THE SUSQUEHANNAH TITLE STATED AND EXAMINED, IN A SERIES OF NUMBERS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE WESTERN STAR, AND NOW RE-PUBLISHED, IN THIS FORM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, AND ALL PERSONS CONCERNED IN PARTICULAR
- Catskill [NY]: Mackay Croswell, 1796
Catskill [NY]: Mackay Croswell, 1796. 12mo. 115, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Margins trimmed close to, but not touching, text. Good+.
"Bidwell, a one-time Yale tutor and an associate of Thomas Jefferson, later became involved in political scandals and absconded to Canada. He was a brilliant jurist and here writes a legal and historical examination of the claim of Connecticut to the Wyoming Valley, supporting the Colonists' right and title" [Eberstadt].
The document vindicates Connecticut's legal struggle to perfect title to western lands in a large tract along the Susquehannah River, comprising a substantial chunk of Pennsylvania. The Susquehannah Company, formed in Connecticut in 1753, proposed to settle the area with Connecticut citizens, and so ignited violent conflict with Pennsylvania claimants.
"This pamphlet was 'especially worthwhile for its discussion of the decision by the Commissioners of the Conferation [sic] made at Trenton, New Jersey' (Streeter) which argued in favor of Pennsylvania" [Reese]. Connecticut finally ceded the land to Pennsylvania in 1800.
Reese, Federal Hundred 56. Evans 30091. Streeter Sale 982. Howes B431aa. 167 Eberstadt 427.
"Bidwell, a one-time Yale tutor and an associate of Thomas Jefferson, later became involved in political scandals and absconded to Canada. He was a brilliant jurist and here writes a legal and historical examination of the claim of Connecticut to the Wyoming Valley, supporting the Colonists' right and title" [Eberstadt].
The document vindicates Connecticut's legal struggle to perfect title to western lands in a large tract along the Susquehannah River, comprising a substantial chunk of Pennsylvania. The Susquehannah Company, formed in Connecticut in 1753, proposed to settle the area with Connecticut citizens, and so ignited violent conflict with Pennsylvania claimants.
"This pamphlet was 'especially worthwhile for its discussion of the decision by the Commissioners of the Conferation [sic] made at Trenton, New Jersey' (Streeter) which argued in favor of Pennsylvania" [Reese]. Connecticut finally ceded the land to Pennsylvania in 1800.
Reese, Federal Hundred 56. Evans 30091. Streeter Sale 982. Howes B431aa. 167 Eberstadt 427.
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THE SUSQUEHANNAH TITLE STATED AND EXAMINED, IN A SERIES OF NUMBERS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE WESTERN STAR, AND NOW RE-PUBLISHED, IN THIS FORM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, AND ALL PERSONS CONCERNED IN PARTICULAR
Author
[Bidwell, Barnabas]
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Mackay Croswell: Catskill [NY]
Date
1796