Box 10

Includes: doucments re: the appointment of William Lyons as Attorney, 1762, notes on court cases, two lists of fines forfeited in 1784, and bills of the court.

Includes: list of fines collected; a deposition; Interrogatories and chancery in the case of Welsh v. [Fiddis?]& Others; an incomplete copy of printed legal rules; an inventory of court cases, 1794; a list of subpeonas in Waynesburg, 1799; multiple jury lists 1800-1801; "outstanding debts" of John Elder, 1805; documents from the New York Mayor's Court, 1813-1815, and more.

Includes: a petition to Mayor of Philadelphia for bridge over the dock, miscellaneous documents related to witnesses in court cases, an indictment for manslaughter, multiple copies of "Rules to render the practice of the Court easy and to supercede the necesity of meeting to settle the Docquet," and a set of blank legal forms.

Includes: a survey of land by N. Scull, 1710; an inquest before justice of the peace in Conrad Weiser, 1752; an inquisition, Benj. Franklin, defendant, 1753; a petition to mayor against the building of stalls on High St., 1773; and a recommendation of Capt. [McGuire?]

Folder consists of two documents: a list of subscribers to the Turnpike Rd. Company, June 4th and 5th, 1792; and a list of voters at the Turnpike election, July 24, 1792

Includes: "Proposals for establishing another Bank in the city of Philadelphia," the Constitution of the Bank of Pennsylvania, correspondence re: the establishment of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and a receipt.

A small diary, unknown author

Includes: a letter from the Mayor of Philadelphia to Benjamin Shoemaker re: Shoemaker's appointment as attorney, 1751; numerous proposals and petitions to the Mayor of Philadelphia re: improvements to the City; responses and reports in response to petitions made about the City. Most petitions revolve around the wharfs, ferries, and water management, but there are at least a few petitions re: punishment or imprisonment.

Includes a genealogy of the Shippen family and genealogical and biographical information on the Evans, Gregg, Hubley, Patterson, Potter and Schall families