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By the Honourable George Thomas, Esq; lieutenant governor and commander in chief of the province of Pennsylvania ... A proclamation : Whereas by the express order of the Hon. the Proprietaries, no warrant or license has issued out of the land office for taking up or settling any lands in the county of Lancaster, to the westward of the Kittochtinny-Hills otherwise called the Endless or Blue Mountains ... Given at Philadelphia under my hand ... the fifth day of October 1742 ...

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1738-1747 : Thomas)
Other Authors:	Thomas, George, 1695?-1774
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 5032.
Subjects:	Squatters > Pennsylvania > Lancaster County. Squatter settlements > Pennsylvania > Lancaster County. Indians of North America > Land tenure > Pennsylvania. Lancaster County (Pa.) > History. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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