Pennsylvania Indian Traders:James and Thomas Harris

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Documentation

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Pennsylvania Indian Traders

Indian Trading Posts of Pennsylvania

Based on The Early Traders of Conestoga, Donegal, and Paxtang, in Hanna, 1911, The Wilderness Trail

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:The Setting

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:Earliest Pennsylvania Traders

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:List of Sketches

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:1718 Tax Assessment

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:License Lists

Pennsylvania Indian Traders:Trading Paths

USGENWEB

Sketch

James and Thomas Harris were Traders in Lancaster County before 1730. The former had his trading post near James Le Tort's, about two miles west of what is now Maytown. The latter established himself on Conewago Creek, where the Conestoga and Paxtang path crossed. He became one of the wealthiest of the Traders. Before the Revolution he removed to Harford County, Maryland, and from thence to Baltimore. Some of his sons served as officers in the Revolutionary army. James Hamilton, of Leacock Township, was also a Trader on Conewago Creek; and extended his operations to the Ohio.