• 1. John M. Rinker. Commission as Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, February 21, 1828. Signed by John Quincy Adams.
• 2. Deed. Isaac & Martha Harvey to William Jones. Burmingham Township, Chester County, May 13, 1747.
• 2. Patent. James Finney, Lancaster County, January 24, 1775.
• 3. Patent. John Russel, Northampton County, November 18, 1846. (Patent book vol. 46, p. 16).
• 4. Land grant on the Ohio River to Edmund Parrish, April 18, 1788. Signed by Governor of Virginia, Edmund Randolph, also a member of the Continental Congress and Federal Constitutional Convention.
• 5. Patent. James Murray, Northumberland County, June 30, 1774. (Patent Book vol. 14, p. 502).
• 6. Patent. Benjamin Wilson, Northumberland County, March 29, 1794. (Patent Book vol. 20 p. 359). Signed by Thomas Mifflin.
• 7. Deed. Peter Jaquet to Robert Morris, Newcastle Delaware, August 1, 1782.
• 8. Patent. Tench Coxe, Bedford County, December 6, 1786. (Patent Book, no. 8 p. 188).
• 9. Patent. Valentine Keyser, Northampton County, June 27, 1794. (Patent Book vol. 22, pg. 108).
• 10. Patent. Michael Gartner, Christopher Schultz and others. Fulton County, February 4, 1870. (Patent Book, vol. 65, p. 387).
• 11. Partition Deed. Frederick Rotan to William Rotan, Philadelphia, Sept. 12, 1832.
• 12. Grants. The State of South Carolina to David Coalter and James Stewart, April 26, 1796. Notarized in Philadelphia by Clement Biddle and Governor's seal.
• 13. Deed. Joseph Townsend of Philadelphia and John Bearzly of New Jersey for land in New Jersey, January 1, 1733.
• 14. Patent. Jane Bradshaw & Jesse Dyer, Northampton County, March 9, 1824. (Patent Book vol. 21, p. 279).
• 15. Patent. Robert Morris, Mifflin County, July 14, 1794. (Patent Book 21, p. 421).
• 16. Petition to Court of Quarter Sessions, Cumberland County, July 1767 from the subscribers Inhabitants of Kishacoquillis ? Creek Lost Creek Juniata Tuscarora for a Road. Fragment.
• 17. Petition to Court of Quarter Sessions, Cumberland County, July 1760 from Inhabitants of? for Road from Nickles Gap to Fourt (sic) Loudon or McDowell's Mill.
• 18. Act of General Assembly, Cumberland County divides into districts, ca. March 10, 1762. 2 pieces.
• 19. Deed. Jacob Sonfrank to Philip Deal, Washington County, Nov. 25, 1778.
• 20. Court order to Mark the divide Peter's Township from Antrim Township, April 22, 1769.
• 21. Petition to Court of General Quarter Sessions, Cumberland County, April 1770 for Road through Tuscarora Valley. 2 pieces.
• 22. Court Order. Court of Quarter Sessions, Lancaster County, November 1747 to lay our a road through Marsh Creek & Conowago Settlements. 2 pieces.

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