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APPENDIX III

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I. PRIMARY SOURCES

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With List of Witnesses, Summary of Evidence and Names of Jury, etc. Third edition, London: 1743. ____ Memoirs of An Unfortunate Young Nobleman, Returned from a Thir- teen Years' Slavery in America, Where He was Sent by the Wicked Contrivances of His Cruel Uncle, etc. Part II Concludes with a Summary View of the Trial. 2 volumes. London: 1743. BETTLE, EDWARD. Notices of Negro Slavery as Connected with Pennsylvania (1681- 1770). Memoirs of Historical Society of Pennsylvania, I, 351-388. Philadelphia: 1826. BOARD OF TRADE JOURNALS: 1675-1782. Transcribed from original MSS. in the British Public Record Office, 93 Vols. Library of Historical Society of Pennsylvania. BOARD OF TRADE PAPERS: Plantations General, 1689-1780. Transcribed from original MSS. in Public Record Office, 31 Vols. Library of Historical Society of Pennsylvania. ____, Proprieties. 1697-1776. Transcribed from original MSS. in Public Record Office, 24 Vols. Library of Historical Society of Pennsylvania. BOND, PHINEAS. 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Andrews for photographs and transcripts of four of these weekly records. (See Appendix II for reproduction of some of these.) See also Andrews, Guide to Material in Public Record Office of Great Britain.. Vol. II, Washington, D. C.: 1914. FALCKNER, DANIEL. Curieuse Nachricht from Pennsylvania. Translation by Julius F. Sachse. Lancaster, Pa.: 1905. Series of 103 questions and answers, on all aspects of Pennsylvania Conditions. Written at close of the seventeenth century. Several editions printed in Germany. FEARON, HENRY BRADSHAW. Sketches of America (1817-1818). Narrative of a Journey of 5,000 Miles through the Eastern and West- ern States of America. Second Edition, London: 1818. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. The Complete Works of, Including Private, Official and Scientific Correspondence, etc. Compiled and Edited by John Bigelow. New York and London, Putnams: 1887 and 1888. GEE, JOSHUA. The Trade and Navigation of Great Britain. London: 1729. GORDON, THOMAS F. 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Jonathan Oswald. 2 Vols. Philadelphia: 1880 and 1881. HAMMOND, JOHN. Leah and Rachel, or the Two Fruitfull Sisters Virginia, and Mary- land: Their present Condition Impartially Stated and Related. With a Removal of Such Imputations as are Scandalously cast on those Countries, whereby many deceived Souls, chose rather to Beg, Steal, or rot in Prison, and come to shameful deaths, than to better their being by going thither, wherein is plenty of all things neces- sary for Human Subsistence. London: 1656. Reprinted in Force's Tracts, vol. III. HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL, Editor. American History Told by Contemporaries. 4 Vols. published, New York and London: 1897, 1898, 1901. HAZARD, SAMUEL. Annals of Pennsylvania (1609-1682). Philadelphia: 1850. HOLM, THOMAS. Short Description of the Province of New Sweden. Stockholm: 1702. Translated from the Swedish by Peter S. DuPonceau. Memoirs of Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: 1834. HOLMES, ABIEL. American Annals; Chronological History of America. 2 Vols. Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1805. HUNT, BENJAMIN PETER. Facts and Notes Relating to the Redemptioners and the Early Emigra- tion of the Poor to America. 8 Vols. Boston Public Library. Manuscripts, Extracts from books, and newspapers, newspaper cut- tings, personal observations and miscellaneous notes. A wealth of material. JEFFERSON, THOMAS. Writings of (1760-1826). Collected and Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. 10 Vols. New York and London, Putnams: 1892-1899. KALM, PETER. Travels into North America (1748 and 1749). Translated from Swedish by John Reinhold Forster. 1st Vol. Warrington: 1770; 2nd and 3rd Vols. London: 1771. LAWS, DUKE OF YORK'S (1676-1682). Charter to William Penn and Laws Passed 1682-1700, Preceded by the Laws in force in Pennsylvania from 1676 to 1681. Historical notes. Harrisburg: 1879. ____, BIOREN, JOHN (Publisher). Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 4 Vols. (1700-1810.) Philadelphia: 1810. Supplementary Vols. V, VI, VII, down to 1822. ____, STATUTES AT LARGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Vols. II-XVIII (1700-1809) appeared. Harrisburg: 1896-1915. LINCKLAEN, JOHN. (Agent of the Holland Land Company.) Journals of Travels into Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont (1791-1792). Translated from French by Helen Lincklaen Fairchild. With biographical sketch and notes. New York, Putnams: 1897. LOHER, FRANZ VON. Geschichte und Zustande der Deutschen in Amerika. Gottigen: 1855. MARSHALL, JOHN. American Colonial History. (Settlement to the Revolution.) Philadelphia: 1824. MELISH, JOHN. Travels in the United States of America (1806, 1807, 1809, 1810, 1811). 2 Vols. Philadelphia: 1812. MELLICK, ANDREW D., JR. The Story of an Old Farm, or Life in New Jersey in the Eighteenth Century. Somerville, New Jersey: 1889. MERCURY, THE AMERICAN WEEKLY (1719-1746). 6 Vols. Ridgway Branch, Philadelphia Library. