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Peaceable kingdom lost : the Paxton Boys and the destruction of William Penn's holy experiment

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Author: Kenny, Kevin,

Date of Publication: 2009.

Call Number: 974.802 K36

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Responsibility: Kevin Kenny.

ISBN: 9780195331509; 0195331508; 9780199753949; 0199753946

Author: Kenny, Kevin,

Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York

Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication: 2009.

Physical Description: viii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.

Contents: pt. 1. False dawn -- Newcomers -- Settlers and squatters -- Expansion -- Fraud -- A hunger for land -- pt. 2. Theatre of bloodshed and rapine -- Braddock's defeat -- Pennsylvania goes to war -- Negotiations -- Westward journeys -- Conquest -- pt. 3. Zealots -- Indian uprising -- Rangers -- Conestoga Indiantown -- Lancaster workhouse -- Panic in Philadelphia -- pt. 4. A war of words -- The Declaration and Remonstrance -- A proper spirit of jealousy and revenge -- Christian white savages -- Under the tyrant's foot -- pt. 5. Unraveling -- Killers -- Mercenaries -- Revolutionaries -- Appendix : Identifying the Conestoga Indians.

Summary: "William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with disastrous consequences for Native Americans ... Based on extensive research in eighteenth-century primary sources, this ... history offers an eye-opening look at how colonists--at first, the backwoods Paxton Boys but later the U.S. government--expropriated Native American lands, ending forever the dream of colonists and Indians living together in peace."--Jacket.

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718 - Philosophy.; Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Paxton Boys.; Vigilantes - Pennsylvania; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania; Culture conflict - Pennsylvania; Culture conflict.; Indians of North America.; Philosophy.; Race relations.; Vigilantes.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 18th century.; Pennsylvania.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 K36

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Massacre of the Conestoga Indians by the Paxtang Boys--a poem

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1931

MASSACRE OF THE CONESTOGA INDIANS BY THE PAXTANG BOYS-A POEM By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XVIII, pp. 169-185, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster 1 County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled, "Mas- sacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763: Incidents and Details." In this paper the

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1931

Physical Description: 69-70 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 3

Subjects: Conestoga Indians.; Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 3 (1931), p. 69-70Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35

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Massacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763 : incidents and details

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Author: Bausman, Lottie M.

Date of Publication: 1914

MASSACRE OF THE CONES- TOGA INDIANS, 1763. INCIDENTS AND DETAILS. The events which preceded the massacre of the Conestoga Indians, the French and Indian war, followed by Pontiac's war, and the plundering and murdering of defenseless famil- ies of the frontier settlements, tend- ed to accentuate the

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Responsibility: by Miss Lottie M. Bausman.

Author: Bausman, Lottie M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1914

Physical Description: 169-185 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 7

Subjects: Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 7 (1914), p. 169-185Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18

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Did Pennsylvania have a middle ground? Examining Indian-White Relations on the eighteenth-century Pennsylvania frontier

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Author: Barr, Daniel P.

Responsibility: by Daniel P. Barr.

Author: Barr, Daniel P.

Physical Description: p. 337-363.

Notes: "A Review Essay."

Subjects: White, Richard.; Merrell, James.; Ward, Matthew.; Merritt, Jane T.; Griffin, Patrick.; Silver, Peter.; Kenny, Kevin.; Camenzind, Krista.; Preston, David.; Moyer, Paul.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Paxton Boys.; Indians of North America; North America - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; North America - Civilization - Indian influences.; North American Indians - Relations with white persons, to 1775

Contained In: v. 136, no. 4, October 2012.Lancaster History Library - Book905.748 HSP v. 136, no. 4

Photocopy

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Collection: Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers

Title: Photocopies (2) of items originally printed in The Gentleman's Magazine

Object ID: MG0614_F01

Date Range: 1764, 1795

Collection: Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers

Title: Photocopies (2) of items originally printed in The Gentleman's Magazine

Description: Photocopies (2) of items originally printed in The Gentleman's Magazine. The original items are housed in Folder 4.; 1. Photocopy of "Account of the Murder of a Tribe of Indians in Pennsylvania," by Benjamin Franklin and submitted by "J. H." The Gentleman's Magazine, St. John's Gate, London, pages 173 to 178. The account provides a narrative of the Conestoga Massacre, decries the act, emphasizes that the victims were ostensibly under English protection, and unfavorably compares the massacre to guest right customs of other cultures. April 1764. Text varies slightly from the original pamphlet and from the reprint in The London Chronicle or Universal Evening Post, April 1764.; 2. Photocopy of "A Letter from Pennsylvania to a Friend in England; containing valuable Information with Respect to America," by L. S. Jardine, M.D., The Gentleman's Magazine, St. John's Gate, London, pages 1024 to 1025. Generally favorable description of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. This letter advertises Northumberland County as a developing community, a juxtaposition to the frontier described thirty years earlier. December 1795.

