An Examination of the Connecticut Claim to Lands in Pennsylvania. With an Appendix, containing Extracts and Copies taken from Original Papers.
Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1774. [2], 94, 32 pp. 8vo (201 x 125 mm). Folding map. Modern morocco-backed marbled boards. Condition : folding map tissue-backed, title and first leaf restored with paper losses in the lower and inner margins filled. Repeated conflict during the second half of the18th century between Pennsylvania and Connecticut settlers in the Wyoming Valley originated from conflicting charters of those colonies. The ongoing dispute, known as the Pennamite-Yankee Wars, would not be resolved until after the Revolution. “An important and detailed review of the origin of the conflicting claims of Pennsylvania and Connecticut in the Wyoming valley” (Streeter). Evans 13629; Howes S690; Sabin 84605; Streeter Sale 976.
An Examination of the Connecticut Claim to Lands in Pennsylvania. With an Appendix, containing Extracts and Copies taken from Original Papers.
Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1774. [2], 94, 32 pp. 8vo (201 x 125 mm). Folding map. Modern morocco-backed marbled boards. Condition : folding map tissue-backed, title and first leaf restored with paper losses in the lower and inner margins filled. Repeated conflict during the second half of the18th century between Pennsylvania and Connecticut settlers in the Wyoming Valley originated from conflicting charters of those colonies. The ongoing dispute, known as the Pennamite-Yankee Wars, would not be resolved until after the Revolution. “An important and detailed review of the origin of the conflicting claims of Pennsylvania and Connecticut in the Wyoming valley” (Streeter). Evans 13629; Howes S690; Sabin 84605; Streeter Sale 976.
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