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. MITTELBERGER, GOTTLIEB. Journey to Pennsylvania. Translated by Carl Theo. Eben. Philadelphia: 1898. MORALEY, WILLIAM. Voyages and Adventures of. Original Edition, New Castle (England), 1743. Later printed in the Chronicle of New Castle, and later in Chester (Pa.), Republican. NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS. From 1653 to 1674. Edited by Berthold Fernow. 7 Vols. New York: 1897. OLDMIXON, J. British Empire in America. Account of the Country, Soil, Climate, Product and Trade. 2 Vols. London: 1708. PENN, WILLIAM. Plan for Union of the Colonies-1696-97, February 8th. Memoirs Historical Society of Pennsylvania, VI, 264. PENNSYLVANIA COLONIAL RECORDS. Minutes of the Provincial Council, and of the Council of Safety. Published by the State, superintended by Samuel Hazard. 16 Vols. Harrisburg: 1852. PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES. First Series. Published by the State, superintended by Samuel Hazard. 12 Vols. Harrisburg: 1852. ____ Second Series. 19 Vols. Harrisburg: Imp. 1896, 1895, 1890, and 1893. ____ Third Series. 30 Vols. Harrisburg: 1894 to 1899. PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, WEEKLY. From 1728 to 1845. Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, ARRIVALS AT. A Portion of the Registry of 1682-1686. MS. in Library Historical Society of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, COURT PAPERS. "Records of Court Proceedings" (1697-1732): "Indictments" (1715- 1790). MS. Volumes in Library Historical Society of Pennsylvania. POSTLETHWAYT, MALACHY. The African Trade the Great Pillar and Support of the British Planta- tion Trade in America. London: 1745. A rare and valuable tract originally signed "A British Merchant." In the British Museum, also in the John Carter Brown Library at Provi- dence and in the library at Harvard University. In the latter place it was incompletely catalogued and was discovered by accident. PRIEST, WILLIAM. Travels in the United States of America (1793-1797). London: 1802. PROUD, ROBERT. History of Pennsylvania (1681-1742). Also Description of the Province from 1760-1770. 2 Vols. Philadelphia: 1797 and 1798. RAYNAL, ABBE. Philosophical and Political History of the British Settlements and Trade in North America. Translated from the French. (Dependence of Great Britain upon colonies and Discussion of taxa- tion. Colonies held as "Shackled in their Industry and Commerce," etc.) 2 Vols. Edinburgh: 1776. Record of Indentures, Individuals Bound Out as Apprentices, Servants, etc., and of German and Other Redemptioners in the ofice of the Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. October 3, 1771 to October 5, 1773. Before Mayors John Gibson and William Fisher. MS. Presented to American Phil. Society by Thos. P. Roberts, 1835. Reproduced in publications of Pennsylvania Germany Society, Vol. XVI, Lancaster, Pa., 1907. 321 closely printed pages averaging about twenty-two names to each double page or above 3,500 names recorded; both recently arrived and transfers recorded. Full description of terms, considerations, previous place of residence, etc. RECORD BEFORE THE MAYOR. (1745.) James Hamilton, Register. MS. contributed by George W. Neifle, Chester, Pa. Pa. Mag. Hist. and Biog., Vols. 30, 31 and 32. REDEMPTIONERS, REGISTRY OF THE "Book A" Germans, etc. (1785-1804); "Book C" (1817-1831). MSS. Library Historical Society of Pennsylvania. RICHARDS, ML H. "German Emigration from New York Province into Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania-German Society Proceedings, Vol. VII Lancaster: 1899. RUSH, BENJAMIN. An Account of the Manners of the German Inhabitants of Pennsyl- vania (Written, 1789). Notes by I. D. Rupp. Philadelphia: 1875. SCHEFFER, J. G. DE HOOP. "Mennonite Emigration to Pennsylvania." Translated from the Dutch by Samuel W. Pennypacker. Pa. Mag. Hist. and Biog., II, 117sqq. SHEFFIELD, JOHN LORD: Observations on the Commerce of the American States. Sixth Edition, London: 1784. SMITH, SAMUEL. History of New Jersey (From its settlement to 1721). Burlington: 1765. Re-printed Trenton: 1877. SMITH, DR. WILLIAM. A brief State of the Province of Pennsylvania, etc. London: 1755. Also Sabin's Reprints No. IV, New York: 1865. ____ A brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania for the Year 1755, being: a sequel to a brief State, etc. A Second Letter to a Friend in London. London: 1756 ST. JOHN, J. HECTOR, Pseud, for Crevecoeur, which see. STATE PAPERS, CALENDAR OF. Colonial Series, 20 Vols., 1574-1711. Edited by W. Noel Sainsbury, J. W. Fortescue and Cecil Headlam. London: 1860-1924. SUTCLIFF, ROBERT. Travels in Some Parts of North America (1804-1805-1806). York, England: 1811. THOMAS, GABRIEL. Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pennsylvania and of West Jersey in America. London: 1694. Reprint New York: 1848. THOMAS, GOVERNOR GEORGE. Letter to Lords of Trade, October 20, 1740. Printed copy in Library Historical Society of Pennsylvania. THOMSON, CHARLES. An Enquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Indians from the British interest. London: 1759. UPLAND COURT, RECORD OF THE (1676-1681). 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