<Tr> <Th> Allentown </Th> <Td> 36 / 20 </Td> <Td> 40 / 22 </Td> <Td> 49 / 29 </Td> <Td> 61 / 39 </Td> <Td> 72 / 48 </Td> <Td> 80 / 58 </Td> <Td> 84 / 63 </Td> <Td> 82 / 61 </Td> <Td> 75 / 53 </Td> <Td> 64 / 41 </Td> <Td> 52 / 33 </Td> <Td> 40 / 24 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="13"> Sources: </Td> </Tr> <P> Long before the Commonwealth was visited and later settled by Europeans, the area was home to subgroups of the Delaware (also known as Lenni Lenape), Susquehannock, Iroquois, Eriez, Shawnee, and still other American Indian Nations of uncertain designation . The Tuscarora Nation took up temporary residence in the central portion of Pennsylvania ca . 1715--55 . </P> <P> Both the Dutch and the English claimed both sides of the Delaware River as part of their colonial lands in America . The Dutch were the first to take possession . </P>

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