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The following manuscripts were authored by numerous figures directly and indirectly involved in the Paxton debates, including Benjamin Franklin, Israel Pemberton, and Thomas Penn. Some correspondence predates and postdates the pamphlet war and offers bridges to other colonial events, including the Seven Years' War, Pontiac's rebellion, and the Black Boys uprising. You may also filter manuscripts by following the Correspondence Concerning Conestoga Manor, Edward Shippen, Friendly Association, Moravian Indian Diaries, and Timothy Horsfield sub-paths.
 
 We have currently digitized 180 manuscripts, arranged chronologically in the path below "Contents."

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  1. William Penn to King of the Indians, October 18, 1681
  2. Deed from Indians on the Susquehanna (1700)
  3. Minutes of Contracts In Conestoga Manor, 1737-1760
  4. Tract of Land Situated in Conestoga Manor (January 18, 1752)
  5. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, March 28, 1753
  6. Edward Shippen to William Allen, June 17, 1755
  7. Timothy Horsfield to William Parsons, December 14, 1755
  8. Memoranda, 1756 to 1761
  9. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 25, 1763
  10. Account of the Indian Complaints, 1756
  11. Friends' Address to the Governor, April 1756
  12. Conversation with the Indians, April 19, 1756
  13. Christopher Towne to Israel Pemberton, April 25, 1756
  14. Memorandum of an Account of the Indian Nicodemus, June 30, 1756
  15. Passport for Joseph Peepy and Lewis Montour, January 9, 1757
  16. John Ross to Richard Peters (February 24, 1757)
  17. Passport for Nathaniel, April 4, 1757
  18. George Stevenson Letter (April 12, 1757)
  19. Message to the Delaware, May 1, 1757
  20. Record of Council with Delaware, May 1, 1757
  21. George Croghan to Timothy Horsfield, May 24, 1757
  22. George Stevenson Letter (May 28, 1757)
  23. George Stevenson Letter (January 16, 1758)
  24. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, April 13, 1758
  25. Robert Strettell to Timothy Horsfield, April 14, 1758
  26. Journal of Christian Frederick Post, June 20, 1758
  27. General Forbes to Israel Pemberton, August 18, 1758
  28. Israel Pemberton to Charles Read, September 10, 1758
  29. General Forbes to Israel Pemberton, January 15, 1759
  30. Samuel Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, January 31, 1759
  31. James Kenny to Israel Pemberton, February 12, 1759
  32. George Stevenson Letter (March 2, 1759)
  33. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, March 27, 1759
  34. Samuel Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, May 16, 1759
  35. James Kenny to Israel Pemberton, June 19, 1759
  36. Israel Pemberton to John Stanwix, August 24, 1759
  37. George Stevenson to Richard Peters (December 29, 1759)
  38. Criticism of Benjamin Franklin's Historical Review [Thomas Penn?]
  39. Various Memoranda, 1760
  40. Letter Concerning Conestoga Manor (January 18, 1760)
  41. George Stevenson to Richard Peters (January 24, 1760)
  42. George Stevenson Letter (February 2, 1760)
  43. George Stevenson to Richard Peters and Richard Hockley (April 23, 1760)
  44. George Stevenson Letter (April 24, 1760)
  45. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, May 16, 1760
  46. Account of the Return of Three White Prisoners, May 20, 1760
  47. Isaac Whitelock to Israel Pemberton, June 6, 1760
  48. Israel Pemberton, Captive Inquiry
  49. Nathaniel Holland to Friend, August 21, 1760
  50. Christopher Schultze to Israel Pemberton, August 29, 1760
  51. John and Richard Penn to the Friendly Association, September 5, 1760
  52. Benjamin Lightfoot to Israel Pemberton, September 7, 1760
  53. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, September 17, 1760
  54. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, October 16, 1760
  55. Christopher Schultze to Israel Pemberton, December 1, 1760
  56. List of Goods Applied to Indians (1761)
  57. George Stevenson to Richard Peters (March 14, 1761)
  58. George Stevenson to Richard Peters Concerning Blue Rock Plantation (March 14, 1761)
  59. Report of the Easton Conference, August 1761
  60. Christian Frederick Post to Israel Pemberton, August 8, 1761
  61. George Stevenson to Richard Peters and Richard Hockley (August 10, 1761)
  62. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 29, 1761
  63. Affidavit Respecting Indians, September 2, 1761
  64. Timothy Horsfield to James Hamilton, September 3, 1761
  65. Edward Shippen to [William Allen?], September 15, 1761
  66. Papunehan to Israel Pemberton, September 15, 1761
  67. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, September 30, 1761
  68. Governor Hamilton to Papunehan, October 12, 1761
  69. Message to the Governor, October 12, 1761
  70. Nathaniel Holland to Israel Pemberton, December 20, 1761
  71. Account of presents sent to Pittsburgh, 1762
  72. Indenture For Lease of Blue Rock Farm (March 29, 1762)
  73. Richard Peters to Timothy Horsfield, May 7, 1762
  74. Francis Alison Sermons (1763)
  75. James Burd Diary at Fort Augusta
  76. Andrew Tail Bond (January 19, 1763)
  77. George Stevenson Letter (January 19, 1763)
  78. Robert Beaty to Richard Hockley and William Peters (January 22, 1763)
  79. John Mitchel to William Peters ( March 14, 1763)
  80. Samuel Nelson to William Peters (March 24, 1763)
  81. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 6, 1763
  82. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 13, 1763
  83. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, June 27, 1763
  84. Thomas McKee to James Burd, July 9, 1763
  85. Commission for Timothy Horsfield, July 11, 1763
  86. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 11, 1763
  87. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 21, 1763
  88. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, June 23, 1763
