Plain facts : being an examination into the rights of the Indian nations of America, to their respective countries; and a vindication of the grant, from the Six united nations of Indians, to the proprietors of Indiana, against the decision of the legislature of Virginia; together with authentic documents, proving that the territory, westward of the Allegany mountain, never belonged to Virginia, &c.

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<p>Plain facts : being an examination into the rights of the Indian nations of America, to their respective countries; and a vindication of the grant, from the Six united nations of Indians, to the proprietors of Indiana, against the decision of the legislature of Virginia; together with authentic documents, proving that the territory, westward of the Allegany mountain, never belonged to Virginia, &c. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken, bookseller, in Market-Street three doors above the coffe-house, MDCCLXXXI [1781].</p>
<p>Signatures: [A]-W⁴</p>
<p>This pamphlet, which has been variously attributed to Anthony Benezet, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine, was prepared by Samuel Wharton, as is attested by P.E. Du Simitière in his note-books preserved in the Library of Congress. It relates to a large tract of land within all limits of the present state of West Virginia, granted by the Indians 1768 to certain traders, including Wharton, and called by them "Indiana."</p>
<p>The present pamphlet is an enlargement of one published by Wharton in 1776, under title: View of the title to Indiana. cf. Boston athenæum, Catalogue of the Washington collection, 1897, p. 223-224.</p>
<p>Errata: page [1] at end.</p>
<p>Rockefeller Library copy from the library of George Bancroft with his bookplate.</p>
<p>Names provided in manuscript on pages 51 and 100 have been excised from the Rockefeller Library copy.</p>

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