Manuscripts
The speech of Ackowano Mio an old Indian on Ohio in behalf of the Delaware Indians and others living on the waters thereof
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The speech of Ackowano Mio an old Indian on Ohio in behalf of the Delaware Indians and others living on the waters thereof
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A speech copied out by Conrad Weiser.
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Extracts from the Minutes of Property, concerning purchases of land from Delaware Indians by Nicholas Depue, Daniel Broadhead and others…
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Includes a true copy of a letter from James Logan to Joseph Wheeler concerning purchases from Native Americans.
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Benjamin Franklin Petition to the King's most Excellent Majesty in Counsel…on behalf of the Indians
Manuscripts
A contemporary copy.
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Conrad Weiser response to Charles Thomson's Enquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawnees Indians
Manuscripts
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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