The Hubley Collection contains legal documents, case papers, family and military papers, wills, deeds, bills and receipts, indentures for servants and enslaved persons, correspondence, petitions, and church-related information.
Admin/Biographical History
John Hubley and Joseph Hubley were Lancaster attorneys.
System of Arrangement
The legal papers are arranged chronologically. Case papers are arranged
alphabetically by surname of the plaintiff or defendant. Family papers are grouped by the family member's name and chronologically within that name. Box 6 is arranged chronologically.
Unusual record of a land transaction in Pennsylvania indicating the ancient custom of the State ownership of a portion of the silver and gold mined within the confines of the purchase. Transaction between Philip and Jacob Urich and the Commonwealth.
This deed is a record of the transfer of a property from the proprietor, William Penn, to a resident of Strasburg Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. After 1729 Strasburg Township was a part of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The new owner of the land was named Lefevre; however, there is no evidence that he was a gunsmith.