Archives International Auctions Sale 60 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Historic Ephemera, Security Printing Ephemera, Stamps & Postal History July 7 & 8, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 60 224 July 7-8,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 1431 1431Samuel Wallis 1767 Issued Pennsylvania Province Land Deed Pennsylvania, 1767, witnessed 1772. Document issued to Samuel Wallis by the Proprietaries Land-Office of Pennsylvania for “three hundred acres of land on the north side of the Chestnut Ridge...” Wallis was a Philadelphia merchant and served as a land agent for the Holland Land Co., a group of Dutch capitalists that also advanced large sums of money to Robert Morris, one of the major financiers of the American Revolution. Samuel Wallis was also the largest landowner in the area at the time, with this document being a testament to that history. Document has also been signed by witnesses. Unique piece of Pennsylvania history that pre-dates the American Revolution. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 1432 1432Samuel Wallis 1768 Issued Pennsylvania Province Land Deed Pennsylvania, 1768. Document issued to Samuel Wallis by the Pennsylvania Proprietaries Land-Office in the Province of Pennsylvania for “three hundred acres of land, lying on a branch leading into Town Creek...” Wallis was a Pennsylvania merchant and served as a land agent for the Holland Land Co., a group of Dutch capitalists that also advanced large sums of money to Robert Morris, one of the major financiers of the American Revolution. Samuel Wallis was also the largest landowner in the area at the time, with this document being a testament to that history. Document has also been signed by witnesses. Unique piece of Pennsylvania history that pre-dates the American Revolution. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 1433 1433Samuel Wallis 1770 Issued Pennsylvania Province Land Deed Pennsylvania, 1770. Document issued to Samuel Wallis by the Pennsylvania Proprietaries Land-Office in the Province of Pennsylvania for “three hundred acres of land on Chillisquaque Creek...” Wallis served as a land agent for the Holland Land Co., a group of Dutch capitalists that also advanced large sums of money to Robert Morris, one of the major financiers of the American Revolution. He was also the largest landowner in the area at the time. Document has also been signed by witnesses. Unique piece of Pennsylvania history that pre-dates the American Revolution. ��������������� Est. $200-400 1434 1434Solomon Maxfield 1794 Issued Pennsylvania Land Grant Pennsylvania, 1794. Document issued to Solomon Maxfield by the Land-Office of Pennsylvania for a “grant of a tract of land containing four hundred acres situate on the head water of a large branch of the Towanda Creek...in the county of Northumberland or Luzerne.” Solomon Maxfield was a merchant from New Castle, Delaware. This region would later become a center of anthracite coal mining after the turn of the 19th century. This document was printed and sold by Joseph Cruikshank, and is in fine condition. Rare piece of early Pennsylvania history.������������������������������������������������ Est. $90-180