William penn accomplishments

Summary Information

Repository

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Creator

Penn family.

Creator

Penn, Hannah Callowhill,

Creator

Penn, William,

Creator

Penn, William, Sir,

Title

Penn family papers

ID

A

Date [bulk]

Bulk,

Date [inclusive]

(bulk )

Extent

Linear feet 51 boxes; volumes

Author

Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza

Sponsor

The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W.

Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.

Language

English

Language of Materials note

While the majority of this collection is in English, materials in Dutch, French and Latin exist.

Abstract

The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn () in by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn ().

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. The Penn family papers house the personal and governmental records of William Penn, the proprietor of Pennsylvania, and his family.

This collection, which dates from to (bulk of materials dating to ), consists primarily of correspondence, legal records, governmental records, surveys, deeds, grants, receipts, and account books; there are also 19th and 20th century auction catalogs and other secondary materials. This collection documents the creation of the Pennsylvania colony through records created by William Penn and his associates.

The records continue beyond this and document the development of the colony through the records of Penn's descendants. These records reveal valuable insights into Penn's relations with American Indians, the Pennsylvania/Maryland border dispute, Pennsylvania's government framework, as well private correspondence between family members and close associates.

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Biographical/Historical note

The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn () in by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn ().

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.

Sir Admiral William Penn was born in and started his life-long seafaring career as a young boy on merchant ships.

In /3, he married Margaret Jasper Van der Schuren (d. ). They had three children: William (), Margaret () and Richard (). Penn joined the Royal Navy, and rose to the rank of rear admiral by Admiral Penn was a career navy man and was promoted several times over the next two decades. He served as vice admiral of Ireland, admiral of the Streights, vice admiral of England, and in was made a general during the first war with the Dutch.

He served as captain commander under the King in and was made admiral of the navy by Charles II during the second war with the Dutch. Admiral Penn's efforts were well regarded by both Oliver Cromwell and, after the Restoration, Charles II. Cromwell rewarded his work in with significant land in Ireland, and he was knighted by Charles II in In fact, it was in repayment of a debt of roughly £16, owed to Admiral Penn from Charles II that his oldest son William Penn was granted the colony of Pennsylvania in Admiral Penn retired in and died a year later in Essex in

His son William Penn was born in London in He was raised in England and for some part of his youth lived in Ireland, where he met Thomas Loe, who, it is believed, introduced him to Quakerism in Penn was educated by private tutors and also attended the Chigwig Grammar School and Christ Church College at Oxford.

Between and , he traveled in France and elsewhere in Europe, and spent a year at the Huguenot Academy of Saumur. In , he briefly attended Lincoln's Inn to study law.

In , Penn returned to Ireland, where he became involved in the Quaker faith, which would become central to his life's work. He wrote extensively on and in defense of Quakerism, and traveled across England and Ireland ministering to Quaker communities and advocating for their cause.

Like most Quakers, he suffered persecution for his beliefs and was imprisoned several times throughout his life, serving out sentences at Newgate Prison and the Tower of London, among other locations.

It was for the protection of the Quakers that Penn initially sought land in the British colonies of America. In , he became trustee, along with Gawan Lawrie and Nicholas Lucas, of land in western New Jersey, where they established a Quaker community.

Then, sometime before , he petitioned King Charles II for additional land to establish another Quaker settlement, which Penn argued would settle a debt owed his late father, Admiral Penn. Charles II agreed and in , Penn received a charter for what was to become the colony of Pennsylvania, making him the largest private landholder in the world.

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He set up a Free Society of Traders, solicited first purchasers and sent ahead Colonel William Markham as deputy governor to begin administration of the province. Penn himself arrived in

William Penn remained in Pennsylvania from to There he devised a government, laws and plans for Philadelphia's physical development.

He established relationships with the local Indians and settled a group of German Quakers in what was to become Germantown. He also built himself a house north of Philadelphia, which he called Pennsbury. In , Penn met with Lord Baltimore to settle a dispute regarding the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Unable to come to an agreement, Penn returned to England in to deal with the matter. The border dispute was not resolved until well into the s.

Back in England, Penn continued to write and speak out in defense of Quakerism. As a result, he continued to suffer persecution, particularly after William and Mary came to power in In , he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for two weeks, and from to , Pennsylvania was temporarily taken away from him.

