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Lenape land sales, treaties and wampum belts

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15517
Author
Becker, Marshall Joseph
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.108
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Responsibility
by Marshall Joseph Becker.
Author
Becker, Marshall Joseph
Physical Description
351-356 p.
Notes
In: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.108 (1984)
This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.
Summary
"Even the earliest contacts between European traders and native peoples made the question of land holdings and land sales an important issue. The extensive records pertaining to Lenape sales of land to various European merchants and settlers enable us to document in great detailthe processes involved. From these data we also can extract the basicrules reflecting native ideas relating to their land holdings and use." [from the text]
Subjects
Penn, William.
Delaware Indians
Wampum.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.108
Websites
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Pre-Penn settlements of the Deaware Valley; Lenape, Dutch, and Swedes in the Delaware Valley of the 17th century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12225
Author
Becker, Marshall Joseph
Call Number
905.29 GSP v.32
Responsibility
{by} Marshall Joseph Becker.
Author
Becker, Marshall Joseph
Physical Description
227-234 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, v.32 (1981-1982).
Subjects
Rambo, Peter.
Dutch - Delaware
Swedes - Delaware
Lenape Indians.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.29 GSP v.32
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