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At a council held at Edward [unreadable]

 Collection — huntington box: 29 - folder 1
Identifier: 9124

Scope and content

Photostat of a document purportedly by James Logan giving an account of a meeting. The document illustrates 34 wampum belts, presented by the Delaware Indian delegation, and gives their meanings. The place where the meeting was held appears to start with Edward or Edwards, but the remainder of the word is not decipherable. The council was presumably held somewhere near Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Other individuals attending the meeting included Edward Shippen, Richard Hill, and other members of the government. Also included with the Photostats are two letters from 1942 between Julian P. Boyd, who was a librarian at Princeton, Edwin K. Burnett, and George G. Heye. Their letters discuss the manuscript and the whereabouts of the wampum belts mentioned in the manuscript. Boyd states that the original manuscript may have been purchased earlier that year by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Dates

  • 1712 May 19.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Edward Shippen was mayor and treasurer of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Biographical / Historical

James Logan was Secretary to Pennsylvania founder William Penn.

Extent

6 pages. (6 pages.)

Language of Materials

English

Ownership and Custodial History

Provenance: Huntington Free Library.

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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