Item 7a: Notice by Zebulon Butler et al., 1772 September 29.

Item — Box: 12, Folder: 48a

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Notice by Zebulon Butler et al., 1772 September 29

Dates

Created: 1772 September 29.

Creator

Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795 (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

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Notice

Condition Note:

Fair. A few small tears and folds in the corners.

Measurements:

7 ½ in. x 6 ½ in.

Description:

This is a notice written by Zebulon Butler for a community meeting in Wilkes-Barre on September 29, 1772 seemingly to petition for community interests. Zebulon Butler had a major role in the development of Wyoming valley. Being the holder of several civil offices throughout his life, Butler’s name is seen in almost every letter of Wyoming's annuals in the mid to late 1700s. When the Susquehanna Company, organized in Connecticut, sent its body of settlers to take possession of the lands it had purchased on the East Branch of the Susquehanna river, Pennsylvania, Zebulon Butler went with these settlers and located in Wilkes-Barre, and a short time thereafter became prominent in the affairs of the Wyoming settlement. From the years 1771 to 1774 Butler was commissioned various times to organize the “Town of Westmoreland”, thus being a part of various records such as this one.While this item is located physically within the General subseries from the Wilkes-Barre, Wyoming Valley, Luzerne County series, there are many other manuscripts written by Zebulon Butler found in the Butler Correspondence subseries within the American Figures series. That collection with digitized items can be found here.

Location:

Wilkes-Barre; Wyoming; Plymouth; Kingstown; Pittstown

Transcription:

This is to Warn all the Proprietors and Setlers [sic] at and Near Wyoming on Susquehannah to meet at the Fort in Wilkesbarre on FryDay [sic] the Second Day of October next at two of the clock in the afternoon on s.d [sic] [said] Day. 1.st to se what they will Do about Makeing [sic] a Road to Dilvair [sic] [deliver] 2.dly to se what they will Do about Makeing [sic] some preparation for A Minister 3.dly to come into some better way of scouting and guarding 4thly to se what they will do about Vewing [sic] Arms 5thly and to Do any other Business that shall be thought Proper at s.d [sic] [said] Meeting. Zebulon Butler } Wilkes Barre 29 Sept 1772 Ezekiel Pearce } Comtte Obadiah Gore Jr }

{back} Plymouth- 64 days work & 7 Bushels of Corn and Nine shillings money Kingstown 46 Days work Nine Dollar & Two Dollars more Wilkesbarre 3 Dollars 45 Days work Pittstown 11 Dollars 38 Days works

64 46 45 38 Dollars 26 ½ 32 ½ 193 17 Bushels of Corn

old warning for meetings Recorded votes