From the Seat of the Constitutional Convention: Benjamin Franklin Signs a Land Grant for a Soldier of the Revolution
A document of Franklin signed one month before the passage of the Constitution, where he served as a delegate of the Convention
A beautiful and increasingly uncommon document, beautifully framed
Benjamin Franklin was appointed President of the Pennsylvania Executive Council in 1785 after serving the new American nation as ambassador to France, where he helped draft the Treaty of Paris. Here, in a position similar to a modern day governor, Franklin was tasked with...
A beautiful and increasingly uncommon document, beautifully framed
Benjamin Franklin was appointed President of the Pennsylvania Executive Council in 1785 after serving the new American nation as ambassador to France, where he helped draft the Treaty of Paris. Here, in a position similar to a modern day governor, Franklin was tasked with signing land grants giving parcels of land in the state to soldiers who had served in the Revolutionary War. Document signed, on vellum, Philadelphia, August 27, 1787, granting the large parcel of 200 acres to William Davis. Davis served in the artillery “in the late army of the United States.” The large seal is still present and the document has a strong signature of Franklin. It has been beautifully framed.
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