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Shackamaxon or Shakamaxon was a village inhabited by Delaware (Lenape)
Lenape

The Lenape are organized bands of Native Americans in the United States peoples with shared cultural and linguistic characteristics.These are the people who are living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the northern shore of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York Harbor in New York, at the t...
 Indians, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
. In 1682, William Penn
William Penn

William Penn was founder and "Absolute Proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the England North American colony and the future U.S. state of Pennsylvania....
 reportedly signed a treaty with the leaders of the Delaware village – although this treaty cannot be conclusively authenticated – under an ancient elm tree, which blew down in a storm in 1810. However, before William Penn's arrival, six Swedish families were found living here.






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Shackamaxon or Shakamaxon was a village inhabited by Delaware (Lenape)
Lenape

The Lenape are organized bands of Native Americans in the United States peoples with shared cultural and linguistic characteristics.These are the people who are living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the northern shore of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York Harbor in New York, at the t...
 Indians, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
. In 1682, William Penn
William Penn

William Penn was founder and "Absolute Proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the England North American colony and the future U.S. state of Pennsylvania....
 reportedly signed a treaty with the leaders of the Delaware village – although this treaty cannot be conclusively authenticated – under an ancient elm tree, which blew down in a storm in 1810. However, before William Penn's arrival, six Swedish families were found living here. The Swedes eventually sold out to the new English settlers. Shackamaxon would later become part of the Port Richmond
Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Port Richmond, also referred to as simply Richmond, is a neighbourhood in the Northeast Philadelphia section of the United States city Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
, Fishtown
Fishtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fishtown is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Located immediately northeast of Center City, its borders are somewhat disputed today due to many factors, but are roughly defined by the triangle created by the Delaware River, Frankford Avenue, and York Street....
, and Kensington
Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Kensington is a neighborhood located in the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Northeast Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, located just a couple of miles northeast of Center City, Philadelphia and just to the South of the Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania neighborhood....
 sections of Philadelphia. The supposed treaty has been immortalized in several works of art (in particular Benjamin West
Benjamin West

Benjamin West Royal Academy was an England-United States Painting of historical scenes around and after the time of the American Revolution. He was the second president of the Royal Academy serving from 1792 to 1805 and 1806 to 1820....
's paintings) and was mentioned by Voltaire
Voltaire

Fran?ois-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Age of Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosophy known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil liberty, including freedom of religion and free trade....
. The location of the elm tree is now a park, known as Penn Treaty Park
Penn Treaty Park

Penn Treaty Park is a small park on the western bank of the Delaware river, in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Fishtown. It is located at the intersection of Delaware Avenue and Beach street, just off Delaware avenue....
.

The Shackamaxon treaty is mentioned on several sites, such as Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the governmental agency of the Pennsylvania responsible for the collection, conservation and interpretation of Pennsylvania's historic heritage....
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