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1. dhayton.haverford.edu › blog › 2011/10/12Marketing a Colony—William Penn’s Maps of Pennsylvania

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   Oct 12, 2011 · A Map of some of the South and Eastbounds of Pennsylvania in America, being Partly Inhabited (1681), drawn by John Thornton for William Penn (Source: Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College) In 1681, William Penn received the Pennsylvania charter. To make money, he needed land buyers so [he] began an extensive campaign to advertise ...

2. berkshistory.org › article › the-palatine-migrationThe Palatine Migration — 1723: From Schoharie to Tulpehocken

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   The most illustrious Palatine, Conrad Weiser the younger, did not go with this group to Pennsylvania -not until 1729-but he was much concerned in the venture. In his Autobiography (not published until 1875) he states definitely, though too briefly, that the fifteen families floated down the Susquehanna in canoes (dugouts), up the Swatara, and then moved on to the Tulpehocken, “and drove ...

3. guides.libraries.psu.edu › cMaps - Indigenous Peoples in Pennsylvania History - Library ...

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   Jun 26, 2024 · Historic PA Maps on the Web. Historical Maps of Pennsylvania [mapsofpa.com] Images of the region and state from the 16th to the 21st centuries. Many of these maps are part of a gift to Penn State by Harold J. Cramer. Collection of Pennsylvania Maps. Links to PA county formation history, antique atlases and maps, D.O.T. county road maps, and ...

4. storymaps.arcgis.com › stories › e0e2717cbe304ada862Pennsylvania - ArcGIS StoryMaps

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5. www.mapsofpa.com › article1Placing Pennsylvania on the Map: The First Steps

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   Jul 3, 2024 · This petition was granted in August, 1682. Explaining the 1681 Map. The latitude on the 1681 Thornton & Seller Pennsylvania map is an anomaly within the cartography of the time, and the subsequent time, effort, ill-will and expense in litigating the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary made it a costly anomaly.

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6. sites.temple.edu › tudsc › 2021/05/14Using GIS to Map Settler Colonialism in Pennsylvania - Sites

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   May 14, 2021 · Using the digital mapping tool, QGIS, I created a map of Pennsylvania cities, towns and incorporated boroughs under a pointillist approach. The goal was to represent Pennsylvania’s settlement expansion in relation to native historic markers and land purchases, serving as an educational tool for Pennsylvania’s colonial history and help educate others about native lands and rights.

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   Why did William Penn create a map of Pennsylvania?

   • Clearly this map was intended to sell people on Penn’s new colony. In 1681, William Penn received the Pennsylvania charter. To make money, he needed land buyers so [he] began an extensive campaign to advertise Pennsylvania and its unsettled lands.

   Marketing a Colony—William Penn’s Maps of Pennsylvania

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   How did William Penn make money?

   • In 1681, William Penn received the Pennsylvania charter. To make money, he needed land buyers so [he] began an extensive campaign to advertise Pennsylvania and its unsettled lands. His project included commissioning cartographers John Thornton and John Seller to construct a large map of Pennsylvania to sell in shops throughout Britian.

   Marketing a Colony—William Penn’s Maps of Pennsylvania

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   Why did Thomas Holme create a map of Pennsylvania?

   • The map also had to be accessible to prospective European colonists curious in buying land in the New World. Thomas Holme, Penn’s Surveyor-General, was commissioned to design it. Over the course of several years, Penn sent out deputy-surveyors to collect data on smaller portions of Pennsylvania.

   Marketing a Colony—William Penn’s Maps of Pennsylvania

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   Why did William Penn need Indian partners?

   • William Penn, the Quaker founder and proprietor, desperately needed Indian partners. New York and Connecticut each claimed territory south of where Pennsylvania fixed its northern border, while Maryland’s Charles Calvert (1637-1715), Lord Baltimore, hotly disputed the location of Pennsylvania’s southern boundary.

   Native American-Pennsylvania Relations 1681-1753

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   Why did William Penn buy land?

   • The initial purchase of land to settle Pennsylvania by William Penn. Negotiated between Great Britain and Sweden, with Britain taking over new Sweden’s claimed land. A small purchase of land to resolve some issues between the Lenape and William Penn, allotting to this border the 1683 purchase.

   Using GIS to Map Settler Colonialism in Pennsylvania

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   Why did Pennsylvania remove the Lenape?

   • The Lenape were forced to allow the colony to take a certain tract of land that could be walked in a day. Pennsylvania scouted the land previously and were able to take much more than expected, and later removed the Lenape from the land despite the treaty forbidding it.

   Using GIS to Map Settler Colonialism in Pennsylvania

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8. philadelphiaencyclopedia.org › essays › nativeNative American-Pennsylvania Relations 1681-1753

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   Native American-Pennsylvania Relations 1681-1753. By Michael Goode. Indian-brokered alliances more than Quaker pacifism anchored the “long peace” in the decades that followed Pennsylvania’s founding in 1681. The Iroquois Covenant Chain and the Lenapes’ treaties with William Penn (1644-1718) established the diplomatic parameters that ...