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[Colonial records] Pennsylvania. ''Provincial Council. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania from the Organization to the Termination of the Proprietary Government [1683-1790]''. 16 vols. Philadelphia, PA: Published by the state, 1851-1853 (Harrisburg: T. Fenn & co.). (Family History Library book 974.8 N2p; on 12 Family History Library films beginning with 844501.) This includes the minutes of the Council of Safety, 1775-1777, and the Supreme Executive Council, 1777-1790. Additional papers relating to these minutes are in Pennsylvania Archives, series 1. The journals for the Provincial General Assembly, 1682-1776 are in Pennsylvania Archives, series 8. These records contain information on [[Pennsylvania Naturalization and Citizenship|naturalizations]], Native Americans, petitions, appeals, legislation, passenger lists, boundary disputes, Loyalists, etc. | [Colonial records] Pennsylvania. ''Provincial Council. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania from the Organization to the Termination of the Proprietary Government [1683-1790]''. 16 vols. Philadelphia, PA: Published by the state, 1851-1853 (Harrisburg: T. Fenn & co.). (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+N2p 974.8 N2p]; on 12 Family History Library films beginning with 844501.) This includes the minutes of the Council of Safety, 1775-1777, and the Supreme Executive Council, 1777-1790. Additional papers relating to these minutes are in Pennsylvania Archives, series 1. The journals for the Provincial General Assembly, 1682-1776 are in Pennsylvania Archives, series 8. These records contain information on [[Pennsylvania Naturalization and Citizenship|naturalizations]], Native Americans, petitions, appeals, legislation, passenger lists, boundary disputes, Loyalists, etc. | ||
An index to subjects and prominent individuals in these records is Samuel Hazard, ''General Index to the Colonial Records'' in 16 Volumes (Philadelphia, PA: Joseph Sevens and Co., 1860; Family History Library book 974.8 N2p index; film 844501 item 1). | An index to subjects and prominent individuals in these records is Samuel Hazard, ''General Index to the Colonial Records'' in 16 Volumes (Philadelphia, PA: Joseph Sevens and Co., 1860; Family History Library book 974.8 N2p index; film 844501 item 1). | ||