Leedstown

Westmoreland County · dedicated 1962 · Rte. 637 at entrance to Leedstown Campground

Here at the then thriving port of Leedstown on February 27, 1766, ten years before the Declaration of Independence, the Leedstown Resolutions (or Westmoreland Association) were drawn. This association, a protest against the Stamp Act and a pledge of mutual aid in event of its execution, was signed by 115 men from Westmoreland and surrounding counties.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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