The provincial councillors of Pennsylvania : who held office between 1733-1776 and those earlier councillors who were some time chief magistrates of the province, and their descendants
The acts of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, carefully compared with the originals. And an appendix, containing such acts and parts of acts, relating to property, as are expired, altered, or repealed. Together with the royal, proprietary, city, and borough charters; and the original concessions of the Honourable William Penn to the first settlers of the province
Transcribed from the records of the Surveyor General's and Proprietaries secretary's offices, by John Hughes, recorder of warrants and surveys under the act of assembly, July 7, 1759 - with a guide to the books and index, an historical background and a copy of the act. Compiled byCharles F. Hughes, Jr. and Thomas E. Slatter
Physical Description
2 reels; 35 mm.
Notes
Lancaster County materials contained in v. 2, 5, 7, 8.
Index to this title is R 929.34 W423.
Contents
v. 1 Contains the surveys of "OLD RIGHTS" for the city and county of Philadelphia principally, with scattered surveys for Bucks and Chester Counties; entries correspond to the numbering and alphabetical arrangement in the Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, v. II and III.; surveys are presented for only seven letters of the alphabet - F-H and P-S -- v. 2 Consists of two sections; Philadelphia City and Philadelphia City new returns;both treat principally with the city; there are scattered returns for the counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, and Chester; pages 224-78 contain Lancaster County new returns, letters A and B -- v. 3 General returns and papers of the Society of Free Traders; contains entries for the city and counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Kent, and Newcastle for the period 1682-1698; there is no organized arrangement within the book -- v. 4 The copies of the Surveyor General's returns, 1700; contains entries for the city and counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Kent and Newcastle, with its own index; entries cover the period 1700-1720.
v.5 The copies of the Surveyor General's returns for October 20, 1733; contains entries for the city and counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Kent, Lancaster, Newcastle and Sussex -- v. 6 Philadelphia County 1684-1713 and Bucks County new returns 1734-58; first section contains returns for Philadelphia County for the stated period; pages 84-88 list owners of property surveyed by David Powell; second section contains returns for Bucks County for the stated period -- v. 7 General returns, 1735-41; contains entries for the city of Philadelphia and the counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Kent, Lancaster, Newcastle, and Sussex -- v. 8 General returns, 1752-1759; contains entries for the city and county of Philadelphia, counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Kent, Lancaster, Newcastle, Northampton and York, and for towns of Carlisle, Easton, Reading, and Yorktown; pages 35 through 48 are missing; -- v. 9 Philadelphia County, new returns, 1734-1758; contains entries for the letters B to S; entries are arranged alphabetically by the first letter of surname and numerically within each letter.
"Index revised and updated May, 2000. Includes 18 titles."--Prelim. page.
Summary
Ann Burgert takes the names from passenger lists and connects them to church records in Germany. "This index includes names from 18 published volumes of 18th- and 19th-century emigrants that have been compiled by Burgert. The index includes the surname and given name of the emigrant, followed by the year of emigration when given, and a short citation for the work in which the emigrant appears."
Record of indentures of individuals bound out as apprentices, servants, etc., and of German and other redemptioners in the office of the Mayor of the city of Philadelphia, October 3, 1771, to October 5, 1773. With a new index
Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
787 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Contains Minute books C-I, recorded by the Pennsylvania Land Office, ca. 1685-1739.
Reprint of the 1893 ed. printed by E. K. Meyers, Harrisburg, Pa. under title: Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania, which was issued as no. 19 of Pennsylvania archives, 2d ser.
Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : from the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred, to the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten. : Republished, under the authority of the legislature. : With notes and references. : In four volumes. Vol. I[-V]
Printed and published by John Bioren, no. 88, Chesnut-Street.,
Date of Publication
1810[-1812].
Physical Description
5 v. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Title of v. 4-5 varies: Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred. Republished, under the authority of the legislature. With notes and references. Vol. IV[-V].
"The Governor be, and he hereby is authorized and required to receive proposals, and contract with John Bioren, for thirteen hundred and fifty copies of his proposed edition of the Acts of Assembly of this commonwealth, to the end of the present session of the legislature, to be printed correctly on good paper, with entirely new small pica type, in four volumes royal octavo, of six hundred pages, each well bound and lettered, at the price of two dollars and fifty cents per volume ... approved--the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ten. Simon Snyder."--V. 1, p. [iii].
