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The Pennsylvania Archives are a 138 volume set of reference books compiling transcriptions of letters and early records relating to the colony and state of Pennsylvania. The volumes were published in nine different series between 1838 and 1935 by acts of the Pennsylvania legislature .
The Pennsylvania State Archives tower on the grounds of the Pennsylvania State Capitol. The Pennsylvania State Archives is the official archive for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, administered as part of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Located at 1681 N.
Patrick Anderson was the son of James Anderson, an early Scot (c. 1707) immigrant to Pennsylvania and Elizabeth Jerman (Jarman), the daughter of Thomas Jerman, a Welsh Quaker, who purchased one of William Penn’s first grist milling licenses.
However, in addition to the above information from the Pennsylvania Archives, the Orderly Book of the 8th Pennsylvania Regt [5] and the Muster Rolls at Fort Pitt 1778 [6] show that Brodhead led the 8th Pennsylvania regiment to Fort Pitt in the summer of 1778.)
Born in Whitemarsh in what now is Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Miles was one of seven children of James Miles (1705-1784) and Hannah Pugh (1715-1749).. He enlisted in the military in Bethlehem, PA, at the age of 16 (serving from October 1755 through February 1756) in Isaac Wayne's company that was part of the Pennsylvania militia during the French and Indian War.
Kakowatcheky (c. 1670 - c. 1755 or 1758), also known as Kakowatchiky, Cachawatsiky, Kakowatchy, or Kakowatchey, was a Pekowi Shawnee chief believed to be among the first to bring Shawnee people into Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Manual is a biennial guide to the Government of Pennsylvania produced by the Pennsylvania Department of General Services. [1] The Pennsylvania Manual has been published by the Pennsylvania Government for over 200 years. [ 1 ]
Patrick Gordon (c. 1644 [1] – August 17, 1736 [2] [3]) was Deputy governor of the Province of Pennsylvania and the Lower Counties on the Delaware from 22 June 1726 to 4 August 1736. [4] He was deputy to the Proprietors of Pennsylvania, the heirs of William Penn, rather than to a governor. Since the proprietors were usually in England, he was ...