FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Document signed ("B. Franklin"), as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. [Philadelphia, PA], 20 October 1785.
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FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Document signed ("B. Franklin"), as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. [Philadelphia, PA], 20 October 1785.
1 page, 13 3/4 x 13 5/8 in, with original star-shaped seal, some losses to star, minor soil, occasional creasing, framed to 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 in., not examined out of frame.
Signed boldly and with a flourish by Franklin in his role as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, a role that was analogous to Governor of Pennsylvania. The Council was founded by the 1776 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and began convening in Philadelphia on 15 July 1776, less than 2 weeks after the Federal Declaration of Independence. Franklin was the 6th President, of 7, and it would prove to be one of his last public roles as he would die 2 years after his term of service ended on 5 November 1788.
The document here is a land grant for Joseph Swift for "a certain Tract of Land called 'Digby No 3" in Westmoreland County, PA.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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