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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 803

Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800). Signer of the U.S. Constitution; Philadelphia merchant and politician; major general in the Continental Army, 1st and 3rd Quartermaster General during the American Revolution, President of the Continental Congress, delegate to the Constitutional Congress of 1787; seventh president of Pennsylvania, first governor of Pennsylvania. Autograph Document Signed "Tho Mifflin" as Governor of Pennsylvania. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania deed for the sale of land in Luzerne County to Robert Morris, December 8, 1794. Vellum, 20 ¾ x 11 1/3". The patent is for a "certain tract of land called "Fertility"…containing 433 acres and "one hundred fifty three perches". Blind embossed State of Pennsylvania paper seal upper left corner. Mifflin signs in large hand below. Attested to and signed by "James Trimble Deputy Secy" bottom left. Trimble (born 1755) served as deputy secretary for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1777-1837. Rolls office notation on verso folded segment with paper seal and signature of Matthew Irwin. Robert Morris financed the American Revolution and was signatory to the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution; he was deeply involved in land speculation notably after the Revolutionary War; at the time of this patent, he was U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania. Well-preserved and Very Fine.

Estimate
$500 to $700