Condition Report
Contact Information
Lot 130A
Sale 2721 - Books & Manuscripts
May 28, 2020
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,875
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[Philadelphia & Pennsylvania] [Penn, William] Land Grant, signed
Philadelphia: April 10, 1684. 1pp. Manuscript document in secretarial hand to recto of one sheet of paper. Signed "Wm Penn". Document and signature presumably a contemporary copy. Document grants ownership of a 1,000-acre lot of land to William Frampton, who requested the grant to accompany the deed of sale transferred to him by the lot's previous owner, John Brincklow. Four tears at old folds traversing the document, with evidence of old tape repairs to verso, some uneven toning. Contents and signature clear and dark. Window mounted and framed with a portrait of Penn and descriptive plaque. Unexamined out of frame.