Treaty of Shackamaxon

"[1] William Penn, who had been granted a land charter by King Charles II, arrived in North America in late October 1682.

[3] Curators of the Philadelphia History Museum at Atwater Kent claim that a wampum belt in their possession serves as authentication that such a meeting did indeed take place; however, the wampum belt cannot prove or disprove whether the Lenni Lenape and the colony came to a formal agreement, and if so, what the provisions of such an agreement entailed.

The location traditionally associated with the treaty was a meeting place near the Delaware River used by the Lenape Native American tribe.

Six Swedish families were recorded as living in this area before Penn's arrival and sold their properties to the English settlers.

The event was depicted in several works of art (most notably, Benjamin West's paintings) and was mentioned by the French author Voltaire.