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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by richfed[/i] [br]This one may be of particular interest to our many Pennsylvania members ... [navy][i]Evolution Publishing [/i] is pleased to announce that the following new title from Wennawoods is now available from us: [u][b]Historical Map of Pennsylvania[/b] With a History of Indian Treaties and Land Titles[/u] Edited by P. W. Sheafer & Ron Wenning [i]The centerpiece of this beautifully produced hardcover book is a 38" x 25" color reproduction of the extraordinarily detailed Historical Map of Pennsylvania, originally published in 1875.[/i] Suitable for framing, this map visually explains the step-by-step, treaty-by-treaty acquisition of Indian land by settlers in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Details on the map include the Indian names of streams and villages, sites of old forts and battlefields, the successive purchase from the Indians, the names and dates of counties and towns, and copies of Indian hieroglyphics taken from spots along the Allegheny and Susquehanna Rivers. In addition, the book contains 144 pages of text which helps explain the treaty process. These include the History of Land Titles from the Annual Report of the Secretary of Pennsylvania Internal Affairs of 1894; an excerpt from the Indian Wars of Pennsylvania published in 1931; The Conference at Fort Pitt, April-May 1768 and details of the Purchase of Fort Stanwix Nov 5, 1768 originally published in the Pennsylvania Colonial Records Vol. IX of 1852; and Proceedings at a Treaty Held at Fort Stanwix In the Months of Oct. & Nov. 1768 from the Documents Relative to the State of New York, Vol. VIII, originally published in 1857. 2005 ~ 144pp + map ~ hardcover ~ 1-889037-37-0 ~ $44.95 Evolution Publishing is dedicated to bringing hard-to-find language resources back into general circulation with the goal of making them more accessible and readily available to the academic community and the public at large. For further information on this and similar books, visit: [url]http://www.evolpub.com/ECBookstore/EarlyFrontier.html#1889037370[/url][/navy] [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.