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Daniel Boone Signs A Deed For Himself and His Wife

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:6,000.00 USD Estimated At:12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Daniel Boone Signs A Deed For Himself and His Wife
<Our item number 136855><B>Boone, Daniel.</B> &#40;1734-1820&#41; Legendary frontiersman. Document signed twice, once for himself and once for his wife, Rebekah, who made her &#34;X&#34;, 1p, 15 x 12½ in., Fayette Co., Virginia &#40;present-day Kentucky&#41;, 8 Sept. 1788. Fine; scalloped top edge; light overall toning; a few tiny holes along folds have almost invisible archival repairs on the verso. Being a deed whereby Daniel Boone and his wife Rebekah sell to John Morgan approximately 370 acres along Boone&#39;s Creek for the sum of 37 pounds. Boone signs at lower right for himself and his wife, misspelling her first name. The deed bears a signed endorsement by Levi Todd on the verso, apparently the lawyer and militiaman of that name who was a grandfather of Mary Todd Lincoln. A rare Daniel Boone document. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;12,000 - 15,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 136855<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/136855.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://w ww.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/136855N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>