Wild Yankees: Settlement, conflict, and localism along Pennsylvania's northeast frontier, 1760-1820

Pennsylvania's northeast frontier---a region embraced by the upper reaches of the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers---was the scene of a bitter and, at times, bloody backwoods dispute. Here Yankees (settlers and speculators holding deeds from Connecticut land companies) fought Pennamites (settler...

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Main Author: Moyer, Paul Benjamin
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 1999
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623949
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3550&context=etd