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Richard Peters was one of the most important officials in colonial Pennsylvania. In the employ of the Penns, Peters was at different times Secretary of the Land Office, Secretary of the Province, and Clerk of the Council. For the last quarter century of colonial government, until the Revolution, Peters was also appointed to the Governor's Council. During these years, he interacted with all the key people in the colony and also assisted with negotiating treaties with the native peoples. Peters was closely associated with Benjamin Franklin, collaborating on the Library Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hospital, American Philosophical Society, and the College of Philadelphia (which became the University of Pennsylvania). Later in life, Peters returned to the church and became the rector at Christ Church in Philadelphia until his death, working closely with Bishop William White.

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Hubertis Maurice Cummings (1884-1963) was a 1907 graduate of Princeton University, member of Phi Beta Kappa, and long-time professor of English at the University of Cincinnati. He was the son of Homer Hamilton Cummings and Sarah Cowden Cummings. Hubertis was a historian, essayist, and poet, and the author of several books including: The Mason and Dixon Line: Story for a Bicentenary, 1763-1963; and Richard Peters, Provincial Secretary and Cleric, 1704-1776. Cummings lived for many years at a fine home at 2331 Market Street in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. He was born and died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was cremated and then buried at Paxtang. Paul Anthony Wilson Wallace, Ph.D., was a Canadian ethnographer who focused on the natives of Pennsylvania, New York, and Canada as well as the Pennsylvania German culture. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto but emigrated to the United States to teach English literature at Lebanon Valley College. There, he developed an interest in the native people and regional history. He wrote extensively about native culture and the trails via which they traded and communicated. While doing so, he was introduced to the story of Conrad Weiser and the Pennsylvania German culture. Wallace's biography of Weiser is viewed by many as the most accepted and widely cited.

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