  89. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 26, 1763
  90. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 27, 1763
  91. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 30, 1763
  92. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 13, 1763
  93. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 15, 1763
  94. Petition to James Hamilton, August 17, 1763
  95. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 19, 1763
  96. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 31, 1763
  97. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, September 1, 1763
  98. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 3, 1763
  99. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 15, 1763
  100. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, September 20, 1763
  101. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, October 10, 1763
  102. James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, October 13, 1763
  103. Adam Bernard Grube to Timothy Horsfield, October 13, 1763
  104. Joseph Shippen Jr. to James Burd, October 21, 1763
  105. Edward Shippen to Governor James Hamilton, October 29, 1763
  106. John Penn to Timothy Horsfield, November 14, 1763
  107. Conestoga Indians to John Penn, November 30, 1763
  108. Province Island Diary (December 1, 1763 - January 4, 1764)
  109. Thomas Penn to John Penn, December 10, 1763
  110. Edward Shippen to John Elder, December 16, 1763
  111. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, December 19, 1763
  112. Thomas Penn correspondence, December 23, 1763
  113. Account for Maintaining Indians at Lancaster, December 27, 1763
  114. Account of the Indian murders, December 27, 1763
  115. The Congregational Diary of Lancaster Moravian Church, December 27-28 , 1763
  116. Letter from Matthaus Hehl to the Church Leadership, December 29, 1763
  117. Epistle from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1764
  118. Apology of the Paxton Volunteers
  119. Petition of the Inhabitants of Lancaster County
  120. Letter from Albrecht Ludolph Russmeyer to Nathanael Seidel, January 2, 1764
  121. Joseph Shippen Jr. to Colonel James Burd, January 3, 1764
  122. Diary of the Indian Gemeinlein on Pilgrimage (January 4-17, 1764)
  123. Diary of the Indian Gemeine in the Barracks in Philadelphia (January 5 - April 3, 1765)
  124. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, January 5, 1764
  125. Proceedings at a Council Held at Fort George (January 9, 1764)
  126. John Whitmer to William Peters (January 16, 1764)
  127. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, January 16, 1764
  128. Travel Diary of the little Indian Gemeine (January 18 - 24, 1764)
  129. Diary of the Indian Gemeine in the Barracks in Philadelphia, Original Draft (March 1 - October 27, 1764)
  130. Letter from Philadelphia (January 19, 1764)
  131. Diary of the Indian Gemeine in the Barracks in Philadelphia, Final Draft (January 24 - December 31, 1764)
  132. John Penn to William Murray (January 29, 1764)
  133. Thomas Gage to Cadwallader Colden (January 30, 1764)
  134. Sir William Johnson to Gov. John Penn, February 9, 1764
  135. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, February 11, 1764
  136. Manuscript Copy of Remonstrance, February 13, 1764
  137. John Penn to William Johnson (Februrary 17, 1764)
  138. Jacob Whistler Letter (March 12, 1764)
  139. Thomas Penn correspondence, March 17, 1764
  140. Jacob Whistler to William Peters (April 9, 1764)
  141. Circular on Royalization
  142. Thomas Penn correspondence, May 5, 1764
  143. Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 12, 1764
  144. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, July 12, 1764
  145. Thomas Penn to Sir William Johnson, September 7, 1764
  146. 1764 Election Returns
  147. Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, October 20, 1764
  148. Treatise on the Indians of North America (1764)
  149. Journal of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon (1765 Excerpts)
  150. Captain Thomas Barnsley to Thomas Gage, March 11, 1765
  151. John Armstrong to George Croghan, March 26, 1765
  152. Maxwell deposition, April 3, 1765
  153. Smith deposition, April 3, 1765
  154. John Penn to Sir William Johnson, May 23, 1765
  155. John Miller and Robert Beaty Bond (April 3, 1765)
  156. Thomas Penn to John Penn, June 8, 1765
  157. Thomas Penn to Benjamin Chew, July 20, 1765
  158. Sir William Johnson to Gen. Thomas Gage, July 14, 1766
  159. John Penn to Thomas Gage, June 28, 1765
  160. Edward Shippen to James Burd, January 19, 1768
  161. William Allen to High Sheriffs, January 19, 1768
  162. John Armstrong to John Penn (February 7, 1768)
  163. Edward Shippen to Rev. George Craig, January 9, 1769
  164. Gov. John Penn to the Wyaloosing Indians, June 29, 1769
  165. Account of the Indian Conference, October 22, 1770
  166. Robert Callendar to John Pemberton and Owen Jones, April 22, 1771
  167. Account of Conference between the Indians and the Friendly Association, May 10, 1771
  168. William Patterson to Israel Pemberton, June 10, 1771
  169. The Indians' Letter to the Representatives of Pennsylvania, May 16, 1772
  170. Friendly Association's Message to the Delaware Indians, August 6, 1772
  171. Minutes of Conference with Jos. Peepy and Peter Harrison, November 19, 1772
  172. Philadelphia Friends to Wyaloosing Indians, November 28, 1772
  173. Philadelphia Friends to Wyaloosing Indians, July 8, 1773
  174. Sam Patterson to Levi Hollingsworth, June 28, 1774
  175. Letter from Ludwig Weiss to Johann Christian Hasse, April 20, 1782
  176. Jacob Whistler Receipt in Conestoga Manor (undated)
  177. Sermon Concerning Friendly and Enemy Indians (undated)
  178. William Watson to William Peters (undated)
  179. Wyoming Petition to the Governor of Pennsylvania (undated)
  180. Journal of a Settlement on the Susquehanna

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