Item 39: The Susquehannah Company, 1753-1805, by J.P. Boyd, reprinted November 1931

Item — Box: 18, Folder: 12

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Item 39: Booklet on The Susquehannah Company, 1753-1803 by J.P. Boyd, reprinted November 1931

Dates

Created: reprinted November 1931

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Access:

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Book.

Condition Note:

Very poor.

Measurements:

6.5 x 8.5 in.

Title:

The Susquehannah Company 1753-1803.

Description:

A book detailing the history of those who settled Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley. This booklet begins in 1753 when Connecticut settlers were first moving to Pennsylvania land. It discusses how during the mid-18th century many of the surrounding colonies were trying to take or limit the land belonging to Thomas Penn. Thomas Penn was the proprietor of the colony of Pennsylvania, after the death of his father William Penn. After the Connecticut settlement to root the role of the settlement leader Zebulan Butler is discussed. Butler was a soldier in the American Revolution and part of the Susquehanna Company. When discussing the later 1700s the Paxton Boys are noted for causing problems between the Connecticut settlers, Native Americans, and Pennslyvanias. The Paxton Boys were a group of Connecticut colonists who massacred members of the Susquehannock nation called the Conestoga Massacre in 1764. This booklet concludes with Connecticut and Pennsylvania colonists trying to work out a peace treaty in the 1780s.