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12019-07-04T18:37:48-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72004image_header2019-07-08T13:37:11-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThe 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:
12019-07-04T17:32:18-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aMinutes of Contracts In Conestoga Manor, 1737-17604(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:38:50-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:27:10-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Ross to Richard Peters (February 24, 1757)2Letter to Richard Peters from John Ross, 24 February 1757plain2019-07-08T13:41:46-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:11:22-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (April 12, 1757)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:42:21-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:05:29-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (May 28, 1757)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:43:48-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:04:12-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (January 16, 1758)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:45:04-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:02:13-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (March 2, 1759)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:46:34-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:47:46-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson to Richard Peters (December 29, 1759)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:49:45-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:44:40-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson to Richard Peters (January 24, 1760)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:52:36-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:10:09-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (February 2, 1760)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:53:55-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:08:25-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (April 24, 1760)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:55:58-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:42:07-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson to Richard Peters (March 14, 1761)3(path)gallery2019-07-08T13:57:14-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:13:27-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aIndenture For Lease of Blue Rock Farm (March 29, 1762)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:02:57-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:07:01-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aGeorge Stevenson Letter (January 19, 1763)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:04:59-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:17:11-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aAndrew Tail Bond (January 19, 1763)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:06:06-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:27:09-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Mitchel to William Peters ( March 14, 1763)2Letter to William Peters from John Mitchel, 14 March 1763plain2019-07-08T14:08:19-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:38:15-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aSamuel Nelson to William Peters (March 24, 1763)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:08:39-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:34:49-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Whitmer to William Peters (January 16, 1764)3(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:09:34-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:27:13-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJacob Whistler Letter (March 12, 1764)2Letter from Jacob [Whistler], 12 March 1764plain2019-07-08T14:10:56-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:39:51-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJacob Whistler to William Peters (April 9, 1764)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:11:17-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T18:16:08-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJohn Miller and Robert Beaty Bond (April 3, 1765)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:12:24-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:27:07-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJacob Whistler Receipt in Conestoga Manor (undated)2Receipt For Jacob Whistler, "10 acres next the Indian town"plain2019-07-08T14:13:45-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
12019-07-04T17:36:42-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aWilliam Watson to William Peters (undated)2(path)gallery2019-07-08T14:14:07-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
