennsylvania colonial politics. The challenges faced by the Moravian Indians during this period speak to these regional events. Like their unconverted counterparts, the Christianized Indians suffered attack, betrayal, persecution, and forced migration." Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:47:01-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, January 5, 17642Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, January 5, 1764gallery2018-02-13T03:31:48-08:001764Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-09-07T03:35:09-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aProceedings at a Council Held at Fort George (January 9, 1764)2Proceedings concerning the removal of Lenape and Moravian Indians to New Yorkgallery2019-09-07T03:35:41-07:001764New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Thomas Addis Emmet collection, MssCol 927. Catalog ID: b11868616.Proceedings. Present Lieut.-Gov. Cadwallader Colden, [Daniel] Horsmanden, [William] Smith, Mr. [John, Watts, Mr. [William] Walton, [William Alexander,] Earl of Stirling; attacks on the Indians by settlers near Lancaster, Pennsylvania; peaceable Indians, on an island in Schuylkill near Philadelphia, molested; Gov. Penn wishes the Indians removed to New York; the Council disapproves and advises governor of New York, not to receive them. Attested copy, signed by Gw. [Goldsborow] Banyar. Endorsed: "Minutes inclosed in Gov. Colden's Letter of Jan. 1764. (Read in Council 16th Jany 1764)." Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:34:49-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Whitmer to William Peters (January 16, 1764)3(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:09:34-07:001764Whitmer, John.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12020-06-18T05:11:17-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aBenjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, January 16, 17641(path)gallery2020-06-18T05:11:17-07:001764Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.American Philosophical Society, Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections, Mss.B.F85.misc.Manuscript.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-08-26T13:01:37-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aTravel Diary of the little Indian Gemeine (January 18 - 24, 1764)3(path)gallery2019-09-02T13:24:54-07:001764Moravian Archives of Bethlehem, MissInd 127.Excerpt from Julia Maynard Maserjian, "Moravian Indians: A Brief Introduction." Bethlehem Digital History Project, 2000-2009. bdhp.moravian.edu/community_records/christianindians/narrative.html The Pennsylvania frontier recalled the violence visited upon it during the Seven Years' War. The new bloodshed brought about by Pontiac's War bore down on the western backcountry and bred a new contempt among frontiersmen toward Indians and the government to the east. These individuals saw no distinction between hostile, friendly and Christian Indians. In an attempt to protect the Moravian Indians, the government moved them from the villages of Nain and Wechquetank to Philadelphia in November of 1763. Angered by the government's protection of the Moravian Indians, while it seemed to ignore the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier, an angry band of men called the Paxton Boys visited their rage upon a small group of Conestoga Indians near Lancaster. On December 14, 1763, fifty armed men murdered six Conestoga Indians at their settlement. The remaining fourteen Indians were taken into protective custody only to be brutally murdered by the Paxtonians on December 27. Fortunately, through negotiations, attempts to make the Moravian Indians housed near Philadelphia their next target were thwarted. The dispersing of the Paxton Boys did not, however, alleviate the threat to the Moravian Indians. The Pennsylvania government tried to transfer the refugees to New York or New Jersey, but the Moravian Indians were rejected by both governments and were returned to Philadelphia where they remained confined in barracks until 1765. After their release from the barracks in Philadelphia, the missionaries and their converts, in an effort to place themselves as far away as possible from any future threats posed by white settlements, moved to the Wyalusing valley. There the second Friedenshutten was founded and would flourish until 1771. Although the Iroquois granted the land for Friedenshutten to the mission Indians in 1768, they sold the Wyalusing land to Pennsylvania in 1771. Land disputes were avoided when the Delawares of the Tuscarawas Valley offered the Christian Indians a home in Ohio. By 1773, virtually all of the Moravian Indians had moved from their various settlements to Ohio bringing an end to Moravian missions in Pennsylvania. The events of 1763 through 1765 drastically altered not only the Moravian Mission effort but also the face of Pennsylvania colonial politics. The challenges faced by the Moravian Indians during this period speak to these regional events. Like their unconverted counterparts, the Christianized Indians suffered attack, betrayal, persecution, and forced migration." Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-08-26T13:40:28-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aDiary of the Indian Gemeine in the Barracks in Philadelphia, Original Draft (March 1 - October 27, 1764)4(path)gallery2019-09-02T13:25:11-07:001764Moravian Archives of Bethlehem, MissInd 127.Excerpt from Julia Maynard Maserjian, "Moravian Indians: A Brief Introduction." Bethlehem Digital History Project, 2000-2009. bdhp.moravian.edu/community_records/christianindians/narrative.html The Pennsylvania frontier recalled the violence visited upon it during the Seven Years' War. The new bloodshed brought about by Pontiac's War bore down on the western backcountry and bred a new contempt among frontiersmen toward Indians and the government to the east. These individuals saw no distinction between hostile, friendly and Christian Indians. In an attempt to protect the Moravian Indians, the government moved them from the villages of Nain and Wechquetank to Philadelphia in November of 1763. Angered by the government's protection of the Moravian Indians, while it seemed to ignore the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier, an angry band of men called the Paxton Boys visited their rage upon a small group of Conestoga Indians near Lancaster. On December 14, 1763, fifty armed men murdered six Conestoga Indians at their settlement. The remaining fourteen Indians were taken into protective custody only to be brutally murdered by the Paxtonians on December 27. Fortunately, through negotiations, attempts to make the Moravian Indians housed near Philadelphia their next target were thwarted. The dispersing of the Paxton Boys did not, however, alleviate the threat to the Moravian Indians. The Pennsylvania government tried to transfer the refugees to New York or New Jersey, but the Moravian Indians were rejected by both governments and were returned to Philadelphia where they remained confined in barracks until 1765. After their release from the barracks in Philadelphia, the missionaries and their converts, in an effort to place themselves as far away as possible from any future threats posed by white settlements, moved to the Wyalusing valley. There the second Friedenshutten was founded and would flourish until 1771. Although the Iroquois granted the land for Friedenshutten to the mission Indians in 1768, they sold the Wyalusing land to Pennsylvania in 1771. Land disputes were avoided when the Delawares of the Tuscarawas Valley offered the Christian Indians a home in Ohio. By 1773, virtually all of the Moravian Indians had moved from their various settlements to Ohio bringing an end to Moravian missions in Pennsylvania. The events of 1763 through 1765 drastically altered not only the Moravian Mission effort but also the face of Pennsylvania colonial politics. The challenges faced by the Moravian Indians during this period speak to these regional events. Like their unconverted counterparts, the Christianized Indians suffered attack, betrayal, persecution, and forced migration." Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-09-07T03:33:23-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aLetter from Philadelphia (January 19, 1764)1George Chalmers collection, Papers relating to Philadelphia.gallery2019-09-07T03:33:23-07:001764New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, George Chalmers collection, MssCol 507. Catalog ID: b11822957.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-08-26T13:35:34-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aDiary of the Indian Gemeine in the Barracks in Philadelphia, Final Draft (January 24 - December 31, 1764)3(path)gallery2019-09-02T13:25:32-07:001764Moravian Archives of Bethlehem, MissInd 127.Excerpt from Julia Maynard Maserjian, "Moravian Indians: A Brief Introduction." Bethlehem Digital History Project, 2000-2009. bdhp.moravian.edu/community_records/christianindians/narrative.html The Pennsylvania frontier recalled the violence visited upon it during the Seven Years' War. The new bloodshed brought about by Pontiac's War bore down on the western backcountry and bred a new contempt among frontiersmen toward Indians and the government to the east. These individuals saw no distinction between hostile, friendly and Christian Indians. In an attempt to protect the Moravian Indians, the government moved them from the villages of Nain and Wechquetank to Philadelphia in November of 1763. Angered by the government's protection of the Moravian Indians, while it seemed to ignore the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier, an angry band of men called the Paxton Boys visited their rage upon a small group of Conestoga Indians near Lancaster. On December 14, 1763, fifty armed men murdered six Conestoga Indians at their settlement. The remaining fourteen Indians were taken into protective custody only to be brutally murdered by the Paxtonians on December 27. Fortunately, through negotiations, attempts to make the Moravian Indians housed near Philadelphia their next target were thwarted. The dispersing of the Paxton Boys did not, however, alleviate the threat to the Moravian Indians. The Pennsylvania government tried to transfer the refugees to New York or New Jersey, but the Moravian Indians were rejected by both governments and were returned to Philadelphia where they remained confined in barracks until 