Library Guides: Manuscripts of Colonial and Revolutionary America: Pennsylvania

Records--Pennsylvania

What follows is a list of Colonial and Revolutionary era records and record groups originating in Pennsylvania, dating wholly or primarily from the years before 1788.

John Wood Land Deed, 1688
1 document. A deed of gift recording the transfer of land from John Wood of Bucks County, Pennsylvania to his son Joseph Wood. MSN/COL 5603-1-F1.
Frederick Stuber Land Survey Papers, 1766-1793
2 documents. Two appended documents, utilized in the settlement of a land dispute in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, between Adam Hoops and Frederick Stuber. The documents include a 1766 survey order for 300 acres applied for by Stuber, and a 1793 copy by Matthew Henderson, deputy surveyor, of the original surveyor's draft of the tract. MSN/COL 5605-1-F1.
Michael Huff Survey Order, 1767
1 document. A partly printed document written and signed by John Lukens, ordering the surveying of 200 acres of land in Cumberland County applied for by Michael Huff. MSN/COL 5601-1.
Samuel Wallis Land Deeds, 1768-1772
2 documents, partly printed. Two deeds of sale recording land purchases made by Samuel Wallis of Philadelphia. Both parcels are located in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. MSN/COL 5600-1 to MSN/COL 5600-2.
Jonathan Mifflin Will and Codicil, 1774-1780
2 documents. Copies of the will (4 pp., dated 1774) and codicil (1 p., dated 1780) of the wealthy Philadelphia Quaker merchant Jonathan Mifflin (1704-1781). Both documents are in Mifflin's hand, and bear his signature. MSN/COL 5602-1.
Stephen Balliet Order of Payment, 1786
1 document. A document signed by Charles Biddle (1745-1821) as vice president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, authorizing a payment of £38 5s to Stephen Balliet (1753-1821), commissioner for Northampton County, for laying out a state highway between Lehigh Water Gap and Wyoming. With endorsement. MSN/COL 5604-1.