Item 34: Lackawanna Historical Society Publication No.7, “Early Land Titles of North Eastern Pennsylvania”, by William Alonzo Wilcox, 1925

Item — Box: 18, Folder: 7

Staff Only

Dates

Created: 1925

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Academic paper

Condition Note:

Good.

Measurements:

9 in. x 6 in.

Title:

Early Land Titles of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Description:

Historical paper on land in Northeastern, Pennsylvania. This was written by William Alonzo Wilcox, and read on February14, 1922 before the Lackawanna Historical Society. Wilcox was a Scranton local and a member of the Lackawanna Historical Society. He was a historian, who wrote extensively of the Northeast Pennsylvania region. His most well-known is “A Wilcox-Brown-Medbery Genealogy” published in 1902.This booklet is about the land disputes between Pennsylvania and Connecticut. It also covers individuals who owned land in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It begins with why both states believed they were the owners of this land. Wilcox describes the three Yankee-Pennamite wars that took place because of this. The first of these wars took place from 1769- 1770.