1765. After their release from the barracks in Philadelphia, the missionaries and their converts, in an effort to place themselves as far away as possible from any future threats posed by white settlements, moved to the Wyalusing valley. There the second Friedenshutten was founded and would flourish until 1771. Although the Iroquois granted the land for Friedenshutten to the mission Indians in 1768, they sold the Wyalusing land to Pennsylvania in 1771. Land disputes were avoided when the Delawares of the Tuscarawas Valley offered the Christian Indians a home in Ohio. By 1773, virtually all of the Moravian Indians had moved from their various settlements to Ohio bringing an end to Moravian missions in Pennsylvania. The events of 1763 through 1765 drastically altered not only the Moravian Mission effort but also the face of Pennsylvania colonial politics. The challenges faced by the Moravian Indians during this period speak to these regional events. Like their unconverted counterparts, the Christianized Indians suffered attack, betrayal, persecution, and forced migration." Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-09-07T03:29:36-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Penn to William Murray (January 29, 1764)1Letter to Capt. William Murray, Carlisle [Penn.]2019-09-07T03:29:37-07:001764Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1763-1771 : Penn).New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Thomas Addis Emmet collection, MssCol 927. Catalog ID: b11868616.Some time ago, tumults in Lancaster County obliged him to apply to Gen. Gage for troops; the General sent him the inclosed order to the commandant at Carlisle, which he now forwards, with instructions to march at once to Lancaster and there await further orders, for the preservation of the peace.Letter, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-09-07T03:29:40-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThomas Gage to Cadwallader Colden (January 30, 1764)1Letter to [Cadwallader] Colden2019-09-07T03:29:40-07:001764Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787.New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Thomas Addis Emmet collection, MssCol 927. Catalog ID: b11868616.Letters from Albany inform him of a disturbance at Schenectady caused by Justices billeting 3 provincial soldiers on Mr. Ten Eyck; urges that the soldiers were on the march to protect the frontiers, and would have perished if not quartered in houses; threatened prosecution of the billeting justice would stop public service; asks Colden's influence to stop affair going further as a bad example.Letter, 1 page.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-06-01T00:24:58-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aSir William Johnson to Gov. John Penn, February 9, 17642(path)gallery2019-06-03T20:30:08-07:001764Johnson, Sir, William, 1715-1774.The Newberry Library, Edward E. Ayer Collection. VAULT box Ayer MS 456.Miscellaneous collection of twelve letters written by Sir William Johnson between 1755 and 1773. The content of most of the correspondence relates to the French and Indian War, Indian treaties and conferences, the Conestoga Massacre (1763), land patents, and the appointment of Johnson's successor. Correspondents include: Cadwallader Colden, George Croghan, Thomas Gage, Peter Gilman, Richard Gridley, Hubert Marshall, John Penn, William Shirley, Henry VanSchaack, John Watts, and Thomas Wharton.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:14:15-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aBenjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, February 11, 17642Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, February 11, 1764gallery2018-02-13T03:36:08-08:001764Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.Call Number: Mss.B.F85.miscAvailable in the "Benjamin Franklin-Richard Jackson Collection" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-08-15T16:52:16-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aManuscript Copy of Remonstrance, February 13, 17642(path)gallery2018-08-15T16:53:16-07:001764Smith, Matthew.LancasterHistory.org. Papers regarding the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre, 1764-1766, 1795 (MG-614).Manuscript copy of remonstrance from Matthew Smith and James Gibson to Governor John Penn. They position themselves as representatives of public opinion, submit nine points that decry the perceived underrepresentation of the western counties in the Assembly and bill changing trial location of persons charged with killing Indians, allege that Indians under government protection conspired with others to plan attacks, lament lack of public funds for the care of wounded frontier residents, request new bounties for Indian scalps, request embargo to effect return of captives, accuse private individuals of trading and treating with enemies of the province, and requests Fort Augusta garrison be ordered to take more proactive measures. Handwritten copy, perhaps draft. 13 February 1764. Gift of Paul and Judy Ware, 2009.