Charter to William Penn, and laws of the province of Pennsylvania, passed between the years 1682 and 1700, preceded by Duke of York's laws in force from the year 1676 to the year 1682, with an Appendix containing laws relating to the organization of the provincial courts and historical matter
iv, 614 p. front. (port.) illus., facsims. (part fold.) 25 cm.
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In pocket of volume is a "Fac-simile of the charter granted by Charles the Second to William Penn for the 'province of Pensilvania,' engraved from the original on file in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth."
History and topography of Northumberland, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, Union, Columbia, Juniata and Clinton counties, Pa. : embracing local and general events, leading incidents, description of the principal boroughs, towns, villages, etc., etc. ; with a copious appendix: embellished by engravings
Scotland born, James Burd came to the American colonies in 1747. He first lived in Philadelphia,then Shippensburg, Pa, and finally moved to Lancaster County. During the French and Indian War, he was an officer in the British army. He was a builder of roads and forts on the Pennsylvania frontier. He briefly served in the American army during the Revolutionary War. He died in 1793 at his home in Dauphin County Pa.
Chapters: James Burd in Scotland/Merchant in Philadelphia/Roadbuilder for Braddock/Engineer: Builder of forts/Loyal Hanna and the Forbes Campaign/The Monongahela and the Redstone country/Fort Pitt and an indian treaty/Burd and Bouquet/Fort Augusta and Pontiac's conspiracy/Fighting Franklin's "Old Ticket"/Tinian/Revolutionary period/Independence/The last frontier.
