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Pennsylvania, Treaties A treaty...by...Virginia and Maryland with...the indians of the Six Nations

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01711 Author/Creator: Pennsylvania, Treaties Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Pamphlet Date: 1744 Pagination: 39 p. : , folio Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Stab-stitched, uncut. Printed by Benjamin Franklin. First edition. The treaty was signed in June 1744. it renews allianace between Iroquois and Great Britain at the outbreak of hte French and Indian war. Boyd 3; Curtis/Cambell 84; Evans 5416; Hildeburn 907; Miller 364; Sabin 60736.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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