Pennsylvania Commissioners of Property letter patent for land in New Castle County : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Pennsylvania. Commissioners of Property, enacting jurisdiction.

Contributor:

Hill, Richard, 1673-1729, witness.

Norris, Isaac, 1671-1735, witness.

Logan, James, 1674-1751, witness.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French, John, active 1722.

French, John.

Real property--Delaware--New Castle County.

Real property.

Delaware--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.

Delaware.

Genre:

letters patent

seals (marks)

Manuscripts, English -- 18th century.

Manuscripts, American -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Acquired prior to 1970 (formerly RBM-173, University of Pennsylvania).

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 28 x 64 cm + 1 wax seal

Production:

Philadelphia, 1716.

Summary:

Letter patent on the authority of Pennsylvania proprietor and governor William Penn, dated 20 June 1716, transferring a parcel of land in New Castle County from Matthias Dering to John French, a Scottish-born immigrant in the colony of Delaware who served as high sheriff, a member of Delaware's assembly, colonel in Delaware’s militia, register of wills for New Castle County, justice of the peace, and later Delaware supreme court justice (1726-1727). Witnessed and signed on Penn’s behalf by Richard Hill, Isaac Norris, and James Logan, Commissioners of Property, on the folded lower edge of the document. The proprietary seal in wax is suspended from the lower edge of the document. The first of two notes on the center verso is a caption description, “Patent to Col. John French,” with the date; the second in the upper left corner documents the recording of the document in Philadelphia’s Rolls Office, 11 August 1716, signed by Charles Brockden, Keeper of the Great Seal and Master of the Rolls.

Cited as:

Pennsylvania Commissioners of Property letter patent for land in New Castle County (Ms. Coll. 1481). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1344185069