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-09-07T03:40:57-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Penn to William Johnson (Februrary 17, 1764)1gallery2019-09-07T03:40:58-07:001764Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1763-1771 : Penn).New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, MssCol 927. Image ID: 4005257.The Indians who were refused a passage through New York returned to Philadelphia under escort of a party of Royal Americans, by order of Gen. Gage; this guard, and the opposition apprehended from the inhabitants of the city, prevented an attack by the armed men who came from the frontiers as far as Germantown with that design; it is necessary to remove all Indians out of the Province; asks his advice as to sending them to the towns on the Susquehanna, or obtaining the consent of Gov. Colden for their passage to Albany in a sloop.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:27:13-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJacob Whistler Letter (March 12, 1764)2Letter from Jacob [Whistler], 12 March 1764plain2019-07-08T14:10:56-07:001764Whistler, Jacob.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore. For more information, visit http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/sd/r17sdc.htmManuscript.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-08-19T17:38:02-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThomas Penn correspondence, March 17, 17643Thomas Penn correspondence (March 17,1764)gallery2018-02-13T03:37:43-08:001764Penn, John, 1729-1795Call Number: volume 9, page 220Available in the "Penn Family Papers" at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:39:51-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJacob Whistler to William Peters (April 9, 1764)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:11:17-07:001764Whistler, Jacob.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-07-15T23:15:36-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aCircular on Royalization2(path)gallery2018-07-15T23:19:23-07:001764Alison, Francis, 1705-1779. Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764. Ewing, John, 1732-1802.American Philosophical Society, Documents, 1728-1816, relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution, Mss.974.8.D65 (974.8 D65.26).A circular letter concerning the royalization debate during the spring of 1764.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-08-19T17:38:58-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThomas Penn correspondence, May 5, 17643Thomas Penn correspondence (May 5, 1764; missing pages)gallery2018-02-13T03:39:09-08:001764Penn, John, 1729-1795Call Number: volume 9, page 220Available in the "Penn Family Papers" at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:48:57-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 12, 17642Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 12, 1764gallery2018-02-13T03:40:33-08:001764Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12020-06-18T05:12:33-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aBenjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, July 12, 17641(path)gallery2020-06-18T05:12:33-07:001764Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.American Philosophical Society, Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections, Mss.B.F85.misc.Manuscript.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-06-01T00:28:47-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThomas Penn to Sir William Johnson, September 7, 17642(path)gallery2019-06-03T20:30:42-07:001764Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775.The Newberry Library, Edward E. Ayer Collection. VAULT box Ayer MS 695.Letters from Thomas Penn to nephew John Penn, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania (Dec. 10, 1763) and Sir William Johnson, British superintendent of Indian affairs (Sept. 7, 1763), regarding Indian disturbances and colonial administration. To his nephew, Penn praises the military response of Col. John Armstrong to Indian aggression and mentions parliamentary bills to enlarge the military and end paper money disputes with the Pennsylvania Assembly. Penn praises Johnson's handling of Indian affairs and advises him on obtaining preferment. He also discusses Johnson's plan to set a boundary line between the colonies and the Indians, and notes Pennsylvania's intention to pay the Indians for any lands lost in the demarcation.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12020-06-18T05:07:06-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a1764 Election Returns1October 1764 Election Return Tally2020-06-18T05:07:06-07:001764Library Company of Philadelphia, John A. McAllister Small Manuscripts Collection, McA MSS 002.Manuscript.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12020-06-18T05:09:50-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aBenjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, October 20, 17641(path)gallery2020-06-18T05:09:50-07:001764Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.American Philosophical Society, Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections, Mss.B.F85.misc.Manuscript.