Pennsylvania’s Revolutionary Governments, Supreme Executive Council, Letter Books, Outgoing Correspondence, November 25, 1782-March 25, 1789 and Incoming Correspondence, November 4, 1782-October 6, 1787., This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Arranged chronologically by the date of the letter. Letters are separated into two categories, incoming and outgoing letters. The dates of the series are inclusive of the two sets together. Yet, as a note, incoming correspondence stops in 1787 while outgoing correspondence continues until 1789. Both sets of letters usually show the addressees name and destination of the letter as well as the date of the letter, the sender and the origin of the letter. Outgoing Correspondence, November 25, 1782-March 25, 1789: A record of outgoing correspondence of the members of the Supreme Executive Council. Letters pertain to issues including American soldiers imprisoned on British prison ships unable to be traded and petitioning for aid from the Council, sick and wounded soldiers on hospital ships, rations to soldiers in arms, the dissolution of the Continental Army, the question of benefits for veteran soldiers, mutinous soldiers, Pennsylvania Militia recruiting instructions and oaths, men appearing as witnesses for the state of Pennsylvania in the land dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania, confirmation of the Virginia/Pennsylvania boundary line following their land dispute, the decision to survey and lay out lots of land and boundary lines to prevent further boundary disputes, the counties of Westmoreland and Washington wishing to become an independent state, slaves of Pennsylvania citizens, delivery of goods to New York, making peace with Indian Nations, and the treatment of Indians and reactionary measures against Indian attacks on the frontier settlements. Incoming Correspondence, November 4, 1782-October 6, 1787: A record of incoming correspondence to members of the Supreme Executive Council. Letters within this record pertain to issues including furnishing soldiers with medicine and supplies, illegal intercourse and traffic on the Delaware River (Dobbs Ferry), matters concerning recruitment of soldiers, bounties for enlistment, petition for passes through enemy territory, paper money circulated and printed by the Continental Congress and by act of the General Assembly, dealings with Comptroller General in regards to depreciation pay, forfeited estates, debt due by the state of Pennsylvania, forwarding documents on behalf of the state of Pennsylvania to agents on the case with Connecticut, issues and reports from the proceedings of the Wyoming Controversy, concerns of state agencies, the U.S. Congress, or other members of the council, requests for lists of banished persons from each state by Congress, collection of taxes within the State of Pennsylvania, dealing with lawbreakers offenses, escapes, issues of race and pleas, sale of lots, account of moneys taken in or paid out, claims to unpatented lands, and surveyors entries. For more details, please see the published Guide to the microfilm of Pennsylvania’s revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives: https://archive.org/details/guidetoofrecords00penn/page/n3/mode/2up
