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An Early History of the Wyoming Valley: The Yankee-Pennamite Wars & Timothy Pickering

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"When Connecticut Yankees began to settle the Wyoming Valley in the 1760s, both the local Pennsylvanians and the powerful native Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) strenuously objected. The Connecticut Colony and William Penn has been granted the same landy by King Charles II of England, resulting in the instigation of the Yankee-Pennamite Wars. IN 1788, during ongoing conflict, a band of young Yankee ruffians abducted Pennsylvania offical Timothy Pickering, holding him hostage for nineteen days. Some kidnappers wer prosecuted, and ...

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An Early History of the Wyoming Valley: The Yankee-Pennamite Wars & Timothy Pickering 2022, History Press

ISBN-13: 9781467149594

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Early History of the Wyoming Valley: The Yankee-Pennamite Wars & Timothy Pickering 2022, History PR

ISBN-13: 9781540251787

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