Pennsylvania Archives
The Pennsylvania Archives are a 138 volume set of reference books compiling transcriptions of letters and early records relating to the colony and state of Pennsylvania. The volumes were published in nine different series between 1838 and 1935 by acts of the Pennsylvania legislature. Contents of the archives include:
- Letters between key government figures in Pennsylvania
- Papers of the Governors
- Marriage Licenses issued prior to 1810
- Militia and Continental Muster Rolls including French-Indian War, Revolutionary War and War of 1812
- Revolutionary Diaries
- County Tax Lists
- Oaths of Allegiance
- Ship Lists
- Land related records
- Election returns
Colonial records
- Vol I – Minutes of the Provincial Council 1683–1700
- Vol II – Minutes of the Provincial Council 1700–1717
- Vol III – Minutes of the Provincial Council 1717–1736
- Vol IV – Minutes of the Provincial Council 1736–1745
- Vol V – Minutes of the Provincial Council 1745–1754
- Vol VI – Minutes of the Provincial Council 1754–1756
- Vol VII – Minutes of the Provincial Council 1756–1758
- Vol VIII – Minutes of the Provincial Council 1757–1762
- Vol IX – Minutes of the Provincial Council 1762–1771
- Vol X – Minutes of the Provincial Council 1771–1775
- Vol XI – Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1776–1779
- Vol XII – Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1779–1781
- Vol XIII – Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1781–1784
- Vol XIV – Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1784–1786
- Vol XV – Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1784–1786
- Vol XVI – Minutes of Supreme Exec. Council 1789–1790
- Vol XVII – General Index to the Colonial Records
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