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Petition to President-elect W. H. Harrison for any position, February 22, 1841
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition to President Z. Taylor for U.S. Auditor position, April 11, 1849
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition to President Harrison for the Naval Officer for the Port of Philadelphia, March 1841
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition in Opposition of Reform Services
Petition to the officers and Board of Trustees of Congretation B'nai Israel, protesting the proposed employment of religious leaders and rabbis to conduct reform services, and expressing a desire for conservative services, undated.
Petition in Opposition of Reform Services
Petition to the officers and Board of Trustees of Congretation B'nai Israel, protesting the proposed employment of religious leaders and rabbis to conduct reform services, and expressing a desire for conservative services, undated.
Petition for U.S. Auditor position, May 25, 1849
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition for U.S. Auditor position, May 25, 1849
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition for U.S. Auditor position, May 23, 1844
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition for U.S. Auditor position, May 19, 1849
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition for U.S. Auditor position, February 28, 1851
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition for U.S. Auditor position, April 24, 1849
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition for the Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, [date of publication not identified]
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition for the Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, [date of publication not identified]
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition for Clerk of the House of Representatives, September 1, 1847
Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Petition by the executors of the estate of Edmund Townsend, 1854
Petition by the executors of the estate of Edmund Townsend directing the disposition of two female slaves who are the daughters of the deceased.
Petersons Mill
A red-tinted photo of a mill, complete with visable water wheel. Surrounding the building are large trees, and there are two large stumps on the water.
Peterson, William (Interview outline and video), 2009
William Peterson was born on May 1, 1924 and enlisted in the Navy for 3 years of active duty during WWII. He was stationed in New Guinea where he worked taking aerial photographs for making maps and also taking photographs of the civilian…
Peterson, John (Interview outline and video), 2011
John Peterson, born in 1919 in Wichita Falls Texas, and was raised by his grandmother in Pennsylvania. When Pearl Harbor happened, he was married and working in an aircraft engine factory in Dayton, Ohio, but went ahead and enlisted in the Army. He…
Peterson, George (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2007
George Peterson enlisted in the Navy when he was just 17 years old and was then sent to Rhode Island for training in 1942. During training George and a friend volunteered for submarine service and were transferred shortly after. George spent nearly…












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