Plain facts
Subtitle: 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.
Series: [Wolcott pamphlets, v. 3, no. 1]
Publisher: R. Aitken
Published: 1781
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Indiana grant; Walpole grant; Iroquois Indians -- Land tenure; Indian land transfers -- West Virginia
Notes: Signatures: [A]-W⁴ (last leaf, probably blank, wanting)
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 the limits of the present state of West Virginia, granted by the Indians in 1768 to certain traders, including Wharton, and called by them "Indiana." 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.