OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10302

Metadata
Title:		Pennsylvania Indians materials, Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
Contributor:		Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820
		Johnson, William, 1715-1774
		Logan, James, 1674-1751
		Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
		Penn, John, 1729-1795
		Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775
		Scull, William, active 1765
		Witthoft, John
Date:		October 22, 1730; November 8, 1755; July 20, 1758; 1759; February 4, 1764; August 9, 1766; February 9, 1769; February 10, 1769; October 23, 1784; March 2, 1787; 1951;
Description:		Materials can be found in the finding aid under the specific dates listed. Mostly eighteenth-century correspondence regarding Pennsylvania Indian affairs. Topics include purchasing Indian lands; surveying Indian lands, including those acquired through the Treaty of Fort Stanwix; surveying Proprietary lands without offending Native neigbhors; settling boundaries with Native neighbors; colonists taken captive during Seven Years' War era; the Paxton Boys' rebellion, massacre at Susquehannock, and the killing of Susquehannock refugees; a 1759 list of Native groups clothed at Pittsburgh, with information about where they reside and hunt; and diplomacy (i.e., trying to secure Native allies) during Seven Years' War era. Also Witthoft's 1951 "The Pemberton Family Cemetary," containing a narrative of the excavation of cemetery at Pennsbury with burials of Pemberton family, 1683-1802 as well as a murdered Indian (before 1705) and white pauper of later date. Individuals mentioned include Scarroyady, Isaac Pemberton, Joseph Shippen, and David the Indian.
Extent:		12 items
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10302
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Spatial Coverage:		Fort Stanwix
Subject:		Delaware
		Susquehannock
		Haudenosaunee
		Surveying
		Land transfers
		Land claims
		Land grants
		Great Britain. Treaties, etc. Six Nations, 1768 November 5
		Diplomacy
		Treaties
		Boundaries
		Indian captivities
		Paxton Boys
		Pennsylvania--History
		United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763
		Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
		Excavations
		Archaeology
		Graves
Type:		Correspondence
Type (DCMI):		Text
OLAC Info
Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10302
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
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Search Info
Citation:		Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820; Johnson, William, 1715-1774; Logan, James, 1674-1751; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824; Penn, John, 1729-1795; Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775; Scull, William, active 1765; Witthoft, John. October 22, 1730; November 8, 1755; July 20, 1758; 1759; February 4, 1764; August 9, 1766; February 9, 1769; February 10, 1769; October 23, 1784; March 2, 1787; 1951;. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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