30848
An 1806 Pa. land grant signed by Thomas McKean
Estimate:
$500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Sold
$250
Live Auction
September 10th: Fine & Decorative Arts Quarterly
Location
30015
Category
Description
A Pennsylvania land grant on parchment dated 10-10-1806, granting a property in Potter County named "Dartmouth" to Alexander Baring & others, and signed as Pennsylvania governor by Founding Father and Signer of the Declaration of Independence Thomas McKean (1734-1817). McKean was the delegate to the Second Continental Congress whose note brought his fellow Delaware delegate Caesar Rodney riding back to the Congress, to break the deadlock and swing Delaware's vote for American independence. This document was also signed by the first Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, James Trimble (1755-1837), and by Timothy Matlack (1736-1829), another of the Founding Fathers who wrote out the formal copy of the Declaration of Independence.
Condition
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