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ... John Bioren is hereby authorized to close the fourth volume of the new edition of the laws with the laws of the session of one thousand eight hundred and seven-eight; and that all the laws subsequently passed, and which may be passed during the present session, shall be published and included in a fifth volume ... approved--the seventeeth [sic] day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Simon Snyder."--V. 4, verso of title page.
Vol. 5 has imprint date: 1812.
Vol. 1: lix, [1], 560 p.; v. 2: xxvi, 622 p.; v. 3: xliv, 556 p.; v. 4: xix, [1], 563, [1] p.; v. 5: xxxi, [5], 445, [1], 393, [1] p. Last p. of v. 4-5 blank.
Error in paging: v. 3, p. xxxvii misnumbered xxxvi.
"General index to the laws of Pennsylvania, in five volumes. From the year 1700, to the thirty-first of March, 1812, inclusive. Philadelphia: Printed by John Bioren, no. 88 Chesnut-street. 1812"--V. 5, 393 p., 3rd count. Also recorded separately by Shaw & Shoemaker as entry 26410.
Shaw & Shoemaker records v. 1-4 as entry 21026, and the complete set as entry 26414.
With a separate index to each of v. 1-4.
"Constitution of the United States of America."--V. 3, p. [xxvi]-xxxv.
"Constitution of the state of Pennsylvania."--V. 3, p. [xxxvi]-xliv.
"Certificate, notes, & extracts, by the secretary of the land-office."--V. 5, p. [x]-xxxi.
Genealogical queries & reports of research : commemorating 300 years of German immigration to the United States of America : a 1982-1983 project of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Palatines to America
Acts of the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed at a session which was begun ... on Tuesday the fifth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen [to Mar. 19, 1816]
The Neff-Näf family : a history of the descendants of Henry Neff, Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : who immigrated from his native Switzerland to the colony of Pennsylvania settling at Penn's Conestoga Manor, Chester (Lancaster) County
The genealogical record of the Schwenkfelder families, seekers of religious liberty who fled from Silesia to Saxony and thence to Pennsylvania in the years 1731-1737
Printed for the Board of publication of the Schwenkfelder church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania [by] Rand McNally & company,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
xx, 1752 p. front., illus. (coat of arms) plates, ports., maps, facsims. 29 cm.
Notes
A revision of the Genealogical record of the descendants of the Schwenkfelders, by R. Kriebel.
The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled From Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 by Samuel Kriebel Brecht chronicles the genealogy of the followers of Caspar Schwenkfelder, German religious reformer. The book also includes photographs of people, places, and documents; historical sketches; church organization, maps, and other information
Law miscellanies: containing an introduction to the study of the law : notes on Blackstone's Commentaries, shewing the variations of the law of Pennsylvania from the law of England, and what acts of Assembly might require to be repealed or modified; observations on Smith's edition of the laws of Pennsylvania; strictures on decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, and on certain acts of Congress, with some law cases, and a variety of other matters, chiefly original
The Pennsylvania state trials: : containing the impeachment, trial, and acquittal of Francis Hopkinson, and John Nicholson, Esquires. The former being judge of the Court of Admiralty, and the latter, the comptroller-general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Vol. I. : [One line in Latin from Virgil]
Printed by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head, no. 116, High-Street, for Edmund Hogan.,
Date of Publication
M, DCC, XCIV [i.e. 1795].
Physical Description
xii, 776 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Dedication signed: Edmund Hogan. Philadelphia, January, 1795.
No more published.
Signatures: piⶠ[A]â´ B-5Eâ´.
Errors in paging: p. viii, 559 misnumbered iii, 549.
"The names of the subscribers."--Page [ix]-xii.
"An account of the impeachment and trial of the late Francis Hopkinson ..."--Page [1]-62, with separate title page.
"An account of the impeachment, trial, and acquittal of John Nicholson ..."--Page [65]-772, with separate title page.
"An alphabetical list of the letters, official documents, witnesses ... published in this volume, from page 5 to page 772, inclusively."--Page [733]-776.
Laws enacted in the second sitting of the sixth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday, the eleventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty and two
Laws enacted in the third sitting of the sixth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Thursday, the first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty and two
