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Guide to the Collection of Lawrence C. Woods, Jr., 1743-1801

Metadata Details

Title
Lawrence C. Woods collection 1743-1801
Subject
Braddock's Campaign, 1755, Indians of North America--Commerce, Indian land transfers, Indians of North America--Pennsylvania, Trading posts--North America, Shawnee Indians, Pennsylvania--Commerce, Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Pennsylvania--Politics and government
Description
Collection includes warrants, deeds, appointments, correspondence and legal materials created between 1743 and 1801 that were collected by Woods in the twentieth century. These manuscripts document individual episodes in colonial Pennsylvania., Lawrence C. Woods, Jr. was a Pittsburgh executive who had a lifelong interest in history. He was a supporter and member of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania and an active collector of early manuscripts., Gift of Lawrence C. Woods, Jr., 1974., Processed Mff #75 12/30/94 C. Seeman, Inventory available.
Contributor
Woods, Lawrence C., 1900-1990, Braddock, Edward, 1695?-1755, Brodhead, Daniel, 1736-1809, Butler, Thomas., Croghan, George, d. 1782, Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787, Gibson, John, 1740-1822, Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786, Ingersoll, Jared, 1749-1822, Irwin, John, 1739-1822, Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800, Penn, John, 1729-1795, Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775, Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829, Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760, Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817, Denny family, Baynton, Wharton, and Morgan (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
Date
1743-1801
Type
Collection, Text
Format
print, manuscript, .10 linear ft.
Identifier
pitt:US-QQS-MFF75
Language
eng
Relation
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MFF75
Coverage
Pennsylvania, North America, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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