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-06-01T00:30:13-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aTreatise on the Indians of North America (1764)2(path)gallery2019-06-03T20:29:33-07:001764Cochrane, Gavin.The Newberry Library, Edward E. Ayer Collection. VAULT Ayer MS 176.Contemporary copy of a treatise by Capt. Gavin Cochrane, tracing the history of British relations with the Indians of the Great Lakes region from 1760 to 1763, and offering suggestions as to how they might be improved. Also copies of cover letters addressed to the Earl of Halifax, then a minister in Grenville's cabinet, and to George III, for whom the essay was intended. Cochrane presents the circumstances that led to Pontiac's Conspiracy; recounts the means by which individual British garrisons were overthrown; and outlines steps the British could take to secure the Indians' loyalty.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-08-17T14:57:53-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJournal of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon (1765 Excerpts)1(path)gallery2018-08-17T14:57:54-07:001765Mason, Charles, 1728-1786.National Archives. Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002.Charles Mason maintained field notes throughout the nearly 5 years it took to complete his survey. The journal includes mathematical and astronomical data, as well as the daily progress of the survey. Prior to hiring Mason and Dixon to settle a boundary line once and for all, the quarreling parties of Maryland and Pennsylvania agreed that the line separating the two provinces would be run east to west along a latitudinal arc 15 miles south of Philadelphia. The entry for June 12, 1764, reveals how Mason and Dixon located the starting point of the line that would later bear their name. Based on their calculations, the point 15 miles south of the southernmost point of Philadelphia was in a field belonging to Alexander Bryan. To access the complete diary, visit https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5821514Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-12-17T18:06:40-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aCaptain Thomas Barnsley to Thomas Gage, March 11, 17651(path)gallery2018-12-17T18:06:41-08:001765Barnsley, Thomas.William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan. Thomas Gage Papers.Regarding the riots of the Black Boys of Cumberland County in 1765.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-11-06T17:28:54-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Armstrong to George Croghan, March 26, 17651(path)gallery2018-11-06T17:28:54-08:001765Armstrong, John, 1709-1779.Cadwalader Family Papers, Box 201, Folder 2, Series 4, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Written in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in the spring of 1765. Manuscript, 4 pages.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-12-17T18:09:48-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Maxwell Deposition, April 3, 17651(path)gallery2018-12-17T18:09:48-08:001765Maxwell, James, 1720-1800.William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan. Thomas Gage Papers.Regarding the riots of the Black Boys of Cumberland County in 1765.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-12-17T18:11:02-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aWilliam Smith Deposition, April 3, 17651(path)gallery2018-12-17T18:11:02-08:001765Smith, William, 1727-1803.William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan. Thomas Gage Papers.Regarding the riots of the Black Boys of Cumberland County in 1765.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-06-01T00:23:40-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Penn to Sir William Johnson, May 23, 17651(path)gallery2019-06-01T00:23:41-07:001765Penn, John, 1729-1795.The Newberry Library, Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection. VAULT box Ayer MS 703.May 23, 1765, letter to Sir William Johnson, British superintendent of Indian affairs, regarding the Indian trade, and white and Indian settlement on the west branch of the Susquehanna River. Penn remarks on a trading "scheme" of Philadelphians and George Croghan (deputy superintendent of Indian affairs for the western tribes), and on his own efforts to apprehend individuals responsible for destroying goods at Sideling Hill. Penn also states that he will act to remove white settlers on the west branch of the Susquehanna until that land is purchased from the Indians and asks Johnson to prevail upon the Munsees and other tribes to avoid that region in order to prevent bloodshed.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:16:08-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Miller and Robert Beaty Bond (April 3, 1765)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:12:24-07:001765Miller, John and Beaty, Robert.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-11-06T17:24:31-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThomas Penn to John Penn, June 8, 17651(path)gallery2018-11-06T17:24:31-08:001765Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775.Penn Family Papers, Penn Correspondence VIII, 1763-1768, NV 218, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Written in London in the summer of 1765. Manuscript, 3 pages.