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Correspondence Concerning Conestoga Manor (1737-1765)

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The following correspondence concerns the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in what is today Lancaster County. Manuscripts includes references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacres and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore. Original letters available at the Pennsylvania State Archives.

 
 We have currently digitized 28 manuscripts, arranged chronologically in the path below "Contents."
 

Contents of this path:

  1. Minutes of Contracts In Conestoga Manor, 1737-1760
  2. Tract of Land Situated in Conestoga Manor (January 18, 1752)
  3. John Ross to Richard Peters (February 24, 1757)
  4. George Stevenson Letter (April 12, 1757)
  5. George Stevenson Letter (May 28, 1757)
  6. George Stevenson Letter (January 16, 1758)
  7. George Stevenson Letter (March 2, 1759)
  8. George Stevenson to Richard Peters (December 29, 1759)
  9. Letter Concerning Conestoga Manor (January 18, 1760)
  10. George Stevenson to Richard Peters (January 24, 1760)
  11. George Stevenson Letter (February 2, 1760)
  12. George Stevenson to Richard Peters and Richard Hockley (April 23, 1760)
  13. George Stevenson Letter (April 24, 1760)
  14. George Stevenson to Richard Peters (March 14, 1761)
  15. George Stevenson to Richard Peters Concerning Blue Rock Plantation (March 14, 1761)
  16. George Stevenson to Richard Peters and Richard Hockley (August 10, 1761)
  17. Indenture For Lease of Blue Rock Farm (March 29, 1762)
  18. George Stevenson Letter (January 19, 1763)
  19. Andrew Tail Bond (January 19, 1763)
  20. Robert Beaty to Richard Hockley and William Peters (January 22, 1763)
  21. John Mitchel to William Peters ( March 14, 1763)
  22. Samuel Nelson to William Peters (March 24, 1763)
  23. John Whitmer to William Peters (January 16, 1764)
  24. Jacob Whistler Letter (March 12, 1764)
  25. Jacob Whistler to William Peters (April 9, 1764)
  26. John Miller and Robert Beaty Bond (April 3, 1765)
  27. Jacob Whistler Receipt in Conestoga Manor (undated)
  28. William Watson to William Peters (undated)

Contents of this tag:

  1. Manuscripts