The Surveyor and the Silversmith: Land Speculation on the Frontier of Western Pennsylvania
C. Prentiss Orr$24.61
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Neither the Leni Lenape nor the Iroquois called the
land their own; for thousands of years, it had been
inhabited by a mysterious people for whom they
had no name. And, yet, white men like Daniel Leet,
William Crawford and George Washington surveyed
dense forests with measuring chains, tomahawks
at the ready, to claim hundreds of thousands of acres
simply because they could, because it was all God's
bounty, because, like silver or gold, it would provide
wealth far greater than any civilization had known
before. It was an ideal few would realize. But then,
one day, two families laid roots in the wilds of
western Pennsylvania...
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Explorditions LLC
Published: 09/15/2022
ISBN: 9798986099507
Pages: 472
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.95d