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Title: Penn talking to the Indians
Description: Print invoking the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, with his delegates, displays a large sheet of paper to a delegation of Delaware Indians. A crate, barrels, and textiles lie on the ground between the two groups of men. Two of Penn's men open the crate. The top of a barren tree, a cabin, and the outlines of human figures are visible in the background. Contains decorative border., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 554, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Penn [P.2007.39.22]

Title: Philadelphia, von dem grossen Baume zu Kensington aus geschen, unter welchem William Penn den tractat mit den Indianern abschloss
Description: View looking toward the city from the Penn Treaty Tree and Monument in Kensington. In the foreground, two men stand between the monument marked "William Penn's Landing Place" and the elm tree across from men working at the piers and arriving by skiff at the riverbank. Laborers pile sacks on the dock, transport goods by boat, and load a wagon. In the background, tall ships are docked, vessels travel the Delaware River, and cityscape is visible. The monument was erected in 1827 by the Penn Society to commemorate the site of William Penn's Treaty with the Delaware Indians at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 599, Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia., Traubel assumed proprietorship of the Kuhl lithography studio at 46 1/2 Walnut Street circa 1854 under the firm name Traubel & Co.
Creator: Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views - P [(1)1525.F.53c]

Title: Wm. Penn's treaty with the Indians, when he founded the province of Pennsa. 1681 The only treaty that was never broken
Description: Print after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods are sat upon and displayed by the English delegation. Native Americans, including a translator and a woman breast-feeding her baby, participate in and watch the negotiations. Also shows brick residences being built in the background. River depicted on left., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 859
Creator: Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
Date: [ca. 1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Penn [P.9458]

Title: Treaty Tree
Description: Book illustration after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods rest on the ground near the English delegation. Native Americans, including a translator, participate in and watch the negotiations. Also shows brick residences in the background., Plate opposite page 73 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 759
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: [1833]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.opp73]

Title: Wm. Penn's treaty with the Indians when he founded the Province of Pennsila. 1661 The only treaty that never was broken
Description: Print after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods are sat upon and displayed by the English delegation. Native Americans, including a translator and a woman breast-feeding her baby, participate in and watch the negotiations. Also shows brick residences being built in the background. River depicted on right., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 861, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855
Date: [ca. 1849]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Penn [P.9680]

Title: Wm. Penn's treaty with the Indians when he founded the Province of Pennsya. 1661 the only treaty that never was broken
Description: Print after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods are sat upon and displayed by the English delegation. Native Americans, including a translator and a woman breast-feeding her baby, participate in and watch the negotiations. Also shows brick residences being built in the background. River depicted on left., Printed below image: 256., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 860
Creator: Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Penn [P.9492]

Title: The belt of wampum delivered by the Indians to William Penn at the "Great Treaty" under the Elm Tree at Shackamoxon in 1682. "Not Sworn to and never Broken." Presented by Granville John Penn Esq of England
Description: Near life-size depiction of the belt made from oyster-shell beads and leather that purportedly the Delaware Indians gave to William Penn at the signing of the treaty. The belt was given by Penn's great-grandson to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1857., Not in Wainwright., Two of the prints are varnished., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 14, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 69 L 567
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 69 L 567

Title: Treaty Tree
Description: Print, probably a book illustration, after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods are sat upon and displayed by the English delegation. Also shows residences standing in the background., Date and name of artist from manuscript note on recto: by Edw. Mumford 1828., Not in Wainwright., pdcj00005, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 29
Creator: Mumford, Edward William, 1812-1858, artist
Date: [1828]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 29

Title: The early settlement & progress of Philadelphia & Pennsylvania Philadelphia T. Holden Chesnut St. 1833
Description: Small vignette on the added title page depicting the site of the Treaty Tree, the legendary location of William Penn's treaty with the Delaware Indians in 1682. Shows boats and figures near the river. The Treaty Tree or Great Elm Tree blew down in 1810., Added title page in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 197
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: [1833]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.title page]

Title: Freiheit Edelmuth & Bruderliebe, Unabhangiger Orden der Rothmaenner [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate for the Pocahantas Chapter of the Independent Order of Redmen at Philadelphia. Print contains seven small vignettes depicting scenes from the life of Pocahontas, the treaty between William Penn and the American Indians, and other scenes of Native American life. A larger scene showing a Native American chief addressing a group gathered around a fire surmounts the text. Vignettes of Native Americans hunting (left) and a Native American man providing a white man with a drink (right) flank the scene. At the bottom, an American Indian and a white man sit on a globe showing the Western Hemishere, clasping hands and holding a peace pipe. The vignettes are surrounded by intertwined icanthus leaves. Includes a red embossed seal in the lower left corner., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Otto Gratz on February 10, 1863. Signed by John Rumig and Heinrich Bissout., Includes a red embossed seal in the lower left corner., Philadelphia on Stone, Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Home and Community Life Collection: *60.2396
Creator: Feusier, A.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2396]

