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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 Charles Biddle, Philadelphia, 27 October 1787. 1 p., oblong 4to, 13 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (clean tear catching Franklin’s flourish). Finely ENGROSSED ON PARCHMENT, large papered seal of Pennsylvania at top left corner, notary's endorsement and seal on verso. A manuscript document in a very readable secretarial hand, granting Jacob Utt "a certain Tract of Land called Uttsburg in Northampton County. The precise boundaries of the tract in question are detailed with reference to trees, watercourses and other landmarks.