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Shippen family papers
The papers of several generations of the Shippen and Burd families pertain to the history of colonial Pennsylvania. They include material on the westward expansion of the colonies, trade with the Indians, frontier life, and the French and Indian War, as they touched the lives of the Shippens: misce...
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| Collection: | Shippen Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 0595A |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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16.0 Linear feet 16 linear feet, 27 boxes, 35 volumes |
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The papers of several generations of the Shippen and Burd families pertain to the history of colonial Pennsylvania. They include material on the westward expansion of the colonies, trade with the Indians, frontier life, and the French and Indian War, as they touched the lives of the Shippens: miscellaneous correspondence, 1701-1823; Shippen-Burd family letters, 1746-1856; legal and business papers, 1721-1855; bills, receipts, and accounts, 1721-1824; jury lists, 1784-1804; bail book, 1773; Cumberland County docket book, 1790; military papers, 1755-1795.
For Joseph Shippen: account book of his regiment at Fort Augusta, Shamokin, 1756; journal at Augusta, 1757-1758; orderly book, 1758; journal, 1758; letter books, 1751-1752, 1754-1755, 1760-1761; journal of the building of Fort Augusta, 1756-1757; letter book and army statistics, 1758; commonplace book, 1750; account book, 1768-1775; estate accounts.
Henry Shippen, executor, 1810-1815; Henry Shippen daybook, 1817-1835; Edward Shippen's abstracts of Lord Raymond's reports, n.d.; notes on the law, and a letter book, 1763; Margaret Shippen album, 1824; Shippen family account book, 1837; Mount Regale Fishing Company papers, 1762-1765; papers on the estate of Governor John Penn, 1715-1814; letters from Anne Penn to John F. Mifflin, 1795-1818; Lansdowne bills, 1793-1801; letter book of Colonel James Burd, 1756-1758; fragments of a journal kept at Loyal Hannon, Oct. 1758; notes on the law by Edward Burd, 1766-1769; notes of a lecture on moral philosophy delivered at the University of Pennsylvania, by Edward S. Burd, 1793; Lancaster docket book of Edward S. Burd, 1785-1795; a court docket book of Westmoreland County, 1782-1801; bankbook of Edward S. Burd, 1784-1794; Sarah Burd bankbook, 1835-1839; Sarah Burd scrap and journal book, 1847-1849; Jacob Hubley's music books, undated, "The Complete Tutor of the German Flute," 1776; school exercises, 1804; Chester County tax list, undated. |