Letters between Jasper Yeates and Joseph Shippen regarding Shippen's acquisition of slaves for Yeates; depositions of court cases regarding fugitive slaves; depositions of court cases regarding slave ownership rights (contested wills).
Edward Shippen III's will, including details about how he supported his daughter financially, and considerations for "my Negro Hannah."; American Philosophical Society
Depositions in re-indictment for high treason against Robert Strettell Jones. During the British occupation of Philadelphia, Jones was accused of treason for helping raise arms and there are depositions taken to rebut this charge, including statements from prominent Philadelphians like Joseph Shippen. Several of the depositions mention transporting guns and other collections of arms. Some mention Hessian soldiers. States that the Defendant was found not guilty.; American Philosophical Society
