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WY725-727
Title
Conveyance. £25. (i) William Penn. (ii) Abraham Pasco of St. Austell, Cornwall, husbandman. -- 1,250 acres land. Witnesses: Springett, Griffith, Cox,
Date free text
21, 22 Mar 1682/3
Production date
From: 1682 To: 1683
Scope and Content
Recites Letters Patent of Charles II, 4 March 1681, granting to William Penn:- a tract or part of land in America, with islands, bounded east by the Delaware River from 12 miles distant northward of Newcastle town to the 43° of northern latitude and extending west 5° in longitude, bounded south by a circle drawn at 12 miles distance from Newcastle northwards and westwards to the beginning of the 40° of northern latitude and then by a straight line westward to the limit of of longitude above mentioned.
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