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Graystones Forest is the location in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States, where William Penn met with members of the Lenape Indian tribe under a white oak tree in 1682 to negotiate the first land-purchase survey in Pennsylvania. [1]

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References

  1. Graystones ~ The Treaty for Pennsylvania, buckscountyintime blog, accessed November 25, 2015

Coordinates: 40°13′05″N74°47′11″W / 40.2181°N 74.7863°W / 40.2181; -74.7863