Title: Penn's tree, with the city & port of Philadelphia, on the river Delaware from Kensington
Description: Northeast view from the site of the Treaty Tree, the legendary location of William Penn's treaty with the Delaware Indians in 1682. Depicts a pier with docked boats; laborers, including shipbuilders, at work; and individuals relaxing, fishing, leading a horse, and strolling near a fenced property displaying the American flag. The Treaty Tree or Great Elm Tree blew down in 1810., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), Pl. 2., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, engraver
Date: [1828]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 2c/P.2276.4]

Title: Penn's Treaty; Boon and the Indians
Description: Book illustration reproducing architectural ornaments adorning the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Depicts Nicholas Grevelet's 1827 sandstone relief "William Penn's Treaty with the Indians" and Enrico Causici's 1826-1827 sandstone relief "Conflict of Daniel Boone and the Indians." Shows William Penn's treaty of 1682 for Pennsylvania as a peaceful interaction with Native Americans in contrast to Daniel Boone in violent combat with Native Americans on the frontier. The treaty scene depicts Penn holding the treaty while shaking hands with a Native American holding a pipe. In the background, another Native American holds his hand up in the sign of peace in front of two doves sitting in a tree. The Boone scene shows Boone brandishing a rifle and knife during a violent struggle with a Native American holding a tomahawk. The men fight over a fallen Native American. Scene includes a tree branch inscribed "1775" - the year Boone explored Kentucky., Published in Public buildings and statuary of the government, the public buildings and architectural ornaments of the Capitol of the U. States, at the city of Washington (Washington, D.C.: P. Haas, 1839) and later 1840 edition., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 555, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Haas was a Washington, D.C. lithographer and publisher active predominately 1837-1845. Augustus Kollner worked under Haas 1839-1840, including as an artist for "Public Buildings and Statuary of the Government, the Public Buildings and Architectural Ornaments of the Capitol of the U. States, at the City of Washington."
Creator: Haas, Philip, fl. 1837-1863
Date: [1839]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Architecture [(6)1322.F.39c]

Title: Reliques of William Penn in Philadelphia in 1864 The carriers of The Press to their patrons. January 1st. 1864
Description: Carriers' address containing six titled vignettes showing residences, scenes, and objects associated with William Penn. Vignettes surrounded by a decorative border. Border includes a male and female Native American, smoking and holding a peace pipe, respectively, and the seal of Philadelphia designed by Penn. Central vignette shows William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682. Other vignettes show contemporary depictions of "William Penn's House in Letitia St."; William Penn House in Second St.; the dilapidated "Brew House at Penn's Manor [i.e., Pennsbury Manor] Built by William Penn"; "Monument at Treaty Ground"; and "Penn's Manor with Cherry Tree Planted by William Penn." Many of the views include pedestrian traffic and site visitors. Treaty Ground view includes a shed adorned with signage marked "Painter.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 637, Library Company of Philadelphia: *W307 [1883.F.183], Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 18 R 815, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 18 B 786
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
Date: [1864]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 18 R 815

Title: The International Exposition 1876 at Philadelphia, PA. U.S.A View from George's Hill
Description: Allegorical commemorative print celebrating the internationalism and historic significance of the Centennial Exhibition. Depicts a bird's-eye view of the active exhibition grounds including the Agricultural Building, Horticultural Building, Main Building, and Machinery Hall. In the foreground, figures representing various races, ethnicities, and cultures convene and interact with one another. An African American woman and man sit on a bench. An African American man, attired in a black suit, tips his top hat and greets a white woman sitting on a bench. Groups of people stand in clusters to converse and walk including Native Americans, attired in feather headdresses, and Chinese women and men. Middle Eastern and Russian men ride on horseback. Contains ghost-like imagery visible in the sky depicting significant historic American moments, figures, and buildings, including William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, George Washington, and the White House. Contains the names of the prominent exhibition halls below the image., Copyrighted by George H. Ellsbury & J. Hayward., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 390, Accessioned 1983., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Ellsbury, George H., lithographer
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.8966]

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