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-11-06T17:27:32-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThomas Penn to Benjamin Chew, July 20, 17651(path)gallery2018-11-06T17:27:32-08:001765Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775.Penn Family Papers, Penn Correspondence VIII, 1763-1768, NV 218, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Written in London in the summer of 1765. Manuscript, 3 pages.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-06-01T00:25:58-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aSir William Johnson to Gen. Thomas Gage, July 14, 17662(path)gallery2019-06-03T20:31:18-07:001766Johnson, Sir, William, 1715-1774.The Newberry Library, Edward E. Ayer Collection. VAULT box Ayer MS 456.Miscellaneous collection of twelve letters written by Sir William Johnson between 1755 and 1773. The content of most of the correspondence relates to the French and Indian War, Indian treaties and conferences, the Conestoga Massacre (1763), land patents, and the appointment of Johnson's successor. Correspondents include: Cadwallader Colden, George Croghan, Thomas Gage, Peter Gilman, Richard Gridley, Hubert Marshall, John Penn, William Shirley, Henry VanSchaack, John Watts, and Thomas Wharton.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-12-17T18:08:26-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Penn to Thomas Gage, June 28, 17651(path)gallery2018-12-17T18:08:27-08:001765Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1763-1771 : Penn).William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan. Thomas Gage Papers.Regarding the riots of the Black Boys of Cumberland County in 1765.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:51:20-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to James Burd, January 19, 17682Edward Shippen to James Burd, January 19, 1768gallery2018-02-13T03:41:42-08:001768Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-07-23T00:57:49-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aWilliam Allen to High Sheriffs, January 19, 17681(path)gallery2018-07-23T00:57:49-07:001768Allen, William, 1704-1780.The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. Misc Mss Box 14 Folder 37.Document from William Allen, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, to the High Sheriffs, etc. "of the Province of Pennsylvania and particularly to those of the several Counties of Cumberland, Lancaster, York and Berks" directing them to search for and arrest Frederick Stump for the murder of "four Indian men, three Indian women & three Indian children." Dated 19 January 1768.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-09-07T03:37:31-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Armstrong to John Penn (February 7, 1768)2Letter to Gov. [John] Penn [Philadelphia]gallery2019-09-07T03:38:00-07:001768Amstrong, John, 1717-1795.New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Thomas Addis Emmet collection, MssCol 927. Catalog ID: b11868616.Concerning the taking of [Frederick] Stump and his servant from jail by violence; expresses his regret at the outrage; the people acted under a misapprehension of the intentions of the authorities in taking Stump to Philadelphia; explains the sentiment of the people, who say that the government shows more concern at the killing of an Indian than at the killing of any of themselves; that the Indians have killed numbers since the last peace, and that the exposed frontier people must always suffer before the government dares to say it is war; he has argued with them that those matters have no connection with the present opposition to authority; the sheriff had feared a rescue on the road, but no one suspected an attempt on the jail; he believes they are keeping Stump somewhere beyond the mountains, and there are still expectations that he will be delivered back to the sheriff; will set out next day to cross the mountains.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-09-17T07:52:35-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aEdward Shippen to Rev. George Craig, January 9, 17692Edward Shippen to Rev. George Craig, January 9, 1769gallery2018-02-13T03:42:49-08:001769Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806.Call Number: Mss.B.Sh62Available in the "Edward Shippen Letters and Papers, 1727-81" at the American Philosophical Society.American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12017-01-21T09:32:48-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGov. John Penn to the Wyaloosing Indians, June 29, 17692Governor of Pennsylvania John Penn's letter to the Wyaloosing Indiansgallery2018-02-13T03:44:10-08:001769Penn, John, 1729-1795Call Number: HC11-24112 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:18:09-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aAccount of the Indian Conference, October 22, 17702Account of the Indian Conferencegallery2018-02-13T03:45:22-08:001770Anonymous.Call Number: HC11-24113 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T04:49:42-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aRobert Callendar to John Pemberton and Owen Jones, April 22, 17713Robert Callendar's letter to John Pemberton and Owen Jonesgallery2018-11-06T17:22:25-08:001771Callendar, RobertCall Number: HC11-24114 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:21:22-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aAccount