He also suffered financially, as his lands in Pennsylvania and elsewhere did not earn enough money to cover his expenses.

Meanwhile, Pennsylvania continued to grow in population and develop after Penn's departure, though not without issue or conflict. By the s, colonists already resented British authority, and religious differences caused considerable discord.

Penn helped govern the colony from afar through correspondence with local officials until , when he returned to Pennsylvania. He brought with him his secretary, James Logan, who would prove invaluable in the development, growth and governance of Pennsylvania. While there he visited other colonies to learn about development and expansion, and he traveled and ministered to Quakers.

In , he agreed to grant the City of Philadelphia a charter, the Charter of Privileges, thereby establishing a municipal government. That year, he set sail to England in an effort to better protect his interests in Pennsylvania, which were threatened due to a potential government takeover of privately owned colonies.

William Penn never again returned to his colony, though he was not uninvolved.

Politics and religion continued to cause strife among the colonists, and Penn's personal interest in Pennsylvania was endangered more than once. Due to financial troubles and claims made against Penn by Philip Ford, who managed his estate in England, he briefly considered selling the colony in order to pay his creditors.

The plan never materialized, however, because Penn fell ill before arrangements could be made, and Pennsylvania was thus governed by the Charter of Privileges until the American Revolution.

For the rest of his life, Penn continued his work writing and ministering to and about Quakers. In , he suffered the first of several strokes, which ultimately led to his death in

William Penn was married twice.

With his first wife, Gulielma Maria Springett (//4), he had eight children, three of whom survived childhood: Springett Penn (/), Letitia Penn () and William Penn, Jr. (/). In , Penn married Hannah Callowhill. They also had eight children, five of whom survived childhood: John Penn (/), Thomas Penn (/), Margaret Penn (/51), Richard Penn (/) and Dennis Penn (//23).

Though contested in court by William Penn, Jr.

and his descendants, it was William Penn's four younger sons, with Hannah Callowhill, John, Thomas, Richard and Dennis, who inherited Pennsylvania in The four brothers shared the proprietorship of Pennsylvania until their own deaths. Thomas Penn and John Penn, who was actually born in Philadelphia in /, traveled to Pennsylvania in and , respectively.

John stayed only briefly, returning to England in to deal with the ongoing legal dispute over the Pennsylvania/Maryland border.

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Thomas remained in America for roughly nine years, and became the principal proprietor of the province in , when his brother John died. The youngest surviving brother, Richard Penn never visited Pennsylvania; however, his sons, John () and Richard () traveled to and lived in Pennsylvania, and both served, at different times, as lieutenant governor of the colony.

Together with their cousin John (), Thomas' sons, John and Richard helped protect the family's interests in the colony during and after the American Revolution.

In , though John Penn () swore allegiance to the American cause, the Penn family was stripped of all but its privately held lands in Pennsylvania. He and his brother Richard and cousin John secured £, from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania "in remembrance of the enterprising spirit of the founder, and of the expectations and dependence of his descendants" (Shepherd, 92).

Later, after the American Revolution, the English government granted the Penn family an additional £4, per year in recognition of its lost sources of revenue.

Even after they were stripped of their proprietorship, members of the Penn family retained several thousand acres of privately held lands in Pennsylvania, which were passed down to the next generation.

Peter Gaskell (), William Penn, Jr.'s grandson, and William Stuart (), Thomas Penn's grandson, eventually inherited or made claim to the remaining privately held Penn family lands in America.

Bibliography:

"Biographical Sketch [of William Penn]." Unattributed article, see collection file.

"The Family of William Penn, A Collated Record." The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine.

25, no. 2,

Shepherd, William Robert. History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania. New York: Columbia University Press,

Wainwright, Nicholas B. "The Penn Collection." The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 87, no. 4 (October ):

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Scope and Contents note

The Penn family papers house the personal and governmental records of William Penn, the proprietor of Pennsylvania, and his family.

This collection, which dates from to (bulk of materials to ), consists primarily of correspondence, legal records, governmental records, surveys, deeds, grants, receipts, and account books; there are also 19th and 20th century auction catalogs and secondary materials. The collection documents the creation of the Pennsylvania colony through records created by William Penn, as well as the continued development of the colony through records produced by Penn's associates and descendants.

These records also provide valuable insights into Penn's relations with American Indians, the Pennsylvania/Maryland border dispute, government framework, as well private correspondence between family members and close associates.

The Penn family papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania comprise the most extensive and comprehensive collection of materials related to the Penn family and the creation of the Pennsylvania colony.

It is an invaluable resource for studying the founding and development of the Pennsylvania colony, early American colonial history and the Penn family. The Penn family papers have a tumultuous history, and were donated or purchased in small accessions over a long period of time (for more information, see Nicholas B. Wainwright, "The Penn Collection," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 87, no.

4 (October, ): ). In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, documents were bound together in large volumes based on the source of materials (i.e. donor) and the genre (e.g. "Correspondence"). The series and the titles in this finding aid reflect as closely as possible these groupings.

This collection is arranged into ten series: "I.

Correspondence, ," "II. William Penn, ," "III. Penn family members, ," "IV. Government records, ," "V. Land grants, surveys and deeds, ," "VI. Penn-Physick manuscripts, ," "VII. Penn v. Baltimore, ," "VIII. Other legal cases, ," "IX. Penn manuscripts, ," and "X. Auction catalogs and secondary materials, "

The first series, "I.

Correspondence, " includes official and private correspondence associated with William Penn, his family members or associates. The second series, "II. William Penn, " includes Penn's financial records, diaries, correspondence, last will and testament, marriage certificate from his second marriage to Hannah Callowhill, and secondary materials such as memorials.

The third series, "III. Penn family members, " includes correspondence and financial records associated with specific family members, aside from William Penn (). The most represented family members include Sir Admiral William Penn (), John Penn (/), and Thomas Penn (/).

The fourth series, "IV.

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Government records, " includes materials related to the creation and governance of the Pennsylvania colony. This includes treaties and conferences with American Indians (see also series "IX. Penn manuscripts"), Acts of Assembly and financial records. There are a number of "Pennsylvania journals," , which are accounts of lands and quitrents.

The fifth series, "V. Land grants, surveys and deeds, " includes records related to the lands owned or administered by the Penn family. The sixth series, "VI. Penn-Physick manuscripts, " includes the collection of manuscripts previously held by Edmund Physick, "Keeper of the Great Seal" for the Penn family. Physick managed the Penn properties and interests in the colonies for half a century.

These records include correspondence, financial records, lecture notes, and legal records.

The seventh series, "VII. Penn v. Baltimore, " includes the extensive records produced over the border dispute between William Penn and Lord Baltimore (Cecilius "Cecil" Calvert). These records include court documents and correspondence.

The eighth series, "VIII. Other legal cases, " includes court documents, the bulk of which refer to the Penn v. Ford case. A dispute arose between William Penn and the family of Philip Ford, to whom Penn had temporarily signed over the deed to Pennsylvania while fighting charges of treason. During this time the treason charges were dropped and Ford passed away, leaving in his will the interests of Pennsylvania to his family, unless Penn paid the exorbitant sum of £11, This case was eventually resolved with Penn paying £7, to the Ford family.

This series also includes a letter-book of attorney John F. Mifflin, as well as records related to various other cases.

The ninth series, "IX. Penn manuscripts, " includes miscellaneous items and collections from various sources. The Penn-Forbes papers, collected by Stewart Forbes, were purchased by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in , and contain an extraordinary group of letters from Admiral Penn and the Founder, as well as copies of items from within this collection and related materials at other repositories.

The Penn-Justice papers, collected by George M. Justice, relate to land warrants, surveys, financial accounts with the Penns, and political and domestic affairs, The Tempsford Hall papers are a miscellaneous group of Penn and related family papers gathered or retained by the Stuart family, descendants of William Penn through Thomas Penn's youngest daughter, Sophia Margaretta Juliana Penn, who married William Stuart, archbishop of Armagh, Anglican primate of Ireland.

For a number of years the collection was kept at Tempsford Hall, Bedfordshire, one of the Stuart family houses. The collection was purchased from a Stuart family descendant in with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Gratz Fund.

The final series, "X. Auction catalogs and secondary materials, " includes records related to the sale of Penn materials at auction and Penn family history.

Bibliography:

Wainwright, Nicholas B.

"The Penn Collection." The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 87, no. 4 (Oct., ):

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Overview of arrangement

Series I. Correspondence

Series II. William Penn

Series III. Penn family members

Series IV.

