FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, Signer (Pennsylvania). Document signed ("B. Franklin") as President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Countersigned by James Trimble, Philadelphia, 7 June 1787. 1 page, oblong 4to, 346 x 392 mm. (13 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.), ON PARCHMENT, large papered seal of Pennsylvania at top left corner, notary's seal on verso. A manuscript document in a readable secretarial hand, granting Joseph Montgomery "a certain Tract of Land called 'Bloomsbury' situate in Paxton Township, Dauphin County," which was surveyed in 1784, containing 206 acres. The precise boundaries of the tract in question are detailed with reference to trees and other landmarks. With a large, dark Franklin signature at left-hand margin beneath the seal.

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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, Signer (Pennsylvania). Document signed ("B. Franklin") as President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Countersigned by James Trimble, Philadelphia, 7 June 1787. 1 page, oblong 4to, 346 x 392 mm. (13 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.), ON PARCHMENT, large papered seal of Pennsylvania at top left corner, notary's seal on verso. A manuscript document in a readable secretarial hand, granting Joseph Montgomery "a certain Tract of Land called 'Bloomsbury' situate in Paxton Township, Dauphin County," which was surveyed in 1784, containing 206 acres. The precise boundaries of the tract in question are detailed with reference to trees and other landmarks. With a large, dark Franklin signature at left-hand margin beneath the seal.