Description: Berks County (Pa.) colonial papers

Berks County (Pa.) colonial papers

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Berks County (Pa.) (Creator)
Collection:	Berks County (Pa.) Colonial Papers
Collection Number:	Am.12935
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Court of Admirality > 18th Century Legal Documents > 18th Century. Legal Documents > 19th century.

Physical Description:	0.67 Linear feet 0.67 linear feet, 150 items,
Summary:	A collection of papers relating chiefly to Berks County colonial legal cases, and political and economic matters. Among the papers are: John Prinz letter from Reading, 1757, to James Read, describing Indian depredations; Conrad Weiser, letters and writs, 1754-1760; Frederick Weiser, letter, 1762, on the collection and adjustment of county debts; bonds for the observance of the laws of the province, 1773; marriage contracts; tavern license signed by Robert Hunter Morris; James Read commission, signed by William Plumsted, 1752; receipts for military equipment from members of the Reading militia, 1776; Captain John Patton letter to James Read, on the refusal of battalions to obey orders to march, 1776; oaths and affirmations of justices of Berks County, 1776-1778; Thomas McKean communication to Congress on his controversy with Brigadier General Thompson, 1778; report of the council of censors that Timothy Matlack is "unworthy of public trust and confidence," 1783; records of admiralty cases, 1766-1779, on prizes of war, adjustments of shares of prize money, libels, surveys, adjudicated before Francis Hopkinson, George Ross, Edward Shippen, and others; John Adams letter, Paris, France, 1780, to Samuel Huntington, President of Congress, containing Russia's declaration of principles adopted by her as neutral during the war between England and the United States; Peter Collinson letter, 1738, John Ross, 1762, Edward Biddle, 1764, John Morris, 1762.

Physical Description:

0.67 Linear feet 0.67 linear feet, 150 items,

Summary:

A collection of papers relating chiefly to Berks County colonial legal cases, and political and economic matters. Among the papers are: John Prinz letter from Reading, 1757, to James Read, describing Indian depredations; Conrad Weiser, letters and writs, 1754-1760; Frederick Weiser, letter, 1762, on the collection and adjustment of county debts; bonds for the observance of the laws of the province, 1773; marriage contracts; tavern license signed by Robert Hunter Morris; James Read commission, signed by William Plumsted, 1752; receipts for military equipment from members of the Reading militia, 1776; Captain John Patton letter to James Read, on the refusal of battalions to obey orders to march, 1776; oaths and affirmations of justices of Berks County, 1776-1778; Thomas McKean communication to Congress on his controversy with Brigadier General Thompson, 1778; report of the council of censors that Timothy Matlack is "unworthy of public trust and confidence," 1783; records of admiralty cases, 1766-1779, on prizes of war, adjustments of shares of prize money, libels, surveys, adjudicated before Francis Hopkinson, George Ross, Edward Shippen, and others; John Adams letter, Paris, France, 1780, to Samuel Huntington, President of Congress, containing Russia's declaration of principles adopted by her as neutral during the war between England and the United States; Peter Collinson letter, 1738, John Ross, 1762, Edward Biddle, 1764, John Morris, 1762.

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