Breneman family collection of early American manuscripts, 1755-1825

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BOX 1	Braddock, Edward, Mar. 10, 1755
BOX 1		Letter to Pennsylvania deputy governor Robert Hunter Morris from General Braddock, commander of the British forces in the colonies
	Harris, John, Oct. 31, 1763
		Letter to Edward Shippen, member of the Philadelphia Common Council, concerning the route of a new road
	Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, Sept. 2, 1825
		Letter to General Porter concerning a letter to be forwarded to Colonel John Jacob Lehmanowsky
	Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Mortier, marquis de, Sept. 21, 1824
		Letter to adjutant general of the Pennsylvania militia, "J. P. Porter" [George B. Porter], concerning Lafayette's tour of the United States (1824-1825)
	Morris, Samuel, circa 1776
		Certificate concerning a sorrel horse on the night of the Battle of Trenton, N.J., signed by Morris, the captain of the Troop of Philadelphia Cavalry, 1st, Light Horse
	Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, Mar. 6, 1755
		Muhlenberg, a leader of the Lutheran church in America, writes to William Smith, an Anglican clergyman in Philadelphia, concerning a conflict between Calvinist and Lutheran congregations in New Hanover, Pa., over a school for poor German immigrant children
	Oath of allegiance to George II of England, circa 1757
		Document with list of signatures renouncing allegiance to the "Pretender," James III of England and James VIII of Scotland (Prince of Wales, 1688-1766), and swearing fealty to George II
	Penn, Thomas, Mar. 22, 1755
		Letter from Penn, colonial proprietor of Pennsylvania, writing from London to lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, Robert Hunter Morris, asking consideration of Peter Frazer for employment
	Pickering, Timothy, Nov. 12, 1780
		Letter from Pickering, quartermaster general of the Continental Army, to Phillip Marsteller, colonel in the 1st Battalion of Lancaster County militia, Camp Totowa, N.J.
	Reinick, Christian, 1783(?)-1785
		Five documents concerning Reinick's service as a surgeon's mate in the First Regiment of Pennsylvania Troops. Reinick, from Lancaster, Pa., was killed in the Battle of Paoli, Chester County, Pa., on September 21, 1777.
	St. Clair, Arthur, Aug. 27, 1774
		Letter to the governor, written from Ligonier, Pa., concerning the imprisonment of "Mr. Butler," probably Richard Butler (1743-1791), at Fort Pitt, charged with trading with Native Americans.
	Stiegel, Henry William, Feb. 2, 1764
		Letter written by Stiegel, a German immigrant ironmaster and glassmaker who went by "Baron von Stiegel," to Joseph Rose in Lancaster asking him to issue a writ for debt and defamation, Elizabeth Furnace in Pennsylvania
	Turner, Francis, July 12, 1789
		Letter to George Baynton of Philadelphia informing him that Turner will be traveling from his home in Cadiz to Ireland to settle his father's estate
	Washington, George, Apr. 9, 1780
		Letter to unidentified correspondent, sent from Morristown, N.J., concerning supplies for troops
	Wrappings received with collection, undated