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Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1795 June 11; No. 921 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353623
Description: Discusses various types of eyeglasses; discusses his own manuscript regarding measures "for our Security against the French Intrigues & Encroachments in America"; comments on the favorable state of affairs in the war with France and on the prospect of peace; informs him about family matters, mentions smallpox, and remarks that a measles epidemic is "retarding our plantation Business so much at a critical Season of the Year, that our Crops & Harvest is likely to Suffer by it."
Creator: Maury, James, 1746-1840et al
Subject: Eyeglasses; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Smallpox; Measles; Agriculture
Date: 1759-06-11; 2023

Title: Mckee, Alexander and Caleb Graydon to Joseph Shippen, 1774 March 8
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8056
Description: Alexander McKee and Caleb Graydon request certificates to property from Edward Shippen. "Sir, As we have the greatest reason to hope that Lord Dunmore Governor of Virginia, upon proper application will issue Warrants to such officers as are entitled to Lands by the King's Proclamation of 1763--and that a Certificate from the last to [...] be served will be necessary to the end; We therefore take the liberty of troubling you for one, which we begg as a particular favour may be delivered to the Bearer of this Mr. Alexander Ross a Gentleman who is going to Virginia to solicit his Lordship upon this business."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Land grants
Date: 1774-03-08; 2022

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1756 June 10; No. 920 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353679
Description: Discusses various maps of Virginia and North America, including [Joshua] Fry and [Peter] Jefferson's and Lewis Evans's, and remarks that the latter map gives a clear idea of the "immensly valuable" land contested between Britain and France; describes the method by which canoes are lashed together in order to carry heavy hogsheads of tobacco from upland streams; discusses explorations of the Mississippi River and expands upon the "vast Importance of that prodigious River"; mentions "the present troubles" [the Seven Years' War] and complains that the Virginia frontier has been left "naked and exposed" by legislators who knew nothing about the backcountry; comments that "the Possibility of the Children doing well without the Parent" is a subject that must be treated with "Reserve & delicacy"; discusses family matters.; Erratum on microfilm: last page not filmed; includes a transcription of an extract from the letter, 11 pp.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Maps; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Great Britain--Relations--France; Canoes and canoeing; Tobacco; Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757
Date: 1756-06-10; 2023

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Moses Fontaine, 1755 August 9; No. 919 Rev. James Maury to Moses Fontaine
Identifier(s): text:353617
Description: Discusses a map of Virginia, points out where their relatives reside, and mentions the place on the map "where our brave [George] Washington was last Year attacked by the French & Indians" and the fort from which the "brave but unfortunate. . . & imprudent" Gen. [Edward] Braddock marched; discusses the "suffering & calamitous Condition" of society because of the war between Britain and France and also problems of debt, taxes, drought, and attacks on frontier settlements by Indians and "papists"; argues that France's resources in America compare unfavorably with Britain's except in regard to "Wisdom & Prudence"; points out the desirability of a defensive coalition of the British colonies in America and remarks that Americans do not want British soldiers to fight for them, but instead want money and supplies to equip themselves; complains about an official who recently infringed on the liberties of the people and the constitution of the government.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Maps; Taxation; Droughts; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763; Great Britain--Relations--France; Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of--North America; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Braddock, Edward, 1695?-1755
Date: 1755-08-09; 2023

Title: "A Memorandum for my Children," Will of Edward Shippen
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1447
Description: Edward Shippen III's will, including details about how he supported his daughter financially, and considerations for "my Negro Hannah."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; African Americans--History--18th century; Slavery--United States--History--18th century; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Personal narratives; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women; Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806; Shippen, Joseph, 1732-1810; Burd, James, 1726-1793; Burd, Sarah Shippen, 1731-1784
Date: 1779-09-04; 2021

Title: Samuel Miles autobiographical sketch
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:538
Description: Autobiography of Samuel Miles describing his exploits in the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) service in central and western Pennsylvania following Braddock's defeat, the American Revolution, particularly the chaos experienced by the American forces during the Battle of Long Island in 1776, and in Philadelphia politics during the last two decades of the eighteenth century.; 7 leaves and marbled covers. Incomplete. Printed (according to Appleton): American Historical Record; 1873.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Personal narratives; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Prisoners of war--United States--History--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--18th century; Military history
Date: 1802-02-04; 2021