Microfilm of this material is found in the Peter Force Collection (Microfilm Drawer 4, Sect.5)
Inlaid evelope contains correspondence regarding the miscellaneous material of the Committee of Safety.
For an explanation of the history of this collection see Pennsylvania History, v. 71, no. 2, p. 213-225 article by Francis W. Fox titled "The Minutes and Papers of the Revolutionary Committees in Lancaster County, 1774-1777.
Copy of the microfilm.
Summary
Minutes (1776 Nov. 28 -1777 June 28), including membership lists, information on issues before the committee, and the committee's interaction with other committees.
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Family files are created for Lancaster County families. They may contain correspondence about a family, short genealogies and charts, photocopies of inventories and accounts, letters, etc. The size of any particular family file varies greatly.
Described in: Hart, Lyndon H., III, comp. A Guide To Genealogical Notes And Charts In The Archives Branch, Virginia State Library. Richmond : Virginia State Library, 1983.
Summary
Concerns the ancestors and descendants of John Olp (1754-1812) of Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
Organized 1786 by the Synod of New York and Philadelphia. (An earlier body by this name had existed from May 1765 to May 1766 as an off-shoot of Donegal Presbytery). Was an Old School presbytery during the Schism; merged with the Presbytery of Big Spring (UPNA) in 1958 to form Big Spring (UPCUSA); name changed to Carlisle (UPCUSA) in 1960.
Organized 1732 by the Synod [of Philadelphia]; divided and dissolved 1765; continued in part by Presbytery of Carlisle. Reconstituted as Donegal in 1766 by the Synod of New York and Philadelphia; dissolved 1786.
Affiliation: 1732-1745, the Synod; 1745-1758, Synod of Philadelphia; 1758-1786, Synod of New York and Philadelphia.
Vol. 3 includes minutes of Carlisle Presbytery, May 23, 1765-Apr. 25, 1766.
Labeled as #837.
Microfilm. Philadelphia : Presbyterian Historical Society, 1966. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Includes early minutes under the Synods of Philadelphia, and New York and Philadelphia.
Affiliation: 1716-1745, The Synod; 1745-1758, "Old Side," Synod of Philadelphia; "New Side," Synod of New York; 1758-1789, Synod of New York & Philadelphia; 1789-1814, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Microfilm. Philadelphia : Presbyterian Historical Society, 1966. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
