Archives International Auctions Auction 80 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022: Lots 1 to 826 in 2 SESSIONS

Archives International Auctions - Sale 80 95 October 25, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Pennsylvania or New York 514 514 October Sessions - 1801, Legal Document with List of Legal Expenses for Various Indictments Pennsylvania (?), 1801, No location listed on itemized list of legal charges, possibly from Pennsylvania. Handwritten 2-page legal document which includes October Sessions 1801 and July Sessions 1801, all with various indictments for various infractions, including: Fornication and Bastardy, Larceny, Removing Landmark, and others. Each infraction has notes under the indictment with numerical details, possibly relating to the number of offenders or “ignoramus.” Mentions “Negro Henry” and other names of indicted people, Scant information for research, but a very interesting piece nonetheless. Fine condition with toning and a hole at center near fragile fold lines. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $130-260 Pennsylvania 515 515 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1794 Issued Land Deed Signed by Thomas Mifflin Pennsylvania, 1794. Early land deed issued to Archibald Buck for 400 acres of “adjoining land this day granted to James Buck” in Westmoreland County, “provided the land is not within the last purchase made of the Indians” at the rate of fifty shillings per 100 acres. Signed and witnessed by Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, as well as surveyors Daniel Brodhead and John Moore. Thomas Mifflin ( January 10, 1744 - January 20, 1800) was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in a variety of roles during and after the American Revolution, several of which qualify him to be counted among the Founding Fathers. He was the first Governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1790 to 1799; he was also the last President of Pennsylvania, succeeding Benjamin Franklin and serving from 1788 until 1790. Daniel Brodhead IV (October 17, 1736 - November 15, 1809) was an American military and political leader during the American Revolutionary War and early days of the United States. Interesting document with founding a father’s signature. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $250-500 U.S. COLONIAL SCRIPOPHILY Ohio 516 516 Ohio Company, 1779, I/U Stock Certificate Dividend Payment for the Dissolution of the Company. Ohio, May 26, 1779. 1 Share, I/U Stock Certificate Dividend payment to dissolve the company. The Ohio Company, founded in 1747, represented the trading and land prospecting interests of a handful of Virginia planters. In 1748 the British Crown approved a land grant to the company to be administered by the Colony of Virginia. The grant covered the Ohio territory, a colloquial term for what is now modern day West Virginia, much of Ohio, western Pennsylvania and parts of Maryland. Governor Robert Dinwiddie, a member of company, required that the company develop trade with the Indians, erect forts, and settle one hundred families to secure the grant. The company employed frontiersman Christopher Gist to survey the area of the grant in 1750. Two years later, Iroquois leaders signed a treaty at Loggstown, Pennsylvania, a large Native American settlement on the Ohio near the forks. Gist was representative of the Ohio Company and Colonel Joshua Fry represented the colony of Virginia at the negotiations. The Ohio territory was also claimed by the French, who began erecting forts in the Ohio Valley in reaction to the Treaty at Loggstown and other factors. By the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1754, the Ohio Company’s efforts were largely stymied, despite its continued existence until its formal dissolution in 1779. ������������������������������������������������������� Est. $500-1000 Pennsylvania 517 517 Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, 1795, Issued Stock Certificate Signed byWilliam Bingham. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 16th, 1795. 1 Share Issued Stock Certificate Issued to Samuel Breck (a wealthy merchant who lived beside Boston Commons). Samuel Breck whose son, also named Samuel Breck, was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania’s 1st congressional district from 1823 to 1825. The stock is also signed by William Bingham as president of the Turnpike. in the 1780s, after his return to Philadelphia, Bingham was elected speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1790. From 1795 to 1801, Bingham served as a United States senator. By reputation Bingham was the wealthiest man in America, a view reinforced in 1800 when he was assessed the highest tax of anyone in Philadelphia. He was the founder of Binghamton, New York, owner of large tracts of oil land in Pennsylvania, and the first president of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Corporation. Est. $350-500