Manuscript vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.75 x 13.5, June 29, 1787. As president of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Franklin issues a land grant to James Hepburn for a "Certain Tract of Land called 'Antrim'…in the late Purchase Northumberland County…containing Four hundred Acres." Neatly signed in the upper left by Franklin and countersigned by James Trimble. The white paper seal affixed to the upper left remains partially intact and creased. In very good to fine condition, with scattered rippling and some creasing to pronounced intersecting folds. The Constitutional Convention was taking place in Philadelphia at the time Franklin signed this document, and he would soon be appointed to the ‘Grand Committee’ that was in charge of negotiating a consensus between the various factions of delegates. An excellent document from this momentous period of American history.
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