Wild Yankees: Settlement, conflict, and localism along Pennsylvania's northeast frontier, 1760-1820
Pennsylvania's northeast frontier---a region embraced by the upper reaches of the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers---was the scene of a bitter and, at times, bloody backwoods dispute. Here Yankees (settlers and speculators holding deeds from Connecticut land companies) fought Pennamites (settler...
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W&M ScholarWorks
1999
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623949 https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3550&context=etd |