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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), West Virginia, state of (search)
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Walking purchase, the
In 1682 William Penn purchased of the Indians a tract of land in the present Bucks and Northampton counties, bounde in the interior at a point as far as a man could walk in three days. Penn and the Indians started on the walk, beginning at the mouth of Neshaminy Creek.
At the end of a walk of a day and a half Penn concluded that it was as much land as he wanted, and a deed was given for the land This agreement was confirmed by the Delawares in 1718, the year when Penn died.
White settlers, however, went over this boundary to the Lehig was then proposed that a walk of a day and a half, as agreed upon by Penn, should be again undertaken.
Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of WilWilliam Penn, were then proprietors, and, contrary to the spirit of their father, they devised a plan to cheat the Indians out of a large tract o ce of about 70 miles from the starting-point, instead of 40 miles in Penn's time, and as the Indians expected.
Then, by running a line northe
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weems , Mason Locke 1760 -1825 (search)
Ernest Crosby, Garrison the non-resistant, Chapter 12 : practical lessons from Garrison 's career (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 1 : travellers and explorers, 1583 -1763 (search)