Books and Manuscripts

Richmond, Virginia, November 8, 1786. Single vellum sheet, 12 1/2 x 14 in. (317 x 356 mm). Partially-printed land grant, executed in manuscript in a secretarial hand and boldly signed by Founding Father Patrick Henry as Governor of Virginia, for John Bledsoe for 126 acres of land in Orange County, Virginia; paper seal at bottom; creasing from when folded; manuscript faded; a few stains at center. In frame with a portrait of Henry, 20 1/8 x 28 1/8 in. (511 x 714 mm).