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Affidavit Respecting Indians, September 2, 1761
A Battle! A Battle! (Extended)
Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, June 27, 1763
Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, January 16, 1764
Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, February 11, 1764
Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, July 12, 1764
Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, October 20, 1764
Circular on Royalization
Commission for Timothy Horsfield, July 11, 1763
Criticism of Benjamin Franklin's Historical Review [Thomas Penn?] This 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.
Edward Shippen to Governor James Hamilton, October 29, 1763
Edward Shippen to James Burd, January 19, 1768
Edward Shippen to John Elder, December 16, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, March 28, 1753
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 6, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, June 13, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 21, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 25, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 30, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 15, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, August 31, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 3, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, September 15, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, December 19, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, December 29, 1763
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, January 5, 1764
Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen, July 12, 1764
Edward Shippen to Rev. George Craig, January 9, 1769
Edward Shippen to William Allen, June 17, 1755
Edward Shippen to [William Allen?], September 15, 1761
Adam Bernard Grube to Timothy Horsfield, October 13, 1763
George Croghan to Timothy Horsfield, May 24, 1757
Heckewelder's Narrative of the Mission Among the Delaware (Excerpts) Printed from the original manuscript, with facsimile of title-page of original edition, Philadelphia, 1820. Excerpts from Heckewelder’s Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren Among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians (chapters 6-10) and Appendix (Names which the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians gave to Rivers, Streams and Localities, within the States of Pennsylvania…). Details concerning scanned edition: xi p., 3 l., [3]-616 p. incl. front. (port.) 2 facsim. : 2 port., 3 maps (1 fold.) 2 facsim. ; 33 x 25 1/2 cm. Cleveland: The Burrows brothers company, 1907.
James Burd Diary at Fort Augusta 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.
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 29, 1761
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, June 23, 1763
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 11, 1763
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 26, 1763
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, July 27, 1763
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 13, 1763
Petition to James Hamilton, August 17, 1763
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, August 19, 1763
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, September 1, 1763
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, September 20, 1763
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, October 10, 1763
James Hamilton to Timothy Horsfield, October 13, 1763
John Penn to Timothy Horsfield, November 14, 1763
Memorandum of an Account of the Indian Nicodemus, June 30, 1756
Message to the Delaware, May 1, 1757
Passport for Joseph Peepy and Lewis Montour, January 9, 1757
Passport for Nathaniel, April 4, 1757
Record of Council with Delaware, May 1, 1757
Richard Peters to Timothy Horsfield, May 7, 1762
Robert Strettell to Timothy Horsfield, April 14, 1758
Sermon Preached in the Church of St. Peters Sermon preached in the Church of St. Peters in Lewis, in Sussex County on Delaware, on July 8, 1757. Being the day appointed ... to be observed as a day of fasting and humiliation, to implore the blessing of God on His Majesty's arms, especially on the expedition now carrying on under His Excellency John Earl of Loudoun. / By Matthias Harris, officiating minister to the several congregations of the Church of England, in Sussex County on Delaware.
Timothy Horsfield to James Hamilton, September 3, 1761
Timothy Horsfield to William Parsons, December 14, 1755
A Touch on the Times
A Touch on the Times (Extended)
Wyoming Petition to the Governor of Pennsylvania (undated)
Sermon Concerning Friendly and Enemy Indians (undated)