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Using the Published Archives of Pennsylvania for Genealogical and Historical Research

Section Overview with Notes, Miscellaneous Records and Additional Resources ................................................. 1 Timeline of Pennsylvania History, Evolution of Pennsylvania Counties with Maps ................................ 2 Tables of Contents for the Second, Third, Fifth and Sixth Series ........................................................ 3 Table 1 - Military Records by County ....................................... 4 Table 2 - Land & Other Records by County.............................. 5

Using the Published Archives of Pennsylvania for Genealogical and Historical Research

Special Collections Division Akron-Summit County Public Library 60 S. High Street, Akron, Ohio 44326

[email protected] What are the Pennsylvania Archives? The 135-volume Pennsylvania Archives set is one of the most valuable research tools for Colonial (1681-1774) and Revolutionary (1775-1783) records. Among the volumes you will find a diverse collection of Colonial, military, land and vital records. Understanding how to access these volumes is a key to success in locating information about an ancestor or event. The complete set of volumes is available in the Special Collections Division on the third floor. It is also available online at http://www.footnote.com/. How do I search the Pennsylvania Archives?

Use the indexes described in this overview. Use Tables 1 and 2 to locate military and other records associated with specific counties. These tables are located in Sections 4 and 5 of this guide.

Review the Timeline of Pennsylvania History and Evolution of Pennsylvania Counties to gain an understanding of the historical context of the records created during this time period. Both appear in Section 2 of this guide.

Examine tables of contents to become familiar with the different types of records and their organization. These appear in select volumes as noted and in Section 3 of this guide.

Consult the list of Additional Resources for further guidance. How is the collection organized? The 135 volumes are arranged into the following ten series:

Series Number ofVolumes When

PublishedColonial Records (CR) 16 1838-1853First Series 12 1852-1856Second Series 19 1874-1890Third Series 30 1894-1899Fourth Series 12 1900-1902Fifth Series 8 1906 Sixth Series 15 1906-1907Seventh Series 5 1914 Eighth Series 8 1931-1935Ninth Series 10 1931-1935

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Colonial Records (CR) Of greater interest to historians than genealogists, the Colonial Records (CR) series contains:

Minutes of the Provincial Council, 1683-1775 (Vols. 1-10) Minutes of the Council (and Committee) of Safety, 1775-1777 (Vols. 10-11) Minutes of the Supreme Executive Council, 1777-1790 (Vols. 11-16)

These minutes were printed directly from manuscripts with no apparent editing. A table of contents appears at the beginning of each volume except for volume 7, which has an index at the back. Two additional published indexes are available for this series: Dunn, Mary, comp. Index to Pennsylvania’s Colonial Records Series, Baltimore, MD:

Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Call #929.3748 D923i This is an every surname index

Hazard, Samuel. General Index to the Colonial records in 16 volumes and to the Pennsylvania

Archives in 12 Volumes, Philadelphia, PA: Joseph Severns & Company, 1860. This is a subject and prominent surname index

First Series Also of greater interest to historians than genealogists, the First Series contains selected papers from the Secretary of the Commonwealth in chronological order from 1664-1790. Many historical references refer to this series by its title “Pennsylvania Archives”. After publication of later series it became known as the First Series. Each volume contains a general index at the back. Also available is the index by Samuel Hazard mentioned above. Second Series Of greater interest to genealogists, the Second Series contains records pertaining to:

The French and Indian War, Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Marriages The Whiskey Insurrection The defense of the frontiers The Colonies on the Delaware French occupation in Western Pennsylvania The Establishment at Presqu’ Isle Provincial Affairs in Pennsylvania Boundary disputes between Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut Dutch and Swedish Settlements on the Delaware River Colonial and Provincial Officers Oaths of Allegiances Foreigners arriving in Pennsylvania


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Many militia rolls in the Second Series are incomplete. However, these were carefully edited, reprinted and indexed in the Fifth and Sixth Series. A complete Table of Contents for the Second Series appears in Section 3 of this guide. Additional tables of contents and indexes are noted in the table below. You can also use Tables 1 and 2 to locate series, volume and page numbers for military and other records associated with specific counties. Remember to check parent counties for the existence of additional records.

Second Series Indexing Volume(s)

1 Subject and Prominent Name Index in back

2

Subject and Prominent Name Index in back Indexed in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). This database is available through Ancestry Library Edition from library computers only.

3-7 Subject and Prominent Name Index in back

8

Table of Contents in front Indexed in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). This database is available through Ancestry Library Edition from library computers only. Note: all but two of the marriage lists are in alphabetical order.

9

Table of Contents in front Indexed in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index to American Genealogical, Biographical and Local History Materials, Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952-. Note: this is a print index that is not available at the library.

10 Table of Contents in front

11 Table of Contents in front of volume 10 (incomplete) General Index to the Officers of the Pennsylvania Line in back 12 Index to Company Officers in back

13 Table of Contents in front Subject and Prominent Name Index in the back of volume 14

14-15 Table of Contents in front Subject and Prominent Name Index in back 16 Index of Dispute Arguments in front 17 Surname Index (incomplete) in back

18 Table of Contents in front Subject and Prominent Name Index in back 19 Complete Surname Index in back


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Third Series Highly valuable to genealogists, the Third Series contains:

Minutes of the Board of Property from 1681 to the late 1700s (Vols. 1-2) Old & Proprietary Rights (Vols. 2-3) Military fines and revolutionary land grants (Vols. 3-7) County Tax Lists from 1765-1791 (Vols. 11-22) Muster Rolls of the Navy and Line, Militia and Rangers, 1775-1783, with List of Pensioners, 1818-1832 (Vol. 23)

Warrantees of land records (Vols. 24-26) A complete Table of Contents appears in Section 3 of this guide. Additional tables of contents and indexes are noted in the table below. You can also use Tables 1 and 2 to locate series, volume and page numbers for military and other records associated with specific counties. Remember to check parent counties for the existence of additional records.

Third Series Indexing Volume(s)

1-2 Surname Index (repeated in volume 27) 3-4 Table of Contents Only (repeated in volume 27) 5 Surname Index (repeated in volume 27)

6-7 Table of Contents and Surname Index (repeated in volume 27) 8 Surname Index (repeated in volume 27) 9 General Index (repeated in volume 27) 10 Table of Contents and General Index (repeated in volume 27)

11-26

Table of Contents in each volume. Surname indexes in volumes 27-30 as follows:

Volume 27: Aains – Coston Volume 28: Costs – Juvenal Volume 29: Kaable – Refert Volume 30: Reff – Zylor

Volume 30 also contains a map and errata index

Fourth Series Of greater interest to historians than genealogists, the Fourth Series contains biographies, portraits, correspondence, proclamations, addresses and other papers of Pennsylvania’s Governors from 1681-1902. The series is arranged in chronological order. There are Tables of Contents in all but volume 11. General Indexes appear at the end of each volume and a combined General Index appears in volume 12. This index is mostly a subject index but does contain some names, such as the Penn family.


