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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Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Boxes 1 and 2, 1814-1826
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Boxes 3 and 4, 1827-1834
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 4 Continued and Box 5, 1835-1838
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 5 Continued and Box 6, 1838-1846
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 6 Continued and Box 7, 1847-1850
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 7 Continued and Box 8, 1850-1853
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 8 Continued and Box 9, 1853-1854
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 9 Continued, Box 10, and Box 11, 1855-1856
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 11 Continued and Box 12, 1856-1857
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 12 Continued and Box 13, 1857-1859
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 14, 1859-1862
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 14 Continued, Box 15, and Box 16, 1863-1864
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 16 Continued and Box 17, 1864
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Boxes 18 and 19, 1864-1865
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 19 Continued, Box 20, and Box 21, 1865
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Boxes 22 and 23, 1865
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 23 Continued, Box 24, and Box 25, 1865
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 25 Continued, Box 26, and Box 27, 1865
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Box 27 Continued and Box 28, 1865
Pennsylvania. Department of State, Letters patent, Governors
Letters Patent, Boxes 29 and 30, 1865-1866