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Lot 404
[COLONIAL]. GORDON, Patrick (ca 1644-1736). Document signed ("P. Gordon"), as the Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania. [Philadelphia?], 11 August 1735. 
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[COLONIAL]. GORDON, Patrick (ca 1644-1736). Document signed ("P. Gordon"), as the Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania. [Philadelphia?], 11 August 1735. 

1 page, visible 7 1/4 x 11 3/4 in., with original seal, toning, short separations along original folds, framed to 8 3/4 x 13 3/8 in., not examined out of frame. 

A public house and liquor license for John Campbell detailing that he may "keep a Publick-House in the City of Philadel. for the Selling of wine, Ale, Beer, Cyder, Rum & other strong Liquor...PROVIDED he shall not at any Time, during the Said Term, suffer any DRUNKENNESS, unlawful GAMING, or any other Disorders, nor sell any Drink to the Indians to debauch or hurt them." An interesting and early reference to liquor supplied by Europeans to Native Americans. 

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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