Walking Purchase

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The Walking Purchase was a controversial 1737 land deal in colonial Pennsylvania in which Penn family officials fraudulently expanded their claim to Lenape territory by exploiting a dubious agreement based on how far men could walk in a day and a half.

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Treaty of Shackamaxon relatedTo Walking Purchase