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Fifth Series One of the most used by genealogists, the Fifth Series contains records pertaining to:

The French and Indian War and Revolutionary War Indian Traders Ships Registers Mediterranean Passes Letters of Marque Depreciation Pay Pension Abstracts Enlistments

Many of these records were reprinted from the Second and Third Series with greater accuracy and neatness. A complete Table of Contents appears in Section 3 of this guide. A surname index appears in Volume 15 of the Sixth Series. You can also use Table 1 to locate series, volume and page numbers for military records associated with specific counties. Remember to check parent counties for the existence of additional records. Sixth Series The Sixth Series is also one of the most used by genealogists. Its contents are summarized in the table below and a complete Table of Contents appears in Section 3 of this guide. Volumes 1-5 of the Seventh Series contain a complete surname index for the Sixth Series. You can also use Tables 1 and 2 to locate series, volume and page numbers for military and other records associated with specific counties. Remember to check parent counties for the existence of additional records.

Sixth Series Contents Volume(s)

1-2 Associator & Militia Muster Rolls 3 County Militias, 1783-1790 4 Military Abstracts from Executive Minutes - Vols. 1 - 9 Inclusive, 1790-1817 5 County Militias, 1790-1800

6

- Records of the Egypt Reformed Church, Lehigh County. 1734-1834 - Baptismal and Marriage Records - Rev. John Waldschmidt: Cocalico,

Moden Krick, Weisseichenland and Seltenreich. Gemeinde. Lancaster County, 1752-1786

- Communion Services and Communicants - Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses, 1784-1786

7-9 War of 1812-1814 10 War of 1812-1814

Mexican War, 1846-1847 11 Election Returns

12-13 Inventories and sales of estates confiscated during the Revolution


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Sixth Series Contents Volume(s)

14

- Memorandum Book of Dr. John Ewing with Account of a Journey to Settle the Boundary of Pennsylvania, May 1784

- Orderly Book - June 19, 1779 to July 30, 1779 - The Order of March of Hand's Brigade from Wyoming to Tioga - Orderly Book of Lieutenant Colo's Company, German Regiment, 1780 - Orderly Book - November 13, 1780 to December 9, 1780 - Early Petitions

15 Surname index to the Fifth Series Seventh Series Highly valuable to genealogists, the entire Seventh Series is an index of one million names appearing in Volumes 1-14 of the Sixth Series. It is arranged as follows:

Vol. 1: A – De Vol. 2: De – Hol Vol. 3: Hol – Mic Vol. 4: Mic – Sh Vol. 5: Sha – Z

Surnames from Sternfeldt to Stinor were accidentally omitted from Volume 5 during publication. The index for these names can be found on pages 91-99 in: Eddy, Henry Howard and Simonetti, Martha L., comp. Guide to the Published Archives of

Pennsylvania covering the 138 volumes of Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives series I-IX. Harrisburg, PA: 1949. Call #R 016.9748 F384g

Eighth Series Of greater interest to historians than genealogists, the Eighth Series is a reprint of the “Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1682-1776.” It is a legislative journal begun by Benjamin Franklin and terminated when the colony became a state in 1776. The Pennsylvania State Library has a microfiche index (PS-264) to this series. Ninth Series Also of greater interest to historians than genealogists, The Ninth Series contains a journal of the official actions of Pennsylvania’s Governors from 1790-1838. It is a supplement to the Fourth Series and has no published index.


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Land and Military Record Notes The following notes provide some basic information on land and military records. Consult the resources below for further guidance on these and other topics. Acquiring Land First title to land in Pennsylvania was usually acquired through a five-step process:

1. Application: a request for a certain amount of land in a particular place; 2. Warrant: a written order to survey, usually restating the amount and location of land

requested in the application; 3. Survey: measuring and marking the courses and distances and drawing a tract diagram; 4. Return of Survey: a written restatement of the warrant and survey that verifies payment

of the purchase price and all fees; 5. Patent: the final deed passing ownership of a tract of land to its initial purchaser.

Tax List Terminology Freeman: Unmarried man over 21 Inmate: Renter Squatter: Person who owns no land or property and does not appear on the tax list Unseated: Non-resident landowner

Window Tax: Early form of taxation based upon the number of windowpanes. Tax savings were realized by replacing windows with multiple panes with large single-pane windows.

Militias Pennsylvania did not have a Militia before the official Pennsylvania Militia Act of 1777. This need was met by groups of local volunteers known as “Associators.” Men who refused to join their local volunteer units were known as “Non-Associators”. These terms were not used after the passage of the 1777 Militia Act. All able-bodied males between the ages of 18 and 53 joined the County Militia Companies and Regiments of the counties in which they lived. Militia units were mustered to protect their own localities for a limited period of time. Many militia units were called up to active service during the Revolutionary War. Continental Line/Pennsylvania Line Soldiers of the Continental Line were federal troops (enlisted men). Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line were volunteers. Pensions The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania granted revolutionary War Pensions to invalid servicemen. Most are listed in the Pennsylvania Archives. Congress did not award federal pensions until long after the war was over. Only veterans of the Continental Line or Continental Navy received these federal pensions.


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Depreciation Pay & Land During the Revolutionary War years, military service pay was often long delayed. Runaway inflation prompted the government to grant additional compensation in the form of interest bearing certificates and land in the western part of the Commonwealth. Donation Lands Donation land was granted to members of the Pennsylvania Line for service during the Revolutionary War. Located in the western part of the Commonwealth, the land remained tax-free to soldiers who retained ownership and lived on the land.

Miscellaneous Records In addition to the records associated with specific counties in Tables 1 and 2, a few miscellaneous records pertain only to certain counties or to Philadelphia City and Liberties. These are listed in the table below. Remember to check parent counties for the existence of additional records.

Bucks County

- Boundary Disputes: CR Vol. I, 78 - Census, 1784: 3rd Series Vol. XIII, iii - Commission of Safety Minutes, 1774-1776: 2nd Series Vol. XV,

341-369

Chester County - Assessment Lists, 1785: 3rd Series Vol. XII, 665-823 - Boundary Disputes: CR Vol. I, 74, 220

Fayette County - Commissioners & Treasurers Accounts, 1785-1790: 3rd Series

Vol. VII, 459-561

Lancaster County

- Baptism & Marriage Records of Rev. Waldschmidt, 1752-1786: 6th Series Vol. VI, 149-282

- Commissioners & Treasurers Accounts, 1782-1792: 3rd Series Vol. VII, 387-447

Lehigh County - Baptism Records of Egypt Reformed Church, 1734-1834: 6th

Series Vol. VI, 3-146 Luzerne and Lycoming Counties

- Commissioners to Adjust Land Titles 1810: 2nd Series Vol. XVIII, 573-609

Northumberland County - Lottery Warrants, 1785: 3rd Series Vol. XXV, 361-374

Philadelphia City and Liberties

- Armed Vessels from Port of, 1776-1777, List with form of Bond: 5th Series Vol. I, 608-609

- Confiscated Estates, Register of March 10, 1780: 6th Series Vol. XIII, facing 312

Philadelphia County - Commissioners & Treasurers Accounts, 1777-1790: 3rd Series

Vol. VII, 315-383

Westmoreland County - Commissioners & Treasurers Accounts, 1783-1788: 3rd Series

Vol. VII, 451-456


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Additional Resources Carousso, Dorothee H. How to Search for Your Revolutionary Patriot in Pennsylvania.

Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1975. Call #929.1072 C222h

Clint, Florence. Pennsylvania Area Key: A guide to the genealogical records of the state of

Pennsylvania, including maps, histories, charts and other helpful materials. Logan, UT: Everton Publishers, Inc., 1976. Call #929.1072 C617p

Crawford-Oppenheimer, Christine. Lost in Pennsylvania? Try the Published Pennsylvania

Archives. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999. Call #929.1072 C899Lo

Eddy, Henry Howard and Simonetti, Martha L., comp. Guide to the Published Archives of

Pennsylvania covering the 138 volumes of Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives series I-IX. Harrisburg, PA: 1949. Call #R 016.9748 F384g

Contains:

An alphabetical finding list covering all ten series An index to maps, portraits, and other illustrations in all ten series An index to diaries and journals contained in all ten series A publication history of all ten series The index of names omitted from Volume 5 of the Seventh Series

Espenshade, Abraham H. Pennsylvania Place Names. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing

Company, 1925. Call #917.48 Es77p

Discusses the origins of names for all counties, county seats, towns with a population of 5,000 or more and noteworthy villages and townships.

Iscrupe, William L. and Iscrupe, Shirley G. M. Pennsylvania Line: A research guide to

Pennsylvania genealogy and local history (4th ed.). Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1990. Call #974.8 P415

Contains:

County formation maps Township outline maps Information on birth, marriage, death and other records An explanation of the Colonial calendar change with instructions on converting between old and new dates

A list of current townships and when and how they were formed


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A perpetual calendar for the years 1600-2050. This calendar is specifically designed to display old style dates for territories under English rule from the year 1600 through September 2, 1752.

Long, John H., ed. and DenBoer, Gordon, comp. Pennsylvania Atlas of Historical County

Boundaries. New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. Call #911.748 At881p

Morris, Jean S., comp. Use of the Pennsylvania Archives in Genealogical Research. Special

Publication No. 1 of the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 1978. Call #016.9293748 M832u

Contains:

A list of abbreviations used in the third series (page 3) A subject index (pages 4-12) A bibliography of resources covering the War of 1812 (pages 35-36)

Munger, Donna B. Pennsylvania Land Records: A history and guide for research.

Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1991. Call #929.3748 M966p

Russ, William A., Jr. How Pennsylvania Acquired Its Present Boundaries. University Park, PA:

Pennsylvania Historical Association, Pennsylvania State University, 1966. Call #911.748 R958h

Discusses the evolution of the state’s boundaries and the controversies involving the British and U.S. Governments, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, New York, Connecticut, and West Virginia.

Timeline of Pennsylvania History Successful use of the Pennsylvania Archives requires an understanding of major historical events and the evolution of the counties. Some important dates in the history of Pennsylvania are:

Date Historical Event 1643 Swedish settlers establish a capital near present-day Philadelphia 1655 Dutch Troops capture New Sweden from the Swedes 1664 The English take control of the Pennsylvania region from the Dutch 1681 King Charles II of England grants Pennsylvania region to William Penn

1682

Penn sets up government and establishes Philadelphia. He drafts the Frame of Government (first constitution), which provides for a deputy governor and an elected legislature consisting of a Provincial Council (upper house) and a General Assembly (lower house).

1683 Legislature drafts second Frame of Government to amend the first

1701 Penn writes new constitution called the Charter of Privileges. This constitution made the General Assembly the chief lawmaking body in the colony and relegated the Provincial Council to an advisory role only.

1703 Delaware separated from Pennsylvania 1754-1763 French and Indian War 1763-1767 Survey of Mason-Dixon Line

1768 Pennsylvania buys land from Indians in Fort Stanwix Treaty

1774 First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia and votes to stop all trade with Great Britain

1775 Revolutionary War begins; Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

July 4, 1776 Congress adopts Declaration of Independence in the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia July 9, 1778 Pennsylvania approves Articles of Confederation

1781 Revolutionary War Ends with Peace Treaty at Yorktown

May-Sept. 1787 Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia; Pennsylvania becomes second state to ratify on December 12 1788 Thomas Mifflin becomes first Governor under new constitution 1789 Pennsylvania settles boundary line with New York

1790-1800 Philadelphia serves as nation’s capital 1792 Erie triangle purchased 1794 Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania 1799 Capital transferred from Philadelphia to Lancaster 1812 Capital transferred from Lancaster to Harrisburg.

1812-1814 War of 1812

1838 New state constitution adopted; Pennsylvania Hall in Philadelphia burned 1844 Religious riots of Native American Association at Kensington

1845-1848 Mexican-American War 1852-1854 Birth and death records kept in many counties July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg (Civil War)

Evolution of Pennsylvania Counties Pennsylvania’s three original counties (Bucks, Chester and Philadelphia) were created in 1682. Pennsylvania’s remaining counties evolved as indicated in the following table and maps:

County Year Formed Parent County or Counties

Adams 1800 York Allegheny 1788 Washington, Westmoreland Armstrong 1800 Allegheny, Lycoming, Westmoreland Beaver 1800 Allegheny, Washington Bedford 1771 Cumberland Berks 1752 Chester, Lancaster, Philadelphia Blair 1846 Bedford, Huntingdon Bradford (Ontario until 1812) 1810 Luzerne, Lycoming Bucks - Original County 1682 Butler 1800 Allegheny Cambria 1804 Bedford, Huntingdon, Somerset Cameron 1860 Clinton, McKean, Potter Carbon 1843 Monroe, Northampton Centre 1800 Huntingdon, Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland Chester - Original County 1682 Clarion 1839 Armstrong, Venango Clearfield 1804 Huntingdon, Lycoming Clinton 1839 Centre, Lycoming Columbia 1813 Northumberland Crawford 1800 Allegheny Cumberland 1750 Lancaster Dauphin 1785 Lancaster Delaware 1789 Chester Elk 1843 Clearfield, Jefferson, McKean Erie 1800 Allegheny Fayette 1783 Westmoreland Forest 1848 Jefferson, Venango Franklin 1784 Cumberland Fulton 1851 Bedford Greene 1796 Washington Huntingdon 1787 Bedford Indiana 1803 Lycoming, Westmoreland Jefferson 1804 Lycoming Juniata 1831 Mifflin Lackawanna 1878 Luzerne Lancaster 1729 Chester

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County Year Formed Parent County or Counties