Government records

Series V. Land grants, surveys and deeds

Series VI. Penn-Physick manuscripts

Series VII. Penn v. Baltimore

Series VIII.

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Other legal cases

Series IX. Penn manuscripts

Series X. Auction catalogs and secondary materials

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania May 26,

Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA,

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use note

restrictions may apply.

Please contact the Historical Society of Pennsylvania with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

The materials in this collection were received at various times through donation and purchase. For more information about the history of the Penn family papers, see Nicholas B.

Wainwright, "The Penn Collection," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 87, no. 4 (Oct., ): pp.

Processing Information note

The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.

This collection was minimally processed in , as part of an experimental project conducted under the auspices of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries to help eliminate processing backlog in Philadelphia repositories.

A minimally processed collection is one processed at a less intensive rate than traditionally thought necessary to make a collection ready for use by researchers. When citing sources from this collection, researchers are advised to defer to folder titles provided in the finding aid rather than those provided on the physical folder.

Employing processing strategies outlined in Mark Greene's and Dennis Meissner's article, More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Processing Approaches to Deal With Late 20th-Century Collections, the project team tested the limits of minimal processing on collections of all types and ages, in 23 Philadelphia area repositories.

A primary goal of the project, the team processed at an average rate of hours per linear foot of records, a fraction of the time ordinarily reserved for the arrangement and description of collections. Among other time saving strategies, the project team did not extensively review the content of the collections, replace acidic folders or complete any preservation work.

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Controlled Access Headings

Family Name(s)

Genre(s)

• Account books.
• Commonplace books
• Correspondence
• Deeds.
• Financial records.
• Legal records.
• Maps.
• Wills.

Geographic Name(s)

Personal Name(s)

• Hamilton, Andrew, ca.

• Logan, James,
• Penn, Hannah Callowhill,
• Penn, John,
• Penn, Richard,
• Penn, Thomas,
• Penn, William,
• Penn, William, Sir,

Subject(s)

• Boundary disputes.
• Indians--First contact with Europeans
• Legal issues.
• Mason-Dixon Line
• Native Americans.
• Pennsylvania--Boundaries
• Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca.

