Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Holme, Thomas, 1627-1666.
2. Penn, Hannah Callowhill, 1671-1726.
3. Ford collection.

Description

1. .1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

1. Several letters, fragments of letters, and indentures of William Penn (1644-1718), English leader of the Society of Friends and founder of Pennsylvania, dating between 1675 and 1709. Recipients include Thos. Holmes (likely surveyor Thomas Holme); Samuel Beaks (or Beakes), Sheriff of Bucks County; Joseph Wood, Sheriff of Newcastle County; Hannah Callowhill Penn, and others. Letters, except to Hannah Penn, relate mainly to issues of government.

Subject

1. Pennsylvania > Politics and government > To 1775
2. Indentures
3. Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
4. Real property > Pennsylvania

Genre/Form

1. Indentures.

Call number

1. MssCol 4575

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Provenance (note)

1. Material was originally received as part of the Ford collection.

Author

1. Penn, William, 1644-1718.

Title

1. William Penn letters and indentures, 1675-1709.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Provenance

1. Material was originally received as part of the Ford collection.

Added author

1. Holme, Thomas, 1627-1666.
2. Penn, Hannah Callowhill, 1671-1726.
3. Ford collection.

Research call number

1. MssCol 4575