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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
A true copy of the allegedly lost 1686 Walking Purchase Treaty; the main document justifying the Walking Purchase. This copy was most likely produced by Richard Peters' office in 1757.
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A copy; most likely prepared in the course of the 1757 investigation.
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A collection of correspondence, documents, and maps related to the Walking Purchase and the Councils of Easton retained by the office of Pennsylvania's governor William Denny (in office from August 1756 to October 1759). The bulk of the collection consists of the records of the Council of Easton (August 1757) and the inquiry into the legality of the Walking Purchase authorized by Denny. It contains affidavits, sworn testimony, exhibits, memorandum, correspondence, and notes; this material includes original documents dating back to the time of the fraudulent land deal as well as some military correspondence. The collection also includes several documents and letters concerning Native American troubles on the frontier in the 1740s, along with their protests to the Proprietors over rum being sold to their people. Important persons in the collection include, among others, William Allen, Benjamin Chew, George Croghan, William Denny, Benjamin Franklin, James Hamilton, William Markham, Israel Pemberton, Thomas Penn, Richard Peters, Nicholas Scull, Teedyuscung (Delaware Chief), George Thomas, and Conrad Weiser. Almost all of the material in the collection is docketed and bears the initials or signatures of W. H. Rolph, followed by hyphenated numbers. The collection also contains oversize material and a small group of 20th century newspaper clippings about the Walking Purchase and the material in this collection.
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List of excerpts from the minutes of the Provincial Council contained in Book K and Book A.
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A printed form, filled in: a purchase bill issued by Tong Wo & Co., San Francisco, California, to San Joaquin & Kings River Canal Co., for an extensive list of products worth almost $300.00. The products listed in this purchase bill were presumably meant for the Chinese labor force employed by the San Joaquin company; they were known to employ over 100 Chinese workers in 1872. The products listed on the bill include personal items such as silk jackets, pants, and shirts, silk handkerchiefs, bamboo and woolen hats, cotton shoes, chopsticks, and rice baskets; other commodities listed include gin, tobacco, vermicelli, preserved plums, garlic, and shrimp.
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