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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2015085973
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The Breneman Family Collection of Early American Manuscripts was given to the Library of Congress by Margaret Hey, Helen Mallon, and Sylvia Ross in 2015.
The Breneman Family Collection of Early American Manuscripts were arranged and described by Karen Linn Femia in 2016. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings in the Breneman Family Collection of Early American Manuscripts is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The Breneman Family Collection of Early American Manuscripts is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
The Breneman Family Collection of Early American Manuscripts is available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000055.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Breneman Family Collection of Early American Manuscripts, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Breneman Family Collection of Early American Manuscripts spans the years 1755-1825. The manuscripts were collected by Franklin Breneman of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a late-nineteenth century ancestor of the donors. The documents pertain to colonial Pennsylvania, the American Revolution, and the experiences of German immigrants in the mid- to late-eighteenth century Pennsylvania.
The documents are arranged alphabetically, primarily by the name of the author of each document. Under the folder heading is a short description of each manuscript.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or by type of material.
Digital content online at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000055.
Letter to Pennsylvania deputy governor Robert Hunter Morris from General Braddock, commander of the British forces in the colonies
Letter to Edward Shippen, member of the Philadelphia Common Council, concerning the route of a new road
Letter to General Porter concerning a letter to be forwarded to Colonel John Jacob Lehmanowsky
Letter to adjutant general of the Pennsylvania militia, "J. P. Porter" [George B. Porter], concerning Lafayette's tour of the United States (1824-1825)
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, 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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Letter to unidentified correspondent, sent from Morristown, N.J., concerning supplies for troops