Historical Society of Pennsylvania: DAMS : Item : Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly transcribed, 1852 [March, 1778] [13760]

Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly transcribed, 1852 [March, 1778]

Permanent ID:

13760

Call number:

UPA F 146 .P41 v.6

Dates:

March 19 – 24 1778
March 26 1778

Image Description:

Published transcriptions of manuscript documents relating to the Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly from March 19,1778-March 26, 1778 which were held in the Pennsylvania State Archives in 1845. In all, these transcriptions are pulled from fourteen documents titled as follows:

1) Resolution of Congress, 1778
March 19, 1778 Charles Thomas, Secretary
2) Arch'd McClean to Pres. Thomas Wharton Jr.
York, March 20, 1778
3) Resolution of Congress, 1778
March 20, 1778 Extract from Minutes of Secretary Belcher P. Smith
4) Vice Pres. Geo. Bryan to William Gray and John Little, 1778
Lancaster, March 21, 1778
5) Pres. of Congress to Pres. Wharton
York Town, March 21, 1778
Henry Laurens, Pres. of Congress
6) Gen. Lacey to Pres. Wharton, 1778
Camp, Doyles Town March 21, 1778
7) Council to Delegates in Congress
Lancaster March 21, 1778
8) Council to Robert Lewis
Lancaster, March 21, 1778
9) B. Gen. Lacey to Pres. Wharton
Camp, March 22, 1778
10) Resolution of Congress March 23, 1778
11) Council to Jacob Morgan, &c.
Lancaster, March 24, 1778
12) Council to James Hamilton
Lancaster, March 24, 1778
13) Pres. Wharton to Committee of Congress
Lancaster March 26, 1778
14) Gen'l John Lacey Jr. to Pres. Wharton, 1778
Camp, Bucks County March 26, 1778

These documents were transcribed by Samuel Hazard (1781-1870) a former curator of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Hazard began working for the Pennsylvania State Archives in 1851. He supervised the preperation of the sixteen volume series Colonial Records and the twelve volume series Pennsylvania Archives: Selected and Arranged From Original Documents in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

This digital record contains fourteen images of selected pages (375-385) from the book titled as: "Pennsylvania Archives. Selected and Arranged From Original Documents in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Conformably to Acts of the General Assembly, February 15, 1851, & March 1, 1852 by Samuel Hazard. Commencing 1777. Volume VI. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Severns & Co. 1852."

Format:

Manuscripts

Related People or Organizations:

Thomas Wharton, 1735-1778 (mentioned)
William R. Gray, 1745-1780 (mentioned)
Jacob Morgan, 1716-1792 (mentioned)
James Hamilton, 1710-1783 (mentioned)
Samuel Hazard, 1781-1870 (Transcribed by)