An Important Statement of Facts: Relative to the Invalidity of the Pretensions Formerly Made Upon the Pennsylvania Lands by the Unincorporated Companies of Connecticut Claimants and by Those Who Claimed Under Those Companies, in a Letter from The
An Important Statement of Facts: Relative to the Invalidity of the Pretensions Formerly Made Upon the Pennsylvania Lands by the Unincorporated Companies of Connecticut Claimants and by Those Who Claimed Under Those Companies, in a Letter from The...
Title: An important statement of facts: relative to the invalidity of the pretensions formerly made upon the Pennsylvania lands by the unincorporated companies of Connecticut claimants and by those who claimed under those companies, in a letter from the secretary of the Land-office, to the Pennsylvania commissioners, intended to evince the liberality of the government and landholders of Pennsylvania in the act of the 4th of April, 1799, and the releases of 120 to 180,000 acres under the same. Author: Tench Coxe Publisher: ...
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Title: An important statement of facts: relative to the invalidity of the pretensions formerly made upon the Pennsylvania lands by the unincorporated companies of Connecticut claimants and by those who claimed under those companies, in a letter from the secretary of the Land-office, to the Pennsylvania commissioners, intended to evince the liberality of the government and landholders of Pennsylvania in the act of the 4th of April, 1799, and the releases of 120 to 180,000 acres under the same. Author: Tench Coxe Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP04278100 CollectionID: CTRG03-B245 PublicationDate: 18010101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: Caption title. Imprint and printer's statement from colophon. Letter of the Secretary of the Land Office signed (p. 21): Tench Coxe. Collation: 40 p.; 20 cm
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Fair. Octavo, 7 1/4" x 4 3/4." pp. 40. Removed from a book of pamphlets. Two stab holes present. Missing 2 leaves--pp. 3-6. Untrimmed, slightly frayed edges. Pages tanned. Occasional ink marginalia and notation sign "^". Some spotting and foxing, but text easily readable. No copy appears to have come to auction since 1927. Worldcat finds but two copies in libraries worldwide. (Sabin, 17299). Concerns the protracted land dispute between Pennsylvania and Connecticut over the Western Reserve Territory, land now known as Ohio. Includes a history of the disputes, which stretched back to 1662 when King Charles II granted the land to both colonies. Sporadic physical and bureaucratic warfare ensued until 1800, when the land was ceded to Pennsylvania. The author, Tench Coxe, serving as the Secretary of the Land-Office for Pennsylvania included relevant documents. (Wikipedia).
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