Auction Date:2013 Feb 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.25 x 13, August 15, 1788. Franklin, as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania grants Nicholas Merkle “a Certain Tract of Land called ‘Merkle’s Delight’ Situate in Bethel Township Berks County…containing One hundred and twenty one acres.” Signed in the left border by Franklin under the large embossed eight-point seal and countersigned by James Trimble. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered creases and wrinkles, scattered mild toning, and show-through from a seal on reverse. The large seal is crisp, with scattered toning and three of the points missing.
Franklin served as the president of the Supreme Executive Council—analogous to the modern position of governor—from 1785 to 1788. His most important act during this period was serving as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and, along with 39 other early patriots, signing the finished Constitution on September 17, 1787. At the time of this land grant, the Constitution had just been ratified, and the first US presidential election would begin a mere four months later. Despite the excitement of witnessing these radical changes—many due to his own machinations—Franklin had time to tend to his duties as the leader of Pennsylvania, such as signing off on the sale of “Merkle’s Delight.”
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