Admin/Biographical History: This collection contains items related to the Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre. April 1764 issue of The Gentleman's Magazine includes article on massacre by Benjamin Franklin. 10 January entry in Charles Mason's diary contains discussion of massacre. Manuscript copy of remonstrance, signed by Matthew Smith and James Gibson and sent to Governor John Penn, lays out grievances against provincial government and justifies attacks on Native Americans.

Date Range: 1764, 1795

Creation Date: 1764, 1795

Date of Accumulation: 1764, 1795

Creator: LancasterHistory

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Franklin, Benjamin; Jardine, L. S.

Subjects: Conestoga Indians; Paxton Boys; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763; Northumberland County (Pa.); Letters

Search Terms: Conestoga Massacre; Gentleman's Magazine; Indigenous peoples; London Chronicle; Murder; Native Americans; Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Paxton Boys; Persons of color; Universal Evening Post

Extent: 1 box, 5 folders,1 clamshell box on shelf,.25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Photocopy

Language: English

Object ID: MG0614_F01

Associated Material: Please see See Digital Paxton: Digital Collection, Critical Edition, and Teaching Platform for digital copies and transcriptions of orginal documents; related publications and scholary works; and educational materials; http://digitalpaxton.org/works/digital-paxton/introduction?path=index

Related Item Notes: Please see the collections catalog for published works about the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre.; https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.; Note: See Digital Paxton: Digital Collection, Critical Edition, and Teaching Platform for historical overviews and additional information,; http://digitalpaxton.org/works/digital-paxton/introduction?path=index

Credit: Papers regarding the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre Collection (MG-614), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-614

Other Number: MG-614, Folder 1

Classification: MG0614

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to PP on 11 August 2017.

"The rage of opposing government" : the Stump affair of 1768

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Author: Ries, Linda A.

Date of Publication: 1984

Call Number: 974.843 CCH v.1, no.1

Responsibility: by Linda A. Ries.

Author: Ries, Linda A.

Place of Publication: Carlisle, Pa

Publisher: Cumberland County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1984

Physical Description: p. 21 - 45 ; 23 cm.

Series: Cumberland County History ; v.1, no.1

Subjects: Stump, Frederick.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Stump Affair, Pa., 1768.; Pennsylvania - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 974.843 CCH v.1, no.1

Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

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Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Date of Publication: 1908.

Call Number: 974.8011 E75

Responsibility: by H. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: 1908.

Physical Description: 2 p. Î²., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.

Notes: LCHS copy inscribed by author.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Susquehanna Indians.; Conestoga Indians.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 E75

Pacifists, Paxton and politics : colonial Pa., 1763-1768

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Author: Ulle, Robert F.

Call Number: 905.748 PMH v. 1 no. 4

Responsibility: by Robert F. Ulle.

Author: Ulle, Robert F.

Physical Description: P. 18 - 21.

Notes: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 1, no. 4 (October 1978).

Subjects: Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600 - 1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - Colonial period, ca. 1600 - 1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 PMH v. 1 no. 4

Lebanon County in the French and Indian War : a compilation of stories

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Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 974.819 L441 v.19 no.1

Place of Publication: Lebanon, Pa

Publisher: Lebanon County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 41 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents: Introduction /Beverly Manbeck--Lebanon County in the 1750's /Beverly Manbeck--250th anniversary of difficult colonial days, Fort Swatara in the French and Indian War/Bruce D. Bomberger--The Journal of Lieut. Philip Marzloff at Ft. Swatara /Ralph S. Shay--Early settlers in the "Hohl"/Alice Behney Spayd--The Paxton Boys/James A. Dibert.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Paxton Boys.; Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.

Additional Author: Manbeck, Beverly.; Bomberger, Bruce D.; Shay, Ralph S.; Spayd, Alice Behney.; Dibert, James A.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.819 L441 v.19 no.1

Rev. John Elder and identity in the Pennsylvania backcountry

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Author: Yeager, Kevin.

Author: Yeager, Kevin.

Physical Description: p. 470=471.