Lawrence 1849 Beaver, Mercer Lebanon 1813 Dauphin, Lancaster Lehigh 1812 Northampton Luzerne 1786 Northumberland Lycoming 1795 Northumberland McKean 1804 Lycoming Mercer 1800 Allegheny Mifflin 1789 Cumberland, Northumberland Monroe 1836 Northampton, Pike Montgomery 1784 Philadelphia Montour 1850 Columbia Northampton 1752 Bucks Northumberland 1772 Bedford, Berks, Cumberland, Lancaster, NorthamptonPerry 1820 Cumberland Philadelphia - Original County 1682 Pike 1814 Wayne Potter 1804 Lycoming Schuylkill 1811 Berks, Northampton Snyder 1855 Union Somerset 1795 Bedford Sullivan 1847 Lycoming Susquehanna 1810 Luzerne Tioga 1804 Lycoming Union 1813 Northumberland Venango 1800 Allegheny, Lycoming Warren 1800 Allegheny, Lycoming Washington 1781 Westmoreland Wayne 1798 Northampton Westmoreland 1773 Bedford Wyoming 1842 Luzerne York 1749 Lancaster

Evolution of Pennsylvania Counties

Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~treasures/pa/maps/index.htm

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1772 1773

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1850 1878

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Pennsylvania Archives

Second Series Contents Volume 1 Introductory......................................................................................................................................3 Minutes of the Board of War, March 14, 1777 to August 7, 1777 ..................................................5 Minutes of the Navy Board, February 18, 1777 to September 24, 1777 .......................................73 List of Officers and Men of the Pennsylvania Navy, 1775-1781 (some names alphabetical).....................................................................................................227 Papers Relating to the Pennsylvania Navy, 1775-1781 ...............................................................361 Papers Relating to British Prisoners in Pennsylvania ..................................................................407 Memorandum Book of the Committee and Council of Safety, 1776-1777.................................467 Colonel Atlee’s Journal of the Battle of Long Island, August 26, 1776......................................509 Journal of Col. Samuel Miles Concerning the Battle of Long Island, 1776................................517 List of Sick Soldiers in Philadelphia, December 1776 ................................................................523 Papers Relating to the War of the Revolution, 1775-1777 ..........................................................541 Plans for the Construction and Raising of the Chevaux de Frize in the Delaware River, 1775-1784 ............................................................................................. i Index ............................................................................................................................................775 Volume 2 Names of Persons For Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, Previous to 1790..............................................................................1 Introductory......................................................................................................................................3 Pennsylvania Marriages .................................................................................................................13 Persons Naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania..................................................................293 Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1744-1764 .....................419 Papers Relating to the Province of Pennsylvania Prior to the Revolution...................................579 Journal of Col. James Burd While Building Fort Augusta at Shamokin, 1756-1757..................639 Index ............................................................................................................................................705 Volume 3 A Chart of Delaware Bay and River from the Original ................................................................... i Names of Persons who took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania, 1776-1794..............................................................................................1 Papers Relating to the War of the Revolution, 1777 .....................................................................87 Papers Relating to the War of the Revolution, 1778 ...................................................................137 Papers Relating to the War of the Revolution, 1779 ...................................................................227 Memorials Against Calling a Convention, 1779 (Remonstrances from inhabitants of Berks, Cumberland, Lancaster and York Counties, and “sundry inhabitants”)......................................................299 Papers Relating to the War of the Revolution, 1780 ...................................................................333 Papers Relating to the War of the Revolution, 1781 ...................................................................391 Resolves of the Committee for the Province with the Instructions to their Representatives in Assembly, and an Essay

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on the Constitutional Power of Great Britain, 1774 ..............................................................471 Proceedings of the Convention for the Province of Pennsylvania, held at Philadelphia, from January 23, 1775 to January 28, 1775 .........................................547 Proceedings of the Conference of Committees of the Province of Pennsylvania, Held at Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, from June 18 to June 25, 1776 ................................555 Officers of the State of Pennsylvania in the Revolution and Under the Constitution of 1776 .............................................................................................583 Index ............................................................................................................................................699 Volume 4 Papers Relating to What is Known as the Whiskey Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania, 1794..................................................................................................3 Narrative of the Journey of Col. Thomas Proctor to the Indians of the North-West, 1791.........551 Papers Relating to the Defense of the Frontiers, 1790-1796 .......................................................623 Index ............................................................................................................................................777 Volume 5 Map .................................................................................................................................................. i Papers Relating to the Colonies on the Delaware, 1614-1682.........................................................v Index ............................................................................................................................................891 Volume 6 Papers Relating to the French Occupation in Western Pennsylvania ..............................................1 Papers Relating to the Establishment at Presqu' Isle, 1794 .........................................................625 Index ............................................................................................................................................833 Volume 7 Papers relating to Provincial Affairs in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750 ..................................................3 Papers relating to the Boundary Dispute Between Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1734-1760 .....299 The Narrative of Marie Le Roy and Barbara Leininger ..............................................................401 Journal of Col. James Burd of the Provincial Service, 1760 .......................................................413 Journal of Col. James Burd of the Augusta Regiment, 1760.......................................................419 Journal Kept at Fort Augusta, 1763 .............................................................................................431 Papers Relating to the Dutch and Swedish Settlements on the Delaware River .........................457 Index ............................................................................................................................................821 Volume 8 Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810 - Volume I .......................................................................... i Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Marriages Recorded by the Registrar General of the Province, 1685-1689 ....................................v Marriage Record of Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1709-1806 .........................................................1 Marriage Record of the Swedes' Church, (Gloria Dei.) 1750-1810 ............................................287 Marriage Record of the First Presbyterian Church, At Carlisle, 1785-1812 ...............................563 Record of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chester, 1704-1733.......................................................591 Marriage Record of The Reformed Church, Falkner Swamp, Montgomery County, PA. 1748-1800 ...................................................................................599