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Collection Inventory

Series I Correspondence
Private correspondence I				NV
Private correspondence II				NV
Private correspondence III				NV
Private correspondence IV				NV
Private correspondence V				NV
Official correspondence I				NV
Official correspondence II				NV
Official correspondence III				NV
Official correspondence IV				NV
Official correspondence V				NV
Official correspondence VI				NV
Official correspondence VII				NV
Official correspondence VIII				NV
Official correspondence IX				NV
Official correspondence X				NV
Official correspondence XI				NV
Official correspondence XII				NV
Penn correspondence I			NV	XR; XR
Penn correspondence II			XR; XR	NV
Penn correspondence III			XR; XR	NV
Penn correspondence IV			XR; XR	NV
Penn correspondence VI			NV	XR; XR
Penn correspondence V			NV	XR; XR
Penn correspondence VII			NV	XR; XR
Penn correspondence VIII			NV	XR; XR
Penn correspondence IX			XR; XR	NV
Penn correspondence X			XR; XR	NV
Penn correspondence XI			XR; XR	NV
Penn correspondence XII			NV	XR; XR
Penn family to James Logan, volumes I and II circa				NB
Penn-Bailey section (old box XI)				NB
Penn-Bailey section, correspondence exclusive of Penn family (old box XII)   Separated Materials note The following maps from Folder 54 have been conserved and transferred to a flat file folder: "Ohio" "Pennsylvania west of the Susquehanna" "Manor of Gilberts, " "Proprietary tracts in Bucks County, " "William Penn's Manor near Nottingham in Chester County" "Resurvey of Frankfort County lands, etc."				NB
Instructions to Governors (old box XIII)				NB
Penn-Hamilton				NV
Penn-Logan correspondence. Transcripts (old box XXI)				NB
Penn-Logan correspondence. Transcripts (old box XXII)				NB
Penn-Logan correspondence. Transcripts and copies of William Penn letter-book (old box XXIII)				NB
Penn-Logan correspondence. Transcripts (old box XXIV)				NB
Penn-Logan correspondence. Transcripts (old box XXV) undated				NB
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Series II William Penn
Account book of interest on loans				NV
Cash book or ["mottled blank book no. 7"]				NV
"Charter and Acts of the Province of Pennsylvania, " [printed ]; Minutes of the assembly of Pennsylvania at Chester, Philadelphia, New Castle () [manuscript]				NV
Hannah and William Penn's marriage certificate, from Tempsford Hall section				2
Irish journal				NV
Journey into Holland and Germany				NV
Laws of Pennsylvania				NV
Laws of Pennsylvania (photocopy)  December 16				NV
Letter to Sir Henry Chitchley  February 15				NV
Letter to the Free Society of Trades undated				NV
Letter to Thomas Lloyd  March 19				NV
Letter to Thomas Lloyd  July 21				NV
Letter-book				NV
Letter-book				NV
Letters of William Penn () copied by J. Francis Fisher []				NV
Penn's works volume I				NV
Penn's works volume II				NV
Power of Attorney from William Penn to Edward Shippen and others				NV
The Planter's Speech to His Neighbors & Country-men of Pennsylvania, East & West Jersey				NV
Volume IV: Bristol merchant's account book				NV
Volume V: An inventory of my estate [merchant account book]				NV
Volume VI: Bristol merchant's account book				NV
William Penn's prayer for Philadelphia  August 12				NV
Will of William Penn / January 20				1
Miscellaneous items related to William Penn, many formerly in the Society Miscellaneous Collection (old box XXVI) circa				NB
Miscellaneous documents and correspondence (old box III)				NB
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Series III Penn family members
William Baker. Letter-book				NV
Granville Penn. William penn family tree free template William penn family tree free printable William penn family tree free version Book				NV
Hannah Penn. Cash book				NV
John Penn. Boundary of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland [printed court records], with additional items tipped in				NV
John Penn. Commonplace book				NV
Sir William Penn. "The Office of the Admiral[sy]" undated				NV
Sir William Penn. Algernon Earle of Northumberland				NV
Sir William Penn. Correspondence				NB
Sir William Penn. Journals of Sir William Penn				NV
Thomas Penn (/), (old box II)				NB
Thomas Penn. "Account of money due to me"				NV
Thomas Penn. Account book				NV
Thomas Penn. Letter-book				NV
Thomas Penn. Marriage settlement				NV
Thomas, John and Richard Penn. Thomas and Richard Penn, Instructions to James Hamilton (); Thomas and John Penn, Instructions to James Hamilton for Government of Province of Pennsylvania () ,				NV
Will of Harbert Springett (); Will of Anthony Springett () ,				NV
Various Penn family members (old box I) circa   Scope and Contents note This box contains correspondence and papers from the following individuals: Anne Allen Penn (d. ); Granville Penn (); Hannah Penn (); John Penn (/); John Penn (); John Penn (); Juliana Fermor Penn (); Letitia Penn (/); Margaret Penn (/1); Richard Penn (son of Thomas of Marston); Richard Penn (/); Richard Penn (); Springett Penn (/).				NB