Summary: Elder was minister at the Paxton Presbyterian church near Harrisburg.He exchanged numerous letters with Governor John Penn, Colonel Joseph Shippen, and other government officials, providing information on conditions in the backcountry. The author believes the letters show how the frontier residents struggled with their identity. They felt that they were viewed as renegades on the frontier, because of their actions against the Conestoga indians and they felt they were being disrespected when referred to as Scotch Irish. He suggests that further study of this identity issue would be worthwhile.

Subjects: Elder, John.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Paxton Boys.; Indians of North America; Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania.; North American Indians - Relations with white persons, to 1775

Contained In: v. 136, no. 4, October 2012.Lancaster History Library - Book905.748 HSP v. 136, no. 4

Letter to farmers in Pennsylvania: John Dickinson writes to the Paxton Boys

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Author: Calvert, Jane E.

Author: Calvert, Jane E.

Physical Description: 475-477.

Summary: The article refers to a 17 page letter that John Dickinson wrote to the Paxton Boys in 1764. It follows that group's murder of the Conestoga Indians of Lancaster, PA. The letter is not shown, but the author is making the point that Dickinson, a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, was trying to persuade the group not to move against the Moravian Indians near Philadelphia by appealing to the Paxton's own self interest and showing understanding for their concerns and motivations.

Subjects: Dickinson, John.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Paxton Boys.; Indians of North America; North America - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; North America - Civilization - Indian influences.; North American Indians - Relations with white persons, to 1775

Contained In: v. 136, no. 4, October 2012.Lancaster History Library - Book905.748 HSP v. 136, no. 4

The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

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Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Date of Publication: 1929.

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Author: Sipe, C. Hale

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: The Telegraph Press,

Date of Publication: 1929.

Physical Description: 793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.

Notes: Tail-pieces.; "Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]; "Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.; "Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.; "List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.; Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America; Fortification - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 S618w

Conoy Indian town site marked

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1933

about / 1718 to 1743 / and / Peter Bezaillion / 1662- 1742 / noted French trader and / Indian interpreter whose trail / to this place known as / Peter's Road / was used as a boundary line of / five of the original townships [Map of Peter's Road through �Northern Lancaster County] Marked by The Lancaster

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1933

Physical Description: [106]-112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 37, no. 4

Subjects: Bezaillion, Peter, - 1662-1742.; Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); Conoy Indian Town (Lancaster County, Pa.); Peters Road (Lancaster, Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 37, number 4 (1933), p. 106-112Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.37

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The Paxtang boys : a characteristic letter of Rev. John Elder

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Call Number: 974.8005 E31 3rd series, v.1

Physical Description: 330-332 p.

Notes: In: Egle's Notes & Queries, 3rd Series, v.1.

Subjects: Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca1600-1775.

Additional Author: Elder, John.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 974.8005 E31 3rd series, v.1

The "cloven foot" rediscovered : the historiography of the Conestoga Massacre through three centuries of scholarship

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Author: Schock, Edwin Thomas.

Date of Publication: 1994.

Paxton Boys: Murderers of the Conestoga Indians." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, vol. 87, no. 3 (1983), p. 324; J.I. Mombert, An Authentic History of Lancaster County in the State of Pennsylvania. (Lancaster, PA: J.E. Barr and Company, 1869), pp. 188-189; Joseph P. Kelley

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Responsibility: by Edwin Thomas Schock, Jr.

Author: Schock, Edwin Thomas.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: [99]-112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 96, no. 3

Subjects: Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Paxton Boys.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 96, number 3 (1994), p. 99-112Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.96

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Offscourings of the Scotch Irish

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Author: MacMaster, Richard K.

Date of Publication: 2013.

Responsibility: by Richard K. MacMaster.

Author: MacMaster, Richard K.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory.org,

Date of Publication: 2013.

Physical Description: 14-25 p.

Notes: An interpretation of "A Scene in the First Act of the New Farce. Published as a Specimen. ... Printed: in the first Year of the New Hergira Secundus, the Paxtonian Expedition." Text of play precedes the article.

Subjects: Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Paxton Boys.; Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Farces.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 115, number 1/2 (2013), p. 14-25Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.115

The Indian town site at Washington Boro

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Date of Publication: 1925

Title: The Indian town site at Washington Boro. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Chartier, Martin, d. 1718. Shawnee Indians. Indians of North America--Funeral customs and rites. French Americans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Washington Boro (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1925

Physical Description: 101-104 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 8

Subjects: Chartier, Martin, - d. 1718.; Shawnee Indians.; Indians of North America; French Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Washington Boro (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 8 (1925), p. 101-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29