FRANKFORT LAND COMPANY
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a company formed in 1686 of wealthy and distinguished persons of Germany and Holland. The members were chiefly Pietists, and they had intended coining to Pennsylvania themselves, but gave up the idea, so the colonists were led by Francis Daniel Pastorius, a lawyer and scholar. They came out in 1683, and began the foundation of Germantown the same year. Later the company was organized, and 25,000 acres were purchased from William Penn.
By John Franklin Jameson
