Item 73: A Printed Extract of a Letter from Timothy Pitkin to Colonel Wadsworth, held by Pickering, 1801 February 17
Item — Box: 12, Folder: 113
Dates
- Created: 1801 February 17
Creator
- Pitkin, Timothy, 1766-1847 (Person)
Access:
All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.
Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Fair. Paper shows some signs of age and contains some minor tears.
Measurement:
7 ¾ in. x 6 ⅜ in.
Title:
Extract of a Letter
Description:
The item depicts a printed extract of a letter by Timothy Pitkin addressed to Colonel Wadsworth, dated February 17, 1801. In the letter, Pitkin informs Wadsworth that the land rights from companies, likely Susquehanna and Delaware Land Companies, have been rejected. The Compnies were sent over during the land conflict between Connecticut and Pennsylvania to settle the lands under the character of King Charles II. They would offer titles, rights, and surveys of these lands to the settlers sent over, even continuing to do so after the Decree of Trenton found favor in Pennsylvania’s jurisdiction of the land. This item notes that the reimbursement of lost titles and lands does not pertain to any under these said companies for they were not able to stand up themselve in court. As the companies were considered to be established by the heads of powers within them, seeking to establish their own governing bodies, they are not considered true institutions by the courts in the transition and compromise acts occurring at the time.
There is an annotation at the top third of the page, which states that the letter is authored by Timothy Piktin junior to Colonel Wadsworth, with a notation that the letter is held by Timothy Pickering.
Location:
Connecticut
Transcription:
Annotated on the page:
The Letter is from Timothy Pitkin jun[ior]. Esq. to Col. Wadsworth, It is in the possession of Timothy Pickering Esq.
Creator
- Pitkin, Timothy, 1766-1847 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu