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[Petition] of Robert Aitken & son of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 183
Abstract
Petition of the firm to the Pennsylvania General Assembly for appointment as printer for the bills and laws of the commonwealth. Estimates include the publishing of the bills and laws in a Philadelphia newspaper, the printing of bills of 1, 2, 3, and 4 pages, and the printing of 1500 copies of the laws on good paper, folded and stitched.
Dates:
Created: 7 November 1788
[Warrant] 1774, Sept. 16, authorizing the surveying of 100 acres in Upper Paxtang Township, Lancaster County, Pa., for Thelty Brough.
Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 178
Abstract
Warrant for land that adjoins that of John Sheesly, Joseph Clark, and Jacob Newling in the Wiconesco Valley in what is now Dauphin County, Pa. Signed by John Penn. Watermark on document: plow/work & BeRich.
Dates:
Created: 1774; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1986
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