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Review Of Buying America From The Indians: Johnson V. Mcintosh And The History Of Native Land Rights/The Trail Of Broken Treaties: Diplomacy In Indian Country From Colonial Times To Present., Marcus Gallo
Marcus Gallo
Review of Buying America from the Indians: Johnson v. McIntosh and the History of Native Land Rights/The Trail of Broken Treaties: Diplomacy in Indian Country from Colonial Times to Present, by Blake A. Watson.
'Fair Play Has Entirely Ceased And Law Has Taken Its Place': The Rise And Fall Of The Squatter Republic In The West Branch Valley Of The Susquehanna River, 1768-1800, Marcus Gallo
Marcus Gallo
The article presents a history of land tenure in Pennsylvania, focusing on the squatter settlements established by Scots-Irish immigrants near the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna River, known as the Fair Play region, from 1768 to 1800. The article details how the settlers established farms to lay claim to their lands, chronicles conflicts between squatters and Indians over land rights, and discusses how a tribunal known as the Fair Play Men were able to resolved disputes amongst settlers. Other topics include the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, a land sale negotiation between Pennsylvanians and members of the Haudenosaunee Indians, documents …
Review Of The Way Of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian And The Rural Enlightenment In Early America., Marcus Gallo
Review Of The Way Of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian And The Rural Enlightenment In Early America., Marcus Gallo
Marcus Gallo
Review of The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America, by John Fea.