Well, likely not the hard kind, as they seem to have been developed in 1861 to store better when being shipped overland. The first hard pretzel factory was in Lancaster, a familiar town to all you longrifle men and ladies.
Pretzels of the soft kind, entered The Colonies with German immigrants in the 18th century. So IF you wanted an authentic pretzel, I'd suggest a recipe similar to the one in this site https://www.thespruceeats.com/brezel-the-soft-pretzels-with-old-world-taste-1446685 though you may want to omit the butter IF you want something closer to the Lenten traditional pretzel.
LD
Pretzels of the soft kind, entered The Colonies with German immigrants in the 18th century. So IF you wanted an authentic pretzel, I'd suggest a recipe similar to the one in this site https://www.thespruceeats.com/brezel-the-soft-pretzels-with-old-world-taste-1446685 though you may want to omit the butter IF you want something closer to the Lenten traditional pretzel.
LD