Various Penn family members (old box IV)   Scope and Contents note This box contains correspondence and papers from the following individuals: William Penn (the founder, ); William Penn Jr. (/); William Penn III (//7); William Penn IV (); Third person correspondence and papers: James Calder, Thomas Cuppage, James Logan, Richard Peters, James Steel				NB
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Series IV Government records
Accounts ,				NV
Accounts ,				NV
Act of Parliament (printed)				NV
Acts of Assembly				NV
Acts of Assembly of Pennsylvania				NV
Acts of Parliament, Orders in Council &c.				NV
Address to the King from Pennsylvania undated				NV
Assembly and Provincial Council of Pennsylvania circa				NV
Connecticut Claims				NV
Deale/Sussex County court records   Existence and Location of Copies note Use instead UDE KFD .S97 A7				NV
Deale/Sussex County court records   Existence and Location of Copies note Use instead UDE KFD .S97 A7				NV
Deale/Sussex County court records   Existence and Location of Copies note Use instead UDE KFD .S97 A7				NV
Governor Blackwell's manuscripts				NV
Indian receipt for $10, for money paid by Thomas and Richard for the lands ceded by the Treaty of Fort Stanwix  July 28  Existence and Location of Copies note See Etting MSS miscellaneous oversize, p. 49 for facsimile.				NV
Indian treaties and conferences (old box V)				NB
Indian treaties and conferences (old box XVI)				NB
Pennsylvania Assembly messages				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume I				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume II				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume III				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume IV				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume I				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume II				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume III				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume IV				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume V				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume VI				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume VII				NV
Pennsylvania journals volume VIII				NV
Receipt book				NV
Unfinished copy of ancient records of Deale/Sussex County () circa ?				NV
Warrants to Affix; the Great Seal				NB
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Series V Land grants, surveys and deeds
Abstract of the General Title to the Penn Proprietary Estate circa				NV
Deeds and loose seal (old box XIVa)				NB
Deeds (old box XIVb)				NB
Deeds (old box XIVc)				NB
Deeds (old box XVa)				NB
Deeds (old box XVb)				NB
Deeds (old box XVc)				NB
Family deeds circa				NV
John Penn Jr. and John Penn. Proprietary manors and lands in Pennsylvania circa				NB
Leases, Mortgages				NV
Ledger for Account of Land called William Penn's Manor ,				NV
Penn lands, manors, etc. Compilation from Surveyor Generals' Office: warrants, draughts, returns				NV
Pennsbury account book, quitrents				NV
Pennsbury manuscripts (old box XXXVII)   Scope and Contents note The materials in this box were purchased by the Dreer fund.				NB
Warrants and surveys				NV
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Series VI Penn-Physick manuscripts
Volume I: Correspondence				NV
Volume II: Correspondence				NV
Volume III: Letter-book				NV
Volume IV: Land grants and surveys (); miscellaneous				NV
Volume V: Additional letters; returns of warrants and surveys				NV
Volume VI: Bonds, surveys, powers of attorney, etc.				NV
Volume VII: Bonds, surveys, powers of attorney, etc.				NV
Volume VIII: Bonds, surveys, powers of attorney, etc.				NV
Volume IX: Accounts				NB
Volume X: Accounts				NV
Volume XI: Accounts				NV
Volume XII: Accounts				NV
Volume XIII: Accounts				NV
Volume XIV: Accounts; miscellaneous				NV
Volume XV: Warrants to affix; The Great Seal				NV
Accounts of quitrents				NV
Accounts; manuscripts				NV
Daybook				NV
Daybook				NV
Daybook				NV
Daybook				NV
Extracts from ledgers and journals circa				NV
Extracts from patent books; and Book of Old Rights; Lists of land warrants circa				NV
General cash accounts for William Penn from ledgers A to H				NV
Journal				NV
Journals				NV
Ledger				NV
Ledger				NV
Ledger				NV
Notes from Dr. Physick's lectures				NV
Pennsylvania cash accounts				NV
Receipts  January-July				NV
Receipts  July-December				NV
Receipts				NV
Receipts				NV
Receipts				NV
Receipts				NV
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Series VII Penn v. Baltimore
Volume I				NV
Volume II				NV
Volume III				NV
Volume IV				NV
Volume V				NV
Volume VI				NV
Volume VII				NV
Volume VIII				NV
Old box I				NB
Old box II				NB
Bill of revivor and supplemental bill				NV
Bill of revivor and supplemental bill				NV
Bill of revivor brief for the plaintiffs				NV
Boundary of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland [printed court records]				NV
Boundary of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland [printed court records]				NV
Brief for the plaintiffs				NV
Brief of the original bill against Frederick, Lord Baltimore				NV
Briefs of the amended bills etc. with some depositions				NV
