Group or institution
Penn family
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Years
- 1768
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Penn family, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
1768Role: Proprietors of Pennsylvania whose land claims were settled
- Signing of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Haudenosaunee representatives and British negotiators signed the treaty at Fort Stanwix on November 5, 1768, with colonial observers present.
- Establishment of the Line of Property and Land Cessions
The treaty established a boundary line along the Ohio River, ceding Kentucky and most of present West Virginia to the British Crown.
- Settlement of Pennsylvania Land Claims and the New Purchase
The treaty settled land claims between the Six Nations and the Penn family, with acquired Pennsylvania lands known as the New Purchase.
- Signing of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Sources
- Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22