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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “BFranklin,”
as President of the Supreme Executive Council, granting 200 acres of land in
Westmoreland county to John Hoover for services rendered in the army of the United
States. Countersigned by Deputy Secretary James Trimble [for Secretary John Armstrong,
Jr.]. 12x15 inches; some staining at folds, horizontal fold through paraph of signature (with-
out loss), encapsulated (but removable), docketing and additional seal verso, paper seal
mostly intact.
[Philadelphia], 28 February 1787
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