![PENN, William (1644-1718), Founder of Pennsylvania. Engraved document signed ("WmPenn," with flourish), n.p. [England], 20 March 1681. Large oblong folio, (13½ x 18¾ in.), ON FINE PARCHMENT, top edge scalloped as usual, large opening text ("This Indenture") finely engraved in a copperplate hand with scolling flourishes, text written in an upright court hand, accomplished in a similar hand, boldly signed by the Proprietor of Pennsylvania on the parchment flap at bottom (a fine signature), slight soiling.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/NYR/2006_NYR_01677_0544_000(121925).jpg?w=1)
THE PROPERTY OF A PENNSYLVANIA COLLECTOR
PENN, William (1644-1718), Founder of Pennsylvania. Engraved document signed ("WmPenn," with flourish), n.p. [England], 20 March 1681. Large oblong folio, (13½ x 18¾ in.), ON FINE PARCHMENT, top edge scalloped as usual, large opening text ("This Indenture") finely engraved in a copperplate hand with scolling flourishes, text written in an upright court hand, accomplished in a similar hand, boldly signed by the Proprietor of Pennsylvania on the parchment flap at bottom (a fine signature), slight soiling.
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PENN, William (1644-1718), Founder of Pennsylvania. Engraved document signed ("WmPenn," with flourish), n.p. [England], 20 March 1681. Large oblong folio, (13½ x 18¾ in.), ON FINE PARCHMENT, top edge scalloped as usual, large opening text ("This Indenture") finely engraved in a copperplate hand with scolling flourishes, text written in an upright court hand, accomplished in a similar hand, boldly signed by the Proprietor of Pennsylvania on the parchment flap at bottom (a fine signature), slight soiling.
A VERY EARLY SALE OF LAND IN PENN'S NEW PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, dated a little over a year after Penn received his official grant of lands in the New World by Charter from King Charles II, allowing him to launch what he called his "holy experiment": a colony "governed in accordance with the highest Christian ethic." In this, the standard form of grant used by Penn to sell land in America, "William Penn of Worminghast" certifies that he has granted to one John Edge a tract of 125 acres within his proprietorship, "situate lying and being within the Province of Pensilvania." Edge is assessed an annual quitrent of "one peppercorn" for the tract.
A VERY EARLY SALE OF LAND IN PENN'S NEW PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, dated a little over a year after Penn received his official grant of lands in the New World by Charter from King Charles II, allowing him to launch what he called his "holy experiment": a colony "governed in accordance with the highest Christian ethic." In this, the standard form of grant used by Penn to sell land in America, "William Penn of Worminghast" certifies that he has granted to one John Edge a tract of 125 acres within his proprietorship, "situate lying and being within the Province of Pensilvania." Edge is assessed an annual quitrent of "one peppercorn" for the tract.