Warrants and surveys of the province of Pennsylvania, 1682-1759 : transcribed from the records of the Surveyor General's and Proprietaries Secretary's offices by John Hughes, recorder of warrants and surveys under the Act of Assembly July 7, 1759; with a guide to the books and index, an historical background and a copy of the Act/ compiled by Charles E. Hughes, jr., city archivist; Thomas E. Slattery, archival examiner

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Original manuscripts (9 v.) are in the Dept. of Records, City Archives, Philadelphia.

Indexes are found in some volumes.

A short description of contents of each volume from the Guide: Vol. 1: surveys of "Old Rights" for the City and County of Philadelphia with scattered surveys for Bucks and Chester counties. Entries correspond to numbering and alphabetical arrangement in the Pennsylvania Archives, third serie, v. 2-3; but only letters F-H and P-S are given. Vol. 2: Philadelphia City 1682-1692 and Philadelphia City new returns 1735-1759; also some scattered returns for Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, and Lancaster counties. Vol. 3: General returns and papers of the Society of Free Traders; contains entries for City and County of Philadelphia and counties of Bucks, Chester, Kent and Newcastle for 1682-1698. Vol. 4: Copies of the Surveyor General's returns for 1700; contains entries for City and County of Philadelphia and counties of Bucks, Chester, Kent and Newcastle. Vol. 5: Copies of the Surveyor General's returns for Oct. 20, 1733; contains entries for City and County of Philadelphia and counties of Bucks, Chester, Kent, Lancaster, Newcastle, and Sussex. Vol. 6: Philadelphia County 1684-1713 and Bucks County new returns 1734-1758.

Vol. 7: General returns 1735-1741 contains entries for City and County of Philadelphia and counties of Bucks, Chester, Kent, Lancaster, Newcastle and Sussex. Vol. 8: General returns 1752-1759 contains entries for City and County of Philadelphia and counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Kent, Lancaster, Newcastle, Northampton, and York and for the towns of Carlisle, Easton, Reading and Yorktown. Vol. 9: Philadelphia County new returns 1734-1758.

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