[7] "Eleanor Coldren's Deposition," _Now and Then_, XII (1959), 220-222. The deposition reads "That in the Spring of 1775, Henry Antes and Cookson Long, two of the Fair-Play Men, with others, were at the deponent's house...." [8] Oscar T. Barck, Jr. and Hugh T. Lefler, _Colonial America_ (New York, 1958), pp. 258-260. Although Barck and Lefler indicate in this section on "The Colonial Franchise" that universal suffrage did not prevail in the colonies, they do note the significance of "free land," of which Fair Play territory was an excellent example. [9] _Ibid_, p. 260. [10] William Cooke to James Tilghman, _Pennsylvania Archives_, First Series, XII, 286-287. [11] _Pennsylvania Archives_, Fourth Series, III, 545-546. [12] _Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania_ (Harrisburg, 1896), I, 390, 392, 394-418. [13] Smith, _Laws_, II, 195. [14] Linn, "Indian Land and Its Fair-Play Settlers," p. 424. This six weeks provision is noted in the deposition of John Sutton in the case of _William Greer_ vs. _William Tharpe_, dated March 13, 1797. [15] _Ibid._, 422. Bratton Caldwell, one of the Fair Play men, indicates this practice in his deposition in the _Greer_ vs. _Tharpe_ case. [16] "Eleanor Coldren's Deposition," pp. 220-222. [17] Linn, "Indian Land and Its Fair-Play Settlers," pp. 422-424. William King, in his deposition taken March 15, 1801, in _Huff_ vs. _Satcha_ [sic], in the Circuit Court of Lycoming County, notes the use of a company of militia, of which he was an officer, to eject a settler. Linn errs in his reference to the defendant as "Satcha." The man's name was Latcha, according to the Appearance Docket Commencing 1797, No. 2, Lycoming County. [18] _See_ nn. 6 and 7, p. 33. [19] Smith, _Laws_, II, 195. _See also_, pp. 31 and 32, this chapter, in which the excerpt from this source is quoted verbatim. [20] _Supra_, p. 33. [21] _Infra_, Chapter Six. The question of leadership in conjunction with the problems of this frontier is discussed in Chapter Six. [22] The Appearance Dockets and Files were checked for Northumberland County from 1784 to 1795 and for Lycoming County from 1795 to 1801. These records, obtained in the offices of the respective prothonotaries, produced thirty-seven cases in Northumberland and twenty-two in Lycoming County dealing with former Fair Play settlers. Unfortunately, only four were reviews of actual Fair Play decisions. [23] Northumberland County originated in 1772 and Lycoming County in 1795. Clinton County was not created until 1839. [24] Meginness, _Otzinachson_ (Philadelphia, 1857), p. 172.