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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01244 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1795 |
| Title | Pennsylvania land grant to William Lane |
| Date | 2 April 1795 |
| Author | Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800) |
| Document Type | Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Partially printed land patent counter-signed by James Trimble as Deputy Secretary and witnessed by Pennsylvania Governor Thomas Mifflin. Lane obtained the land, called "Oatland" in Bald Eagle township, from Isaiah Davis. The document describes the specific boundaries of the tract, the sale of which was orchestrated through 1793 and 1794. A note signed by Matthew Irvin on the verso indicates that the patent was recorded in the state records on 20 April 1795. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction |
| People | Trimble, James (1755-1836) Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Signer of the U.S. Constitution. James Trimble was appointed deputy secretary of the supreme executive council in 1777 and later appointed deputy secretary (under the constitution of 1790) in 1791, serving until 1836. Trimble helped relocate the state papers during the British occupation of Philadelphia, and again when the state capital was moved to Lancaster in 1799 and Harrisburg in 1812. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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