Buried genealogical data : a complete list of addressed letters left in the post offices of Philadelphia, Chester, Lancaster, Trenton, New Castle & Wilmington between 1748 and 1780
"Excerpted from selected volumes of The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography."
Includes indexes.
Summary
" ...ranges from brief name lists to full-blown articles giving passengers' places of origin, occupations, wives and children, dates of arrival, etc. With minor exceptions the lists document arrivals at the port of Philadelphia between 1682 and 1819 and identify approximately 6,000 immigrants, mainly British and German, the majority being named in two extensive lists of indentured servants and apprentices. Most of these lists were transcribed from manuscripts in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania."
"Excerpted from the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, 1877-1934."
Includes indexes.
Summary
"...ranges from brief name lists to full-blown articles giving passengers' places of origin, occupations, wives and children, dates of arrival, etc. With minor exceptions the lists document arrivals at the port of Philadelphia between 1682 and 1819 and identify approximately 6,000 immigrants, mainly British and German, the majority being named in two extensive lists of indentured servants and apprentices. Most of these lists were transcribed from manuscripts in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [from the publisher]
