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Benjamin Franklin Land Grant Signed "B. Franklin" as president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. One partially printed sheet of vellum, 15 ½ x 12 ¾ inches; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; July 13, 1787. Document granting "Two hundred and seven Acres and half and three perches" of land to Joseph McGuffin for the sum of "Twenty five pounds, eighteen shillings and nine pence." There is a large star-shaped embossed paper seal above Franklin's signature, with two smaller seals on the verso. Countersigned by James B. Smith "for John Armstrong Secry." With period docketing and annotations on verso.After spending nine very successful years in France as commissioner for the United States, Franklin returned to America in 1785 and was revered second only to George Washington as a great champion of American independence. For the next three years, Franklin served as the president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. The year he signed this document, Franklin was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, where he held an honorific position and seldom engaged in debate. However, when delegates became heated over the issue of proportional representation, Benjamin Franklin urged coolness. As the eldest delegate at the Convention, Franklin acted on several occasions to restore harmony between delegates, with the ultimate result being the creation of the Constitution of the United States. The Convention was one of the key events in the history of the United States and Franklin remains the only man to become a signatory on all four of the major documents concerning the founding of the United States: the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Paris, the Treaty of Alliance with France, and the United States Constitution.
Condition: Smoothed folds, with soiling and staining throughout, and wrinkling at the edges. Star-shaped seal has loss of paper and several points are folded over. Franklin signature remains bold. The words "Compared" and "Pennsylvania" are stamped on verso.
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2024 April 5 Historical Manuscripts Signature® Auction #6285 (go to Auction Home page)
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