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Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly transcribed, 1853 [May, 1778]
Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly transcribed, 1853 [May, 1778]
Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly transcribed, 1853 [May, 1778]
Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly transcribed, 1853 [May, 1778]
Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly transcribed, 1853 [May, 1778]
Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly transcribed, 1853 [May, 1778]
Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly transcribed, 1853 [May, 1778]
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Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly transcribed, 1853 [May, 1778]

Permanent ID:
13761
Call number:
UPA F 146 .P41 v.6
Date:
May 18 – 20 1778
Image Description:
Published transcriptions of fourteen manuscript documents relating to the Acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly from May 18,1778-March 20, 1778 which were held in the Pennsylvania State Archives in 1852. In all, these transcriptions are pulled from fourteen documents titled as follows:

1) Commoners of Berks Co. to Secretary T. Matlack, 1778
Reading, May 18, 1778
Christian Lanner?, John Kerlin, Petro Fidler?
2) Benjamin Franklin and John Adams to MTTS John Avery
Massachussets General Assembly May 18, 1778
3) Col. Joseph Potter to President of Council
Camp, near Cross Roads May 18, 1778
4) Council to Col. Jacob Morgan
Lancaster May 18, 1778
5) Council to Gen. Washington
In Council, Lancaster May 18, 1778
6) Council to Pres. of Congress
Lancaster May 18, 1778
7) Samuel Pleasants to Timothy Matlack
Phila. May 18, 1778
8) Council to President of Congress
Lancaster May 18, 1778
9) Council to Charles Pettit, Ass. Q.M. Gen.
Lancaster May 19, 1778
10) William Hart to Pres. Wharton May 19, 1778
11) Board of War to Pres. Wharton May 19, 1778
12) At a Court Martial, Held in Trenton May 19, 1778
Capt. Thomas Moore, President
Members present (Captains)-Montgomery, Houston, McFatrick, Watkin, Hazelwood, Martin, Beasley, Brice
Members present (Lieutenants)-Beary, Philips, Fell, Bell, Fitz Simmons, Simpson, Quality.
Prisoner-John Gilfroy, Boatswain of late ship Montgomery charged with Mutiny and Deserting to Enemy.
13) V.P. Geo. Bryan to Col. Wm. Gibbon
Lancaster May 19, 1778
14) Secretary Matlack to Maj. Gen. Greene
Lancaster May 20, 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 seven images of selected pages (520-530) from the book titled: "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. 1853."
Format:
Manuscripts
Related People or Organizations:
Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790 (mentioned)
John Adams, 1735-1826 (mentioned)
Jacob Morgan, 1716-1792 (mentioned)
Timothy Matlack, 1736-1829 (mentioned)
Richard Peters, 1743-1828 (mentioned)
Samuel Hazard, 1781-1870 (Transcribed by)