Item #43874 [Printed Vellum Document completed in manuscript & Signed. Land Grant] (Beverley Randolph) Esquire (Lieutenant) Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to All whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that.... [caption title]. Beverley Randolph.

[Printed Vellum Document completed in manuscript & Signed. Land Grant] (Beverley Randolph) Esquire (Lieutenant) Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to All whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that.... [caption title].

[Richmond]: 1787. Broadside. 1 sheet. 12 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches. A very good copy, minor insect damage to edge of seal, lightly foxed, two tiny ink burns, lower signature fading. Item #43874

Land grant issued to Josiah Willard Gibbs (apparently no relation to the American scientist) for 1000 acres of land surveyed in 1785 in Harrison County (now West Virginia). Assignee of James Julian. Signed by Randolph the 7th of June 1787. OCLC locates two versions with slight typographical differences: Cornell, Case Western, Univ. of Alberta, and Univ. Groninger.

Price: $400.00

Add to Cart Ask a Question
See all items by