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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00379
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1789
Title	Delaware land indenture
Date	7 February 1789
Author	Broom, Jacob (1752-1810)
Additional authors	Lane, William (fl. 1789); Lane, Anne (fl. 1789); Bennet, Sarah (fl. 1789); Bennett, Susannah (fl. 1789); McLellan, James (fl. 1789); Summirl, Joseph (fl. 1789)
Document Type	Land transaction document
Content Description	Also signed by William Lane, Ann Lane, Sarah Bennett, Susannah Bennett, James McLellan, and Joseph Summirl. Describes the location of a parcel of land in the borough of Wilmington in the County of New Castle, Delaware, that Alice Bennett obtained by indenture land on 22 August 1782. Bennet made improvements upon the land, and when she died intestate the buildings passed onto to Ann, Sarah, and Susanna Bennett. Officiates the sale of the land and its improvements from William Lane, his wife Ann Bennett in addition to Sarah and Susanna Bennett to James McClellan for 750 pounds gold or sterling on 14 July 1788. Broom and Summirl were witnesses to the signatures. Broom served as the recorder.
Subjects	Land Transaction Law Death Women's History Finance
People	Broom, Jacob (1752-1810) Lane, William (fl. 1789) Lane, Anne (fl. 1789) Bennet, Sarah (fl. 1789) Bennett, Susannah (fl. 1789) McLellan, James (fl. 1789) Summirl, Joseph (fl. 1789)
Place written	New Castle County, Delaware
Theme	Women in American History; Law; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Broom was a signer of the Constitution from Delaware. Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859

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