Item 78: A Broadside Printed by Z[achariah]. Poulson, [ca. 1801], of a Legal Act and Proclamation by Thomas McKean (Removed to Black Box #1), 1801 April 14
Item — Box: 12, Folder: 118
Dates
- Created: 1801 April 14
Creator
- Poulson, Zachariah, 1737-1804 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Legal act
Condition Note:
Fair. Item shows signs of age.
Measurement:
12 ¾ in. x 10 ¾ in.
Title:
A proclamation.
Description:
The following item depicts a printed broadside by Zacharish Poulson, circa 1801, of a proclamation and legal law signed by Thomas McKean, dated April 14, 1801. McKean’s proclamation mentions the previous legislation, a legal act to prevent intrusions on Pennsylvania lands by Connecticut claimants. In this proclamation, he urges the importance and need to expel Connecticut claimants from the lands and suggests that the Pennsylvania citizenry take up action in their hands as well as informers for the county. This proclamation is essentially a redress of McKean’s earlier act as governor, supporting the claim that Pennsylvania titles would trump all Connecticut claims previously held.
This broadside includes the entirety of the act printed following McKean’s proclamation, and an additional abridgment of the act passed.
The act addresses the original “act to prevent intrusions of Lands within the Counties of Northampton, Northumberland & Luzerne,” passed 1795 April 11, (item 12.108), which addressed Connecticut claims of trespass on the lands in question, namely Northampton, Northumberland, and Luzerne County. The act stipulates that any person claiming or settling on lands in these counties without a title or grant issued by the Pennsylvania powers is to be found guilt of trespass and tried in state courts. The act fined Connecticut settlers found guilty a sum of $200 with a possible imprisonment up to 12 months. This act was heard and signed by George Latimer, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Robert Hare, the Speaker of the Senate, and Thomas Mifflin, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Location:
Philadelphia
Transcription:
{Item is printed, no transcript required}
Creator
- Poulson, Zachariah, 1737-1804 (Person)
Repository Details
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu