Colonial and Revolutionary America

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William and James Scull Survey Ledgers

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This material illustrates aspects of colonial society through the business transactions and personal papers. It also documents the early exploration and establishment by Europeans and Americans beyond eastern coastal regions and into the Early Republic Period with the expansion and growth of settlement in the interior of North America.

Burd-Shippen Family Papers

Contains personal and business correspondence, legal documents, business records, and manuscripts from the Burd and Shippen families, who were prominent lawyers, business owners, and public servants in eastern Pennsylvania during the colonial era.

Ephraim Douglass Ledgers

Consists of four ledgers that primarily document the stock and sale of supplies at Forts Pitt and Kittanning during the 1770s

Fur Trader’s Journal

Collection consists of a journal from an unidentified fur trader traveling in the region of the Du Lièvre Rivere, a tributary of the Ottawa River, in western Québec. The entries, covering May to June of 1775, document a journey during which the trader faced river rapids, a number of portages between waterways, and at times hostile trading partners from the Ottawa and Nipissing tribes

George Washington Letters

Contains letters, broadsides, a manuscript copy of an early map of western Pennsylvania, and an engraving of George Washington. Early material pertains to Washington's service to the British militia during the outbreak of the French and Indian War.

Christopher Gist’s Journals by William M Darlington

Contains manuscript drafts of William Darlington's book, Christopher Gist's Journals, published posthumously in 1893 by J.R. Weldin & Co. in Pittsburgh, Pa

Iroquois Land Deed

Documents a secret agreement between the Susquehanna Land Company and the Iroquois Nation regarding the sale of the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania to Connecticut settlers.

Pittsburgh Waste Book and Fort Pitt Trading Post Papers

Contains documents known as the Pittsburgh Waste Book and Papers of the Fort Pitt Trading Post (1757-1765), which are reputed to be the first known accounts of trade at Fort Pitt.

Conference between the Six Nations and the Quakers Minutes

Records partially document a conference in April of 1756 in Philadelphia between the Six Nations of the Iroquois and the Quakers in an attempt to create peace for innocent inhabitants during the French and Indian War.