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Culture:
Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language:English
Date:October 25, 1775; February 3, 1783; March 24, 1786
Contributor:Franklin, John, 1749-1831 | Hamilton, James, 1710-1783
Subject:Pennsylvania--History | Land claims | Warfare | Treaties
Type:Text
Extent:1 letter; 2 documents
Description: Documents provides names of treaty signers of Delaware and the Haudenosaunee given in list from 1684-1783 of Pennsylvania land purchasers. Memorial to Assembly about Treaty of 1736 and land dispute between Pennsylvania and Connecticut. King Hendrick denies sale of Haudenosaunee lands.
Collection:Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy (Mss.974.8.D65)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:1728-1816
Contributor:Denny, William, 1718- | Morris, Robert Hunter, approximately 1700-1764 | Gordon, Patrick, approximately 1664-1736
Subject:Pennsylvania--History | Military history | Warfare
Type:Text
Genre:Government documents | Petitions | Proclamations
Extent:6 documents
Description: One set of documents is related to Pennsylvania's land dispute with Connecticut. A second to tensions between Delaware Indians and white settlers in Wyoming prior to the Revolutionary War. Of particular interest is the debate within the Pennsylvania's Governor's office both planning an attack on Native villages and seeking to end abuse of Delaware, Shawnee, Mohawk, and the Iroquois Confederacy. Wolf clan of Deleware is noted.
Collection:Documents relating to the province of Pennsylvania and to the American Revolution (Mss.974.8.D65)