Record of The Lutheran Church, New Hanover, Montgomery County, 1745-1809...................619 Marriage Record of The German Reformed Church, At Philadelphia, 1748-1802.....................649 Marriage Record of the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, 1761-1803 .....................................733 Marriage Record of Paxtang and Derry Churches, 1741-1810....................................................779 Volume 9 Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810 - Volume II ........................................................................ ii Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iv Marriage Record of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, 1702-1745 and 1760-1803 .........................................................................................................1 Marriage Register of the Moravian Church, Bethlehem, 1742-1800 ..........................................107 Marriage Register of the Moravian Church, Nazareth, 1742-1800 .............................................129 Marriage Register of the Moravian Church, Litiz, 1743-1800 ....................................................137 Marriage Register of the Moravian Church, Philadelphia, 1743-1800........................................149 Marriage Register of the Moravian Church, at Emmaus, 1758-1800..........................................155 Marriage Record of the Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Hartsville, Bucks County. 1785-1804....................................................................................159 Marriage Record of St. James' Episcopal Church, Perkiomen, Montgomery County. 1788-1810 .......................................................................169 Marriage Record of the Abington Presbyterian Church, Montgomery County, 1716-1821...........................................................................................185 Marriages Authorized in the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1682-1756..................205 Marriages Authorized by the Middletown Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1685-1810 .................221 Marriages Authorized by the Falls Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1700-1800.............................235 Marriages Authorized by the Buckingham Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1730-1810 ................253 Marriages Authorized by the Quakertown Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1752-1810.................273 Marriages Authorized by the Wrightstown Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1744-1809................277 Marriages Authorized by the Richland Monthly Meeting of Friends, 1800-1810 ......................287 Marriage Record of St. Michael's and Zion Church, Philadelphia, 1745-1800...........................291 Marriage Record of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, 1759-1806 ................................................459 Marriage Record of the Presbyterian Church, Churchville, Bucks County, 1738-1810 .............513 Marriage Record of the Third Presbyterian Church Philadelphia, 1785-1799 ............................531 Marriage Record of the Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1763-1812 ........................571 List of Officers of the Colonies on the Delaware and the Province of Pennsylvania, 1614-1776 ...................................................................................621 Officers of the Colonies on the Delaware, 1614-1681 ................................................................623 Officers of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1681-1776 .................................................................637 Provincial Officers of the Three Lower Counties: New Castle, Kent and Sussex ......................659 Provincial Officers for the Three Original Counties: Chester, Philadelphia and Bucks, 1682-1776 ........................................................................689 Provincial Officers for the Additional Counties, 1729-1776.......................................................785 Volume 10 Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution - Battalions and Line, 1775-1783, Volume I ................................................................................................................. i Table of Contents to Volume 10..................................................................................................... ii


Table of Contents to Volume 11 (incomplete) .............................................................................. iii Col. William Thompson's Battalion of Riflemen, June 25, 1775 to July 1, 1776 ...........................1 First Pennsylvania Battalion - Col. John Philip De Haas, October 27, 1775 to November 13, 1776.................................................................................43 Second Pennsylvania Battalion - Col. Arthur St. Clair, January 1776 to January, 1777...............67 Third Pennsylvania Battalion - Col. John Shee, January 5, 1776 to January 3, 1777 .................103 Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion - Col. Anthony Wayne, January 3, 1776 to January 24, 1777......................................................................................115 Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion - Colonel Robert Magaw, January 3, 1776 to January 3, 1777........................................................................................141 Sixth Pennsylvania Battalion - Col William Irvine, January 9, 1776 to March 20, 1777........................................................................................165 Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment - Col. Samuel Miles, March 6, 1776 ............................................199 The Musketry Battalion - Col. Samuel J. Atlee, March 6, 1776..................................................245 The State Regiment of Foot - Cols. John Bull & Walter Stewart, March 1, 1777 to November 12, 1777 ...................................................................................263 The Pennsylvania Line from July 1, 1776 to November 3, 1783 ................................................287 Continental Line - First Pennsylvania Regiment, July 1, 1776 to November 3, 1783.........................................................................................309 Continental Line - Second Pennsylvania Regiment, October, 1776 to November 3, 1783......................................................................................399 Continental Line - Third Pennsylvania Regiment, January 1, 1777 to November 3, 1783 ...................................................................................451 Continental Line - Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, January 1, 1777 to November 3, 1783 ...................................................................................491 Continental Line - Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, January 1, 1777 to January 1, 1783........................................................................................539 Continental Line - Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, January 1, 1777 to January 1, 1783........................................................................................577 Continental Line - Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, January 1, 1777 to January 1, 1781........................................................................................609 Continental Line - Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, July 20, 1776 to January 17, 1781 .........................................................................................655 Continental Line - Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, October 25, 1776 to January 17, 1781 ...................................................................................687 Continental Line - Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment, October 25, 1776 to January 17, 1781 ...................................................................................713 Continental Line - Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment, October 25, 1776 to July 1, 1778...........................................................................................759 Continental Line - Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment, October 1, 1776 to July 1, 1778.............................................................................................773 Continental Line - Thirteenth Pennsylvania Regiment, November 12, 1777 to July 1, 1778.......................................................................................783 Additional Regiment of Col. Thomas Hartley, January 11, 1777 to January 13, 1779...............793 Additional Regiment of Col. John Patton, January 11, 1777 to January 13, 1779 ......................805


Volume 11 Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution - Battalions and Line, 1775-1783, Volume II................................................................................................................1 Continental Line - The New Eleventh, Lieutenant Col. Adam Hurley, Jr., Commandant, January 13, 1779 to January 17, 1781 ................................................................3 Continental Line - The German Regiment, July 12, 1776 to January 1, 1781 ..............................71 Pennsylvanians in Col. Hazen's Regiment, "Congress' Own." 1776-1783....................................98 Independent Companies raised in the Valley of Wyoming and Attached to The Connecticut Line ..................................................................................109 Pennsylvanians in the Commander-In-Chief's Guard, 1776-1783 ..............................................119 Pennsylvania Regiment of Calvary Colonel Stephen Moylan, 1777-1783 .................................125 Armand's First Partisan Legion, 1777-1783 ................................................................................137 Pennsylvanians in Pulaski's Legion, 1778-1783..........................................................................151 Pennsylvanians in Lee's Partisan Corps, 1778-1783 ...................................................................157 Provost Guard - Von Heer's Light Dragoons, June 1, 1778 to November 3, 1783 .....................163 Continental Line - Pennsylvania Artillery, October 21, 1775 to October 27, 1776 ....................171 Continental Line - Fourth Regiment of Artillery, February 6, 1777 to November 3, 1783 .................................................................................190 Pennsylvania Line - Independent Company of Artillery, 1777-1780..........................................229 Continental Line - Artillery Artificers, 1777-1783......................................................................239 Continental Line - The Invalid Regiment, Col. Lewis Nicola, June 20, 1777 to 1783 ...............259 Orderly Books of the Pennsylvania Line in the War of the Revolution ......................................283 Orderly Book of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. James Chambers July 26, 1778 to December 6, 1778 .......................................................................................285 Orderly Book of the Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, February 2, 1779 to April 15, 1779........................................................................................397 Orderly Book of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. James Chambers, May 23, 1779 to August 25, 1779.....................................................439 Orderly Book of the Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, August 1, 1779 to September 11, 1779..................................................................................503 Orderly Book of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. James Chambers June 13, 1780 to August 5, 1780............................................................................................527 Diary of Events in the Army of the Revolution, August 1, 1780 to December 31, 1780............571 Orderly Book of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, September 12, 1780 to November 18, 1780 ..........................................................................587 Diary of the Revolt in the Pennsylvania Line, January, 1781 .....................................................629 Diary of the Pennsylvania Line, May 26, 1781 to April 25, 1782...............................................675 Muster Rolls of Ranging Companies with lists of Pennsylvania Pensioners in 1789 and 1813 .................................................................................................729 General Index to the Officers of the Pennsylvania Line, 1775-1783 ..........................................773 Volume 12 Muster Rolls of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of 1812-1814, With Contemporary Papers and Documents..............................................................................1 Muster Rolls of the War of 1812-1814 ..........................................................................................25 Papers and Documents Relating to the War of 1812-1814..........................................................554


