Francis Daniel Pastorius, His Hive, Melliotrophium Alvear or Rusca Apium, Begun Anno Domini or in the year of Christian account 1696, [Germantown, Pa., 1696-1719].

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Francis Daniel Pastorius, His Hive, Melliotrophium Alvear or Rusca Apium, Begun Anno Domini or in the year of Christian account 1696, [Germantown, Pa., 1696-1719].

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Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 1651-1719

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Francis Daniel Pastorius (1651-1719) was a German settler of Colonial Pennsylvania. As the agent for the Frankfort Land Company, he came to Philadelphia in 1683 to purchase land tracts for German settlers. This land was later known as Germantown. In 1708, John Henry Sprogel attempted to dispossess many of the German settlers. Pastorious settled the legal dispute in favor of the settlers. From the description of Frankfort Land Company papers, 1683-1721. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat ...