Bruce Cable

“Native Americans sold all of the land within the present boundaries of Pennsylvania-45,045 square miles, or a little less than 29 million acres-to William Penn, his heirs, and the State of Pennsylvania in a series of thirty-three treaties executed between 1682 and 1792.”
― Francis Fox, Sweet Land of Liberty: The Ordeal of the American Revolution in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

“Pennsylvanians cast their votes at 41 polling places, compared with 11 before the Revolution. James T. Mitchell and Henry Flanders, comps., The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1809 (Harrisburg, Pa., 1896-1915) (hereafter Statute, 9:114-23.”
― Francis Fox, Sweet Land of Liberty: The Ordeal of the American Revolution in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

“The best account of events in Pennsylvania leading up to the Declaration of Independence is found in David Freeman Hawke, In the Midst of a Revolution (1961; reprint, Westport,Conn., 1980).”
― Francis Fox, Sweet Land of Liberty: The Ordeal of the American Revolution in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

“A more precise
description of Levers's duties may be found under the general order of January 1, 1778, Barrack Master General's Office, PCC, M247, r99,i7, v15,417.”
― Francis Fox, Sweet Land of Liberty: The Ordeal of the American Revolution in Northampton County, Pennsylvania