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John Harris collection
Correspondence, accounts, and other papers of John Harris, founder of Harrisburg, and some of his descendants; a group of autograph letters and documents signed by governors of the colony and state of Pennsylvania and by some members of the supreme executive council. The signatures of William Penn,...
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| Collection: | John Harris Collection |
| Collection Number: | 0266 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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0.8 Linear feet 0.8 linear feet, 3 boxes, 500 items, |
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Correspondence, accounts, and other papers of John Harris, founder of Harrisburg, and some of his descendants; a group of autograph letters and documents signed by governors of the colony and state of Pennsylvania and by some members of the supreme executive council. The signatures of William Penn, John Penn, William Markham, Thomas Wharton, James Logan, Edward Shippen, James Hamilton, Simon Cameron, John Quincy Adams, James Buchanan are included. In addition, the collection contains: the ledger books of John Harris, 1748-1775, 1770-1791; correspondence, accounts, documents, relating to commercial, legal and land transactions, and to family affairs, 1734-1915; autograph letters and documents, 1687-1915; and two pamphlets, Companion for the Counting House or, Duties payable on Goods Imported into America, 1789, and the Patriot Hymn Book, 1862.
Manuscripts in this collection were assembled by Colonel William C. Armor. |