Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1700">1700</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1749">1749</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Collection of Early Quaker Wills in Barbados, 1669-1709 (typed copies), 1669-1709 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (8 items (1 folder)))
Abstract:: Typed copies of early wills of Quakers in Barbados.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) general court records, 1691-1707 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (; 2 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection contains the records of the Germantown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) town council or General Court and the civil court or Court of Record, dating from 1691 to 1707. The matters addressed by these court sessions include property disputes and transfers, apprenticeships, deeds of sale for goods and land, assault and battery, violations of liquor laws, and other matters.

Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]

Sophia, Electress of Hanover, Letter Book and Commonplace Book, 1659-1706 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a letter book with unpublished letters and a commonplace book likely compiled by or for Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714), granddaughter of James I of England.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Fair Hill Burial Ground, 1705-[ongoing] (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)
Abstract:: Fair Hill Burial Ground was established on land bequeathed by George Fox in 1690 to Friends in Pennsylvania, including six acres "for a meeting house and school house and a burying place." Part of the land was set aside as a burial ground as early 1707, but there were few interments. In 1830, it was proposed that a burial ground be established for three Hicksite Philadelphia Monthly meetings, Philadelphia, Spruce Street, and Green Street. In 1985, the property was sold to Ephesians Baptist Church, with the original records to be retained by the Green Street Monthly Meeting. In March 1993, Fair Hill Burial Ground was incorporated, and in the same year, the property was purchased by the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting, which now owns and maintains the burial ground. The collection contains the records of Fair Hill Burial Ground, originally overseen by a Committee of Hicksite Friends from the three Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, with the land owned by Green Street Monthly Meetings....(see more)

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Proprietor of Pennsylvania accounts, 1701-1704 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.0 volume
Abstract:: The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land. This collection consists of a volume recording the transactions of William Penn's proprietary government of Pennsylvania, including date, name of seller or customer, item or service, and amount paid. This volume dates from 1701 to 1704.

Held at: Library Company of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

Robert Barclay Manuscripts Collection, 1678-1704 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear ft.
Abstract:: Robert Barclay (1648-1690) was a Scottish Quaker and arguably the most influential theologian in the history of the Religious Society of Friends. This small collection consists of manuscript documents by or about Robert Barclay and his works, written during his lifetime.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Agreement between Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna and Sheona, 1700

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Agreement between James Logan, on behalf of William Penn, and six Susquehanna and Sheonah related to who can live among the Native Americans, permits for liquor sales, and punishments for those who declare that the English are not their friends.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Thomas family papers, 1697-1700 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of a single folder of the papers of the Thomas family, and includes a letter from Thomas Jones of Haverford Monthly Meeting to Chester Monthly Meeting, documents related to the execution of a will, and a document pertaining to the purchase of land in 1682 by John Thomas and Edward Jones.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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