Autographs of the Penn family,
Bound collection of seven documents and letters written by or relating to members of four generations of the family of William Penn, founder and proprietor of Pennsylvania. The volume has a title page for the collection as a whole. Most of the documents are mounted on hinges; the 1729 indenture, w...
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| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Letter recording a payment due to Henry Loader for anchors, 1667 / William Penn and T. Hervey
- 2. Deed of sale of 500 acres of land in Pennsylvania to John Kirton, 1681 / William Penn
- 3. Letter to James Logan regarding discourse with Thomas Story concerning affairs in Pennsylvania, 1718 / Hannah Penn
- 4. Indenture recording sale of ten thousand acres in Pennsylvania to William Penn (grandson of the founder William Penn), 1729 / Springett Penn
- 5. Form recording the request of James Read for a survey of 200 acres in the White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle County, 1739 / Thomas Penn
- 6. Letter to John Lukens, Surveyor-General, requesting that he meet with Captain Sinclair and Dr. Smyth to procure from the papers of the late Surveyor General Nicholas Scull a survey of the Delaware from Philadelphia to Easton, 1773 / Richard Penn
- 7. Letter to John Lukens, requesting that he allow Mr. Butler to take a list of all proprietary papers in his office relating to the Penn manors or other property, 1787 / John Penn