Index to Company Officers..........................................................................................................821 Volume 13 Flag of Proctor's Westmoreland County Battalion .......................................................................... i Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution - Associated Battalions and Militia, 1775-1783, Volume I ........................................................................................... iv Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... vi Picture of Major Ennion Williams................................................................................................. ix Alphabetical List of Revolutionary Soldiers, 1775-1783 ................................................................1 Documents Relating to the Associations and Militia in General.................................................251 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Lancaster.....................................................................................................269 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the City and County of Philadelphia..................................................................................553 Volume 14 Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution - Associated Battalions and Militia, 1775-1783, Volume II ............................................................................................ i Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Militia Flags of the Revolution...................................................................................................... iv Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the City and County of Philadelphia, (continued from Volume 13) .....................................1 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Chester ..........................................................................................................63 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Bucks ..........................................................................................................141 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Berks...........................................................................................................245 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Northumberland..........................................................................................313 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Cumberland ................................................................................................369 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the county of York.............................................................................................................473 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Northampton...............................................................................................547 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Bedford .......................................................................................................635 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Westmoreland.............................................................................................671 Muster Rolls and Papers Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Washington.................................................................................................729 Offices of the Flying Camp and Ranging Companies with Miscellaneous Muster Rolls...................................................................................................755 Index ............................................................................................................................................779


Volume 15 Journals and Diaries of the War of the Revolution with Lists of Officers and Soldiers, 1775-1783 ................................................................................. i Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Picture of Major Ennion Williams...................................................................................................2 Journal of Major Ennion Williams on His Journey to the American Camp at Cambridge in New England, 1775..............................................................5 Journal of Captain William Hendricks from Carlisle to Boston, Thence to Quebec, 1775...........21 A Journal of the March of a Party of Provincials from Carlisle to Boston and from thence to Quebec..........................................................................................23 Journal of the Campaign Against Quebec by John Joseph Henry, 1775 .......................................59 Diary of Lieutenant James McMichael of the Pennsylvania Line, 1776-1778............................193 Journal of Lieutenant Erkuries Beatty in the Expedition Against the Six Nations Under Gen. Sullivan, 1779...........................................................................219 Journal of Rev. William Rogers, D. D., Chaplin of Gen. Hand's Brigade in the Sullivan Expedition, 1779 ..............................................................................255 Letter of Captain William Gray of the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, with a map of the Sullivan Expedition...................................................................................289 Journal of Lieutenant William McDowell of the First Pennsylvania Regiment in the Southern Campaign, 1781-1782..................................................................295 Minutes of the Committee of Safety of Bucks County, 1774-1776 ............................................341 Rolls of Soldiers of the Revolution, Pennsylvania Line, found in the Department of State, Washington, DC ..............................................................371 Arrangement of the Pennsylvania Line, 1777, 1778 and 1780....................................................513 Rolls of Associators, Militia and Flying Camp, 1776-1783 ........................................................561 Lists of Persons Pensioned by the United States who resided in Pennsylvania and served in the War of the Revolution, 1820-1825 ............................................................683 Diary of Captain James Duncan of Colonel Moses Hazen's Regiment, in the Yorktown Campaign, 1781..........................................................................................743 Journal of Samuel McNeil, B. Q. M. "His Orderly Book." 1779 ................................................753 Supplement List of Pennsylvania Soldiers in the War of the Revolution....................................761 Index ............................................................................................................................................777 Volume 16 Preface.............................................................................................................................................ia Breviate: In the Boundary Dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland .................................... ib Index of Dispute Arguments......................................................................................................v-xii Volume 17 Editorial Note...................................................................................................................................3 Names of Foreigners who took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775........................................................................5 Names of Foreigners Arriving in Pennsylvania. 1786-1808 .......................................................521 Index to Surnames........................................................................................................................669


Volume 18 Documents Relating to the Connecticut Settlement in the Wyoming Valley................................. ii Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Minutes of the Susquehanna Company Claiming Lands in Wyoming, 1753-1801 ........................1 An Examination of the Connecticut Claim to Lands in Pennsylvania, 1774...............................125 Connecticut Records as Examined by the State of Pennsylvania in 1782...................................215 The Dutch Records of New Netherlands in Connection with the Boundaries of Connecticut.......................................................................................277 Letters of the Pennsylvania Claimants to the State's Commissioners .........................................323 Letters from the Secretary of the Land Office to the State Commissioners Appointed Under the Act of April 4, 1799 ............................................................................387 Letters from the Commissioners of Pennsylvania to Various Persons ........................................431 Book of the Fifteen Townships....................................................................................................515 Journal of the Commissioners of Luzerne and Lycoming Counties............................................573 Miscellaneous Papers Relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1769-1808 .................................611 Index ............................................................................................................................................781 Volume 19 Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania ................................................1 Surname Index .............................................................................................................................767

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Third Series Contents Volume 1 Minutes of the Board of Property and Other References to Lands in Pennsylvania .......................1 Minutes of Ye Welsh Purchasers.....................................................................................................3 Minute Book K ..............................................................................................................................25 Minutes of Board of Property ......................................................................................................111 Surname Index .............................................................................................................................775 Volume 2 Minutes of the Board of Property ....................................................................................................1 Caveat Books. 1748-1784............................................................................................................159 Caveat Book-No. 1.......................................................................................................................161 Caveat Book-No. 2.......................................................................................................................236 Caveat Book-No. 3.......................................................................................................................313 Caveat Book-No. 4.......................................................................................................................380 Caveat Book-No. 5.......................................................................................................................472 Old Rights ....................................................................................................................................661 Surname Index .............................................................................................................................771 Volume 3 Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................1 Old Rights ........................................................................................................................................3 Proprietary Rights ........................................................................................................................215 Volume 4 - not available Volume 5 Prefatory Note..................................................................................................................................v State of the Accounts of the County Lieutenants During the War of the Revolution, 1777-1789 ............................................................................................1 Index ............................................................................................................................................785 Volume 6 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii State of the Accounts of John Gill, Esquire, Sub-Lieutenant of Bucks County, 1777-1780 ...........................................................................1 State of the Accounts of Joseph Hart, Esquire, Lieutenant of Bucks County, 1779-1781 .................................................................................35 State of the Accounts of Hon. George Wall, Esquire, Sub-Lieutenant of Bucks County, 1780-1783 .........................................................................59 State of the Accounts of Joshua Anderson, Esquire, Late Sub- Lieutenant of Bucks County. 1780-1783 ................................................................93 State of the Accounts of William McHenry, Esquire, Sub-Lieutenant of Bucks County, 1781-1783 .......................................................................131