Copies of papers in the Plantations Office, London, which concern the controversy between the proprietaries of Pennsylvania and Maryland 16[33]				NV
Decree				NV
Decree  October 27				NV
Depositions undated				NV
Depositions, Annapolis				NV
Depositions, London				NV
Depositions, London				NV
Depositions, Philadelphia I				NV
Depositions, Philadelphia II				NV
Draft of bill of revivor - imperfect				NV
Drafts of Interrogatories circa				NV
Drafts of the agreements with Frederick Lord Baltimore				NV
Drafts of the bill of June 21,				NV
In Chancery briefs				NV
Kent County records circa				NV
Lands on Delaware Bay				NV
Lord Baltimore's Answer				NV
Lord Baltimore's Answer				NV
Penn and Baltimore, Penn family				NV
Penn and Baltimore, Penn family				NV
Penn and Baltimore, Penn family				NV
Penn v. Baltimore, New York records I				NV
Penn v. Baltimore, New York records III				NV
Penn v. Baltimore; accounts; miscellaneous circa				NV
Petition				NV
Relating to particular points in the case				NV
Relating to particular points in the case				NV
Report of the Commissioners				NV
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Series VIII Other legal cases
Ford v. Penn circa				NV
Ford v. Penn				NV
Ford v. Penn: Accounts				NV
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Ford v. Penn: Plea of the defendants				NV
John F. Mifflin letter book				NV
Law suits I				NV
Law suits II and Penn-Engart-Lewis papers				NV
Penn v. Penn				NV
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Series X Auction catalogs and secondary materials
Catalogue and Letters I				NV
Coleman Catalogue, Allen Catalogue, Coleman Supplement II				NV
Chronological listing of printed papers and books in Edward G. Allen's catalog III				NV
Chronological listing of printed works in Puttick and Simpson catalog IV				NV
Chronological listing of manuscripts in Puttick and Simpson catalog V				NV
Subscribers for obtaining foreign state papers and historical documents relative to the early history of Pennsylvania VI ,				NV
Extracts from Puttick and Simpson catalog, books inscribed "William Penn Esq., Proprietor of Pennsylvania, " VII				NV
Puttick and Simpson catalog (photocopy) VIII				NV
Annotated auction catalogs				NV
Catalogues, William Penn memorials, Penn family history, and John Penn documents				NB
Catalogues; family notes, genealogy; misc and ephemera; correspondence regarding purchase of Penn papers; old box VIII				NB
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Series IX Penn manuscripts
Volume I: Indian affairs I				NV
Indian affairs, Volume I, page 34			NV	3
Volume II: Indian affairs II				NV
Volume III: Indian affairs III				NV
Volume IV: Indian affairs IV (); Indian walk (circa )				NV
Volume V: Wyoming Controversy (); Smith & Moore v. the Assembly ()				NV
Volume VI: Miscellaneous manuscripts of William Penn (circa ); Ford v. Penn, Beranger v. Penn ()				NV
Volume VII: Philadelphia land grants, Episcopal Church, Society of Friends, University, Lands in the Delaware				NV
Volume VIII: Charters and frame of government (); Marriage settlement and will of Thomas Penn ()				NV
Volume IX: Pennsylvania land grants				NV
Volume X: Domestic and miscellaneous letters				NV
Volume XI: Boundaries, Pennsylvania and Maryland (); Pennsylvania and Virginia ()				NV
Volume XII: Autograph petitions (); Receipts for beaver skins, for tenure, etc. ()				NV
Volume XIII: Papers relating to iron (circa ); Peltries, trade, etc. ()				NV
Volume XIV: Impressions of seals circa				NV
Volume XV: Papers relating to the three lower counties				NV
Volume XVI: Governor's proclamations				NV
Volume XVII: Supplementary; Saunders Coates				NV
Volume XVIII: Correspondence of the Penn Family				NV
Accounts I				NV
Accounts II				NV
Accounts III				NV
Bonds and Powers of Attorney				NV
Forbes Collection volume I circa				NB
Forbes Collection volume II circa				NB
Large miscellaneous volume pages				NB
Large miscellaneous volume pages and Penn v. Ford photostats				NB
Penn-Justice section (old box VI)				NB
Penn-Justice section (old box VII)				NB
Rawle-Cadwalader title box ("Large wooden box") #1, (old box XXXIV)				NB
Rawle-Cadwalader title box ("Large wooden box") #2, (old box XXXV)   Scope and Contents note The items in this box include the Thomas Penn marriage settlement and wills.				NB
Rawle-Cadwalader title box ("Large wooden box") #3, (old box XXXVI)   Scope and Contents note This box includes probates of wills and letters of administration for the following people: William Penn, ; John Penn, ; Richard Penn, & ; John Penn, ; William Penn, ; Granville J. Penn,				NB
Tempsford Hall section (old box XIX)				NB
Tempsford Hall section (old box XX)				NB
Additional miscellaneous volumes I and II				NB
Penn-Forbes section copies (old box XVII)				NB
Photostats, charter (old box XXIX)				NB
Photostats, charter (old box XXVIII)				NB
Photostats (old box XXVII)				NB
Photostats (old box XXX)				NB
Photostats (old box XXXI)				NB
Photostats (old box XXXII)				NB
Index (old box XXXIII)				NB
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