Issued Under The Authority Of Governor John Penn

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By The Proprietaries Land Warrant. Pennsylvania. 13 1/4" x 18 1/2", February 28, 1775. Whereas Thomas Stonerode of the County of Lancaster Hath Requested that We Would allow him to take uf thirty acres adjoining his other warranted land..these are to authorized and require you to survey, or cause to be surveyed …and make your return thereof into the secretary's office, in order for confirmation, for which this shall be your sufficient warrant…" SECRETARIAL SIGNATURE of John Penn. Some weakness at folds. In 1774 Penn refused to summon the Assembly so it could select delegates to the First Continental Congress. Patriots responded by taking control in 1775, leaving Penn powerless.

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