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State of the Accounts of Joseph Hart, Esquire, Late Lieutenant of Bucks County, 1783 ................................................................................139 State of the Accounts of Andrew Boyd, Esquire, A Sub-Lieutenant of Chester County, 1777-1780 .................................................................151 State of the Accounts of Benjamin Brannon, Esquire, Late Sub-Lieutenant of Chester County, 1777 ......................................................................163 State of the Accounts of Thomas Levis, a Sub-Lieutenant of Chester County, 1777-1780 ..................................................................169 State of the Accounts of Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenants of Chester County, 1780-1783....................................................................181 State of the Accounts of Jacob Morgan, Senior, Late Lieutenant of Berks County, 1777-1780 ...........................................................269 State of the Accounts of the Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenants of Lancaster County, 1777-1780 ................................................................323 State of the Accounts of the Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenants of Lancaster County, 1780-1781 ................................................................403 State of the Accounts of the Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenants of Lancaster County, 1781-1782 ................................................................449 State of the Accounts of the Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenants of Lancaster County, 1782-1783 ................................................................551 State of the Accounts of Adam Orth, Esquire, Late Sub-Lieutenant of Lancaster County, 1778-1783..........................................................599 State of the Accounts of Joshua Elder, Esquire, Late Sub-Lieutenant of Lancaster County, 1777-1783..........................................................623 State of the Accounts of Adam Hubley, Esquire, Late Lieutenant of Lancaster County, 1784...........................................................................635 State of the Accounts of Jarnes Ross, Esquire, Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster, 1784-1785 ...............................................................639 State of the Accounts of the Hon. William A. Attlee, Esq., Late Chairman and Treasurer of the Committee of Inspection and Observation of Lancaster County, 1776-1783...............................................645 State of the Accounts of the Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenants of Cumberland County, 1777-1780 ............................................................651 State of the Accounts of the Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenants of Northampton County, 1777-1783...........................................................719 State of the Accounts of Samuel Rhea, Esquire, Lieutenant of Northampton County, 1780-1781....................................................................761 State of the Accounts of Peter Burkholder, Esquire Sub-Lieutenant of Northampton County, 1780-1783 ............................................................771 Index ............................................................................................................................................779 Volume 7 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii State of the Accounts of Colonel Samuel Hunter, Lieutenant of Northumberland County 1777-1784....................................................................1 State of the Accounts of Walter Clarke and William Murray, Sub-Lieutenants of Northumberland County 1777-1783 ........................................................15 State of the Accounts of the Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenants


of York County 1777-1783......................................................................................................37 State of the Accounts of William Scott, Esquire, Lieutenant of York County..............................93 State of the Accounts of John Hay, Esquire, Sub-Lieutenant of York County ...........................103 State of the Accounts of the Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants of Westmoreland County .......................................................................................................115 of the Accounts of Edward Cook, Esquire, Lieutenant of Westmoreland County 1783-1784...................................................................133 State of the Accounts of the Sub-Lieutenants of Washington County ........................................137 State of the Accounts of John Gloninger, Esquire, Lieutenant of Dauphin County...............................................................................................145 State of the Accounts of Georte Clingan, Esquire, Treasurer of Franklin County.................................................................................................161 State of the Accounts of David Rittenhouse, Esq., Treasurer of Pennsylvania, 1788............................................................................................173 State of the Accounts of David Rittenhouse, Esq., Treasurer of Pennsylvania, 1788-1789 ..................................................................................229 The Accounts of Isaac Snowden, Esq., Treasurer of the City and County of Philadelphia............................................................................................313 State of the Accounts of John Baker, Esquire Treasurer of the City and County of Philadelphia............................................................................................353 Report of the Auditors of Public Accounts of the Commissioners and Treasurers of the County of Lancaster ............................................................................385 State of the Accounts of William Perry, Esquire, late Treasurer of Westmoreland County ................................................................................449 State of the Accounts of Ephraim Douglas, Esquire, Treasurer of Fayette County ..................................................................................................457 State of the Accounts of Fees Received by the Secretary of the Supreme Executive Council ........................................................................................463 State of the Accounts of the Pennsylvania Indian Commissioners..............................................475 Report of the Register-General Relative to the Revenue and Expenditures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ...........................................................487 Report of the General Observations on the Foregoing Statement ...............................................516 Observations on the American Revolution ..................................................................................519 The Payment of Loans and Interest by the Congress...................................................................625 Table for the Payment of Principal and Interest Loans................................................................627 Donation of Military Tracts of Land Granted the Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line..........................................................................................657 Index ............................................................................................................................................797 Volume 8 Prefatory Note..................................................................................................................................1 Provincial Commissions ..................................................................................................................2 Index ............................................................................................................................................785 Volume 9 Commissions issued by the Province of Pennsylvania with official Proclamations - Volume II .................................................................................. iii Provincial Commissions ..................................................................................................................1


Index ............................................................................................................................................791 Volume 10 Commissions issued by the Province of Pennsylvania with official Proclamations - Volume III................................................................................... i Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Provincial Commissions ..................................................................................................................1 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1790 ........................................................735 Minutes of the Convention of 1776 .............................................................................................753 Minutes of the Council of Censors, 1783-1784...........................................................................785 General Index...............................................................................................................................811 Volume 11 Provincial Papers: Proprietary Tax Lists of the County of Chester for the Years 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1771.................................................................... i Prefatory Note................................................................................................................................ iii Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................v Abbreviations.................................................................................................................................xv Transcript of the Eighth Eighteenth Pence Rate for the County of Chester, 1765 ..........................1 Transcript of the Ninth Eighteenth Pence Rate for the County of Chester, 1766........................135 Transcript of the Tenth Eighteenth Pence Rate for the County of Chester, 1767 .......................263 Transcript of the Eleventh Eighteenth Pence Rate for the County of Chester, 1768...................391 Transcript of the Twelfth Eighteenth Pence Rate for the County of Chester, 1769 ....................523 Transcript of the Fourteenth Eighteenth Pence Rate for the County of Chester, 1771 ...............655 Volume 12 Seal of Chester County, 1683 .......................................................................................................... i Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Provincial Papers: Proprietary and Other Tax Lists of the County of Chester for the Years 1774, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1785..............................................................................1 Volume 13 Prefatory Note................................................................................................................................ iii Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................v Abbreviations............................................................................................................................... xiii Provincial Papers: Proprietary and Other Tax Lists of the County of Bucks for the Years 1779, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786..........................................................1 Volume 14 Provincial Papers: Proprietary, Supply and State Tax Lists of the City and County of Philadelphia, for the Years 1769, 1774 and 1779..................................................... i Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Proprietary Tax of the County of Philadelphia, 1769 ......................................................................1 Transcript of the Provincial Tax, City of Philadelphia, 1774 ......................................................221 Transcript of the Provincial Tax, County of Philadelphia, 1774 .................................................305 Effective Supply Tax of the City of Philadelphia, 1779..............................................................469 Effective Supply Tax of the County of Philadelphia, 1779 .........................................................563 State or Five Shilling Tax of the City of Philadelphia, 1779.......................................................745