of Conference between the Indians and the Friendly Association, May 10, 17712Account of Conference between the Indians and the Friendly Associationgallery2018-02-13T03:47:39-08:001771Anonymous.Call Number: HC11-24115 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12017-01-21T09:32:11-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aWilliam Patterson to Israel Pemberton, June 10, 17712William Patterson's letter to Israel Pembertongallery2018-02-13T03:48:45-08:001771Patterson, WilliamCall Number: HC11-24117 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:22:06-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe Indians' Letter to the Representatives of Pennsylvania, May 16, 17722The Indians' letter to the Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvaniagallery2018-02-13T03:49:53-08:001772Anonymous.Call Number: HC11-24127 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12017-03-28T17:39:58-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aFriendly Association's Message to the Delaware Indians, August 6, 17722Friendly Association's message to the Delaware Indiansgallery2018-02-13T03:50:59-08:001772Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures.Call Number: HC11-24129 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-10-31T05:22:56-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aMinutes of Conference with Jos. Peepy and Peter Harrison, November 19, 17722Minutes of Conference with Jos. Peepy and Peter Harrisongallery2018-02-13T03:52:03-08:001772Anonymous.Call Number: HC11-24131 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12017-01-21T09:31:08-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aPhiladelphia Friends to Wyaloosing Indians, November 28, 17722Philadelphia Friends' message to Wyaloosing Indiansgallery2018-02-13T03:53:00-08:001772Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures.Call Number: HC11-24133 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12017-01-21T09:30:20-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aPhiladelphia Friends to Wyaloosing Indians, July 8, 17732Philadelphia Friends' message to Wyaloosing Indiansgallery2018-02-13T03:54:01-08:001773Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures.Call Number: HC11-24134 (manuscript collection 1250, AA4.4)Available in the "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting records (Vol. 4)" in the Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College.Haverford College Quaker and Special CollectionsWill Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12016-08-19T17:42:01-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aSam Patterson to Levi Hollingsworth, June 28, 17743Sam Patterson to Levi Hollingsworth, 28 June 1774gallery2018-02-13T03:55:36-08:001774Hollingsworth, Levi, 1739-1824.Call Number: Hollingsworth Family Papers (Collection 289)Historical Society of Pennsylvania.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-09-17T19:27:11-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aLetter from Ludwig Weiss to Johann Christian Hasse, April 20, 17821(path)gallery2018-09-17T19:27:11-07:001782Weiss, Ludwig.Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. MissInd 225.8.3.Weiss's closing remarks testify to the "afterlife" of the Paxton riot.2Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:27:07-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJacob Whistler Receipt in Conestoga Manor (undated)2Receipt For Jacob Whistler, "10 acres next the Indian town"plain2019-07-08T14:13:45-07:00Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore. For more information, visit http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/sd/r17sdc.htmManuscript.11Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:36:42-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aWilliam Watson to William Peters (undated)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:14:07-07:00Watson, William, Sir, 1715-1787.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-04-04T19:23:07-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aWyoming Petition to the Governor of Pennsylvania (undated)1Petition to the Governor of Pennsylvaniagallery2018-04-04T19:23:07-07:00undatedIndians at Bethlehem and Wampaqueca (Wyoming).Call Number: Mss.974.8.H78 (Timothy Horsfield Papers)(not provided)American Philosophical Society.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12018-09-13T18:49:59-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJournal of a Settlement on the Susquehanna2(path)gallery2018-09-14T12:58:06-07:001830Barber, Rhoda.Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Am .012.The 1830 recollections of Rhoda Barber of Lancaster County, describing migration and settlement, economic and domestic life, trade with the Indians, 1726-1782. Also includes a narrative of the massacre of the Conestoga Indians by the Paxton Boys in 1763, and some reminiscences of incidents of the Revolution.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-08-26T14:07:49-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aMoravian Indian Diaries (1763-65)Will Fenton2Moravian Archives of Bethlehemimage_header2019-09-02T13:23:08-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a