March, 1832. Lancaster County Land Record with Surveyor's Drawn Map

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Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

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Broadside, 13" x 7-3/4." Manuscript man and record on the front, docketed on the verso. Old folds with small closed tears starting at the intersections of the folds; minor spotting, but generally a very good or better record. Shows land previously owned by "the widow and heirs of henry B. Grubb deceased to Christian Brubaker thirty acres thereof being granted by him to Thomas Masterson . . . undertaken according ot Surveyor Rauchs Survey after the thirty acres survey and divided off by me." Lancaster County was a part of Penn's Woods, chartered to William Penn in 1681. The area's first permanent colony was established soon after 1700 by Swiss Mennonites led by Hans Herr. German Mennonites, French Huguenots, Welsh and English (many of whom were Quakers, and Scots-Irish soon followed. Christian Brubaker, one the land owners mentioned, was a Mennonite born in 1772 and died in 1852. His father came from Zurich, Switzerland. Thoams Masterson, born in 1778 in County Cavan, Ireland, founded Mastersonville, a small village in northwestern part of Papho township. An attractive map with colored outline and subdivision. Verso is docketed: "Draft 50 acr. 78 por. Christian Brubaker. Rapho Township, Lancaster County.".…

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Title
March, 1832. Lancaster County Land Record with Surveyor's Drawn Map
Author
[Pennsylvania Land Record] [Thorne, John]
Publication year
1832
Binding
Broadside
Dimensions
Yes
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Americana, Ephemera

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