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Minutes relating to Israel Pemberton's defense of the Indians at Easton

Description: A draft of the notes taken during the proceedings at Easton.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1762 June 22
Call number: mssWalking
Provenance: Purchased for the Huntington from Donald A. Heald Rare Books and Fine Art by the Library Collectors' Council, January 2020.
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Minutes relating to Israel Pemberton's defense of the Indians at Easton

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Notes on the proceedings at Easton

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A draft of the account of Sir William Johnson's and Israel Pemberton's speeches to the Indians at Easton.

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James Hyndshaw affidavit regarding a meeting between Teedyuscung and Israel Pemberton at Easton

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A corrected draft.

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Council at Easton Treaty minutes

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Incomplete portions of three documents; a corrected draft in multiple hands.

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Minutes of a portion of the proceedings of the Council of Easton

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A draft with corrections made in different hands.

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Minutes recording an account of a meeting between Teedyuscung and Groghan at Easton

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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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