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Pennsylvania -- History -- 1775-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Beaver Baptist Association minutes and pamphlets

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1409
Scope and Contents

Photocopies and microfilm copies of the printed minutes of the Beaver Baptist Association of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The microfilm contains a collection of Baptist pamphlets as well. Sidney Rigdon, the early Mormon Church leader, is mentioned in the minutes of 1819, 1820, and 1821.

Dates: 1817-1834
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Beaver Baptist Association minutes and pamphlets

Jesse P. Harman certificate of appointment

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232549391]
Identifier: MSS SC 1318
Scope and Contents

Handwritten printed, and signed certificate of appointment issued by the office of George Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania. The item concerns the commissioning of Jesse P Harman as a militia captain and is signed by the governor and James Trimble, deputy secretary to the governor.

Dates: 1834
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse P. Harman certificate of appointment

Margaret G. Shaddinger autograph book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346378]
Identifier: MSS 394
Scope and Contents

Handwritten greetings, poems, and autographs. These items were written to "Margaret," believed to have been Margaret G. Shaddinger. Most of these items were written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1843-1851
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Margaret G. Shaddinger autograph book

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