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Events on Friday 20 September 1737 2
1737Walking Purchase in PennsylvaniaProprietors use a staged walk to take Lenape landPennsylvania's proprietors relied on a disputed 1686 deed that granted land as far as a man could walk in a day and a half. They hired trained runners along a cleared path, who covered about 70 miles. As a result, the Lenape lost roughly 1.2 million acres in the Lehigh Valley.
1737Walking Purchase in PennsylvaniaProprietors use a staged walk to take Lenape landPennsylvania's proprietors relied on a disputed 1686 deed that granted land as far as a man could walk in a day and a half. They hired trained runners along a cleared path, who covered about 70 miles. As a result, the Lenape lost roughly 1.2 million acres in the Lehigh Valley.