Frankfort Land Company papers, 1683-1721.

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Frankfort Land Company papers, 1683-1721.

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This collection includes photocopies of papers relating to Francis Daniel Pastorius in his role as agent for the Frankfort Land Company. In particular they refer to the legal dispute over the ownership of the land in 1708.

15 folders.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7352866

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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 ...

Frankfort Land Company.

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