Letters Patent (PA), 1814-1874, 1902-1927

About This Collection

This collection contains letters patent granted by the Governor for the creation of private corporations. Information given is the date letter patent was granted, name of the company, where company was located, and signature of the Governor. Records are arranged chronologically by date letter patent granted. The Department of State is headed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, whose office was established under the Constitution of 1776. Duties of the Department of State include oversight of the Corporation Bureau which monitors and maintains records on both profit and non-profit corporations and on ancillary transactions relating to such corporations.
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Letters Patent (Roll 7337)
Letters Patent (Roll 7337)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Boxes 1 and 2, 1814-1826
Letters Patent (Roll 7338)
Letters Patent (Roll 7338)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Boxes 3 and 4, 1827-1834
Letters Patent (Roll 7339)
Letters Patent (Roll 7339)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 4 Continued and Box 5, 1835-1838
Letters Patent (Roll 7340)
Letters Patent (Roll 7340)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 5 Continued and Box 6, 1838-1846
Letters Patent (Roll 7341)
Letters Patent (Roll 7341)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 6 Continued and Box 7, 1847-1850
Letters Patent (Roll 7342)
Letters Patent (Roll 7342)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 7 Continued and Box 8, 1850-1853
Letters Patent (Roll 7343)
Letters Patent (Roll 7343)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 8 Continued and Box 9, 1853-1854
Letters Patent (Roll 7344)
Letters Patent (Roll 7344)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 9 Continued, Box 10, and Box 11, 1855-1856
Letters Patent (Roll 7345)
Letters Patent (Roll 7345)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 11 Continued and Box 12, 1856-1857
Letters Patent (Roll 7346)
Letters Patent (Roll 7346)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 12 Continued and Box 13, 1857-1859
Letters Patent (Roll 7504)
Letters Patent (Roll 7504)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 14, 1859-1862
Letters Patent (Roll 7505)
Letters Patent (Roll 7505)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 14 Continued, Box 15, and Box 16, 1863-1864
Letters Patent (Roll 7506)
Letters Patent (Roll 7506)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 16 Continued and Box 17, 1864
Letters Patent (Roll 7507)
Letters Patent (Roll 7507)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Boxes 18 and 19, 1864-1865
Letters Patent (Roll 7508)
Letters Patent (Roll 7508)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 19 Continued, Box 20, and Box 21, 1865
Letters Patent (Roll 7509)
Letters Patent (Roll 7509)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Boxes 22 and 23, 1865
Letters Patent (Roll 7510)
Letters Patent (Roll 7510)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 23 Continued, Box 24, and Box 25, 1865
Letters Patent (Roll 7511)
Letters Patent (Roll 7511)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 25 Continued, Box 26, and Box 27, 1865
Letters Patent (Roll 7512)
Letters Patent (Roll 7512)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 27 Continued and Box 28, 1865
Letters Patent (Roll 7513)
Letters Patent (Roll 7513)
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Boxes 29 and 30, 1865-1866