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Donnel-Hegins collection of Northumberland County papers
Papers and documents, chiefly of Charles G. Donnel and Charles W. Hegins, jurists and political leaders of Sunbury, Northumberland County: land warrants, deeds, surveys, field notes, 1767-1859, show the subdivisions of land in townships and names of purchasers and settlers; agreements, mortgages, i...
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| Collection: | Donnel-Hegins Collection of Northumberland County Papers |
| Collection Number: | 0458 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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13.0 Linear feet 32 boxes |
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Papers and documents, chiefly of Charles G. Donnel and Charles W. Hegins, jurists and political leaders of Sunbury, Northumberland County: land warrants, deeds, surveys, field notes, 1767-1859, show the subdivisions of land in townships and names of purchasers and settlers; agreements, mortgages, indentures, relate to iron mines, coal lands, dams, canals, railroads, 1768-1857; letters of men in politics, judiciary, and commercial enterprises relate to court trials, settlement of estates, land transactions, commercial accounts, 1793-1853; receipts and bills for the supply of provisions of the Continental army and to the army in the War of 1812; names of holders of Continental certificates of the unfunded debt issues and redeemed, 1790-1793. Surveys and calculations, 1767-1899; correspondence, 1793-1853; Continental certificates, 1780-1864; miscellaneous, 1768-1871; field notes, 67 booklets, 1786-1824; deeds, 1774-1859; legal cases, 1794-1864; commissary papers, 1809-1820; canals, railroads, coal, telegraph, 1831-1858, complete the collection. |