(American Manuscripts & Autographs) (The Deed to Bill Cosby's Property). Logan, James; Shippen, Edward; Owen, Griffith. Document signed. Land grant of 250 acres in Cheltenham, PA, to John Ashmead. Philadelphia, PA, 25 August, 1705. Vellum, 700mm x 260mm. Secretarial composition in brown ink, original folds, original blue silk ribbons; browned with some minor spotting. Signed by James Logan (1674-1751) in brown ink on original fold, lower margin at right; faint but legible. Countersigned by Edward Shippen and Griffith Owen; witnessed but not signed by Thomas Story. Docketed, with clerical imprimatur "Recorded with Roll's Office at Philadelphia in Patent Book…vol : 3 page 168 (October) 19th, 1705."

This document refers to the sale of the land in Elkin's Park, PA, on which the home, now owned by Bill Cosby, would be built several decades later. Provenance: by family descent.