Google Analytics Pennsylvania History-Colonial Archives - Power Library

Pennsylvania History-Colonial (6 collections)

  • Centre County Library & Historical Museum – Autobiography of Colonel Samuel Miles

    Centre County Library & Historical Museum – Autobiography of Colonel Samuel Miles

    Paper on the ‘Life of Col. Samuel Miles’ in his own handwriting covering his life from 1739 – 1802. Colonel Samuel Miles (soldier, business entrepreneur, and more

  • Chester County History Center – John Hill Brinton Reminiscences Collection

    Chester County History Center – John Hill Brinton Reminiscences Collection

    The digitized reminiscences recorded by John Hill Brinton consist of five volumes (three original and two typed transcripts) and date from 1856 to 1868. Found within more

  • Chester County History Center – Walter Finney Diary Collection

    Chester County History Center – Walter Finney Diary Collection

    The digitized diaries of Walter Finney consist of three volumes with accompanying typed transcripts and date from 1778 to 1786. The diaries document Walter Finney’s observations more

  • College of Physicians of Philadelphia – Colonial Formularies Collection

    College of Physicians of Philadelphia – Colonial Formularies Collection

    This collection provides access to two rare dispensatories and receptures that illuminate the therapeutic practices and medical orientation of two dispensing physicians in the multilingual colonial more

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Benjamin Franklin Collection

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Benjamin Franklin Collection

    Materials by and about Benjamin Franklin from the State Library collection digitized in commemoration of his 300th birthday.

  • State Library of Pennsylvania – Fort Necessity

    State Library of Pennsylvania – Fort Necessity

    A selection of documents on the battles of Fort Necessity and Braddock's Campaign, along with background on French and English relations as well as their interactions more