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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1020

Montgomery County, NY. Letters Patent granting 4,000 acres of land "in the County of Albany on the South Side of the Mohawk or Maquase River" to Timothy Bagley and Charles Williams. 1 2/3 pages, 25 x 21 ½" (to tie fold), on vellum, June 17, 1737. "George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain…" grants these acres being part of a 16,000 acre-parcel petitioned for by "William Dick Esqr., Frederick Morris and Alexander Coldon Gentl, Elizabeth Coldon Spinster, William Cosby Esqr Sheriff of New York, Timothy Bagly [sic] Esqr, Charles Williams and John Syne Gentlemen". The attached 2/3 page continues reference to the collection of yearly rent on the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, commonly called "Lady Day", of two Shillings and Six pence "for each hundred acres of the above granted Lands" and goes on to deal with the cultivation of the land. Royal Seal impression tied pendent at middle of bottom fold. No signature on fold. Some bunching in one crease fold, minor foxing, otherwise quite Fine.

Estimate
$500 to $700