Volume 15 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii State or Five Shilling Tax of the County of Philadelphia, 1779......................................................1 Effective Supply Tax of the City of Philadelphia, 1780..............................................................187 Effective Supply Tax of the County of Philadelphia, 1780 .........................................................371 Effective Supply Tax of the City of Philadelphia, 1781..............................................................579 Volume 16 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Provincial Papers: Supply and State Tax Lists of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Years 1781, 1782 and 1783...................................................................1 Volume 17 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Returns and Assessments for the Fourteenth Eighteen-Penny For the County of Lancaster, 1771 ............................................................................................1 Returns for the Fifteenth Eighteen-Penny Tax for the County of Lancaster, 1772 .....................167 Returns for the Sixteenth Eighteen-Penny Tax for the County of Lancaster, 1773 ....................323 Return of the Effective Supply Tax for the County of Lancaster, 1779 ......................................489 Returns and Valuations for the County of Lancaster, For the year 1782 ....................................687 Volume 18 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Abbreviations................................................................................................................................. xi Proprietary Return for the County of Berks for the Year 1767 .......................................................1 Proprietary Return for the County of Berks for the Year 1768 .....................................................87 Register of Property of the Inhabitants of Berks County for Raising the Supplies for the Year 1779 .................................................................................175 Return and Assessment for the County of Berks for the Year 1780............................................303 Return and Assessment for the County of Berks for the Year 1781............................................431 Return and Assessment of the County of Berks for the Year 1784 .............................................559 Assessment of Taxes for the County of Berks for the Year 1785 ...............................................691 Volume 19 Abbreviations................................................................................................................................. iii Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................v Proprietary Supply and State Tax Lists of the County of Northampton for the Years 1772 to 1788.........................................................................................................1 Supply and State Tax Lists of the County of Northumberland for the Years 1778 to 1788.....................................................................................................401 Volume 20 Abbreviations................................................................................................................................. iii Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................v First State Tax of Cumberland County for the Year 1778...............................................................1 Transcript of Supply Rates for the County of Cumberland for the Year 1779............................115 Supply Rates of the County of Cumberland for the Year 1780...................................................249


Transcripts and Taxables of the County of Cumberland, for the Year 1781...............................385 Transcripts and Taxables of the County of Cumberland for the Year 1782................................533 Transcript of Taxables of the County of Cumberland, for the Year 1785...................................683 Volume 21 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Abbreviations............................................................................................................................... viii Provincial Papers: Returns of Taxables of the County of York for the Years 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783........................................................................1 Volume 22 Prefatory......................................................................................................................................... iii Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................v Abbreviations................................................................................................................................. xi Transcript of Taxables in the County of Bedford for the Year 1773...............................................1 Transcript of Taxables in the County of Bedford for the Year 1774.............................................55 Transcript of Taxables in the County of Bedford for the Year 1775.............................................85 Transcript of Taxables in the County of Bedford for the Year 1776...........................................117 A Return of Property of the County of Bedford for the Year 1779.............................................157 Federal Supply Tax of the County of Bedford, for the Year 1783 ..............................................203 Return of Lands and Number of Inhabitants in the County of Bedford, 1784 ............................271 Taxable Property of the County of Huntingdon for the Year 1788 .............................................325 Transcript of Property with Number of Inhabitants in the County of Westmoreland, 1783 .......367 Return of State Tax for the County of Westmoreland for the Year 1786....................................455 Return of State Tax for the County of Fayette, 1785...................................................................541 Return of State Tax for the County of Fayette for the Year 1786 ...............................................589 Return of Taxables in the County of Allegheny, 1791 ................................................................643 Effective Supply Tax for the County of Washington, 1781 ........................................................699 Volume 23 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Muster Rolls of the Navy and Line, Militia and Rangers, 1775-1783 with List of Pensioners, 1818-1832 ...........................................................................................1 Index ............................................................................................................................................821 Volume 24 Prefatory Note................................................................................................................................ iii Organization [Evolution] of Counties............................................................................................ iv Table of Contents.......................................................................................................................... vii Warrantees of Land in the County of Philadelphia, 1733-1866 ......................................................1 Warrantees of Land in the County of Chester, 1733-1858 ............................................................59 Warrantees of Land in the County of Bucks, 1733-1889 ............................................................107 Warrantees of Land in the County of Luzerne, 1787-1896 .........................................................179 Warrantees of Land in the County of Susquehanna, 1814-1885 .................................................299 Warrantees of Land in the County of Bradford, 1812-1896........................................................305 Warrantees of Land in the County of Tioga, 1807-1878 .............................................................313 Warrantees of Land in the County of Juniata, 1833-1891 ...........................................................319 Warrantees of Land in the County of Lawrence, 1850-1883.......................................................329


Warrantees of Land in the County of Fulton, 1850-1896............................................................333 Warrantees of Land in the County of Lackawanna, 1886-1896 ..................................................343 Warrantees of Land in the County of Lancaster, 1733-1896.......................................................347 Warrantees of Land in the County of Dauphin, 1785-1895.........................................................569 Warrantees of Land in the County of Lebanon, 1813-1889 ........................................................617 Warrantees of Land in the County of Cumberland, 1750-1874...................................................625 Volume 25 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iii Warrantees of Land in the County of Franklin, 1784-1895.............................................................1 Warrantees of Land in the County of Northumberland, 1772-1892..............................................53 Warrantees of Land in the County of Lycoming, 1795-1896......................................................375 Warrantees of Land in the County of Clearfield, 1806-1896 ......................................................409 Warrantees of Land in the County of Perry, 1821-1892..............................................................423 Warrantees of Land in the County of Wyoming, 1847 to 1895...................................................441 Warrantees of Land in the County of Bedford, 1771-1893 .........................................................447 Warrantees of Land in the County of Huntingdon, 1787-1889 ...................................................675 Warrantees of Land in the County of Centre, 1801-1891............................................................783 Volume 26 Provincial Papers: Warrantees of Land in the Several Counties of the State of Pennsylvania, 1730-1898.............................................................................................. i Prefatory Note................................................................................................................................ iii Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................v Warrantees of Land in the County of Clinton..................................................................................1 Warrantees of Land in the County of Blair....................................................................................17 Warrantees of Land in the County of Northampton ......................................................................25 Warrantees of Land in the County of Lehigh ..............................................................................213 Warrantees of Land in the County of Wayne ..............................................................................225 Warrantees of Land in the County of Pike...................................................................................231 Warrantees of Land in the County of Berks ................................................................................239 Warrantees of Land in the County of Schuylkill .........................................................................337 Warrantees of Land in the County of Clarion..............................................................................381 Warrantees of Land in the County of Westmoreland ..................................................................387 Warrantees of Land in the County of Washington ......................................................................529 Warrantees of Land in the County of Greene ..............................................................................625 Warrantees of Land in the County of Armstrong ........................................................................643 Warrantees of Land