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Pennsylvania v. New York , was a case which were heard in 1972 before the U.S. Supreme Court. The initial filing was allowed at 407 U.S. 206 [ 1 ] and the final decision was ordered at 407 U.S. 223 (1972).
The Erie Triangle is a roughly 300-square-mile (780-square-kilometre) tract of land that was the subject of several competing colonial-era claims.It was eventually acquired by the U.S. federal government and sold to Pennsylvania so that the state would have access to a freshwater port on Lake Erie.
New Hampshire's claim upon the land was extinguished in 1764 by royal order of George III, and in 1790 the State of New York ceded its land claim to Vermont for 30,000 dollars. [6] New Jersey: No land claim farther west. Pennsylvania: Original land grant from King Charles II of England to William Penn was for the land between the 42nd parallel ...
In 1839, the last land in Western New York was sold off to local investors and settlers, and the Batavia office was closed. [2] Land sales in Pennsylvania were concluded in 1849, [7] and in 1856, the Philadelphia headquarters closed. [2] The company was formally dissolved in 1858. The town of Holland, New York was named after the company. [29]
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In 2006, Donna Schwartzbauer spent $15,000 on what she thought was a nice plot of land in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh.She decided to build a house on it and make it her ...
1797 Treaty of Big Tree with the Iroquois for lands in New York State west of the Genesee River The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was a significant blow to the Iroquois League. The Revolutionary War had significantly weakened the strength of the confederacy, and the negotiations at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix served to further divide them.
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