Jacob Whistler to William Peters (April 9, 1764) - 1
12020-03-01T08:33:52-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72002(annotation)plain2020-03-01T08:48:11-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aTo William Peters Esquire Philadelphia
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12019-07-04T17:27:09-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJacob Whistler to William Peters (April 9, 1764) - 12Letter to William Peters from Jacob [Whistler], 9 April 1764plain2019-07-08T14:11:40-07:001764Whistler, Jacob.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Record Group 17, Records of the Land Office. Records of the Secretary of the Land Office. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765 (series #17.320).Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre 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. For more information, visit http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/sd/r17sdc.htmManuscript.31Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
